Stories

My belief is that  Douglas taught me how to tap into an immerse reservoir of knowledge that was trapped inside of me. With a very simple technique Douglas demonstrated how to gain back control of my body. He is fascinating, funny, powerful, super-sharp and...

Walking into Douglas Heel's Be Activated Level 1 workshop alongside a bunch of other unsuspecting health and fitness professionals, I was totally unprepared for how amazing, controversial and utterly life changing the next 2 days would be. Having watched hours of...

I’m a Pilates instructor and have attended level 1 of Doug’s course 3 times now, I’ve done level 2 twice. People query why I would repeat the same course more than once, but every time has been a completely different experience for me, as I feel I’ve been a different...

It's common knowledge that Douglas Heel leaves an impression wherever he goes.. When I first met him in 2012 little did I know he would not only give me the tools to change the way I work, but that he would give me the mental stimulus needed to alter my pathway...

My name is Carla Bizzell.  I have a degree in sports therapy and have worked as a hands-on musculoskeletal specialist since 2007. I did level 1 last December, and at 9am the following day I began using Be Activated on all my patients. It has been an incredible journey...

I was on the Level 2 course last week in Bookham. I had been half dreading it as I knew I was feeling overwhelmed. I felt like a helium balloon floating up in a sympathetic state of chaos with no idea how to get back down to the ground. Obviously Douglas spotted this...

I was invited to go to Pretoria, South Africa, to meet with Heyneke Meyer, coach of Bulls Rugby. After the meeting (which had been initiated by the senior Springboks who were part of the Bulls Team), Heyneke invited me to spend three weeks with the team in their...

Doc Julius Erving (Dr J) is  in the a basketball hall of fame. He was the ultimate gentleman to work with!  Here we were, testing his stability at the Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational... Activating him was such a pleasure.