Lake District Fire-walking
 
“I got so much out of it... I opened myself up to a greater awareness of my own and others’ potential. I feel more able to approach challenges and choices with strength and conviction. I have a stronger belief in myself.”  Lucy Williamson, participant.
 
 
Sweat Lodges Personal Development
AN EXCLUSIVE FIRE-WALK TRAINING DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR NLP TRAINERS An intensive course for NLP trainers who wish to learn the art of fire-walking and explore its potential as a vehicle for personal transformation. Most fire-walking instructor courses spend a lot of time learning the basics of state change and developing personal anchors. They use up a lot of time on personal development work that as a trainer you will have covered already (time you could be spending working with clients). Most other fire walk courses also go into group energy management and instructional content that as a trainer you should already know. For a working NLP trainer or senior practitioners I realised that there is a lot of stuff on those courses you don’t really need. So I have designed a course that teaches the practical steps needed to run a safe and enjoyable fire-walking experience- without going over content you are already teaching others to do. A 'low fat' course if you like. Other courses take six days or so to complete and some even require a further six days before you can even start the course. If your diary is anything like as busy as everyone else's that would be a big chunk of time to find! Instead this course runs over the course of a weekend. We can do this because the course is stripped down to the essential 'need to know' stuff and because we are working only with people who are already a long way down the personal development journey. Only NLP certified trainers will be accepted on the course. A baseline entry requirement means that you won’t be waiting for others to play catch up and that we can use a common language that speeds things along. Another great thing about working with just NLP trainers is that you will get to see other people at work. We will use a workshop approach to the course at different times so you’ll be able to get useful feedback and get to see other people from other NLP lineages at work. Also you get to network with trainers from around the UK. Some fire-walk training takes a lengthy, personal development approach to the whole course but my guess is that as an NLP trainer you have already made some pretty significant shifts in your development. However, ‘low fat’ doesn’t mean that there won’t be personal development and personal shifts for you during this course. There will. Whether that means increased confidence in your ability as trainer or life changing belief breakthroughs. Fire-walks are a powerful tool and I get new insights into myself each time I run one. Anyway, this course takes an accelerated approached to learning where you learn everything that you need- without the ‘excess course baggage’ that can take up a week of your valuable time. We will cover: PRACTICALITIES • wood type • fire construction • wood quantity • burn times • tools of the trade • fire safety • axe usage • ground preparation • minimising environmental impact • equipment checklist LEGALITIES: • legal precedents • legal disclaimers • personal limits of liability • risk assessments • medical contraindications etc. PSYCHOLOGY: There are many, many beliefs about walking on fire ranging from scientific, spiritual, quasi scientific, pranic, agnostic, sceptic etc. I believe you need to know them all but I will also teach you the ONE TRUE SECRET of fire-walking that every fire walker should know and that nobody taught me! MODES: We will walk the fire in several ‘modes’ ranging from meditative through to ‘evangelical NLP guru style’. My approach is pluralistic and will allow you to discover YOUR WAY of running this. The course will be a mixture of classroom talks, personal work and preparation, pre course reading, discussions, practical advice and case study. Oh, and lots of walking over hot coals! So how am I qualified to run this course? Well my personal experience with fire-walking goes back to 1997 and I have been involved in personal development through experience for 20 years. I have probably worked with over 12,000 people in that time. With groups and individuals from all walks of life looking to develop themselves through powerful experiences. MY "FIRE-WALKING QUALIFICATION" After walking on coals many times since 1997 I decided I wanted to “get qualified” to run fire-walks. I looked into some of the popular courses that offer “certification”. I decided that the certificates would be of limited value as I still probably wouldn’t get insurance for running the activity. Besides, it required investing thousands of pounds that I just didn't have at the time. So how did I qualify? Well, I condensed all the teachings from Anthony Robbins, Tom Heckel (Canadian psychic and long time fire-walk leader), Chris Gladwell (yoga teacher and NLP master) that I had received over the years and modelled what they had shown me and their teaching methods. I then studied the subject extensively and read everything I could. I then boiled all this experience down into the essentials and decided that the only remaining thing was to run my first walk- with myself as the guinea pig... So I walked alone to a remote woodland clearing with no phone, no first aid kit, no back up and lit a huge fire with the ton of firewood I'd had dropped off previously. Absolute commitment was going to be important. I just hoped I would still be able to walk the mile back to the car when I had finished... As I raked out the 12 foot bed of coals with a 6ft long rake (at arms length) I could feel my eyebrows singeing with the heat! I must have been bonkers... Anyway, I knew that if I could walk the coals under these circumstances then I would be able to teach it to others because of my absolute confidence in my own abilities. That first solo walk took everything trick in the book to commit myself to. It was a defining moment for me as I fired a lifetime of powerful anchors. I then walked across the coals several times using different mental states and methods of preparation. As a result of those walks I discovered a secret to fire-walking that no-one else has ever told me. Since then I have run commercial fire-walks with no burns and loads of great feedback. There's some photo's on my website at www.thecontinuum.org.uk The most rewarding part has been that many of my clients have gone on to make huge changes in their lives as a result of fire-walking. "I got so much out of it... I opened myself up to a greater awareness of my own and other’s potential. I feel more able to approach challenges and choices with strength and conviction. I have a stronger belief in myself.” Lucy Williamson. Lucy went on to make some big life decisions that allowed her to fulfill lifelong travel ambitions. "After the fire-walk experience I made some huge shifts, overcoming a trauma that had been with me my whole adult life. I have since left my job and I am working in Africa for VSO- it's been amazing!" Petra Rubenstein. DATE: 13th -15th of February 2009. Starts 6.30pm Friday. Ends Sunday at 5pm. VENUE: Continuum Yoga Studio, Windermere, Cumbria see www.thecontinuum.org.uk A wide range of B&B accommodation is available locally plus a variety of restaurants for the evenings. PRICE: (Sundoor charge £1295 per person for a six day course but you have to pay your residential and food on top of that.) (Tolly Burkan, the man who taught most well known teachers charges US$10’000 for individual tuition or $7500 for private groups. The open course in California costs US$3500 plus flights, food etc’.) The Continuum Price is £795 and includes lunches and refreshments. There are just 12 places available on this course which will be sold on a first come first served basis. Given the level of interest expressed by my pilot NLP trainers group I expect that the course will be full within a couple of weeks of sending this email. To secure your place please phone first on (07739 646176) to check availability and then send a cheque payable to: ‘Matthew France- Continuum’ High Lindeth Lindeth Windermere Cumbria LA23 3NH Please call Matt on 07739 646176 to book your place. Full directions will be sent once you have booked. http://www.thecontinuum.org.ukhttp://www.thecontinuum.org.ukshapeimage_5_link_0shapeimage_5_link_1
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Fire-walk Leadership for NLP Trainers
 
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