More than 80 Hyde administrators, (including the heads of Hyde Schools,) teachers, parents and HAPA parents are now graduates of this program, and all feel they experienced a personal transformation. The following testimonials are a sampling of what some participants had to say:

• “It has transformed my personal life, practice and my marriage.” Dr. Dave Hanscom (HAPA)
• “It is a heavy, intense, beautiful, uplifting experience.” Cindy Warnick (HAPA & FLC Hyde-Bronx)
• “I am giving up isolation and fear and taking on self-love, beauty and emotional vulnerability.” Dr. Joanne Cason (Head Hyde-DC)

My Personal Hoffman Experience:

I went to Hoffman as Joe, and returned as Joey-my true childhood spirit. I shed my family negative patterns such as anger, frustration, “my way or the highway,’” yet still found a deeper love and appreciation for my parents.

And the experience lasts! A recent evaluation by the University of California found measurements of personal growth of participants, compared with a control group a year after the Hoffman experience, to be uniformly outstanding. This has been true for me two and half years later.

Hoffman, Hyde, and Harvard

Founded by Bob Hoffman in 1967, the Hoffman Institute today has organizations in 15 countries, with more 80,000 graduates.

The Kennedy School of Governance (KSG) at Harvard offers the Hoffman process to its graduate students, which include diplomats, politicians, UN peacekeepers, etc. around the world. Their evaluations indicate their Hoffman experience was the highlight of their year at Harvard.

How is it possible for Hyde parents and teachers to share the identical peak Harvard experience of these world leaders?

It is best explained by Leadership Guru Warren Bennis, chairman of the KSG advisory board (and also a HAPA parent) “Here is the deal: learning to be a leader is virtually the same process as becoming an integrated and healthy person…What that means is that when we talk about ‘growing leaders’ we’re inevitably involved in personal stuff, personal transformation.”

The Hoffman process helps us re-center our lives on our spirit and our deeper capacity to love. It differs somewhat from the Hyde process, with more emphasis on individual work, under the guidance of exceptional teachers-1 for 6 students.

I encourage you to visit the Hoffman Institute website: www.Hoffmaninstitute.org to learn more about the process.

If you are interested in participating, please contact me as soon as possible as space is limited. Success depends simply on the desire for personal growth and the willingness to look deeply into oneself.

Warm regards,