Practitioner Testimonial 2018 — n° 44

February 2018

Dear Michel,

I want to tell you, in a very simple way, how my work has changed, but even more my life during this year of training in Dentosophy.

I already knew the activators and had already read your first book, which my wife had given me in 2011. Lisa has always had a great respect for spirituality and, unlike what I did, she has always been looking for a path for me and our children.

The reading of the book had stirred something in me, but at that time, I did not find the strength to seek a real change and in this way I needed a lot of time to mature in me the conviction to follow your seminars. Previously, I had followed other trainings for methods or techniques that approached Dentosophy and, now I understand, they have nothing to do with Dentosophy or Anthroposophy; I was constantly bumping into the links between the mouths and the inner characteristics of my patients, but I had difficulties to really give a meaning to all this; indeed I was practicing a personal technique that joined orthodontics and the activators, and in addition, I considered it rather refined... I imagined that I would mainly need some complementary technical information to be able to frame, in a clearer way, the use of the activators, perhaps to learn specific sequences or simply to acquire a greater competence for their use.

It was already during the first meeting in Dieulefit that I had the feeling that I should have started immediately and with a lot of commitment to work on myself, to get involved before using the activator.

Your words, the sincerity you convey, your ability to go straight to the core of a subject as sensitive and intimate as spirituality, had a very strong impact on me and there was no doubt in me about what I was going to do.

That's how at the beginning I started to use the activator with some difficulties, but with more perseverance over time.

I could not help but take off the blinders to be able to practice the "why not", experimenting the change on myself before others.

When you talked about my mouth, it was a crucial turning point. You made a link with my included canines and the fact of not having accepted the models that were offered to me. Concerning my very energetic left structure, during childhood and, how it transformed into a very strong right function, to the point of obscuring entire periods of my childhood. So strong that it could transform me over the years into a "man+++". I was completely immersed in work, in the total acceptance of the schemes of our materialistic society. I was a slave to the inhuman rhythms (I managed two clinics, one in Rome, the other in Orvieto); I was a slave to the learned scientific beliefs and to money, and increasingly distant from Lisa and my children, to whom, by the way, I was convinced of devoting myself body and soul.

In addition, I was dealing with my health problems: arterial hypertension, disabling allergies, back pain, all of this while persistently continuing my windsurfing as an outlet and as the only moment to live presence (indeed I called it my yoga, without really knowing what I was talking about); my fractures: the ankle, the other foot, the shoulder, a rib... taking into account my past has helped me a lot to access the change.

Day after day, by using my left side of mastication, my left functioning, my feminine, was awakened. I then closed my clinic in Rome to continue only with the one in Orvieto, a small provincial town with very different rhythms compared to those of the capital. I stopped using fixed orthodontic appliances (I have a specialization in orthodontics and this constituted a very important part of my work). In addition, I discovered a great sensation of lightness and serenity that increases every time I remove a constraint, as every time I dedicate time to talk with my patients about their talents and the links between their life and their mouth, every time a patient starts a Dentosophy journey, rather than with an orthodontic treatment or with a prosthetic technique.

In my activity, I will associate with people to help me so that I can dedicate myself to the part of the work that really interests me and also, to have more free time for myself.

At the same time, memories of certain moments of my life, especially of my childhood, have awakened in me; I did not imagine keeping them. And with these memories came back moments of a happy state of mind, of a regained simplicity.

In addition to all this, I have discovered a common language with Lisa, who is a caring and present mother, a beautiful wife; she is really the spiritual guide of our family. In a more and more evident way, a clear illumination manifests itself in her... We have started to walk together. There is still a lot to do, I have understood that there will always be.

Encountering Anthroposophy has given me the tools to face difficulties; meeting you, Michel, shows me the meaning of Anthroposophy in everyday life.

With my sincere affection,

I embrace you.

Testimony of a young patient of this Italian Dentosopher

My name is Claudia, I am 20 years old and I am a pastry chef.

Since high school, I have always had problems showing my smile because it was full of imperfections and I found it unesthetic. For a long time, I did not smile; I hid and repressed my moments of happiness because I was always psychologically linked to my dentition, but especially I was not myself; I did not show the "real Claudia".

I started using the activator almost 5 months ago and I feel gradually resuscitated; physically, but especially mentally. When I wear it, either during the day (doing the exercises), or at night, I have noticed changes, especially at the level of character; I feel that there has been an emotional unblocking, I manage to make more decisions on my own, without the outside world influencing me and I feel more secure and very strong about my life and my choices.

Finally, I smile, I feel as if something inside me is pushing me to be fully happy, to choose only with my head and not be managed by others' opinions, as was possible a year ago.

Moreover, even if it was never important to me, I feel more beautiful, and I am not talking about an external beauty... I can say that, finally, after many years, I feel that I start to

accept myself, to love myself more and to believe more in myself.