What is the Transformation Game?
The Transformation Game is a fun and powerful way of understanding and transforming the way you live your life. It looks at the kind of experiences you create, how you react to them, and how you might change your responses to realise your highest potential and achieve your purpose.
It is unusual because you literally "play" your life issues through the game - weird to conceptualize, powerful to experience.
It is unusual because you literally "play" your life issues through the game - weird to conceptualize, powerful to experience.
How can it help you?
The Transformation Game accurately mirrors your life and offers clear feedback which can help you:
- Gain greater self-acceptance in understanding your stumbling blocks and awareness of your own strengths
- Understand patterns of stress and change self-limiting habits.
- Clarify important personal issues
- Overcome anxiety
- Resolve interpersonal conflict
- Explore and allow new possibilities in your life
- Handle transitions – health, career, marriage or relationship changes
How does it work?
The Transformation Game is a board game for between 2-4 players.
When you play the game you choose an intention or Playing Focus which is a life issue that you want to transform or understand and this provides the backbone of your game experience. The game gives you the resources to overcome your problems and achieve your goal. As you move along your path on the game board and throw the die, the squares you land on and cards you take, help you to resolve your issues and clarify new options.
There are 3 main card decks which are:
During the Game you may explore your intention, moving up through different levels; physical, emotional, mental and spiritual, depending on where the key lessons for your growth lie.
When you play the game you choose an intention or Playing Focus which is a life issue that you want to transform or understand and this provides the backbone of your game experience. The game gives you the resources to overcome your problems and achieve your goal. As you move along your path on the game board and throw the die, the squares you land on and cards you take, help you to resolve your issues and clarify new options.
There are 3 main card decks which are:
- Insights or positive qualities that you need to reaffirm,
- Setbacks that help you see more clearly the obstacles or blocks that stop you from achieving your goal and
- Angels or mentors that allow you to reflect on different qualities that can help you in fulfilling your intentions.
During the Game you may explore your intention, moving up through different levels; physical, emotional, mental and spiritual, depending on where the key lessons for your growth lie.
The background
The Transformation Game started life over 30 years ago as the creation of Joy Drake and Kathy Tyler, who once lived in the Findhorn community and are now based at Innerlinks in the States. The Findhorn Foundation in Scotland is a major international centre for spiritual growth and personal transformation and the Game is an integral part of its personal growth programmes. Over time the Game has evolved into a variety of formats and is now most widely known as a commercially available board game.
Even if you have played the board game with friends, a trained facilitator or coach using advanced questioning and observation skills, takes the experience much closer to its original roots. The guidance and creative feedback of a facilitator brings a new dimension and depth to the Game.
Even if you have played the board game with friends, a trained facilitator or coach using advanced questioning and observation skills, takes the experience much closer to its original roots. The guidance and creative feedback of a facilitator brings a new dimension and depth to the Game.
The game
Games for 1, 2, 3 or 4 players
There are various options available:
• Sign up to a game that you can play by yourself;
• Form your own group with the option to play in your home;
• Play the game with your partner..
The length of a game varies according to the number of players but to give you an idea, a 4 player game takes between 4 and 6 hours to complete.
There are various options available:
• Sign up to a game that you can play by yourself;
• Form your own group with the option to play in your home;
• Play the game with your partner..
The length of a game varies according to the number of players but to give you an idea, a 4 player game takes between 4 and 6 hours to complete.
FAQs
What are the intentions, can you give me an example?
You play the game with an intention or Playing Focus which is any issue in your life that you want guidance on. Choose the issue that is most important to you. Here are some ideas of intentions that people have played.
Does it matter that I don’t know anyone in the game?
No, when you play with strangers, I'll create specific time and space to become comfortable and we'll set up confidentiality agreements upfront. Strangers might even provide greater insight to your game due to their neutral perspective.
Can I play with my partner?
Yes, it can be very revealing to play with your partner and the game creates a secure space in which to explore your issues that can create greater intimacy and trust in the relationship. One option is to play a 2 person game.
However, if you are not prepared to share completely and honestly in front of your partner, it would be advisable to participate in separate games.
I’m not sure if I want to share my problems with strangers
Sharing is a component that enriches your game experience and also enables everyone to learn something from each other’s games. However, it is the responsibility of each individual to create their own boundaries of what they are willing to share.
You mention Angel cards, I’m not sure about this?
The Angel cards and squares in the game provide a reflective space for the player to go inward and connect with themselves and a quality such as Peace or Abundance and does not require a specific belief system. Many people connect easily with Angels and others prefer to refer to them as Mentors.
if this sounds like something you'd like to try, it certainly is something I love to facilitate! Next step is to chat to me to see how it could happen.
You play the game with an intention or Playing Focus which is any issue in your life that you want guidance on. Choose the issue that is most important to you. Here are some ideas of intentions that people have played.
- 'I intend to release my fear of intimacy'
- 'I intend to clarify which career direction to take’
- 'I intend to create greater financial prosperity'
- 'I intend to gain insight into the friction between me and my partner'
- 'I intend to clear the stress related to my job'
- 'I intend to allow myself more fun in life'
- 'I intend to release what's blocking me from expressing my creativity'
- 'I intend to take care of my physical body and address health issues'
- 'I intend to release what's blocking me from committing to a long-term relationship'
- 'I intend to gain insight into the dissatisfaction I feel in my personal life'
Does it matter that I don’t know anyone in the game?
No, when you play with strangers, I'll create specific time and space to become comfortable and we'll set up confidentiality agreements upfront. Strangers might even provide greater insight to your game due to their neutral perspective.
Can I play with my partner?
Yes, it can be very revealing to play with your partner and the game creates a secure space in which to explore your issues that can create greater intimacy and trust in the relationship. One option is to play a 2 person game.
However, if you are not prepared to share completely and honestly in front of your partner, it would be advisable to participate in separate games.
I’m not sure if I want to share my problems with strangers
Sharing is a component that enriches your game experience and also enables everyone to learn something from each other’s games. However, it is the responsibility of each individual to create their own boundaries of what they are willing to share.
You mention Angel cards, I’m not sure about this?
The Angel cards and squares in the game provide a reflective space for the player to go inward and connect with themselves and a quality such as Peace or Abundance and does not require a specific belief system. Many people connect easily with Angels and others prefer to refer to them as Mentors.
if this sounds like something you'd like to try, it certainly is something I love to facilitate! Next step is to chat to me to see how it could happen.