"Metaphors of Movement" - Language based models for change with Andrew T. Austin

"Locked alone in a room armed only with language, symbols and the knowledge of how to use them, a person will be able to unlock the mysteries of the universe. The requisite language and symbols already resides within us all, the Metaphors of Movement model provides the key to that knowledge."
Andrew T. Austin, adapting an original quote from magician and mystic, Eliphas Levi.

With the Metaphors of Movement models, you will learn not only how to uncover your own metaphors, but how to engage them at a physiological and neurological level —a completely new approach to overcoming stuck states and creating effective movement towards our personal goals.

You will never hear language in the same way again!

This is what some workshop participants who attended the four day program in Boulder, Colorado had to say:

"Andy’s MoM has infused me with new energy and perspective for the work I do. It has also given new life to the tools I already have."

"Incredibly insightful and thought-provoking training. Andrew Austin is extremely entertaining, bold yet covertly compassionate, and skillfully models how to help chronic clients discover where they stand with their problems."

The Metaphors of Movement models can be applied to both individual and corporate/organisation levels. Most contemporary analysis involves an exploration of four main themes:

1. Examples of the problem (what happens)
2. Emotional responses to the problem (how we feel about what happens)
3. The consequences of the problem (the effects of what happens)
4. The diagnosis of the problem (what we call it)

But none of these explore the possible solutions that are inherent within the problem system.

"After working with their own Metaphors of Movement through these models, the experience people generally tend to describe is a sense of being more “awake.” So often we do not pay attention to our own communication, using metaphoric words seemingly at random that are in fact incredibly rich clues into our internal experience and strategies for moving through the world. Through attending to what we are each already saying, and to the underlying metaphoric structure, suddenly the way we maintain our problems is revealed, and we have the choice to change."

"Andy provided four days of enlightenment for me to discover how I can take the client’s language as clues to what is needed. I have new tools for understanding metaphors. Even how amazing movement allows those “Ahas” of change. Change is what I see and know—change in how/what moves the client in life."

"This training has helped me have a completely different view of all the training I’ve had to this point. My view of the world and others has expanded where I can fit so much more into it."

“The material taught within the Metaphors of Movement and Motion workshop is both fascinating and profoundly useful. The metaphors used by each person appear to be central to their understanding of the world, and the training from this course not only helped me begin to identify and speak the language of people’s metaphors to facilitate change, but has also given me a more general insight into the pervasiveness of metaphor and their influence upon our lives. I gained insights about myself and my approach to hypnotherapy which I am certain will help me become a better communicator and therapist. I highly recommend this training. However I also give a word of warning: do not expect this approach to fit with your previous therapy trainings, it is radically different from the NLP and hypnotherapy approaches that I have been taught, your current beliefs about therapy will be challenged! Many thanks for the excellent training!" Alastair Hill, Hypnotherapist.

"Metaphors of Movement & Motion is a change work model that EVERYBODY should be involved with, not just therapists or councilors etc. Learning how to raise our awareness of how we truly experience our world through metaphor is a gift that is neglected by the masses. Attending Andy Austin's Metaphors of Movement & Motion WILL change your life and give you answers to your history that has always been there yet under the conscious awareness. Andrew T. Austin has created a model that can dramatically alter your perception of the world and those around you enriching your experience and what create within it. Thank you very much indeed." Steve Afshar, Therapist & Behavioural Change Specialist

* Click here for the article, "It Certainly Ain't Clean - Getting Down and Dirty with your Client's Language and Coping Behaviours" by Andrew T. Austin

** Click here for "Similarities and Differences between Metaphors of Movement and Symbolic Modelling" by James Lawley