The Practice of Wholeness: A Hakomi-inspired course in personal growth

Many of us wish for change; change on the personal, relational, or even global scale. Yet change can be elusive. Fragmentation and divisiveness are rampant at the personal, cultural, and global levels, contributing to overwhelm and outright struggle.

How can we actively step toward transformation?

How do we move from insight about what we are longing for toward integrating core transformation into our daily lives?

“In order to answer these questions, we must find ways to embrace our fragmentation, not just through unifying principles, but through unifying practices – practices that bring us together as individuals, couples, families, communities, cultures, planet and universe.” This is the Practice of Wholeness.
p. xvii The Practice of Wholeness, Lorena Monda

This course is based on The Practice of Wholeness, a transformation workbook written by Lorena Monda, Hakomi trainer. It is a guide toward transformation that invites us into greater connection with ourselves as the foundational step toward change. Grounded in the Hakomi principles and utilizing a map of transformation that is inspired by the Five Elements of Chinese Medicine, this 12-month course provides the groundwork for effectively transforming our sense of ourselves and our approach to life.

What you will learn:

• The Elements of Wholeness:
  • The wisdom of the body
  • The unfolding of emotion
  • The realm of the mind
  • The expansive spirit
• The Elements of Transformation:
  • The door to transformation
  • Getting stuck
  • Integration and alignment
  • Entering the Unknown
• The Practice of Wholeness
  • The cycle of transformation
  • Life beyond the wall
  • Connection
  • Practicing wholeness

Who is this for? This course is open to anyone interested in personal growth and transformation, and therapists and practitioners looking for ways to support wholeness in themselves and others.

Additional Information:
This is a course that focuses on the practice of presence and wholeness. It is a highly experiential program. Students will be asked to join the online meeting from a setting that allows for focus and minimal distraction. Group process and small group exercises will be a part of each meeting. There will be short reading assignments each month to anchor the teachings. Full participation is highly encouraged. Recordings of each session will be made available for a limited time if sessions need to be missed.

Objectives:

• Integrate mindful practices into daily life
• Explore and deepen attunement to one’s body, embodied experiences, and emotional states
• Recognize inner learning templates around core life themes that shape attitudes and beliefs about self and the world
• Apply awareness and compassion practices in daily life to patterns of thinking that limit and shape the self
• Gain an understanding of the steps toward transformation
• Apply the map of transformation to your own life