"I am frequently asked what book I would recommend for counselling techniques when working with trauma. The best advice I was ever given was in a simple and profound story told to me by my qigong master, Christopher. This story had been passed on to him by his teacher when he had asked a similar question to mine about working with trauma. I have written it verbatim as it was told to me, so that none of its depth is lost and can be understood at multiple levels." Patricia Wals