About the Practice group
Want to join a supportive community to practice and experience Core Transformation?
The way to truly become proficient at something is to practice. With this monthly membership you can count on a warm community of people with whom to practice the exercises from the Core Transformation Foundation streaming video course, as well as expert guidance as you practice. The group will be a manageable size, with more assistants for a larger group.
Are you Hesitating joining?
Many people hesitate to join for the following reasons…
- “I’ve never done a live event, and it feels intimidating going from just watching a video, to practicing live. What if I make mistakes? Or don’t know what I’m doing?”
- If this is you, know that YOU are who this group was designed for. Without practicing, you won’t get the great benefits of this process, so as long as you’ve watched the videos, that’s all we expect. You have full license to make as many “mistakes” as you want!
- If this is you, know that YOU are who this group was designed for. Without practicing, you won’t get the great benefits of this process, so as long as you’ve watched the videos, that’s all we expect. You have full license to make as many “mistakes” as you want!
- “I just don’t know if I feel comfortable working with my real issues in a live group.”
- If this is you, know two things. First, you can choose what you work with, it’s perfectly fine to just work with “mild” things to start, or whatever YOU feel comfortable with. Often transforming our “mild” issues has the most benefit, because these are often things that affect us many times per day. Second, know that you don’t have to share the issue that you’re working with. You can say, “I’d like to work with my feeling X” and I’d rather not share what that is. Your guide can easily guide you without knowing what feeling, behavior, or thought you’re wanting to transform.
- If this is you, know two things. First, you can choose what you work with, it’s perfectly fine to just work with “mild” things to start, or whatever YOU feel comfortable with. Often transforming our “mild” issues has the most benefit, because these are often things that affect us many times per day. Second, know that you don’t have to share the issue that you’re working with. You can say, “I’d like to work with my feeling X” and I’d rather not share what that is. Your guide can easily guide you without knowing what feeling, behavior, or thought you’re wanting to transform.
- “I don’t want to “mess up” someone else’s experience. I don’t feel comfortable guiding someone else through their real issues.”
- If this is you, remember that everyone signing up for this practice group knows that this is a space for people to learn. Participants will be chosing issues to work with that they feel comfortable with given the context. It’s OK and expected for things to go off track, and for “mistakes” to be make, and this is the quickest way to learn. Also remember you can always call in Mark or another Assistant for help when needed.
- If this is you, remember that everyone signing up for this practice group knows that this is a space for people to learn. Participants will be chosing issues to work with that they feel comfortable with given the context. It’s OK and expected for things to go off track, and for “mistakes” to be make, and this is the quickest way to learn. Also remember you can always call in Mark or another Assistant for help when needed.
- “English is a second language for me, I can understand a lot, but I’m not sure I can speak fluently for a live group.”
- If this is you, you are very welcome to join and just find out if it works for you. As you know, there are verbatim scripts in the manual to read from for each exercise, and you don’t need to deviate from this. You may actually do better at guiding than a native English speaker, because you’ll keep to the script which works best for most situations. And of course if you get stuck with the standard script, that’s when we expect you to call in Mark or an Assistant for help.
With this membership you will:
Get Regular Practice with Core Transformation and Aligning Perceptual Positions:
A skilled guide can achieve near 100% success at guiding a client through Core Transformation or Aligning Perceptual positions. Here you can get the regular practice necessary to master these skills.
Experience personal Transformation on a Weekly Basis:
Not only will you get practice guiding others through Core Transformation and Aligning Perceptual Positions, you will also be guided through these processes–giving you a place to bring your most important personal transformation goals each week. In the pilot program for this practice group, we conducted a research study of participants’ experience with CT practice over 30 days. Participants in the study experienced major improvements (large effect-size changes) in Emotional Stability, Positive Affect, Negative Affect, and Global Wellbeing (replicating previous CT research, 2015, 2019). A new and exciting finding in this study was the robust changes in dimensions related to spirituality. Scores on “Connectedness,” “Respect for differences,” and “Being Comfortable with one’s self” also showed large effect-size changes. There were also moderate effect-size reductions in symptom experience scores, (as measured by lowered scores of depression, anxiety, and stress on the DASS21 scale). The moderate (rather than large) effect size changes in these scores may be due to study participants starting out with relatively low scores in these areas. The findings from this study confirm our experience that Core Transformation goes far beyond mere symptom resolution and changing dysfunctional patterns, to facilitating wholeness and growth to one’s fullest potential. Stay tuned, as we hope to publish these findings in a respected journal.
Get the Experience Needed to Attend Advanced Core Transformation:
Those of you who have attended the live CT Foundation training already know CT is incredibly powerful. But many of you have only experienced CT through the online streaming video program (or DVD program, back when DVD’s were a thing). If this is you, you likely haven’t been able to experience these exercises yet. This practice membership group will give you a supportive arena to practice these exercises for the very first time, and also give you the experience you need to attend the Advanced CT training. (Every other month, we will practice all the CT processes that are pre-requisites for the Advanced CT training. In the intervening months, we will practice Aligning Perceptual Positions, and other useful exercises or variations that may or may not be a part of the CT Foundation training).
Learn With People Who Have Lots of Experience, as Well As Those Just Beginning:
Being part of a learning community with varying levels of experience, provides a rich environment where those just starting out, can learn from those with more experience, and those with more experience can learn from those just starting out (Many times more experienced CT guides want more practice working with people without as much experience in CT, so they can practice how to guide someone with less experience of the process). Some people in this group have already practiced CT quite a lot, and maybe even attended the Advanced CT course. However, many of you will be completely new. If you’re currently viewing, or you’ve just completed, the CT Foundation streaming video course, perhaps you’ve never done a CT exercise yet and you’re excited to have a supportive venue to practice this powerful process for the first time. Or maybe you’ve attended the live CT Foundation training, and you want more practice to deepen your experience of this process.
Format
How the Online Practice Group will Work
Schedule
Online Practice Group Schedule
When: We meet on the first 4 Saturdays of each month. If there is a 5th Saturday on a month, we skip that Saturday.
Meeting time: 10:00am – 12pm Denver Time, first 4 Saturdays of Each Month
Where: Online using Zoom. Once you register, you can access the zoom link through your membership.
What: On “Core Transformation Foundation” months, we will practice all the Core Transformation exercises from the Core Transformation Foundation training. On “APP, PTR & More” months, we will practice Aligning Perceptual Positions, Parental Timeline Re-imprinting, and other useful exercises that may not be included in the Core Transformation Foundation training.
Schedule: (meeting the first 4 Saturdays of each month)
- January: Core Transformation
- February: Aligning Perceptual Positions, Parental Timeline Reimprinting, & More
- March: Core Transformation
- April: Aligning Perceptual Positions, Parental Timeline Reimprinting, & More
- May: Core Transformation
- June: Aligning Perceptual Positions, Parental Timeline Reimprinting, & More
- July: Core Transformation
- August: Aligning Perceptual Positions, Parental Timeline Reimprinting, & More
- September: Core Transformation
- October: Aligning Perceptual Positions, Parental Timeline Reimprinting, & More
- November: Core Transformation
- December: Aligning Perceptual Positions, Parental Timeline Reimprinting, & More
- Practice group will continue on the first 4 Saturdays of every month, throughout 2024
You are Eligible for this Practice Group…
1) …If you have watched the full Core Transformation Foundation Training (or taken the course live) within the last 10 years:
If this is you, sign up to the practice group and join in the practice sessions at anytime.
2) …If you have just begun watching the Core Transformation Foundation streaming training:
If this is you, wait to sign up for this practice group until we’re at the beginning of a “Core Transformation foundation” month (see schedule above), and be sure to watch the relevant section of the Core Transformation Foundation streaming video (or DVD) training before each Saturday practice (When you register, you can log into your membership to see what material will be practiced each Saturday so you can be sure to watch that portion of the training beforehand). This is a great way to support your learning with live practice as you make your way through the course.
Technical Requirements
To participate you’ll need access to the internet, and have a computer or laptop with a webcam. If you haven’t used Zoom before, we recommend you try it out with a friend to get familiar with it.
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Mark Andreas
Mark has taught Core Transformation in five states and six countries, having traveled as far as India, Romania, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Canada to teach Core Transformation. Mark has a Personal Change Coaching private practice in Boulder CO, helping people achieve life-goals and resolving limitations using NLP, Core Transformation, Metaphors of Movement, Wholeness Work, and other methods for personal transformation and development. Though Mark uses many personal change methods, Core Transformation is the single method he has used the most over the last decade, both with himself, and with clients—because of it’s profound effectiveness and ease of application to a wide range of life issues. Mark works with individuals both in person and over Zoom or Phone. Visit www.markandreas.com for more details.
Mark’s most recent book, Waltzing with Wolverines: Finding Connection and Cooperation with Troubled Teens, offers a fresh and effective approach to working with teens and “kids of all ages,” based on his experience working for a Wilderness Therapy company in CO. In Mark’s unique style, this book teaches through stories and examples, making it a fun read.
Mark is also author of the book “Sweet Fruit From The Bitter Tree: 61 Stories Of Creative And Compassionate Ways Out Of Conflict,” endorsed by Dan Millman and William Ury.
