The Conscious Confidence and Self Esteem course taught me tools to love myself better and have more choices in my life. I’m deeply grateful to Ruth Oliver, whose insightful and compassionate facilitation made this possible. Ruth seamlessly combines Western cognitive techniques with Eastern meditative practices to create a diverse and powerful learning experience. Her wisdom, levity and grace made me feel safe and supported even when working through deeply personal challenges. This course had a profoundly constructive effect on my life, I’d recommend it to anyone.

I found Ruth’s meditation sessions very comforting, instructive and peaceful.  I have learnt a lot.  As a beginner, I have much more to learn, but I have been able to use some of the theories and practices of iRest in my everyday life.  I have been assisted to deal with some issues that have been hanging around for a while, and the meditations have allowed me to be calm and deal with issues that come up in everyday life.  I particularly found your sessions on finding opposites to negative feelings and beliefs very helpful, and I find that I can reassure myself when negative thoughts, situations, and feelings come my way.  Thank you for your wisdom, your easy nature, and your ability to be a good teacher.  Thank you Ruth.

Ruth conducts her sessions in an inclusive manner with a personal touch. The sessions are educational, practical, engaging and fun. Ruth is a highly accomplished leader and great facilitator. Whether new to meditation or an old hand, I am sure that your personal growth will flourish. I have completed both one on one and group sessions and highly recommend both.

Ruth and her Integrative Meditation class were nothing short of amazing for my partner, Mike and I. Both being time-poor, stressed and high-strung as directors of our company, we were looking for something to balance our tense and fiery personalities. With Ruth’s classes we found it a very useful tool to help pull us away from reacting to the noise of everyday life. Searching within ourselves to find our own inner peace. In my own experience, I suffered a few traumatic issues such as my dog being stolen and having a car crash during the weeks I attended to her meditation. However through the use of iRest, I was able to control my negative emotions and “respond” rather than react. (I got my dog back in 3 days and handled the car accident unbelievably calmly.) I am ever so thankful for attending this class and have managed to put what I’ve learned into practice and help others become aware of their own negative states similar to mine by simply spreading the word of what worked through the classes. Thank you to Ruth who was absolutely brilliant and I highly recommend you take this class, as there is more to gain than one could ever properly explain.

I have found the meditation practice taught by Ruth really helpful in managing anxiety and pain. I looked forward to the weekly group classes which provided a safe and comfortable environment to learn and practise meditation. Ruth’s approach is warm, welcoming and very practical. The course has finished and I continue to use the recordings every day.