"Really allowed me to fundamentally shift my relationship with my own sexuality. Moving from a mindless reactionary state where I used masturbation and porn activity to avoid feeling anger, shame, frustration, and boredom to moving into this poised, mindful, responsible place where I look at pleasure practices as an opportunity to connect with my own body."

"I think the single biggest thing that I learned about myself is that I'm a very determined motherfucker when it comes to this stuff, because so much resistance has come up for me. There are so many different coping mechanisms, parts of me, protectors, that are kind of like finding all these ways to numb me out."

"To a younger version of myself to motivate him to take action, I would say [...] Are you doing it alone motherfucker or are you actually in community - iron sharpening iron? Are you actually talking with other men who can inspect you and calibrate you and hold you to your commitment, to your word? This container is that it's a mask off, vulnerable conversation about the things men don't talk about."

"I joined his NoNutNov semen retention challenge and mens group. At the time I was smoking a bunch of weed. I was feeling really overwhelmed. Agitated. My sexual life was not the greatest. I was also still experiencing relapses with pornography. Learning the sexual transmutation practices and having a safe container with other men had me feeling like I wasn't alone. Sharing challenges was immensely helpful and supportive."

"Before this course, I didn't really have an understanding of utilizing sexual energy. And if I'm honest, I chose to be willfully ignorant in order to not take responsibility for it."

"The biggest takeaway I had about myself through this process was realizing how much my own religious background had moralized and brought shame into my life around how I think about sex and sexuality and porn."

"The person I was before starting was someone who didn't fully believe in his ability to be the master of his domain, and to be completely in control of his energy. I was someone who was easily distracted. Not just like women and things of a sexual nature, but things like other people and their energy. I was someone who was easily distracted and controllable in some way. Who am I now? I am someone who fucking wholeheartedly believes in themselves. I'm someone who knows what he is capable of in a very powerful way."

"Prior to Retain Your Life Force, I lacked a lot of focus and clarity and drive. I was in a very impatient state, kind of like I was emotionally dysregulated fairly often. But during the process, I came to really see how dysregulated my life has become, while finding focus on who I am and the direction of my life has really changed the dynamics of my relationship with my wife and given me a firm foundation on which I can be a safe, strong, loving, present husband and father."

"Hi I'm James, I'm 70 and years old and soon to be 71 which kind of makes me the grandpa of this group! [...]

#NoNutNovember was just superb. For instance, the massage gun has really helped me to gain confidence. [...} So that's my biggest takeaway, surrendering to the bodily intelligence that my body has to resolve issues."

"The single biggest thing I learned about myself in this process is that this thing, sexuality, is way more than I ever realized it to be. I utilized it as either an outward-focused energy with others, or as a source of confusion and shame. Or as a source of distraction and stress relief. And it turns out, it's this massive force to be utilized in so many beautiful ways."

"Most of us hide away from our sexual shadow. The pain that lives within. The grossness. The disgustingness. I was deeply addicted to pornography. It fucked with my life tremendously. His work is so so helpful. So necessary."

"If I was going to motivate a younger version of myself, I would really encourage myself to get up earlier, to take some time for myself when I get up and to wake my body up."

"Before taking part in Tyson's Retain Your Life Force container, I was the kind of person who was always trying really hard, but mostly alone. Having vague commitments or unintentional containers. I was making commitments with others not on the same path as me. I was more or less on my own path. I was stalling out or just spinning a lot of gears and the momentum forward wasn't much. There wasn't too much forward material progress."