Comments on: Testimonials http://www.hedyyumi.com Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Catherine & Marty McHugh http://www.hedyyumi.com/couples/comments-from-couples/#comment-366 Catherine & Marty McHugh Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:14:12 +0000 http://www.antoniodifranco.com/hedyyumi/#comment-366 Our dream of quitting the power struggle and dropping the shit were transformed into a slice of paradise as we 'crossed the bridge' in the Art of Sexual Connection workshop! Elegant - sensual - holy - amazing!! Our dream of quitting the power struggle and dropping the shit were transformed into a slice of paradise as we ‘crossed the bridge’ in the Art of Sexual Connection workshop! Elegant – sensual – holy – amazing!!

]]> By: Michael Schneider http://www.hedyyumi.com/couples/comments-from-couples/#comment-362 Michael Schneider Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:24:38 +0000 http://www.antoniodifranco.com/hedyyumi/#comment-362 While I had to "drag" my partner to the event, he turned out to be the one most committed to the weekend and the relational change it proposed. It is not easy to really make change and become cognizent to one's negative interpersonal dynamics. But the exercises help make it more palatable as the awareness and stretching certainly continue beyond the 3 days. One starts to look at a whole range of things differently, including how one spends one's precious time (do we really want to exercise our cerebellum with this violent movie?). We now find ourselves laughing aloud when we catch eachother following old patterns ("admitting illegal aliens" into our communications for instance). We owed ourselves this focus on the health of our relationship not previously taken. The material could not have been better presented and extends to relationships beyond that with my partner. While I had to “drag” my partner to the event, he turned out to be the one most committed to the weekend and the relational change it proposed. It is not easy to really make change and become cognizent to one’s negative interpersonal dynamics. But the exercises help make it more palatable as the awareness and stretching certainly continue beyond the 3 days. One starts to look at a whole range of things differently, including how one spends one’s precious time (do we really want to exercise our cerebellum with this violent movie?). We now find ourselves laughing aloud when we catch eachother following old patterns (“admitting illegal aliens” into our communications for instance). We owed ourselves this focus on the health of our relationship not previously taken. The material could not have been better presented and extends to relationships beyond that with my partner.

]]> By: Ali, UK http://www.hedyyumi.com/couples/comments-from-couples/#comment-356 Ali, UK Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:29:39 +0000 http://www.antoniodifranco.com/hedyyumi/#comment-356 Hedy and Yumi are extraodinary, not only do they teach an amazing model, they model every bit of what they believe in in their own relationship. We have gained so much, the beautiful, gentle and caring relationship we now have is all down to 'crossing the bridge' its the most valuable 'tool' i and we have ever learned and it is helping us to develop and grow our understanding of one another in ways we never thought was possible. We help each other all the time, we laugh, we heal and listen and validate. Its beautiful and now we have also been lucky enough to be with Hedy & Yumi while they shared how to help other couples, we are already making a difference to mothers and daughters and partners and using the method in business too. Its the best few days we have spent and Hedy is one of the most amazing presenters I have ever had the pleasure to experience and learn from. Please go and spend some time with them, your lives will be forever enriched. Ali, Derbyshire, UK Hedy and Yumi are extraodinary, not only do they teach an amazing model, they model every bit of what they believe in in their own relationship. We have gained so much, the beautiful, gentle and caring relationship we now have is all down to ‘crossing the bridge’ its the most valuable ‘tool’ i and we have ever learned and it is helping us to develop and grow our understanding of one another in ways we never thought was possible. We help each other all the time, we laugh, we heal and listen and validate. Its beautiful and now we have also been lucky enough to be with Hedy & Yumi while they shared how to help other couples, we are already making a difference to mothers and daughters and partners and using the method in business too. Its the best few days we have spent and Hedy is one of the most amazing presenters I have ever had the pleasure to experience and learn from. Please go and spend some time with them, your lives will be forever enriched.
Ali, Derbyshire, UK

]]> By: Kursner David http://www.hedyyumi.com/couples/comments-from-couples/#comment-296 Kursner David Wed, 18 May 2011 14:02:46 +0000 http://www.antoniodifranco.com/hedyyumi/#comment-296 Mon épouse et moi venons de faire le stage Adventure in Intimacy pour la deuxième fois en compagnie de Hedy et Yumi. Ce fut une nouvelle fois une magnifique expérience, une ouverture du coeur vertigineuse! Un bonheur fou pour notre couple. Contagieux qui plus est, notamment pour nos trois enfants. Grâce à Hedi et Yumi, je perçois le couple comme un lieu de guérison, et non plus comme un lieu de compromis. Un lieu de guérison non seulement pour soi, son partenaire, sa "lignée", mais encore pour l'humanité entière. La profondeur et l'amour dégagés par cette simple présence offerte dans "le Pont" semblent faire s'ouvrir le Ciel et la Terre, s'arrêter le temps. Le présent comme un Temple sacré, offert dans l'amour du couple. Ça paraît mystique, près été ainsi, mais tous ceux qui étaient présents ont pu le ressentir par eux-mêmes, même les plus sceptiques. J'encourage donc quiconque tenté par l'aventure de s'y plonger, une fois dans son existence. Cela vaut tous les voyages. David, Lausanne Mon épouse et moi venons de faire le stage Adventure in Intimacy pour la deuxième fois en compagnie de Hedy et Yumi. Ce fut une nouvelle fois une magnifique expérience, une ouverture du coeur vertigineuse! Un bonheur fou pour notre couple. Contagieux qui plus est, notamment pour nos trois enfants.
Grâce à Hedi et Yumi, je perçois le couple comme un lieu de guérison, et non plus comme un lieu de compromis. Un lieu de guérison non seulement pour soi, son partenaire, sa “lignée”, mais encore pour l’humanité entière. La profondeur et l’amour dégagés par cette simple présence offerte dans “le Pont” semblent faire s’ouvrir le Ciel et la Terre, s’arrêter le temps. Le présent comme un Temple sacré, offert dans l’amour du couple.
Ça paraît mystique, près été ainsi, mais tous ceux qui étaient présents ont pu le ressentir par eux-mêmes, même les plus sceptiques.
J’encourage donc quiconque tenté par l’aventure de s’y plonger, une fois dans son existence. Cela vaut tous les voyages.
David, Lausanne

]]> By: Ilana Spodick http://www.hedyyumi.com/couples/comments-from-couples/#comment-291 Ilana Spodick Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:20:05 +0000 http://www.antoniodifranco.com/hedyyumi/#comment-291 Hedy and Yumi's Adventures in Intimacy workshop is were you want to be. My husband and I can already feel a shift in our relationship just having been to the workshop. We are starting to use some of the techniques and our relationship space is calmer. Now when we have an issue arise I feel hopeful about its resolution where as before I felt frustrated, stumped, and doubtful about my choice of partner. I always heard that you marry someone like your mother/father and that you choose a partner to heal your childhood, and this process really helped me 'connect the dots' with my past and see how it effects us in our communication. I learned a greater appreciation of where my partner is coming from and a deeper compassion for myself through our childhood experiences. Both my husband and I have mother's that are therapist, we have been to an Imago workshop before, and have done some couple counseling, though no other process has 'cut to the chase' with such immediate results. It melts away years of anxiety, fear, and apprehension surrounding relationships. All of a sudden it feels like we can do this and live 'happily ever after.' Ilana Spodick, Salem, MA Hedy and Yumi’s Adventures in Intimacy workshop is were you want to be. My husband and I can already feel a shift in our relationship just having been to the workshop. We are starting to use some of the techniques and our relationship space is calmer. Now when we have an issue arise I feel hopeful about its resolution where as before I felt frustrated, stumped, and doubtful about my choice of partner. I always heard that you marry someone like your mother/father and that you choose a partner to heal your childhood, and this process really helped me ‘connect the dots’ with my past and see how it effects us in our communication. I learned a greater appreciation of where my partner is coming from and a deeper compassion for myself through our childhood experiences.
Both my husband and I have mother’s that are therapist, we have been to an Imago workshop before, and have done some couple counseling, though no other process has ‘cut to the chase’ with such immediate results. It melts away years of anxiety, fear, and apprehension surrounding relationships. All of a sudden it feels like we can do this and live ‘happily ever after.’

Ilana Spodick, Salem, MA

]]> By: Nancy Coyne http://www.hedyyumi.com/couples/comments-from-couples/#comment-283 Nancy Coyne Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:22:46 +0000 http://www.antoniodifranco.com/hedyyumi/#comment-283 Hedi and Yumi changed our lives in a profound way. I learned more in a weekend than in many years of psychotherapy. I am working up to 100 loving gestures a day. Hedi and Yumi changed our lives in a profound way. I learned more in a weekend than in many years of psychotherapy. I am working up to 100 loving gestures a day.

]]> By: Mark Boyd http://www.hedyyumi.com/couples/comments-from-couples/#comment-282 Mark Boyd Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:32:35 +0000 http://www.antoniodifranco.com/hedyyumi/#comment-282 My partner and I had life changing experience and we hope to continue applying what we learned.. Thank you Hedy and Yumi, you were both inspirational. My partner and I had life changing experience and we hope to continue applying what we learned.. Thank you Hedy and Yumi, you were both inspirational.

]]> By: Heather Reed http://www.hedyyumi.com/couples/comments-from-couples/#comment-277 Heather Reed Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:46:13 +0000 http://www.antoniodifranco.com/hedyyumi/#comment-277 My partner and I loved the workshop. We were completely comfortable being in the company of Hedy and Yumi as an openly gay couple. We are able now to seek our visions and live harmoniously because of what was presented and what we observed from Hedy and Yumi. Thank you My partner and I loved the workshop. We were completely comfortable being in the company of Hedy and Yumi as an openly gay couple. We are able now to seek our visions and live harmoniously because of what was presented and what we observed from Hedy and Yumi. Thank you

]]> By: Judi Spendelow, PsyD - Couple's Counselor http://www.hedyyumi.com/couples/comments-from-couples/#comment-276 Judi Spendelow, PsyD - Couple's Counselor Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:18:58 +0000 http://www.antoniodifranco.com/hedyyumi/#comment-276 I should add for the benefit of others that I have found the concepts, approach and skills offered through Adventures in Intimacy to be so powerful that "Crossing the Bridge" is becoming increasingly central to the work that I do with my own couples, as well as to my own connection with my partner. I can't wait to receive additional training in Hedy's Master Class to spread the word about this most deeply intimate way of connecting with one's partner and healing one's own wounds. Judi Spendelow, Denver, Colorado I should add for the benefit of others that I have found the concepts, approach and skills offered through Adventures in Intimacy to be so powerful that “Crossing the Bridge” is becoming increasingly central to the work that I do with my own couples, as well as to my own connection with my partner. I can’t wait to receive additional training in Hedy’s Master Class to spread the word about this most deeply intimate way of connecting with one’s partner and healing one’s own wounds. Judi Spendelow, Denver, Colorado

]]> By: Judi Spendelow, PsyD http://www.hedyyumi.com/couples/comments-from-couples/#comment-275 Judi Spendelow, PsyD Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:58:56 +0000 http://www.antoniodifranco.com/hedyyumi/#comment-275 This workshop has contributed immensely to my ability to connect with Michael, my beloved partner of 20 years plus. We continue to practice "Crossing the Bridge" regularly, and have in fact created our own sacred space in our living room for this practice. With much love to you, Hedy & Yumi! This workshop has contributed immensely to my ability to connect with Michael, my beloved partner of 20 years plus. We continue to practice “Crossing the Bridge” regularly, and have in fact created our own sacred space in our living room for this practice. With much love to you, Hedy & Yumi!

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