The ultimate team building event I am delighted to be interviewing Mark Anthony Baker who organises what he refers to as ‘one of the most powerful teambuilding events available anywhere in the world today’. What is of particular interest to our readers is that it’s available right here in the Channel Islands, so let’s dive straight in… I am delighted to be interviewing Mark
allows people to share a profound experience
Anthony Baker who organises what he refers
together, which bonds people at a deep
to as ‘one of the most powerful teambuilding
subconscious level in ways they would rarely, if
events available anywhere in the world today’.
ever, experience otherwise. When this
What is of particular interest to our readers is
happens, we bond at such a deep level the
that it’s available right here in the Channel
effects are long lasting. Enabling those
Islands, so let’s dive straight in…
extraordinarily deep connections that are otherwise not often experienced and difficult
Firewalking as a team building event Mark,
to create.
really! Isn’t that a bit extreme? Sounds fascinating, how does this happen? As an initial response that’s quite understandable, but the impact it has on
When you walk across hot embers at a
teams and the dramatic changes it creates
temperature of over 500 degrees you are
make it one of the most powerful team
challenging one of your earliest and most
building events in the world today.
deeply held beliefs which is “Don’t touch the fire or you will get burned”. However, when
So, what are the key benefits derived from
you walk across hot coals and emerge
this kind of event?
unscathed you subconsciously begin to ask yourself “If I can walk across fire without being
The benefits are many, but one of the most
burned what else can I do?”
powerful reasons it’s so effective is because it The answer to that question is a great deal more than what we currently think and believe we can achieve. We all have limiting beliefs that prevent us from releasing the potential that lies within each and everyone of us. Firewalking acts as a catalyst that allows us to transcend these limiting beliefs as it essentially, physically demonstrates to us that we can do something that we previously didn’t believe was possible. 28 | www.thejerseylife.co.uk
