Our Trainings and Programs
The most positive life-changing weekend experience we know of is the New Warrior Training Adventure, our flagship program. For many men, the New Warrior Training Adventure is the entry point to a life of personal and community transformation.
Select a training group from the graphic below to get more information.
No Prerequisite
Requires NWTA
No Prerequisite
MEN
No Prerequisite
MEN
Requires NWTA
No Prerequisite
Our Trainings and Programs
The most positive life-changing weekend experience we know of is the New Warrior Training Adventure, our flagship program. For many men, the New Warrior Training Adventure is the entry point to a life of personal and community transformation.
Select a training group from the graphic below to get more information.
ONLINE TRAININGS
MEN — No Prerequisite
MEN — Requires NWTA
MIXED GENDER — No Prerequisite
IN-PERSON TRAININGS
MEN — No Prerequisite
MEN — Requires NWTA
MIXED GENDER — No Prerequisite
Online • Men • No Prerequisite
Open Men’s Groups • Men’s Circles
An Open Men’s Group is for every man. Free, Confidential, ManKind Project Facilitated groups for men on the awakening path of personal growth. Get support for every aspect of your life in a brotherhood of like-minded men. Our men’s groups help men find and nurture a healthy, powerful and positive masculinity through the daily transitions of modern life. Submit this form to locate an Open Men’s Group.
2-3 hours weekly or bi-monthly
Local Leadership
Online Course
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the Men’s Work: An Introduction
If you are just getting started on a path of personal development, the Men’s Work 3 Week LIVE Online Course was made for you. Designed to jump-start your self-understanding and provide what you’ll need to move forward. This 3 session course is low-cost, confidential, and facilitated by pairs of experienced facilitators. And once you’ve joined the course, you will have free regular access to ‘Alumni Check In’ calls hosted by our trained facilitators. Course curriculum includes essential skills for any man looking to ‘up his game’ in work, relationship, and family. More information here.
3x 90-minute live sessions
the Men’s Work: Crossroads
Is there a gap between who you say you are, or who you think you are, and how you actually show up. Through a clutter of conflict … through the lens of your next tasks … through the tyranny of timelines and to-dos … we lose sight of our power to create and impact our worlds.
GO FROM TOUCHING ON A NEW WAY OF BEING … to seeing, being, and living from your authentic values and core beliefs. Deeply confront your resistance. Figure out what’s been getting in the way of you moving forward in your life and take tangible steps to building the world you want. Click here to learn more.
6-week live sessions
Certified Leadership
the Men’s Work: Living Through Disruption
We’re all feeling it. Many of us are clinging desperately to the way it used to be, wishing we could make this all go away. In the back of our minds, we know things are never going to be the same. Things have already changed. Navigating the dark night of our times, and embracing the disruption to create new pathways for personal transformation and adaptation is a revolutionary act. This is the time to meet uncertainty with courage and resolve, and your choice to participate in “Living with Disruption” will equip you with new ways to meet the challenge of today. Click here to learn more.
7 weekly live sessions
2 Certified Leaders
the Men’s Work: IMPACT
This is a men’s program BY and FOR men under 40 years old. This 7-week deep dive is customized for men who grew up in a media and advertising saturated culture; get grounded. See yourself clearly. Take responsibility. Build an authentic connection with other men – a brotherhood that will last long after the course is finished. Let’s get real and look at some of the forces that have shaped us as younger men … and take concrete steps to begin creating the kind of lives we want to be living. Click here to learn more.
7 weekly live sessions
2 Certified Leaders
Man on Purpose
A 7-week course designed specifically for men to more deeply explore, discover and claim their purpose and move through resistance to transform their lives and take action in the world. This course was last offered in fall 2016 – and is being redeveloped as a self-directed program. Click here to learn more.
Get a FREE Purpose Activation Blueprint eBook. Click here.
7 self-guided sessions
2 Certified Leaders
Online Course
Online • Men • NWTA Required
MKP USA Online Trainings offers these transformational courses for men who have graduated from the New Warrior Training Adventure.
I-Group Leader Training
Develop the tools to create and lead online I-Groups with emphasis on safety and best practices. A five-week experiential course to develop and enhance your leadership skills. Learn how to build a safe online container, influence the flow of an I-Group, and develop trust among the group, among other skills.
NWTA Graduates
2.5 days
Local Leadership
Private Facility
REGISTER
Online Integration Groups • Online I-Groups
Called “Integration Groups” or “I-Groups,” our flagship men’s circles are designed to help men who have completed the New Warrior Training Adventure integrate tools and processes discovered on that transformational journey. I-Groups help men deepen skills for peer-facilitation, self-awareness and responsibility, listening, emotional intelligence, goal achievement, and healthy boundary setting. MKP USA serves a growing network of nearly 700 peer support groups meeting weekly or biweekly, serving close to 7,000 men. Today, many of these groups welcome visitors on a regular basis. Click here to get help finding a men’s group.
Weekly or Bi-Monthly
Local Leadership
After the Adventure
A select number of ManKind Project USA training centers offer “After the Adventure,” a one night online event to reflect, integrate, and connect after your hero’s journey is complete. Guided by men who staffed the weekend, this training is a space for New Brothers to debrief, anchor their experience, and to help them identify appropriate next steps for themselves in their lives and in the ManKind Project community. MKP is a lifelong community for thousands of men around the world. Learn more.
1 evening after NWTA
I-Group Facilitation Training (IGFT)
IGFT is an advanced training for facilitating highly effective men’s support groups. The 2-day curriculum deepens and expands on the material taught in the Primary Integration Training, offering men additional tools and practices for creating safe and effective spaces for personal development work. Click here to learn more about the IGFT.
NWTA and PIT Graduates
4 4.5-hour sessions
Certified Leadership
Zoom Meetings
Staff Training 1 (ST1)
Dissecting the flow and processes of the New Warrior Training Adventure, men take a deeper look at the archetypes at the heart of our work. Required before 4th New Warrior Training Adventure staffing. Click here to learn more about this training. OR Click here for dates and locations (Login Required).
NWTA and PIT Graduates
4 4.5-hour sessions
Certified Leadership
Zoom Meetings
Click Here (login required)
Waking Up To Whiteness
Racial inequity, violence, and injustice are deeply embedded in American society. This training is a starting point for white men who want to raise their voices for systemic change — and who recognize that uncomfortable conversations are a critical part of creating a more just society. This container has been consciously created to not place the burden of our learning on our sisters and brothers of color. At the same time, many of the course materials were created by people of color to ensure their voices are represented.
This course looks forward with the belief that an incredible amount of richness, truth, and beauty emerges when we commit to facing challenging issues together. Click here to learn more.
NWTA Graduates
4-week live course
Approved Leadership
Zoom Meetings
Click Here
Online • Mixed Gender • No Prerequisite
MKP USA Online Trainings offers transformational courses and events online for both women and men.
A Couples Weekend
Created by Rich Tosi, co-founder of the ManKind Project and Char Tosi, his partner of over 40 years. The Couples Weekend is now offered across the USA and around the world, lead by a select group of experienced facilitation teams, as a place for committed couples of all orientations to heal, empower, and grow their relationships. The Couples Weekend focuses on learning, listening, and connecting with deep intimacy. The skills taught at New Warrior & Women Within trainings primarily focus on your personal empowerment. Using these skills with your partner may not always work. You will learn the skills and tools specifically designed to deepen and enrich your relationship. (Attending a NWTA or Women Within training is not required to attend a Couples Weekend) Click here to learn more about the Couples Weekend.
Mixed Gender
3 days
Professional Leadership
Retreat Center
CORE Map Type Assessment
Mixed Gender
Online Assessment & Review
Professional Leadership
Online Assessment
EPIC Leadership from Griggs Leadership
In partnership with Griggs Leadership, the EPIC Leadership Course is a 16-week deep dive into the problems, pains, and possibilities for nonprofit leaders and teams in today’s challenging environment. EPIC Leadership teaches
- 16 powerful new leadership skills
- 16 stressors eliminated
- 16 priority organizational results
Learn more about Epic Leadership.
Mixed Gender
16 weeks
Professional Leadership
Online course
Gender Equity and Reconciliation
Gender equity and reconciliation recognizes the profound wound in the human family constellated around cultural conditioning relating to gender, sexuality, and relational intimacy. The ‘gender wound’ is manifest in myriad forms in virtually every society across the planet. Click here to learn more about Gender Reconciliation Intensives here.
Mixed Gender
7 weekly live sessions
Professional Leadership
Online course
Integral Thinking
As a New Warrior, incorporating Integral Thinking into your life could be your next challenge and opportunity to make an even greater difference in the world. This self-paced online course gives you tools to make more sense of the world while guiding you to greater levels of personal development.
The weekend gave you a new perspective of yourself and your relationship to others. This Integral Thinking course offers you the ability to take the next steps to becoming a man whose very presence can powerfully impact others and the outcomes for many. Click for more information.
Mixed Gender
7 self-paced video sessions
Professional Leadership
Online Course
Power of Purpose
Learn from some of the world’s foremost experts in purpose. Discover your purpose. Ignite a new source of creativity & passion. Become a force for good. The ManKind Project brought together over 3 dozen expert speakers on living a life of Purpose, Insight and Action. This series is available for instant digital download and includes audio and video interviews. Click here to check out the Power of Purpose.
Mixed Gender
Self-paced
40 speakers
Digital Download
Relationship, Intimacy, Sex, Communication
A 7-week course for couples and singles to transform their relationship struggles into fuel for extraordinary love, passion and intimacy by addressing 4 key pillars of relationships. Join relationship experts Sonika Tinker and Christian Pedersen (an incredible dynamic duo!) for this self-directed deep dive into relationship transformation. Click here to learn more about the course. Want a taste of what it’s all about? Get instant access to our FREE eBook, the 3 Relationship Destroyers.
Mixed Gender
7 week self-paced course
Professional Leadership
Online Course
Successful Living Basic Training
The Successful Living Basic Training is a powerful online entry-level personal development course created by Patricia Clason and the Center for Creative Living. In this seven module self-directed course, you will get a powerful foundation of tools and learnings to embark on a journey of personal success. Clason has been designing and hosting transformative programs for over three decades. The Successful Living Basic Training covers a broad set of topics, harnessing cutting edge research and practices proven effective to empower individuals for living more full and rich lives. Click here to learn more about the Successful Living Basic Training.
Mixed Gender
7 self-paced video sessions
Professional Leadership
Online course
Unpacking Power, Privilege and Difference
Mixed Gender
5-week live course
Certified Leadership
Online course
In-Person • Men • No Prerequisite
NWTA
THE NEW WARRIOR
TRAINING ADVENTURE
For over 60,000 men – the Journey began here.
The NWTA is a modern male initiation and self-examination. It is a REAL TIME hero’s journey. It is the challenge of a lifetime for many men. It’s safe, supportive and cutting edge. It is NOT a retreat, a conference or a workshop. It is NOT like anything you’ve done before. Many men rank this among the most powerful experiences of their lives. The NWTA is a globally recognized and respected modern initiation experience for men. To date, in over 2,500 trainings, over 60,000 men have mastered this intense 48 hour experience. Every year, we conduct over 125 NWTAs, clocking close to 1,000,000 man hours of volunteer service. Why? Because we need wide awake men with strong community to help build a better world for all of us.
ANSWER THE CALL – FIND A DATE AND LOCATION.
All men
48 hours
Certified Leadership
Private Facility
DATES AND LOCATIONS
Open Men’s Groups
An Open Men’s Group is for every man. Free, Confidential, ManKind Project Facilitated groups for men on the awakening path of personal growth. Get support for every aspect of your life in a brotherhood of like-minded men. Our men’s groups help men find and nurture a healthy, powerful and positive masculinity through the daily transitions of modern life. Click here to learn more about Open Men’s Groups.
All men
2-3 hours
Local Leadership
Local Facility
DATES AND LOCATIONS
Animas Valley Institute
The Animas Valley Institute offers deeply soulful programs based on the work and writings of Bill Plotkin. The offerings listed on this page, some of their most profound experiential immersions, are also the most popular “entry points” for those with no prior experience with Soulcraft™ practices or the work of Animas Valley Institute. MKP USA is proud to offer three different Animas Valley programs: Wild Mind for Warriors, Soulcraft Intensive, and the Animas Quest. Click here to learn more about their offerings here.
All men
11 days
Professional Leadership
Colorado Rocky Mountains
REGISTRATION
COR Experience: The Noble Man Training
The ManKind Project USA has partnered with the COR Experience organization to offer men a chance to experience soul work in a container staffed by men and women. New Warriors have reported a deep resonance with the work they have begun on their New Warrior Training Adventure being enhanced by the Noble Man experience. Click here to learn more about COR and the Noble Man.
All men
3.5 days
Professional Leadership
Residential / Southern California
DATES AND LOCATIONS
In-Person • Men • Requires NWTA
Integration Groups • I-Groups
Called “Integration Groups” or “I-Groups,” our flagship men’s circles are designed to help men who have completed the New Warrior Training Adventure integrate tools and processes discovered on that transformational journey. I-Groups help men deepen skills for peer-facilitation, self-awareness and responsibility, listening, emotional intelligence, goal achievement, and healthy boundary setting. MKP USA serves a growing network of nearly 700 peer support groups meeting weekly or biweekly, serving close to 7,000 men. Today, many of these groups welcome visitors on a regular basis. Use this form to search for an I-Group (login required).
Weekly or Bi-Monthly
Local Leadership
Local Facility
SEARCH FOR AN I-GROUP
Primary Integration Training (PIT)
Primary Integration Training, “The PIT” is an 8-10 week or 2 day facilitated curriculum for men who have completed the NWTA to learn and practice a variety of skills for effective I-Group participation. PIT Trainings are sponsored by local areas across the country. Check local websites and email lists for opportunities. Click here for any dates and locations listed on MKPConnect (Login Required).
8-10 weekly sessions of 2 days
Approved Leadership
Online or Local Facility
SEARCH FOR A PIT
GUTS
Learn and practice skills to enhance your staffing ability for NWTAs. The skills taught are appropriate for a junior staff man (4-10 NWTA trainings). Introduction to MKP core values with an emphasis on Impact and awareness of Power, Privilege, and Difference. Deepen your awareness of the Archetypes. Teach and set the tone of GUTS and support men to experience Magician, Warrior, Lover, and King through a GUTS process. Learn Shadow awareness and Shadow watching. Click here to learn more about GUTS.
2.5 days
Certified Leadership
Private Facility
REGISTER FOR GUTS
Staff Training 2 — ST2
A deeper examination of the central personal process work on the New Warrior Training Adventure. Multicultural training on racism. Learn more about this training OR Click here for dates and locations (Login Required).
1.5 days
Certified Leadership
Private Facility
REGISTER FOR ST2
Leader Training 1 • LT1
A deeper examination of the central personal process work on the New Warrior Training Adventure. Multicultural training on racism. Learn more about this training OR Click here for dates and locations (Login Required).
NWTA, PIT, LT2, LT3
2.5 days
Certified Leadership
Private Facility
REGISTER FOR LT1
Leader Training 2 • LT2
Holding and handling the burden of leadership. Multicultural training on classism / elitism. ‘Whatever it Takes’ follow-up group. Learn more about this training OR Click here for dates and locations (Login Required).
NWTA, PIT, LT2, LT3
2.5 days
Certified Leadership
Private Facility
REGISTER FOR LT2
Leader Training 3 • LT3
Examining the predator and victim within us as leaders. Creating safety. Multicultural training on sexism. Seven week integration training. Learn more about this training OR Click here for dates and locations (Login Required).
NWTA, PIT, LT2, LT3
2.5 days
Certified Leadership
Private Facility
REGISTER FOR LT3
In-Person • Women & Men • No Prerequisite
Gender Equity and Reconciliation
Women and Men
4 Days
Professional Leadership
Residential
Introduction to Multicultural Leadership
Mixed Gender
2 days
Professional Leadership
Private Facility
Click Here (login required)
Issues & Isms Training (I&I)
A highly adaptable multicultural training routinely offered to men and women across the USA. This training is regularly customized to address specific issues at the request of local communities; including racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, ageism, and others. Learn more about this training. OR Click here for dates and locations (Login Required).
Mixed Gender
1 day
Certified Leadership
Private Facility
Click Here (login required)
Next Step Training
The Next Step Training was created by a small group including Bill Wich – a Full Leader Emeritus in the ManKind Project. The training is open to men and women who regularly participate in peer-support circles such as I-Groups and E-Circles in which peer-facilitated processes occur, and designed to take our journey of initiation to a next level of conscious connection and mission in the outside world. Click here to learn more about the Next Step Training.
Mixed Gender
2.5 days
Professional Leadership
Retreat Center