I first became acquainted with ReConnective Therapy in 2006 when a friend who had attended the practitioner training offered to treat* me with RCT. I knew little about energy work but I accepted, and every few days he’d sit quietly with me for a minute or so wherein I wouldn't notice a thing.

Then, after a few weeks, a strange thing started to happen: the chronic, debilitating lower back pain that I'd experienced for years simply started to disappear. Having seen countless chiropractors, massage therapists, and acupuncturists, I’d only ever found temporary relief and was otherwise in some degree of pain nearly full-time. Unable to attribute the dramatic change to anything but the RCT, I started attending Herwig Schön’s treatment groups where I learned more about the work, watched intriguing phenomena occurring within myself and others, felt my back continue to improve, and was in awe of how much I enjoyed the feeling of just being in the room.

At the time I had a successful but ill-suited career as a land surveyor and found myself increasingly disturbed by the disconnect between my values and the work which I eventually left — a mandate I attribute to the influence of RCT.

I began my training in 2009 and my practice in 2010, and I have yet to encounter anything remotely as enjoyable or fulfilling.

*While the term "treatment" is usually used to describe the application of RCT, it's always frankly struck me as somewhat of a misnomer as the practitioner doesn't do anything to the person being "treated" but merely holds open an energetic door, so to speak. The practitioner neither adds to nor takes anything away from the person doing the work, and the course taken is determined entirely by the body's wisdom.​