Hakomi Institute

10/22/2026

An online, synchronous, 6-week introductory program for the healing professions.

Join three extraordinary Hakomi trainers, Gregory Gaiser, Jaci Hull and Manuela Mischke-Reeds, to understand trauma through this miniseries from the perspective of the Hakomi Method. Expand your tools in an engaging, compassionate, and kind environment where learning is fun and transformative!

What does trauma mean? How is it different from deep emotional states clients might experience during sessions? Why does body psychotherapy can offer such an effective way of working with it?

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10/20/2026

Non-violence is change without force.

The safe, non-forceful, cooperative exploration of one’s experience through honoring the signs and signals of one’s organic processes, especially those that manifest as “resistance.”

In contrast to confronting or overpowering such “defenses,” the Hakomi methodology befriends and supports the defenses, so that they naturally soften and reveal the wisdom they carry.

Hakomi practitioners gently guide the therapeutic process without imposing their perceptions or preferences. They adjust to the spoken and unconscious needs of the client. Hakomi engages the mind and body to understand the origin and mechanisms of an intractable defense or barrier.

The client can explore their resistance without the fear of losing relationship.

Hakomi is paradoxically powerful: It is gentle and nonviolent yet goes deep and often yields dramatic and rapid results.

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10/16/2026

Experience the power of Hakomi with an Introductory Workshop

Hakomi is a body-centered (somatic) approach. The body is viewed as a “map of the psyche” – a door that can be opened to reveal the entire unconscious belief system of the individual. The body’s habitual patterns can become a powerful access route to deeply held core material.

Current neuroscience research has confirmed the basis for many foundational aspects of the Hakomi Method, including the effectiveness of mindfulness, loving presence, empathic attunement, limbic resonance, and memory reconsolidation.

We develop exquisite sensitivity and attunement, using empathic skills to read and contact subtle, unconscious cues. When integrated into the session with unique Hakomi techniques, it creates a rapid, experiential access route to unconscious core beliefs and implicit memories that invisibly shape our lives and behavior. Once conscious and directly experienced, these are available for memory re- consolidation and transformation, including the healing of attachment issues.This experiential process evokes a powerful “felt sense” for the client, allowing them to take ownership of core patterns as they emerge, and to integrate new options.

This workshop provides an immersive introduction to the Method, this includes lectures from the faculty, experiential exercises, demonstrations, discussion, group process sessions, and Supervision.

Faculty: Rupesh Chhagan, M.S.O.M., L.Ac., Certified Hakomi Practitioner

These workshops are designed to provide experiential learning in the Hakomi Method and are also a prerequisite to the Hakomi Comprehensive Training.

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10/14/2026

Experience the power of Hakomi with an Introductory Workshop

Hakomi is a body-centered (somatic) approach. The body is viewed as a “map of the psyche” – a door that can be opened to reveal the entire unconscious belief system of the individual. The body’s habitual patterns can become a powerful access route to deeply held core material.

Current neuroscience research has confirmed the basis for many foundational aspects of the Hakomi Method, including the effectiveness of mindfulness, loving presence, empathic attunement, limbic resonance, and memory reconsolidation.

We develop exquisite sensitivity and attunement, using empathic skills to read and contact subtle, unconscious cues. When integrated into the session with unique Hakomi techniques, it creates a rapid, experiential access route to unconscious core beliefs and implicit memories that invisibly shape our lives and behavior. Once conscious and directly experienced, these are available for memory re- consolidation and transformation, including the healing of attachment issues.This experiential process evokes a powerful “felt sense” for the client, allowing them to take ownership of core patterns as they emerge, and to integrate new options.

This workshop provides an immersive introduction to the Method, this includes lectures from the faculty, experiential exercises, demonstrations, discussion, group process sessions, and Supervision.

Learn more at hakomiinstitute.com

10/09/2026

Level One offers a thorough grounding in the theories and techniques of Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy. Level One includes in-depth coverage of the Hakomi principles, Hakomi theories, maps and models as well as specific techniques. Training weekends include a mix of didactic material, experiential exercises, discussion, movement/embodiment exercises, group maintenance time and supervised practice times.

This training is for licensed mental health professionals, graduate students working towards becoming a therapist, and licensed healing arts practitioners, and people transitioning into the field of somatic therapy who have experience working 1-to-1 with clients who want to learn the method in its entirety.

The goals of the Training are to provide students with: first, a deep understanding of the principles of the Hakomi Method and the ability to work within them in an attitude of loving presence. Second, an understanding of the techniques of the Hakomi therapeutic process and the ability to use these precisely and appropriately. Third, an understanding of the organization of personality and character into patterns that reveal developmental and cultural wounding, and the ability to use this understanding discriminatingly. Fourth, an understanding of one’s own inner organization and the process of using self as an instrument for therapy.

Faculty:
Hiromi Willingham, MSW, LCSW, Certified Hakomi Trainer
Julia Corley, MA, LCHMC, Certified Hakomi Trainer
Lorena Monda, MS, DOM, LPCC, Certified Hakomi Trainer

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10/07/2026

"When I first encountered Hakomi, what touched me most was not a particular technique, but an almost unfamiliar possibility:

Life can be lived differently.

Life does not always need to be fixed.

Many of the deepest changes are not manufactured, nor can they be forced into existence through willpower. They emerge quietly when there is enough space for them to emerge.
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Healing comes when experiences that never had the chance to happen are finally allowed to happen."

Excerpted from Seeing Life: Beyond Fixing, Toward Unfolding by Ting Ting Hu, the Introduction to the Chinese Edition of Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice (Weiss, Johanson, Monda, 2015)

10/02/2026

09/28/2026

"Perhaps real transformation begins in the very moment a therapist lets go of knowing."

Excerpted from Seeing Life: Beyond Fixing, Toward Unfolding by Ting Ting Hu, the Introduction to the Chinese Edition of Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice (Weiss, Johanson, Monda, 2015)

09/25/2026

Join us for a free and engaging demonstration and interactive Q&A exploring the core principles of the Hakomi Method.

This session offers a live look at how mindfulness, somatic awareness, and nonviolence come together in Hakomi work, with real-time examples from certified trainers.

You’ll gain insight into what Hakomi training looks like in practice, ask questions about the method and training pathway, and get a felt sense of how this powerful, experiential approach supports deep therapeutic change.

Ideal for therapists, social workers, coaches, and anyone curious about mindful, body-centered psychotherapy.

During the Demo and Q&A, we’ll cover:

Overview of the Hakomi Method
A Brief Demo of the Hakomi Method
Overview of the training: structure, curriculum, and learning outcomes
The role of practice sessions, mentorship, and feedback
Time commitment, tuition, and payment options
How to decide if Level 1 is the right fit right now

Hakomi is renowned for its brilliance in working gently and effectively with core beliefs, attachment patterns, and emotional wounds through present-moment, body-based inquiry. What makes Hakomi unique is its integration of mindfulness as a therapeutic tool, its respect for the organic wisdom of the body, and its non-pathologizing, compassionate stance. Therapists love Hakomi for its depth and elegance, its clear structure paired with deep attunement, and its ability to create meaningful, lasting change without force or retraumatization. The method supports both client healing and therapist sustainability, offering a way of working that is precise, humane, and deeply nourishing to practice.

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