Metaphors of Movement · Levels 1 & 2

Train Metaphors of Movement with someone who was there at the start.

Metaphors of Movement was created by Andrew T. Austin. Mark Andreas was in the room at its earliest presentations — Colorado, 2009 — and has trained with Austin almost every year since. When you learn it from Mark, you learn it close to the source.

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Trainer · Teacher · Author · Boulder, Colorado

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Mark Andreas · trains MoM Levels 1 & 2
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Trained with the source

A direct line to the origin of the method

Metaphors of Movement was developed by Andrew T. Austin. Many people have taken a course in it. Very few learned it the way Mark did — in the room as it took shape, and back at Austin’s side almost every year since.

  1. 2009

    In the room at the start

    When Andreas NLP hosted Andrew T. Austin in Colorado, Mark was present at some of the earliest presentations of Metaphors of Movement — watching the method emerge first-hand.

  2. Since

    Trained with Austin, almost every year

    Mark has returned to train directly with Austin, the originator, almost every year since — following the method as it has deepened and refined over more than a decade.

  3. Today

    Trains Levels 1 & 2

    Mark now teaches Metaphors of Movement Levels 1 and 2 — in person and online — through Andreas NLP Trainings. Learning from him means learning close to the original work.

Metaphors of Movement is the work of Andrew T. Austin. Mark teaches it as a trained practitioner and trainer — with full credit to its originator.

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What you’ll be learning

What Metaphors of Movement actually is

Listen to how people describe being stuck and the language is almost always spatial. We say we feel “stuck,” “weighed down,” “boxed in,” “up against a wall,” “going in circles.” These aren’t just figures of speech — they map a felt, internal landscape.

Metaphors of Movement works directly with that landscape. Rather than analysing the problem, the practitioner takes the client’s own metaphor literally and helps them move within it — out of the box, off the wall, around the obstacle. As the metaphor shifts, the pattern it describes shifts with it.

It is precise, often surprising, and grounded in the client’s own words. Honest about what it is and isn’t — no mystique, just a clear, learnable way of working with the language people already use.

  • Works with the client’s own spatial and movement language
  • Literal, embodied movement — not abstract talk about the problem
  • A structured, teachable method you can practise and apply
  • Shifts the pattern by shifting the metaphor that holds it
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The trainings

Metaphors of Movement — Levels 1 & 2

Two distinct trainings, delivered in person and online / streaming through Andreas NLP Trainings. Level 1 gives you the foundation and the core moves; Level 2 builds the fluency and range of a confident practitioner.

Level 1 Foundation

Metaphors of Movement — Level 1

The grounding. Learn to hear the metaphors people are already speaking, and to work with them cleanly and confidently.

What you’ll learn

  • How to recognise and map spatial / movement metaphors in live language
  • The core moves of the method and how to guide them
  • Working from the client’s own words rather than imposing interpretation
  • A practical framework you can begin using straight away

Who it’s for

Coaches, change-workers and practitioners new to the method — and curious people who want to learn it properly from the ground up.

Format

In person, or online / streaming. [dates & fee TBD]

Register interest in Level 1
Level 2 Advanced practice

Metaphors of Movement — Level 2

The fluency. Deepen your range, handle complexity, and develop the confidence of a working practitioner.

What you’ll learn

  • Advanced patterns and how to work with layered, resistant metaphors
  • Refining timing, calibration and the practitioner’s own movement
  • Integrating MoM with wider change-work in real sessions
  • Supervised practice to build real fluency and judgement

Who it’s for

Practitioners who have completed Level 1 (or equivalent grounding) and want to work at depth with confidence.

Format

In person, or online / streaming. [dates & fee TBD]

Register interest in Level 2

Trainings run via Andreas NLP Trainings, co-sponsored by Mark and his mother Connirae Andreas. Not sure which level fits? Book a free discovery call and Mark will point you the right way.

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Beyond the signature method

His wider change-work

Metaphors of Movement is Mark’s signature lane, but it sits within a deeper practice. He also trains and works in two further methods developed within his own family.

Core Transformation

Developed by Connirae Andreas

A gentle, deep process that takes an unwanted feeling or behaviour down through its positive purposes to a “Core State” — wholeness, peace, being, love. Mark co-designed the Core Transformation Coach Certification.

The Wholeness Work

Developed by Connirae Andreas · a.k.a. Coming to Wholeness

A subtle process working with the sense of self — “the I” — to dissolve reactive patterns at a deep level. Mark’s work also draws on classical NLP processes and Self-Concept work.

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Work with Mark

Four ways to work together

Whether you want to train in the method, bring Mark to your stage, change something in your own life, or host him on your show — there’s a clear path in.

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Trainings & Workshops

Metaphors of Movement L1 & L2 — the centrepiece — plus Core Transformation, the Coach Certification and the Wholeness Work. In person and online / streaming.

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Talks & Presentations

Keynotes, conference talks and guest presentations — substantive, warm and accessible to a general audience.

Invite Mark to speak →
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1:1 Coaching

Private change-work sessions worldwide via Zoom or in person — personal and business / executive coaching.

Book a discovery call →
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Podcast Guest

Available as a podcast guest — thoughtful conversation on deep change, metaphor, conflict and the methods Mark teaches.

Request a booking →
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Credibility

Grounded, tested, and taught for real

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Published studies — including two randomized controlled trials — support the methods Mark trains.

17+

Years in full-time practice as a change-work practitioner and international trainer.

1,000+

Clients worldwide, in person and via Zoom — the real-world ground his teaching is built on.

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About Mark

A teacher raised inside the work

Mark Andreas learned the family methods — Core Transformation, the Wholeness Work, Self-Concept work and classical NLP — directly from the people who invented them: his parents, Steve and Connirae Andreas, pioneers of the field. NLP is the heritage he comes from, and he has made the work his own.

His path ran through an undergraduate degree in Peace & Global Studies at Earlham College, then years as a counselor and trip-leader at the Monarch Center for Family Healing — leading at-risk teens on three-week wilderness backpacking expeditions, individual therapy and group process, round the clock.

Today he co-sponsors Andreas NLP Trainings with his mother Connirae, trains internationally, and lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife Catherine and their son. Metaphors of Movement — learned close to its source — is the lane he has made distinctly his own.

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The author

Books by Mark Andreas

Mark Andreas Sweet Fruit from the Bitter Tree

Sweet Fruit from the Bitter Tree

Sixty-one true stories of creative and compassionate ways out of conflict — ordinary people meeting hostility with imagination instead of force.

Endorsed by Dan Millman and William Ury.

Mark Andreas Waltzing with Wolverines

Waltzing with Wolverines

Finding connection and cooperation with troubled teens — drawn from Mark’s years of wilderness therapy in the backcountry.

From the wilderness-therapy years.

From the training room

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Begin here

Train in Metaphors of Movement

Tell Mark which level you’re drawn to, or what you’d like to change or plan. There’s no cost and no pressure on a discovery call — just a clear, honest conversation about the right next step.

  • Based in Boulder, Colorado
  • Trainings In person & online / streaming
  • Phone 303-810-9611
  • Address 1650 38th St #100e, Boulder, CO 80301

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