Barry Collins

For almost 25 years, his background was in sales team, retail management and training, before becoming involved in the personal development field in 2004.

Just after the millennium, he came across the field of NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), And was immediately fascinated. After he achieved his practitioner certification with co-founder of the field, Dr Richard Bandler, assisted by John LaValle and Paul McKenna, and later qualifying as a master practitioner and adding hypnotherapy and coaching to his skills, his areas of expertise continue to widen.

During the time since, he has worked with individuals and groups to help Improve performance, eliminate phobias, manage weight related issues and help overcome stress and anxiety.

After taking part in a charity firewalk as a participant in early 2015, he immediately saw the potential to utilise empowerment exercises for personal development, and help others experience the freedom he experienced after crossing the coals for the first time. Almost immediately, he trained to become an instructor in his own right, certified by the Tolly Burkan’s Firewalking Centre, and has taken thousands of people across the coals since.

In 2016, he travelled to California to study with Tolly Burkan, and began the journey to finally become a Certifying Master Firewalk Trainer. He is now running his own firewalking business in Scotland with his hypnotherapist & firewalking Instructor wife, Marina