Essentials of the Hakomi Method: A 2-Day introduction on Bowen Island

I am delighted to invite you to a 2 day introduction to Hakomi Feb 16th and 18th  on Bowen Island.

Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychology offers an elegant, uniquely effective approach to psychological change and growth combining a set of guiding principles with an experiential, mindfulness-based, body-centered method. The method allows us to access our inner world  beyond what conversation alone can reach. People are often surprised at how quickly they can uncover deeply unconscious material using the mindfulness-based methods that infuse every phase of our work. In this Introductory course, you will learn the basic foundational tools of the method.

Hakomi practitioners experience the body as a doorway to the psyche. They meet somatic cues as a roadmap that allows one to gently activate, study and transform the actual neural networks producing unwanted behavior and beliefs.

Hakomi is used by a wide range of helping professionals. Therapists, coaches, spiritual counselors, organizational development practitioners, bodyworkers, educators, health care professionals, and other helping professionals have also found Hakomi’s principles and practices a powerful adjunct to their work.

In this 2 day introduction you will learn:

• Foundational principles of Hakomi
• How to apply mindfulness in a therapeutic context
• How to join deeply and create safety
• How to track somatic signals to access unconscious material.
• How to deepen towards core material in mindfulness

When:

Friday Feb 16, 2023  9:30am to 5pm

and Sunday Feb 18 2023  9:30am to 5pm

Instructor:

Dominique Lando is a Certified Hakomi Therapist and Trainer, a registered counselor and an organizational coach. She works with individuals in California and British Columbia and coaches leaders and teams. Dominique is the founder of Anam Cara , a community-based therapy center in Berkeley, CA. She has served as adjunct professor teaching somatic psychology in a variety of graduate programs such as CIIS and JFK University. She draws not only from her training in somatic psychotherapy, Sensorimotor Trauma Therapy, family systems and EMDR but also from her years of spiritual practice, and working in the field of community development as an activist, eco-psychologist and permaculture farmer. Originally from France, Dominique was raised in a diverse global family and she integrates her multicultural background into her approach. She has been in private practice since 2003 and lives on Bowen Island