Testimonials

I came to Ben seeking relief from daily suffering. I arrived in a state of disconnect – I was ruminating on unsolvable problems and using my energy in unproductive ways. I had a hard time seeing the good in life and struggled to fully experience joy. I put pressure on myself to be perfect and found relaxing increasingly uncomfortable. 

I was miserable.

After several months of working with Ben I feel alive. Life is bright and colorful, and I am able to see and experience the positive in life. I am kind to myself and feel more connected to myself and others. I trust myself and others and am able to experience a full range of emotions without fear of being overwhelmed.

You have to trust the process – I find the experience uncomfortable at times, and it can feel like some sort of voodoo magic. Ben navigates the sessions artfully, providing a secure and supportive environment and adapting as he learns more about me.

If you are willing to invest your time and energy in Ben’s method it is possible to let go of unhealthy beliefs and behaviors and regain the beautiful human experiences of joy, wonder, and love.

 —Audra, USA

Ben is the most amazing, caring, and knowledgeable therapist - one of the very few professionals I've worked with who I feel really 'gets it'.  I feel completely safe in his sessions to experience, process, and express the deep dark stuff that most other people I've worked with couldn't handle. 

I also love how he is so generous with sharing his knowledge and happy to talk through all the theory of what we're doing and answer all my questions!  

I can't recommend him highly enough.

—Caroline, UK

“Ben has a gazillion really useful tools in his toolbox for helping to unstick difficulties, but the best thing is that he doesn't feel as though he has to prove that. Sometimes the best tool is just a big, safe, compassionate presence. And that's what he always brings. He's my go-to emergency Mind/Body Worker!”

—Kim Bennett, Zen teacher and founder of Serenity Retreats

Working with Ben has granted me a safe space to feel again. Whenever I try to access my feelings I quickly numb out or disassociate. With his compassionate inquiry and amazing ability to hold space, I slowly unravelled tension stuck in my body. His approach is gentle and non judgmental which is something I appreciated greatly. I look forward to working with him again. 

—Taylor, Australia

There are times in life when we face challenges which hold an inner dimension needing our care and attention. As someone who is committed to integrating innate wholeness experiences and practices in healthy ways, I am selective about who I choose to support me in this work.

Going inward can be a vulnerable, tender journey; especially for those who have experienced violation, with rippling impacts in their experience. While we can do much on our own with study and practice, skilled support can amplify and build upon our own innate strengths as we deepen insights and capacity to process with others.

Ben Tannahill is among a small circle of people I work with in this way because of his abilities to be present, compassionate, curious, receptive, responsive, supportive, patient and very skilled in creating space to healthily process thoughts, sensations and emotions with a foundation of stability.

During sessions, Ben has non-judgmentally supported me with very difficult emotional content, inviting me to embrace and work with it in ways that help free my body and mind to balance. He's very intuitive, respects what is needed as guided by my responses and encourages open space for exploration beyond the session. Each time we've met I've left the session feeling better and more capable to navigate life challenges skillfully, with lots of insights to carry with me into my everyday life.

—Amy Phoenix, USA

Thank you so much for the work you have been doing with me over the last few months, gently dissolving away layers of old pain and limitations, which had kept me stuck in cycles of suffering for decades. Keeping me from real growth and healing.

You have been a very wise, patient, kind, understanding, compassionate, calm, and steady practitioner. We have visited some of my darkest corners, and at all times you have guided me through them with finesse, and compassionate understanding. These layers which many previous practitioners and modalities over the years had judged, shamed, misunderstood, and certainly not improved. 

Now, thanks to our sessions I am seeing real, true transformation, lessening of limitations, suffering and physical & emotional ailments. I am clearer, more present. My mind is working better, as is my intuition. I am feeling safer and stronger in myself and my life, as well as experiencing true healing in a grounded way. 

I am filled with hope and curiosity for the future thanks to this work. 

Thanks for being my trusty guide.

 —Justine, Australia

Being facilitated by Ben is like going on an unpredictable adventure with a good friend alongside you. His style of inquiry is direct, powerful, creative and even fun. All hail the Drunken Buddha!

—Dan McLintock, US
Co-Developer, Trainer and Facilitator of the Kiloby Inquiries, The Kiloby Center for Recovery

Working with Ben and his unique style of somatic inquiry has been a transformative experience for me. He has helped me peel back the layers of some deeply embedded beliefs, thought patterns and emotions that have been holding me captive to behaviours I’ve struggled with for decades.

Creating a therapeutic space that is both safe and adventurous, Ben has supported me to
move towards challenging feelings and sensations with more ease and acceptance.

As a result, I’ve had some profound breakthroughs in my self-confidence and willingness to be visible, and some of my more compulsive behaviours have loosened their grip.

Ben’s intelligence, curiosity and humour combine with his somatic wisdom and lived experience to make him one hell of a facilitator – definitely one I’ll recommend with confidence to others struggling with addictions or suffering of any kind.

—Gina D., Australia
IFS & Gestalt Psychotherapist

I am very grateful that I encountered Ben and his work (he even does the sessions in German with me!). 

I have been looking for support like this for a long time because I felt very overwhelmed by my feelings/energies on my own. He offers the support I need to approach these emotions and work with them. 

Ben works in a way that is direct and gets straight to the point, alongside a great sense of humour, which I find incredibly supportive. His open and non-judgemental manner is profoundly helpful.

He is someone who has walked the walk and has come out the other side very grounded.

—Christian K., Germany

Ben’s calm and supportive manner made me feel immediately comfortable and completely free from judgement. With his guidance I explored feelings within myself that I had spent what seemed to be a lifetime avoiding, and which were causing me great suffering.

Ben helped me to experience these feelings in a safe environment, to stay with these feelings, and to let go, little by little, of my pain. I cannot thank him enough for his eternal calm and care.

—Chloe M., UK

I’ve met many spiritual teachers, seekers and therapists in my life. Broadly speaking, they fall in to two categories: those who do because they know and those who know because they do.

Ben falls firmly into the latter category, living and breathing an uncommonly radical approach to finally getting to the truth of things. I consider him a most trustworthy ally on the path to healing and am honoured to call him a friend.

—Rick Hallett, UK
Psychotherapist and Zen teacher

Being facilitated by Ben is always a great experience for me. I trust that I can be weird, dysfunctional, lost and whatever else may come up for me and Ben will be able to hold me with his presence and guide me towards self-acceptance and openness. He's a very skilled facilitator and I feel grateful for having worked with him.

—Tony G., Greece

In every session Ben is able to hold the space with patience and compassion. He is gently but firmly encouraging me to physically and vocally express my emotions which is challenging and at the same time freeing. With Ben I feel a lot of space to just ‘be’ with whatever comes up to the surface. This has helped me to open my heart for myself and all the parts that were never allowed to be seen and heard. 

My body has become more open to feel everything that is arising and the respect for myself and who I am has increased. There is also a certain sense of peace and calmness that I noticed in the core of my body which has been increasing over time.

If you want less contraction and more openness and freedom in your life, Ben certainly has the natural skills to guide you through the challenging world of your feelings and emotions.

—Christine, Switzerland

I have just completed an intensive with Ben. I have to say he has a natural, deeply intuitive way about his facilitation that just guides you to the core of the issue. I am grateful for his skills and his friendship. I gained so much clarity from out time together.

—Joe Gagliano, USA

"My time working with Ben has been very revealing of the hidden causes of my addictive and problematic behaviours.

I had no idea so much feeling was trapped in my system and in need of attention. Ben used simple but effective techniques to gently get in touch with these hidden feelings and give them the care and attention that they couldn't receive when they were caused during the painful knocks of earlier life.

I've come away with insights and tools and have already been able to affect some positive change. I look forward to going deeper with the work and would recommend Ben's services to anyone who wants to get to know and release what's going on within."

—Patrick, London

“Working with Ben has been deeply transformative. 

I got in touch with all sorts of healthy aggression and aspects of my shadow side I had repressed so that I could stop turning them against myself so much. 

I loved the way we created safety and resources so that when I went into some dark places I still felt supported instead of over-exposed. There was a good deal of humor and understanding in the sessions instead of power dynamics or force. 

I really loved bringing love into my healing process and I really loved being physical with my emotions so I could give voice to them and express them. Ben also taught me to have a relationship with my emotions like they were people which has been very valuable to me and has created quite a bit of peace of mind in my daily life.”

—Dave Cash, Men’s Coach, USA

“Ben's approach to somatic inquiry was incredibly effective in helping me become more familiar with feeling, expressing, and releasing my emotions. From the very first session, he took the time to listen to my unique needs and provided me with a safe space to explore my emotions.

Throughout our sessions together, Ben's compassion was always evident. He also understands how gifted individuals process information differently and gave me the time I needed to process and connect the dots inside of me.

The work also unleashed my creativity. I started painting what happened during the sessions to be able to better process it myself. One example is the painting here that highlights how I’ve come to the conclusion that I had been living my life like a head on a stick; completely ignoring my emotions and feelings.

I would highly recommend Ben to anyone seeking somatic inquiry work. His approach is tailored to each individual's needs, and he is incredibly skilled in creating a safe and supportive space for his clients. Thanks to Ben's guidance and support, I have made significant progress in my emotional journey.”

—Eva, The Netherlands

Ben has a gift for this work.

His ability to connect and make you feel at ease is incredible. His kind, compassionate and non-judgmental approach really helped me to go deep into the process.  

His process is so gentle, yet powerful and combined with Ben’s ability to be really present and hold space meant I felt so comfortable to really explore some issues from my life that I haven’t felt before. I rarely get angry, however in my sessions I was able to safely experience this feeling and be guided by Ben to move through it and come out the other side. I feel lighter and happier! 

Highly recommend!

—Joelle, Australia

Ben has created a safe yet exciting space to explore my past traumas and the responses my body has to them. 

As someone who can be extremely self conscious, I have been surprised to feel comfortable in expressing exactly what my body needs without shame. This in itself is huge for me. Ben has witnessed me running, jumping, sobbing, twisting and being stuck to the ground, all of which have felt welcome and safe in his session.  

Ben enables intense exploration of whatever I bring to sessions, he has an acute awareness of where my (now expanding) pain threshold is. He also encourages me to continue the process in between sessions. This has led me to learn so much about myself whilst steadily expanding my capacity to feel the tricky stuff I used to avoid.

I needed to explore birth trauma and motherhood and was initially sceptical that as a man, Ben may not have the understanding or empathy for this. I was wrong. I have felt consistently well held and understood, safe to explore where needed.

For conquering long term addictions, putting two fingers up to shame and growing into my humanness, Ben’s sessions have been invaluable. I feel catapulted onto the right road where I can finally walk with back straight and my head high

—Vikki Fear, UK

An impromptu email I received from a client:

“For the first time in many years I found myself singing along to a song in my earphones and grinning happily.

Thanks for your help in engaging healthily with emotions, ‘good’ and ‘bad’.

Onward and inward!”

—Kent M