As a long time student of 'Gaisheda Khewaok' I was so hopeful that her tent had folded; that the abuse was not continuing. I am so sad to see that this has not happened - and that her machinations continue. Gaisheda IS a gifted empath - but she is without conscience. Her degrading and abusive teaching style EMBEDS and thrives on the trauma created in her 'containers'. She uses her student's vulnerabilities as a ladder for her agendas - financial and otherwise. She relies on the power imbalance created in her illusionary role as "Elder/Healer" to create and sustain her various agendas. Let me be clear: she is not 'tough', she is abusive: physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. There is a reason her former students are no longer associated with her - they are wonderful, wise, gifted women and men - they are survivors - and they got away.