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Hakomi Integrative Somatics - Hakomi Therapy is a body-based
psychotherapy developed by Ron Kurtz in the mid-1970s. The
International headquarters are in Boulder, Colorado. Hakomi
uses body tensions and sensations to help clients probe
non-verbal levels where core beliefs direct and influence
their experiences. Body-mind awareness and touch are used
to explore the body as a deep source of information, empowering
the client to change their attitudes.
Hakomi is an experiential psychotherapy that combines the
mindfulness and non-violence of Eastern spiritual traditions,
within a unique, highly-effective Western methodology. Drawing
from a wide range of sources, Hakomi has evolved into a
complex, elegant and effective form of psychotherapy. At
its most basic level, Hakomi is the therapeutic expression
of a specific set of Principles: Unity; Mind/Body/Spirit
Holism; Uniqueness of the Individual; Mindfulness; Nonviolence;
Truth and Change. These tenets inform every aspect of the
work.
Hakomi is a creative
modality in work with individuals, couples, families, groups,
movement and body work. Suitable for crisis work, it finds
its full potential, however, in the process of growth both
personal and trans-personal, when we are committed to moving
beyond our limits. Hakomi has also been effectively applied
to a wide variety of everyday activities: athletics, theater,
parenting, business—because Hakomi attends to the
very nature of being human, it is easily adapted to support
whatever tasks and adventures people pursue.
There are Four Essential Practices
The Practice
of Loving Presence:
Participants
learn how to create and sustain compassionate states of
mind through specific, concrete step by step procedures.
Once compassion is stabilized, we practice interacting
as compassionate givers and receivers, in pairs and small
groups. Through these processes, participants develop
self-awareness, understanding and forgiveness. For therapists,
this practice greatly reduces burnout while creating the
context for powerful, deep work with clients.
Quieting
the Mind:
Participants
learn to sustain a calm, sensitive, present-centered state
of mind. Mindfulness is learned and practiced. The basic
idea is to become calm and to stay calm, while being present
for others as well as for oneself. This sensitive, calm
presence is the necessary state of mind for effectively
using the Hakomi Method.
Non-Verbal
Awareness:
In this component,
participants learn to consciously and quickly read and
understand nonverbal messages conveyed by facial expressions,
bodily postures and gestures, tone of voice and pacing.
All of these carry messages of great importance that may
not be conveyed in any other way. Those sending the messages
may not even be aware that they are doing so. Some of
the primary "people skills" that enhance any
professional or personal relationship are based on this
kind of communication.
Emotional
Nourishment:
In this component
of the Hakomi Method, we work with discovering the blocks
to accepting emotional nourishment and finding gentle
acceptable ways in which people can change their minds
and become available for such things as kindness, love,
praise and help from others.
Level
2 Trainings — Practice
In the Hakomi Experiential Method Practice Level, participants
who have completed the Personhood Series learn more about
the techniques and skills of the Hakomi Method. You will
explore the many ways people express themselves, verbally
and nonverbally, in order to help each other understand
and transcend old limiting beliefs and habitual behaviors.
In the Practice
Level you'll learn to lose the method to discover how you
organize experience based on these core patterns, land to
help each other fin ways to be more authentic and compassionate,
more connected with each other and with life.
Hakomi is called a method of self-study. The Hakomi therapist
is not studying his client; rather, he is helping his client
to study himself. This attitude of curiosity is so important
to Hakomi work that Hakomi therapists are trained to model
a non-judgmental, open-minded curiosity and to operate out
of this attitude when working with clients.
Training/Licensing
See Hakomi
Method website.
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