Testimonials

Thank you once again for the idea of pausing... needed and loved the moment to refresh my mental capability to enhance my physical approach to life. It looks that pausing creates a more interesting life and kicks in a fresh understanding of life and generates enthusiasm. This enthusiasm is not just a feeling. It becomes†a way of life... gently approaching oneself and others. And like singing a good song it feels so well to repeat the refrain once and once again... multiple times... in the pause it becomes music to the soul and ones heart finds more rest and harmony in oneself.. becomes the beauty of everyday. (Fr. Louis Mallia, Malta)

This small thing of the Pause is very important. Now I know that I must Pause for everything and this has been very useful. I am practicing it at home and also in the community where I live, and we are seeing results. You can see how people take things differently. I am in permanent dialogue; or when I see that the neighbors have a problem I tell them out loud: "Pause, my people, and you will see how things are resolved".  And it is working. It is a very small word, but very helpful. I also see very strong changes in myself and in the Cacao Producer Association with which I work. Before the workshops I always fought and struggled with the people. Now I see that by listening to myself internally I can listen to my peer. This has given me a better understanding. The Pause is essential. We, as a group, are excited to continue these workshops to listen here, for our people. (Gilberto Espana. Ecuador)

"I feel very excited for having incorporated focusing techniques into my life. My attitude has changed and I now have a “cleaner” communication with other people because I learned to listen and feel. Now my body gets "prepared" before every reaction and my mind has turned positive, with which I fill my surroundings with positivism (Carlos Martinetti)

I was blessed with the privilege of attesting live and at hand, the works and the fruits of the pause movement in Ecuador. I heard indigenous people saying things like with this pause I can really feel what I am saying and thinking or now I don't need to hit my animals when one of them gets out of the herd wait.I make a pause to see where he goes and normally he will find its way back. Our culture is still far from offering spaces where people can learn in an accessible and sustainable way, how to connect to feelings and felt senses of their lived situations. With the pause movement we can begin in a simple, natural and deep way, to align our cultural paths into a wider perception of living and relating. The impact of this movement upon its local communities is now beyond a promise. It is in fact, finding it's way back. Hopefully, I am one of many that will embrace in a whole-hearted way, its mission and purpose. (Joao de Fonseca, Portugal).

The pause can be a great social factor of happiness.   I have been looking into this aspect for a long time, searching for a language that has not yet been used in institutional processes.  Many times I wondered if it ever existed.  We are used to building peace through technique and complex tactics of negotiation or behaviours, and there is nothing wrong with that! But as an experienced professional in this I know that if you don't believe in what you say you will experience a distinctive message through your body.  It picks up more about the whole situation than you can imagine. I can now see how easy it is to connect to other people at a different level, not tactically, not strategically, but in a natural way by pausing.   There is such a great potential in exploring the social pause. (Gabriella Colao, Italy)
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