At The Gift I was able to let go of a dark space within me that I didn’t know was there and was able to replace that with just being me. The space was safe, with no fixing or advise giving, just beautiful support.

The Grail is unique. You won’t find an experience like this anywhere else, particularly in the fold of a men’s event or “men’s work”. It is memorable, challenging, confronting, nourishing and lasting.

At my first Gift in 2003 I learned that there really was a “place for me to be” and there was no turning back. I wanted to learn how to hold space for women in the amazingly supportive way that I experienced.

I was reluctant to come and in the end I took a leap of faith. The Grail has changed my life, transformed my life. I am closer to my wife, my family. Closer to what really matters to me in my life, which is what comes from my heart.

It was very intense for me. The men completely had my back. The funny thing is I went into The Grail wanting to be a better husband and father, but came out of it with so much more than that.

The Gift is a place where I can go and hear my own self speak in a way I don’t find anywhere else in the world.

As David Whyte so elegantly puts it, “leave everything you know behind”. This training has the capacity to catapult you to a place you never imagined you could travel. The love and support I have experienced in the Shematrix Training has changed my life forever.

In this task filled, pressured life, The Gift is a place of safety where I can be my “true self” and see others the same way. Shematrix is an organisation that has supported me in continuing to explore the deeper parts of myself and my life.

I found the power of The Grail is that it doesn’t try to teach anything or turn us into anything. It helps men to drop our masks and armour so we can find, meet and embrace our true self; as scary and exhilarating as that is.

The Grail space continues to move me on a profound level. This program has taken me deep inside myself and helped me grow and evolve. I believe it is a must for any man courageous enough to step up and experience deep spiritual change.