I am a highly energetic person by nature so there were so many ways this could have gone wrong for me but his description of it being peaceful were spot on.

Giving up my “sight” for 35 minutes was an incredibly unique experience. I became aware of “sound” for the first time.

I could drone on forever but the end result was that it’s the most interesting thing I’ve ever had the chance to do in my neighborhood the whole time I’ve lived there (11 years.)

He’s a GREAT guy. And his team are exactly as he describes. If you get a chance to be one of his “faces”, don’t walk- JUMP at the chance.

Thanks for being there that day, Peter. It truly was a joy!

I remember when I went to a talk given by a Buddhist Monk, Thich Naht Hahn. The first time I heard him speak it gave me goose bumps.

A friend of mine told me about this motivational speaker and convinced me to go. As I entered into the auditorium, I quickly noticed there were several hundred people present, but nobody was saying….a word! Dead silence filled the room. The silence scared me and I felt very emotional. At the time I was going through a difficult transition in my life, and every emotion came up for me. As my friend and I made our way to our seats, I could feel a panic come over me.

I turned to her and mouthed the words, “No…Please, I can’t do this.” She gently mouthed back, “Yes…. you can.”

I somehow struggled through the next 50 minutes feeling absolutely miserable. Every itch, every ache and pain. I thought I was going to crawl out of my skin. The only way to get through it was to breath deeply. I left that night feeling like the air could move through me, like I was clean linen fluttering on a clothes line. I began to meditate every Tuesday night, and then every morning.

When we are forced to go inward, whether through a face mold, meditation, or whatever experience we are having. It can be very scary, but very freeing.

It’s really all about facing our fears.

~~Maile