The International Moving Man Institute

What does MM mean to you?
To get a better understanding about myself and leave behind what no longer serves me and my life!

What has MM given you so far?
Adult male friends who understand, accept and hold me with love. Awareness and a lot of experiences that have led me via my body and touch to my feelings of tenderness and acceptance of my vulnerability.

What does it mean to you to belong to the MM community?
Challenge, development, commitment and growing in my masculinity in a supportive professional environment. The ability to be present and emanate my energies into the world.

What does MM mean to you?
Develop self-awareness, to be part of a community, new friendships and group leadership skills.

What has MM given you so far?
Great help on my journey of self-discovery. To become a more clear-sighted and sincerely loving man. New friendships, deep, honest connections.

What does it mean to you to belong to the MM community?
True friendships based on unvarnished honesty. A providing and supportive family environment that is also very inspiring.

What does MM mean to you?
MM for me is a journey of self-awareness with a somatic focus and a male support community

What has MM given you so far?
What MM gave me is that intimacy exists between men, which is brotherly, friendly and has no sexual charge at all. It's actually a natural thing that has been erased from us by social prejudices and expectations. I have accepted my own masculinity, there is room for a more sensitive male character among men.

What does it mean to you to belong to the MM community?
For me, the MM community is an accepting, friendly group I can always rely on and where there are no taboos.

What does MM mean to you?
MM aims to give the world men who are mature, connected to their emotions, able to work through their own obstacles and take responsibility for their own actions.

What has MM given you so far?
MM gave me a non-judgmental, supportive, mutually respectful and accepting community of men

What does it mean to you to belong to the MM community?
For me, MM is a second home where I can be myself without censorship

What does MM mean to you?
Emotional sensitisation, community, self-development. Manhood building and support for my fellow friends.

What has MM given you so far?
Inner transformation, working out compassion, being loved and accepted, being an important and valued member of the community.

What does it mean to you to belong to the MM community?
Acceptance, retention, mutual inspiration. Improved quality of life, social sensitivity

What does MM mean to you?
This is a school for people. You learn how you and others work, what you do, why you do it.

What has MM given you so far?
Emotions, honesty, inspiration.

What does it mean to you to belong to the MM community?
Friends, true companions on my journey.

What does MM mean to you?
Perhaps I can best illustrate it with a metaphor: Imagine a pond, sometimes tranquil, other times rippling, concealed in profound green and a slight murkiness that hides the bottom. Standing on the shore, I face a choice: to remain dry, or to immerse myself neck-deep in the water - a conscious decision. With a powerful kick, my body propels, plunging me inside, and the joyous cry of my soul rises, my head reaching the surface once again. I catch my breath, my lungs clear, I stretch out far. As the water turns transparent and serene, the turbulence disappears, revealing my limbs as I stand firmly grounded, ready to pull myself back onto the shore with both hands, eager to dive in again. The sun emerges, casting its warm light.

What has MM given you so far?
I found motion, in touch with both companions and my own self. Are we here to release trauma, or rather to confront the challenges honestly, to sit with the difficulties instead of numbing the pain? Allowing realizations to surface, this time embracing instead of running away. Tears were flowing freely, embraced by others and myself. Delving into unexplored memories, I caught glimpses of formative events, worthy of processing and transformation.

What does it mean to you to belong to the MM community?
Focusing on solutions. Arriving to resilience. Srength that sustains us. A sense of brotherhood. Being together in solitude with yourself. A soul community, safe and bonded, akin to the warmth of a family.

How do I feel now? (after the group)
...Wonderful... Recharged, improved, motivated. A man worthy of respect and attention. With space, an individual from whom others can learn because he is unique. No less or more than others... I feel ready for what I want to accomplish. This in turn gives me doubts and headaches about how (as always), but this is somehow different. It feels like a surmountable obstacle now, which is definitely a challenge, but no longer a fear. I imagined it to be different, but it was much better than I expected. I expected more, or rather different, movement. But mentally it was much deeper than I expected and that is more valuable, especially now, here, for me. I didn't expect to go through such character development and to plumb such depths. There was no competition.. no masks needed, there was support. Seeing people express themselves after so much happening, fighting, laughing, moving. After the conversation on the last night, I felt for the first time ....in such quality and intensity when I walked back to my tent ... that I was a man of honour... I will never forget that walk, that feeling.

The gifts of knowing parts of my greatness, deep connection with some men. Listening to men sharing their struggle helps me get perspective on my own, as they are very similar. And feeling my own power. I'd love to bring the attitudes we had to my own relationship and spark more caring and conscious interactions. After the workshop I feel Powerful, more attuned to people and my body. I'll tell other men they'll discover powerful ways to connect to men and their own body. They'll get new perspectives and insight about how we operate and relate with each other.

More than that it exceeded my expectations, the qualities of attendees and of leading was unexpectedly high. It was quite contrary in regards of openness to what I was used in the last few years in such groups, either the mind or the body were closed, there both were opened and accessible.