An Introduction to The Hakomi Method of Assisted Self-Discovery

Brighton: Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 November 2011
Anahata Health Clinic, 119-120 Edward Street, Brighton, BN2 0JL
Facilitators Cesca Diebschlag, Sophie Cattier & Yeshe Shelley

Cost: £80

Hakomi is a mindfulness-based method of assisted self-discovery. With roots in body-centred psychotherapy, Buddhism and Daoism, and informed by recent discoveries in neuroscience, it has sometimes been described as "applied Buddhism".

Hakomi uses "little experiments in mindfulness" to discover how our experience is organized by habits and unconscious attitudes and beliefs. As such, Hakomi is "therapeutic" when used to support one's own or another's healing of emotional and psychological issues. Hakomi is also effective in many non-therapy situations involving human relations, from teaching to parenting, from customer service to hospice work.

The method is incredibly gentle and fast in accessing and dealing with core material. It is a therapeutic method on its own and is a superb addition to any therapy you might be presently using.

This workshop will be equally useful for counsellors and psychotherapists, bodyworkers and anyone engaged in helping others in a professional capacity … and for anyone interested in learning more about themselves and deepening their capacity for healthy relationship, emotional nourishment, and creativity.