My overall opinion is there is a wide range of experiences demonstrated, with good narrative to follow the concepts step by step through the 3 principles. This has provided a good demonstration of the technique to practice with confidence. If you can couple that with other techniques or theoretical understanding, eg. Meditation, mindfulness, hypnosis, psychotherapy, Reiki, natural horsemanship, Trust technique brings a greater depth to your interactions with horses and sets a beautiful pathway for sentient relationships. I was brought to tears by many stories shown in these videos and reminded of many similar stories from horses in my lifetime. Although I have been fortunate to have worked predominantly in this way with horses, I can think of many rushed moments with horses that have ended in frustration and regret. To quote a great horseman ' give a task an hour and it will take 10 minutes, give a task 10 mins and it will take an hour' The joy of working with your own horses first in this practice is you soon find you can enter a peaceful state within a couple of breaths. The healing power of breath is amazing. Peace and Release. Namaste.

Hello James & Shelley,
I was very, very impressed with your video course. Simple to use and easily understandable material. Well formatted, beautiful videos, well explained tuition section, lovely music, and especially the enormous amount of information and footage. I can see how you both put your heart and Soul into developing not just this method over so many years, but also into the teaching it via this course to others. There is a real positive vibe in your delivery, the lay-out of the page design and the logistics as to how to handle it, as well as the accessibility to personal help via chats, your swift responses and amusing language (such as the Harry Potter theme of the owl messenger in your automatic email response :)). In addition, James himself is a wonderful role model with his calm demeanour and loving personality.
I would also like to comment on the amount of video footage for so many different animals in this course, which is only meant for members and their own pets at home. Admittedly, I am surprised about the extensiveness of the material you offer just for your own personal use. It does have a rather professional training level feel to it (for instance the percentage of completion part). I could imagine, people who just want to work with their own animals, might not feel drawn to study the course in such detail about other animals or learn about how to conduct consultations. Very, very helpful and exciting for members such as me, who have decided to pursue a professional career in this beautiful method as a certified practitioner. For the ones who are not, a smaller package (but bigger than the "Messages of Trust") might be more suitable and also affordable.
For me, this course experience was fantastic, because it was exactly what I was looking for in my life at this time. I thoroughly enjoyed it and am very much looking forward to go all in with the professional training in June this year.

Working with the Trust Technique has helped me to work with and understand animals in a new way. I am have recently graduated as an animal healer and am very excited to be going on to study the practitioner course with James and Shelley. I know that the Trust Technique will help me to be able to help so many more animals and guardians. The depth of information here is incredible. It truly feels like these videos not only teach you how to do the technique but they support you and give you confidence to be able to do it well. It has already helped me to help my animals (cats, dogs, horses) to be able to find peace with situations that were causing them anxiety. To be able to help them in this peaceful and profound way is such a gift. Thank you!

This course has helped me to learn a new way of relating to and helping to heal my animals. The variety of situations that are covered in the course is hugely helpful in gaining insight and information as to how to help different animals and people in different scenarios. The information is given in a clear, relaxing and understandable way which lends comfort and support and helps you to feel that you can really do this and make a difference for so many. I have enjoyed using the videos to help me work through different situations with my various animals. To be able to help them find peace with situations that were causing them stress has been a huge gift to us all. Thank you.

I wonder, if it is possible that James French is a modern day "Saint Francis of Assisi (patron saint of animals)".

If I had to describe the course in one word "paradoxical" So simple, yet, miraculously profound!!

If "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.", then The Trust Technique scratches the surface of heaven!

On a practical note, the video course is clear and concise. The support is super, and the price is more than fair!

Much Gratitude and Warmth to James French and his team!!
Many Blessings,
Amy Prange
VA, USA

I highly recommend the Trust Technique Video Course to anyone interested in interacting with the animal friends who share our world in a mutually-beneficial way. As a professional in the Equine Industry for many years, I find the Trust Technique Video Course to be of unprecedented value. It is a one-of-a-kind course that facilitates inner peace, understanding and cooperation for humans and animals alike. It is my wish that the principles taught in this course become mainstream. Thank you for the gift of this course! It has changed my life and the lives of the animals around me forever!! Marilyn Rickman

i absolutely love the Trust Technique. it has had such a profound effect on my animals and myself. We are all experiencing so much peace in our daily lives. This course has been what I have been searching for in my journey to embrace the human/animal connection and bond. It has strengthened my dog and I relationship and it has changed my horse training business and given me another approach to building trust and partnership. Thank you!!! This is truly a blessing.

The Trust Technique (TT) is a life-changer, both for the animal and the human. My story: I volunteer for the Animal Control Shelter in Gloucester, VA and discovered I have a real knack for helping feral dogs. Word of my work got to Goochland County and Springer Farm where misbehaving dogs end up to be evaluated - the final evaluation. The president of that organization contacted me about an aggressive dog they had that they felt acted more like a feral dog. With my background, they hoped I could help this girl that no one could touch. I drove to Springer Farm to meet her and made the decision to foster her. She was on Prozac and couldn't be groomed or vetted - she wouldn't allow anyone to touch her. She was 1 year and 3 months. Previously to learning the TT, I tried everything. I had read countless books and took countless courses, tried deferring exercises, hired an aggression expert - all in the hopes of helping my very fearful, aggressive springer, Teak. Nothing worked until the TT. Teak was so sensitive it took many sessions in very small doses but finally, I saw a change in her eyes. The TT was working. She was gaining in confidence and trust and started to realize her way of protecting herself had no real purpose in her life with me. It was a milestone I never believed would come. And the part of the TT that totally resonated with me is that Teak was in control through Mindful Regard of her own emotional healing. We spent hours in the principles of the TT and our lives were forever changed. The bond - the connection - the intuition that she and I feel together fills our lives with joy, comfort, confidence and trust that has no bounds.

I've fostered many dogs over the last few years, taking them in when they first get rescued by the local animal welfare group and helping them to rehabilitate until they are ready to go to their forever homes. They always arrive in very poor physical condition and often deeply traumatised. Kindness, patience, and routine can work wonders but I have always felt more could have been done to help them but didn't know how. Now, I've found it in the Trust Technique and I realise I have been looking for exactly this for years. Thank you James and Shelley, I really look forward to starting the practitioner course. I love the simplicity of the method, yet it has such depth. It has added meaning to my own meditation practice. I've always loved the nature of non-verbal communication with animals, the joy that arises when connection happens. I feel that the practitioner training will bring a new profound depth and understanding, and I feel so grateful and privileged to have been accepted onto the course and to be able to start soon.

I've found the video course to be very good. for the following reasons;
I love its authenticity, nothing is contrived or stage managed.
The structure, in which the method is explained and then followed by numerous examples and case studies, is excellent. it has really helped to consolidate my learning and understanding.
Much of it, particularly the videos of the lions and bears, is immensely moving.
I really like and benefit from James's quiet voice and steady way of speaking. The dog in my care immediately quietens down and rests as soon as she hears James's voice, as do I.
The numerous consultations are very helpful, they've answered many questions I've had.
The videos are easy to access, the website is clean and professional in its appearance, and I like the structure of marking each section as complete before moving on (although I frequently forgot to mark complete and needed to go back through the videos to do this at the end).
There are multiple hours of footage and I've watched for 1 to 2 hours a night over the last 2 months. I've really benefitted from this immersion. Thank you for making it so comprehensive.

What a beautiful way of working with animals, at their own pace, and by reducing my own thinking into a listening mind. My spaniel has always had what I call "Itchy brain". I have long had a meditation practice, and I also do yoga, and the two cats and my spaniel like to be there when I'm doing this, and always fall asleep. It never occurred to me to actively direct the meditative mind towards them. I have started working with my spaniel, and I do notice her stretching and itching and yawning, so I'm looking forward to seeing where this takes us.

Truly inspirational and what I have been looking for for many many years. The level of communication between myself and my horses has truly amazed me and transformed my very sensitive horse. I am learning all the time and can’t thank you enough for the amazing work you do and for giving this gift to us all. Thank you James and Shelley.

I started the video course out of curiosity. As I watched the videos I was, and I still am, impressed about the clear structure of the Trust Technique. It helps a lot to know how to help an animal to relax, not just that you know the animal should be relaxed. With the different videos, I could see many ways to apply the Trust Technique. So I think it is very good that there is a lot of videos.
Using the forum was a bit slow but the topics, questions and answers were interesting to read.
I enjoyed the Trust Technique Video Course and I am happy I bought it.

I learned so much and am so grateful. I grew up on a farm so around so many animals, but wish I had known this then. I have a feral cat that is now 7 and was still skittish around me. Although her sister was fine and loved to be petted. After practicing this method she now rubs against my legs. Loves to be patted and even runs up to me to greet me. She is still skittish if I move too quickly around her, such as standing from sitting. But she is getting better each day, I know it is small steps. I am so thankful.
On another note, I very much wanted to take this course due to having a granddaughter with fairly severe autism. I have taught my daughter this method and she has used it several times and technique seems to quiet my granddaughter down. If she does it once she quiets after meltdown, it effects her in that she laid down with her blanket. She is practicing it while she is playing etc. I am hoping that it might be helpful in preventing the complete meltdowns that autistic children have.
I have just signed up for your communications course and I look forward to learning it. I also plan to again go thru the initial videos again, and others.
Thank you so much for reminding me how very much we can help our "best friends".

I am deeply touched by the Trust Technique and impressed by its power. The present moment helps me personally a lot in my work as a body therapist - both with people and animals. In my work on the central nervous system I give the patients a lot of space, with TT this feeling is deepened even more.
Personally, TT has enabled me to find a childhood and playfulness that I was not granted as a child. I think that is why the story of Kay the bear and her friends touched me so deeply, because through TT they found their playfulness again.
I am very lucky to be part of the translation team and edit the German texts. Of course, this work also helps me to deepen my knowledge of TT, as I am once again intensively dealing with the texts and videos. Wonderful.
And I think my journey will continue and I will do the TT Practitioner.
Dear Shelley, dear James, dear TT Team, it's great that you exist! Thank you so much for your work and for sharing your knowledge.

In deep and ongoing gratitude to James, Shelley and the Trust technique team. From the first time I saw the team at The Donkey Sanctuary to today and onwards it has made gentle yet powerful changes to my own everyday life aswell as that of my animal friends. I hadn't realised that I've been searching for this for 30 years since leaving the Equine industry,
The most obvious benefit so far is that my cat no longer bites me, albeit gently, to communicate with me as he no longer has to have that level of frustration and is altogether very calm as remarked upon by the vet only this week when he cooperatively sat on the scales when she indicated them!
However my favourite ongoing changes are being made by me in response to the techniques when used for people.
The delivery via video course in small easy to follow sections works incredibly well and browsing the sections surprisingly seemed to show often an issue in my own life an animal was helped with.
The support of the forums and truly welcoming and friendly participants also enhances the learning experience.
I'm greatly looking forward to continued experience and hopefully becoming the dream .

I have loved the trust technique video course. Practicing the trust technique for people has helped me to release some old panic and frustration. Being with my puppy in the present moment and mindful regard has also helped me build a lovely connection with her and support her as she grows and finds her way in the world. Seeing James and Shelley and the folks working with the dogs, cats, horses, lions and bears has been so moving and healing and reconnected me to a deep soft and authentic part of myself. I would like to continue my learning and practice as this has been a life changing experience.

I feel as if your videos and inspiration brings me back to the natural mindfulness I had as a child, effortlessly and beautifully at the time and lost over the years.

I'm so grateful that I found the Trust Technique!

I cannot recommend this video course highly enough for anyone who would like to share a deeper, more meaningful relationship with animals, humans and themselves!

The videos explore a wide variety of animals and their behaviour patterns and provide simple yet extremely effective solutions to emotional, physical and spiritual issues. It's a wonderfully presented resource, packed with heart warming and incredibly touching videos, that can be revisited time and time again. The videos leave you in no doubt that profoundly deep and peaceful connections are possible between all living things with patience, kindness, cooperation and persistence.

This video series is a beautiful, unique and very engaging learning experience - profoundly thought provoking and truly life changing!

Thank you James, Shelley and Team!

I am totally impressed and look forward to go for the practitioner study!