EMBRACE YOUR FEARS

I hope you are well, this year promises to be very exciting. Matty and myself are now both 5th Dans with the BCA. Our next master class starts on the 28th Feb and we still have a couple of places left. I would urge you not to miss out on these classes they are second to none in content and quality. Jeff Monson said after grappling Matty that he should be on the world stage his levels are that good. My own coaching skills have been forged in the real world through working in such arenas as hospices and also areas such as mental health and much more. Between the two of us we bring a unique mix and we believe the best of both the physical and psychological worlds. I also bring several years of teaching conflict resolution training to front line NHS staff (doctors nurses) and Fire Fighters to the course.

The master classes I run in Dublin with my good friend Aidan Carroll (Hard Target systems) has been an overwhelming success. Because of this we will be launching new level 1 and 2 dates very soon. Why not come to Dublin to do a master class?
My Good friend Tyson has kindly reviewed my new DVD and has written this fantastic review that I want to share with you all. The review is posted on the Bohemian cafe webb site.

"This DVD will save souls" - Geoff Thompson Embrace Your Fears DVD - By Tony Somers Tony Somers - Embrace Your Fears DVDToday, Tony Somers explodes onto the self-improvement market. With his first ever DVD, he aims to elevate the inquisitive mind to embrace the arena of life and strike a blow into the stomach of failure and doubt. He urges us to stay in the arena, turn, and come face to face with and defeat our fears. To prevent the last gasping breath suck the life from our hopes and dreams. He wants us to remove the suppressing fingers that holds the beach ball of childhood fantasies under the tentative surface and allow the coiled energy to burst free. His commitment and passion in knowing how to help us release that energy is bottled and released onto the small screen. He shows us how to uncover and shake off the dark shroud which hovers above our unwritten gravestone. A graveyard is an unusual place to start but this is where we are first introduced to Tony Somers. As the DVD’s first scene unfolds he quickly explains why he is there. ‘Start with the end in mind,’ Tony reminds us as he quotes Dr Steven Covey, the great motivational speaker. This is to draw us to the fact that to succeed in life we need to visualise where it is we need to be. As most people are afraid of dying worrying what friends, work colleagues, family and partners would say in a funeral monologue he challenges this by exploring the deepest of all our fears but also reassures us that in good Dickens’ style that if we don’t like where we are then before the clock strikes one we have time to change. Its this belief that flows through the entire DVD. The belief that you can dispense with the old and venture in the new. We see this clearly when Tony stands outside Coventry Cathedral. The Cathedral is a perfect example of the old and the new joining as one. It was the night of the 14th November 1940 that would be forever etched in the minds of Coventry’s inhabitants. As daylight faded an ignition of deathly fireworks detonated into the cold air, choked thick with wide eyed fear. The reapers gunpowder continued on throughout the night as the never ending scream of Luftwaffe bombing struck over Coventry skylines and brought the cathedral to its knees. Yet, as day broke and the sun climbed tentatively into the sky carefully stroking the dust and rubble in an orange glow, a decision was already being made to rebuild the cathedral. It was not a reflex knee-jerk decision based on defiance and animosity, rather it was a decision based more on a sign of faith, trust and hope for the future of the world. The cathedral was rebuilt but twined the past to its arms as it rang in the bells of a new century. On the front of the cathedral is the statue of St Michael. This gives us an insight into the mind of Tony Somers as he uses this statue to front the cover of his DVD. He explains why he chose to use this profound image. ‘St Michael was an archangel. A leader of God’s army. To me St Michael represents courage and the devil represents fear.’ He then gives us some strong words of comfort. ‘If you knew who walked alongside you on this journey, you would never be scared again.’It seems apt for a man that has taken on and defeated many of his own personal fears that Tony Somers chooses St Michael to front the cover of his brand new DVD. But he is quick to say this path is not easy. ‘Risk does exist,’ Tony explains, ‘there is an arena of life where most people will sit outside and watch from the aisles. Denial their biggest friend. If you decide you are going to step into the arena, you will stand out. You will get hit, hurt and knocked. Accept it will happen and say bring it on.’ This is good news for those who are living on the sidelines of life watching the traffic spin past too frightened to pull out among the Ferraris and Jaguars. Afraid we don’t stack up that somehow our bodywork is not good enough or will never be enough to succeed at the motorway of life. The thought that there is more to life then what you have.As you walk around the cathedral one thing that strikes you is the passion to make use of the things of the past and channel them towards the rays of the future. Jock Forbes, the cathedral stonemason who rebuilt the cathedral, noticed two charred medieval roof timbers that had fallen in the shape of a cross. He set them upon an alter of rubble and inscribed the words ’Father Forgive me’ on the sanctuary wall. Within this DVD we are introduced to people who have turned their life around. People who have taken the torture of sad hours lived and breathed revenge choose instead to cloak themselves with the highest transcendence of forgiveness. They have taken this sheltered intention and created their own place of safety and chiselled the actions of mercy into their hearts and shook off and left behind 35 years of persecution. In 1902, Pope Leo XIII, offered a special prayer to St Michael, ‘Defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. Help the battle against the forces of darkness and against the evil spirits of the world.’ Through this DVD Tony Somers dives into the pool of fear. He swims through the mechanics of fear and identifies why our fears leave us trembling at the feet of these dark forces. He dares us to step into the arena and gives us knowledge and techniques that will push us forward, help us achieve our dreams and ultimately to embrace our fears. Tony Somers DVD[ 19. February 2009, 07:50 PM: Message edited by: Tyson ]

Thanks Tyson, I have had great reviews from people who have already purchased the DVD it has already had a dramatic effect on many people