A Fearless Christmas

So I’ve been talking about the AWAKENING THE WARRIOR WITHIN workshop taught by Dawn Callan, where in two days she would give women a similar level of confidence conferred by about two YEAR of ordinary martial arts training. My question was: which of these qualities depended upon attending a physical workshop, and which are perceptual/emotional/strategic qualities that might be taught in a different, more “portable’ form?

Over the years, Dawn and I have written about these qualities, and had countless comments and thanks back from students saying that things we had suggested, taught, or spoken of had given them courage, focus, energy, certainty, and the capacity to fight for their own dreams.

It is possible. But…how?

The decision was to take the very best of everything that either of us had taught or learned, and shape it into a home study course. How long should it be? Well…in one sense, change takes no time at all. It can happen in a moment, with an “epiphany.” But while that can be choreographed, it cannot be predicted reliably. A month is about the minimum for emotional change: time to make the change, and also test it. Six weeks is about the minimum for physical change, and we HAD to anchor this in the physical. IT CANNOT WORK AS A CONCEPT. Your head-games will not save you. Your heart just might…if it is connected to the “Belly Brain”, your physical, the home of your innate animal instincts.

So…for the sake of simplicity and certainty, the decision was to create a ten-week class, with weekly…