The Fakir Academy
The Fakir Academy was a three year educational project with a few specially invited students. The aim was to educate the next generation of Norwegian Fakirs and expand Pain Solution. Two out of the initial three students completed and are now part of the company.
There's a lot to be said about the project and how it developed, but I don't think this is the right forum to tell the full story. But rest assured, the full story will be published and available in due time. For now I'll try to keep it short and to the point. The Fakir Academy emerged as a result of a series of coinciding events. There was no elaborate plan prior to the initiation of the school project, the only thing that was clear was the intention and the goal.
There was three main goals with the project; one was to shape future co-workers for Pain Solution, second was to give the students a future profession as performers and Fakirs, lastly the school addressed the psychological issues troubling the students. Two of them had multiple diagnosis and extensive self harm issues that was dealt with in collaboration with a professional psychologist. For two thirds of the students the project was successful, witch seems to be the average rate of higher education in general.
It is likely that there will be another run of the Fakir Academy in the future, but it is to early to say when.