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daily 1.0 2022-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/ef30e629-cff0-4c7f-b014-ca5d594b5a01/Design+1.png Mark J. Platten Developing the complete human by taking charge of your life through the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions, via courses, ceremonies, sacred trips, and books/blogs to guide you on the journey to your most sacred self. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/6f27b566-abcd-4e8f-914f-9603ff7d0b85/Cover+Proof+for+Kindle+eBook+April+21%2C+2021.jpg Mark J. Platten - Author Interviews When Nature Speaks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/8258aa59-46a2-4dc8-8aab-220c4b80f223/Mark%27s+Best+Seller+Meme+Teo.jpg Mark J. Platten - Author Interviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1641080237108-WP3CSYTNO4UUY0F2SOC0/unsplash-image-0OHyXKW56No.jpg Mark J. Platten https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1641080948823-ILMR3KQT0VL6Q76GXXO2/Cover%25252BProof%25252Bfor%25252BKindle%25252BeBook%25252BApril%25252B21%2525252C%25252B2021.jpg Mark J. Platten https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1641081392715-C5N11AE4ANIVINRPI7I3/Getting+What+we+Pray+For.png Mark J. Platten https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1641082279474-CU6KE2BNLX5UQIYQOU9A/Health+Photo.png Mark J. Platten https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1644556295393-APLM7Q23B2ORABO7CZ6R/JPG.jpg Mark J. Platten https://www.markjplatten.com/integral-man-institute daily 0.75 2022-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/7d92926e-efc7-46a9-bc77-90dc42de3675/facebook+banner+jpg.jpg Integral Man Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1642288927859-1HWREXVSSGE8GLN4EVIS/unsplash-image-_RBcxo9AU-U.jpg Integral Man Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1642289175483-FKMZJBHBXNPPOSWMEGI4/Sacred+Fatherhood.png Integral Man Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1642289986439-SKME4RVS0U00U3EK4LAR/Untitled+design.jpg Integral Man Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1642290229057-4S58ZGXODXA0RDNVNKV9/King+Archetype.png Integral Man Institute https://www.markjplatten.com/courses daily 0.75 2023-09-11 https://www.markjplatten.com/courses/the-art-of-connecting-with-nature monthly 0.5 2022-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1641080675915-KKVZL9SH68B0BLE7CIN6/Cover%252BProof%252Bfor%252BKindle%252BeBook%252BApril%252B21%25252C%252B2021.jpg Courses - The Art of Connecting With Nature - Finding your relationship with Nature I first published the book, The Art of Connecting With Nature, in June of 2016. It is a compilation of how 22 co-authors relate and plug into nature. It is divided into four sections: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Following each section are rites, rituals, ceremonies, and practices that you can try out for yourself to aid you on your journey. See below for the description of the course and a video of me talking about what to expect so you can get a better idea of who I am and what to expect. All fire tugs at our tribal hearts, but there is something about a sacred fire, imbued with deep intention and ceremony that brings forth a deeper, richer, more holy energy...as is true when we walk the earth as sacred beings filled with purpose. Mark J. Platten https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/abdb6d34-79b6-49d5-9ac5-cdc637b9b5fb/Untitled+design%289%29.png Courses - The Art of Connecting With Nature - Course Outline During this program you will explore aspects that many indigenous people live with daily…a connection to spirit. Regardless of what your spiritual or religious background might be, this doesn’t impose on your belief. It will connect you with nature and the physical elements of earth, air, water, and fire and how they show up in your life. Scientifically, it will take us back to our cellular memory and physical biology that needs immersion and connection in nature to thrive. We will work with my book, The Art of Connecting With Nature and develop relationship with the elements, seasons, and cycles of our life through rites, rituals and ceremonies. We will look at how to integrate these dimensions into your current reality, expanding what you’ve known was possible and live a fuller life filled with awe, wonder, and gratitude. 7 Modules over 7 Weeks Interacting with the physical (earth) world of Nature Interacting with the mental (air) world of Nature Interacting with the emotional (water) world of Nature Interacting with the spiritual (fire) world of Nature Creating Relationship with Death as a friend Exploring the tools and techniques from several traditions and creating your own ceremony. It’s an Inside Job: Preparation for The Inner Quest, a 3 or 4-day immersion in nature, calling to your guides and guardians for information on a challenge/opportunity in your life. https://www.markjplatten.com/courses/mens-circle-of-becoming-whole monthly 0.5 2022-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/db269202-3958-4ff5-97e7-9fe3e7a51479/Men+2.png Courses - Becoming Integral Men - Becoming Integral Men I have been involved with men’s work for over 15 years, started two men’s groups, and am working on a Ph.D. in men’s work. What I have found is that once you peel back the verniers of society and get to the core of who we are, there are some key things that show up for all of us. Those include feeling strong and capable in our bodies. The ability to be productive and be looked to as the expert. To be more connected to our partners, children, and friends. To make a difference in the world. To stand up for our beliefs and be able to speak our truth with courage. And, to engage in a Spiritual life that is based on a connection with the sacred, the divine, however that is defined for each of us. These are some of the truths I’ve encountered in all men, regardless of religious, cultural, or political background and these are some of the pillars this course will explore and invite men to dig into in deep and meaningful ways as we become more integral in all aspects of our lives. As men age, there is something that calls to us that no amount of money, prestige, awards, power, relationships, or stuff can fill. It comes from deep within us, from our core, sacred, holy self. It is the invitation from our soul that transcends all else. It is the invitation to connect with the divine and remember who we really are and what we have to share with the world. Mark J. Platten https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/0c5323b2-d90d-4f29-8e22-e4587f396d0d/Untitled+design%288%29.jpg Courses - Becoming Integral Men - Course Outline This program focuses on helping men rebuild their relationship with themselves. Really identifying who you are, what patterns you’ve fallen into, and stepping beyond the victim/villain/savior triangle to claim your power, with the goal of becoming whole, or integral. This course incorporates Jungian psychology, relationship research, men’s motivation and discipline techniques, and indigenous spiritual concepts to awaken the Fully Integral Man. 7 Modules over 7 weeks including: Getting to Know Yourself in the Physical Dimension Exploration of the fully embodied Mental Dimension Healing Your Wounds in the Emotional Dimension Connection and Finding Purpose in the Spiritual Dimension Exploring the 13 Archetypes in the Wheel of a Man’s Life Where are you on the Wheel and Tools for Success Envisioning and Creating a Fulfilled Life https://www.markjplatten.com/courses/manifesting-what-you-want-in-life monthly 0.5 2022-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/32c40d7a-aee7-47de-91fc-6778d8842d45/Untitled+design%287%29.png Courses - Manifesting What You Want in Life - Manifesting What You Want in Life It was around 2017 when an idea wormed its way into my mind and continued to haunt me until I embraced it full on. The conundrum was based around manifesting, affirmations, and positive thoughts and prayers. I had taken on the belief that what we hold in our consciousness, what we affirm, must become manifest in the material realm…and yet, why had so many of these things not come to fruition in my life? In fact, everyone I knew had experienced the same results. If the spiritual laws of attraction and thoughts become things were actually laws, then they had to be immutable. So, I knew there had to be another force acting behind the scenes that prevented us from manifesting based on the tools we had been given. This course explores the other forces that have been playing out behind the scenes and how to access and employ them to create the life you want. As divine beings, we are gifted, or even required, to create our reality and expand into a higher, more fully realized expression of ourselves. To embody this mandate, we must understand the tools necessary to bring this about, and in doing so, give us the true keys to the kingdom! Mark J. Platten https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/57e70b3d-da63-4c52-98fb-7302eb661285/Untitled+design%2815%29.png Courses - Manifesting What You Want in Life - Course Outline This course focuses on how we can become better at manifesting what we want in our lives through the use of spiritual tools, science, and performance research to connect the three aspects of consciousness (subconscious, conscious, and super conscious) so they work together rather than against one another to fully activate the law of manifestation. We will learn to understand why affirmations, choosing our thoughts carefully, and prayers are super charged when proper alignment and reprogramming of the mind on all three levels occurs. 7 Modules over 7 weeks including: The three levels of consciousness and how do they interact with one another Why understanding the power of the subconscious is the key Research and processes for reprogramming the subconscious Tools for getting the conscious mind to supercharge manifesting Process for engaging with the super conscious and imprinting in the field of possibility How to engage and align the three levels of consciousness for manifestation in the physical realm Laying out a blueprint for manifesting in all areas https://www.markjplatten.com/courses/its-not-what-you-eat-but-how-you-eat monthly 0.5 2022-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/81543eb1-ba44-4f49-a55e-e58b9d4be707/360_F_52353227_QN4uFwGBnLfLtZzAxacByJujbzneuGMB.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/4ba797cc-d9d5-4b8c-ad92-b84a242e98d3/Your+paragraph+text%281%29.png Courses - Not What You Eat...But How - Not What You Eat…But How I get that this will anger some of you and frustrate others who have spent their lives following strict regiments based on fats, carbs, body type, blood type, and a litany of other diets. What I want to know is, how has that process worked for you? If you’re like the 95+ percent where diets have failed you, what do you have to lose by following a different path…I’m here to tell you it’s a lot more than weight. In this course we’ll look at clearing old beliefs through brain research and spiritual practices that will work on multiple levels to re-imagine who we are and these amazing vehicles that we call our bodies. What if we could learn to love ourselves just as we are and know what is the right weight, food, and exercise for our inner being, not just what some formula based on BMI or ideal weight calculators deem is right for us. When we’re able to make peace with our bodies and learn to communicate with them in ways that are loving and supportive, our entire health and physical temple will change in accordance. Mark J. Platten https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1641167085371-G5RV8DYUXUKCW86ZHXM4/unsplash-image-SA1hu3CyrGM.jpg Courses - Not What You Eat...But How - Course Outline This course takes a detour from what so many programs and books teach us regarding the vehicle we call our body. We’re told by media, doctors, and health/fitness gurus that if we starve ourselves in just the right way, or follow just the right workout, or deny ourselves in just the right way, then maybe we’ll be lucky enough to be the four percent of people who diets work for. If I were to tell you as a mechanic that 95% of the work on your vehicle won’t fix what’s wrong, or if as a doctor I tell you that what I’m prescribing you won’t work for over 95% of the time…why would you believe anything I said after that? Yet, we place our belief in something that gets us exactly those results and we keep coming back for the next big idea, research, or fad. What if we look to the root of the situation rather than trying to attack the symptoms? That’s the invitation in this course on redefining the temple that is our body and what might happen if we focus in a new way on food, exercise, and the vision of our bodies as being much more than a repository of flesh. 7 Modules over 7 Weeks It all starts with our Spiritual relationship to our food and our bodies and why I was called to share this path. Learning to change the inner and outer voice. Removing and rewriting the subconscious files to support the conscious desires. Learning to listen to our body's needs. Why starting your day in an intentional way with small steps can make all the difference. Turning eating into a sacred act of building our physical temples and why it matters. Weaving it all together and making a personal plan that you can support one another on our journey. https://www.markjplatten.com/courses/sacred-fatherhood monthly 0.5 2022-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1643588780326-1PA3NYJ40X6DJK8B1BI1/unsplash-image-rpPvrOQmR2s.jpg Courses - Sacred Fatherhood - Sacred Fatherhood I have been blessed with five boys: Joshua and Jerry from my wife’s first marriage, Rannon from my first marriage, Annione between my wife (Ahriana) and me, and Dino, our adopted son who is a refugee from Ethiopia. So, I’ve had about as full an experience of parenting over the past 25 years as could be imagined. The only thing I haven’t had the gift of raising is a daughter. Luckily I’ve been blessed with three granddaughters, two who lived with us for almost a year. There was something in the core of my being from a very early age where I knew I would be a father, but not just any father, a father who would heal the wounds of generations of men in my lineage. I didn’t think of it that way when I was four, but as an adult looking back, that is exactly the energy I held…and manifested. To that end, instead of taking on parenting as a chore, duty, responsibility, or even inconvenience that was my wife’s to do; I rearranged my life and made it my sacred journey, steering the rest of my life to support my ability to guide, grow, and connect with my children. I hope I’ve healed the wounds of my past and provided my sons with a different possibility with their children…my lineage. When you see yourself as a sacred father, you parent with a different set of eyes, ears, and heart. When you treat it as your greatest gift, everything else falls into place and on your death bed, you’ll know you the true purpose of your life. Mark J. Platten https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1643590509889-J2QEH9TUX3BI8IYCS4H3/unsplash-image-Za03n9MIt4s.jpg Courses - Sacred Fatherhood - Course Outline To become a sacred father, we have to get beyond the hard exterior and what western society tells us it is to be a “real” man. Instead, we have to open to our emotions, to visit the wounds that were perpetrated upon us or we’ll likely pass that along to our children. It means finding our emotions and feelings and being honest with ourselves about what scares us about being a father, and asking for help from healthy men who have walked the path you are embarking on. What if you could break the lineage of wounds that have been handed down over the generations and create a new model of what it is to be a sacred, whole father? Imagine how that might change the course of your children’s lives…and of your lineage from here forward. How might it change their image of themselves? How might it change the partners they call into their lives? How might it change the relationship you have with them? How might it change you, and how you feel about yourself as a father? 9 Modules over 9 Weeks Visiting the wounds you carry and their impact on you as an adult and father. Exploring the four predominant male archetypes and how they relate to fatherhood. Identifying which of the four archetypes you need to lean into to become a more well-rounded man and father. Exploring what it means to be a sacred father, what it entails, and why it’s important to you. Understanding what children need at each stage of growth and how you change with that. Recognizing that each child has different needs and that their path is not your path. Understanding that how they show up is no reflection on you, that is merely your ego. Creating your manifesto on what it means to be a sacred father and mapping out how you show up in each of the four archetypes. Set up an accountability team and what your responsibilities are to each other. https://www.markjplatten.com/courses/sacred-relationships monthly 0.5 2022-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1643592836917-OV1Z8IIE2FAHFACFBZ8U/unsplash-image-KvMBOln0_u8.jpg Courses - Sacred Relationships - Sacred Relationships I spent a fair amount of time stumbling through one bad relationship after another until I realized the problem was not them, it was me! I started out by wanting to be the Knight in Shining Armor and save the damsel from her pain and suffering, thereby winning her hand. So, I found the broken person and once I “fixed” her, she no longer needed the savior and the relationship would falter. It was my childhood wounds that moved me into that pattern, believing I only had value if I could help/heal/fix my partner. And, the law of energy and attraction always draws to you what you are putting out there. It took me several failed relationships - and even a failed marriage - to take a step back and look at what part I was playing. It became really clear that I was attracting the same person over and over again, and therefore, the opportunity for growth and finding a thriving, sacred relationship resided in me. At first that was frustrating, but then I realized it was empowering because I was totally in charge of my own destiny because I could change myself and do the inner work necessary for me to call in a different kind of partner. I called in the love of my life and we’ve been together since 1999. Our relationship with our partner should be the primary connection in our life. We dedicate years of schooling and training to be the best in our work environment, but almost no time or training to be the best partner. Mark J. Platten https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1643594848016-ZAUQLMD3D3I1FCGR3NUF/unsplash-image-nIKCy5CWIzk.jpg Courses - Sacred Relationships - Course Outline This is a course on sacred relationship, but in truth, it is developing an integral relationship with yourself, healing the wounds and shadow parts that have contributed to past unhealthy relationships. This is a path for the courageous, for there are not many things on the outside world that are more challenging than facing our wounds and integrating them into our adult selves, and claim our fully integral selves. It is the hero’s journey within and requires all the tools and skills you have gathered through your life. It also takes others who have traversed this path to guide you through the depths of yourself and move through the chasm that keeps you from your truest self in relationship. I look forward to walking with you on your journey. 7 Modules over 7 Weeks Outlining what it is you believe you want in a life partner and what it means for you to have a sacred relationship. Hunting for patterns and claiming your part in the failure of past relationships. Looking at the four primary male archetypes and where you need to grow in each. Activating the Integral Relationship and a Life Worth Living. Creating Space for the Beloved to Enter. Awakening the Magnetic Love and a Sacred Relationship. Tying it all together and creating a roadmap for your future and accountability partners for support and growth. https://www.markjplatten.com/courses/its-not-what-you-eat-but-how-you-eat-l8kkr monthly 0.5 2022-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/81543eb1-ba44-4f49-a55e-e58b9d4be707/360_F_52353227_QN4uFwGBnLfLtZzAxacByJujbzneuGMB.jpg Courses - Not What You Eat...But How - January Awakening - Make it stand out Any time through the end of the course, if it doesn’t meet your expectations or what was promised, please email me for a full refund, no questions asked at markjplatten@gmail.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/4ba797cc-d9d5-4b8c-ad92-b84a242e98d3/Your+paragraph+text%281%29.png Courses - Not What You Eat...But How - January Awakening - It’s Not What You Eat…But How You’re not broken. You don’t need fixing. If you're here, it’s likely your health, well-being, and self-image are of paramount concern. It’s likely you’ve genuinely tried to address your concerns through diets, which generally work for a bit before you put the extra weight back on. We believe our outward results are due to what we eat or our biology and don’t realize we’re addressing symptoms, not root causes. I get that this will anger some of you and frustrate others who have spent your lives following strict regiments based on fats, carbs, body type, blood type, and a litany of other diets. What I want to know is, how has that process worked for you? If you’re like the 95+ percent where diets have failed you, what do you have to lose by following a different path…I’m here to tell you it’s about a lot more than weight. Just to be clear, this intensive is NOT a weight loss program, although weight loss may be one of the results of this process. In fact, other than a few mentions, you won’t see me talk about being over weight or dieting. That’s not where the focus will be because it’s not the root of the situation. We’re used to entering the new year by making resolutions, that this year things will be different. We join gyms, jump into the new diet, state to the world how things are going to be different…and a few months later you’re back to the same place you started, feeling even worse about yourself and your inability to make change. It’s not your fault because you have two things going against you that are almost impossible to overcome: 1. Like it or not, we are animals and integrally a part of nature. In the northern hemisphere this time of year has the least energy to give us for creating in a dynamic way in the exterior world. All of nature’s energy is withdrawn. Most of us have a difficult time getting out of bed, our nature is to wake up later and go to bed earlier. We just don’t have the energy we do in the spring and summer. That’s natural. Starting a new venture or activity is antithetical to your biology. This is the time of the interior world, of the dream time and self-reflection. 2. Our subconscious regulates 90-95% of our cognitive function. It’s job is to keep us safe and happy. Unfortunately what that typically means is “the same as we are now,” even if that’s not what we want. Our hypothalamus is the thermostat in our brain that keeps us within a narrow band of acceptable outcomes and when we veer too far outside those parameters, it kicks in like a thermostat to bring us back to stasis. We have to use different approaches and tools to change our subconscious and go to the root of the condition instead of trying to attack the symptom over and over and wondering why we can’t change our results. In this intensive, we’ll look at clearing old beliefs through brain research and spiritual practices that will work on multiple levels to re-imagine who we are and these amazing vehicles we call our bodies. What if we could learn to love ourselves just as we are and know our ideal weight, food, and exercise for our inner well-being, not just what some formula based on BMI or weight calculators? This is the invitation to you for the month of January. When we’re able to make peace with our bodies and learn to communicate with them in ways that are loving and supportive, our entire health and physical temple will change in accordance. Mark J. Platten https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61d0dd0e149c4f71b06da367/1641167085371-G5RV8DYUXUKCW86ZHXM4/unsplash-image-SA1hu3CyrGM.jpg Courses - Not What You Eat...But How - January Awakening - Course Outline This course takes a detour from what so many programs and books teach us regarding the vehicle we call our body. We’re told by media, doctors, and health/fitness gurus that if we starve ourselves in just the right way, or follow just the right workout, or deny ourselves in just the right way, then maybe we’ll be lucky enough to be the five percent of people who diets work for. If I were to tell you as a mechanic that 95% of the work on your vehicle won’t fix what’s wrong, or if as a doctor I tell you that what I’m prescribing you won’t work for over 95% of the time…why would you believe anything I said after that? Yet, we place our belief in something that gets us exactly those results and we keep coming back for the next big idea, research, or fad. What if we look to the root of the situation rather than trying to attack the symptoms? That’s the invitation in this intensive on redefining the temple that is our body and what might happen if we focus in a new way on food, exercise, and the vision of our bodies as being much more than a repository of flesh. During this intensive, you’ll receive daily videos accompanied by contemplative questions and interior action steps to ease you into the new year. I’ll have weekly Zoom calls starting on January 8th to discuss the previous week’s information and answer any questions. I’ll also do a final Zoom session on the evening of January 31st to wrap it all up and plan where to go forward. For those who like Facebook, we have a page there for more intimate interaction and connecting with others on this journey. 31 Days of Inspiration and Contemplation The first week we’ll be looking at our physical vessel and what we put in it, and create new patterns and where we place our energy and attention, learning to change the inner and outer voice. Week two will focus on our conscious, subconscious, and superconscious minds and the science and spirituality of how they work together to create our reality. Week three we will explore the role our emotions play in creating our reality and how it relates to our body and food. Week four we will be exploring the role of our spirituality and connection to the sacred and Divine and how we can access it for manifesting our desired results. The final week we will explore wrapping these all together and create a plan forward, including other opportunities to take this deeper and stay connected if that is something that calls to you. So, what’s this going to cost? That’s totally up to you. You get to choose how much you feel called to pay for the course. There are no differences in the content or what you get. I also call it a “Self Investment” because I truly believe that we don’t spend enough time investing in ourselves.