Learn Metaphors of Movement online

People describe their problems in the language of movement: stuck, weighed down, at a crossroads, up against a wall. Metaphors of Movement, developed by Andrew T. Austin, teaches you to listen to those words closely and work with the situation they describe. I teach it live online in English and Arabic, and I run the online practice sessions listed on the official Metaphors of Movement site.

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Stick-figure drawing of a person on a hill path, stopped in front of a large boulder

How the method works

Listen

Catch the exact words a person uses for their problem. "Stuck" and "held back" describe different situations, so the wording matters.

Map

Work out the layout: where the person is, what is in the way, what they carry, and which way they face.

Explore

Find out what the metaphor allows and what it blocks for this person, without swapping in a generic symbolic meaning.

Six metaphors you'll learn to hear

Stick-figure drawing of a person sunk knee-deep in mud, straining to pull a leg free — Stuck

Stick-figure drawing of a person at a fork in a path, beside a signpost with two blank arrows — At a crossroads

Stick-figure drawing of a person bent under a huge sack on their back — Carrying a weight

Stick-figure drawing of a person with both palms against a tall brick wall — Up against a wall

Stick-figure drawing of a tired person walking a circular track worn into the ground — Going round in circles

Stick-figure drawing of a person leaning forward while a rope ties them back to a post — Held back

About me

I'm Roni F. Matar, a trainer and change-work practitioner based in Lebanon. I have taught Metaphors of Movement online since 2022, in English and Arabic, and I run the online practice sessions for people learning the method. I'm also an IEMT Trainer, Co-Director of the Association for IEMT Practitioners and a Board Member of the British Board of IEMT.

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Courses and recordings

Metaphor Metamorphosis

Using IEMT and Core Transformations with MoM

$250.00

Metaphors of Movement 1+2 - 2023

A Training with Roni in 2022

$400.00

Metaphors of Business, $ale$, and Marketing

Online Training with Roni F. Matar

$444.00

Metaphors of Movement Level 1 - Arabic 2025

Organized by Laurus

$250.00

Bateson Club

Discussing Gregory Bateson's Steps to an Ecology of Mind

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MoM Practice Sessions

Practice Sessions with Roni

$250.00

Practise with me every two weeks

The online practice sessions run on Zoom from October 2026 to September 2027: 22 sessions, usually 7.00 to 8.30 pm UK time. Monday sessions are hands-on practice on one topic, from session structure to metaphors of time. Wednesday sessions are a demonstration, idioms and open discussion. Andrew T. Austin joins for a Q&A two or three times a year.

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