Hakomi is the therapeutic expression of a specific set of Principles,

In this experimental unfolding, we learn to cultivate a compassionate, self-observing presence where gestures, tensions, voice tone, facial expressions, and other “somatic indicators” become routes to the formative experiences we call, Core Material through with the body.

Through in personal or online private sessions, you will learn to explore and unpack these experiences by creating different conversations, deepening your sense of connection and intimacy, and finding yourself grounded in a framework of authenticity and conscious awareness.

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The word Hakomi in a Hopi lexicon, discovered as a greeting that meant, “Where do you stand in relation to these many realms?”

These realms are commonly referred to as principals, each principle translates into a particular practices and ways of being that evoke your innate impulses toward healing.

  • Unity

    The unity principle views people as living, organic systems–integral wholes composed of parts. Hakomi sees healing as a process that supports separate and often disconnected parts of the system to communicate so they can function as a harmonious whole. Hakomi practitioners recognize and work with the interdependency of all levels of the human system, including the physical/metabolic, intrapsychic, interpersonal, family, cultural, societal, global, and spiritual.

  • Mind-Body Holism

    This principle affirms that mind and body jointly reflect our beliefs about ourselves and the world, influencing how we experience and present ourselves. Hakomi offers many practices for working with somatic material (e.g., habitual movements, gestures, posture, and the body’s structure) to reveal and transform the limiting core beliefs they unconsciously express.

  • Organicity

    The organicity principle assumes that when all the parts communicate within the whole, we naturally self-direct, self-correct, and self-actualize. Rather than imposing our agenda for healing, we support our clients’ organic unfolding toward wholeness and trust that this is the direction their system will naturally seek.

  • Mindfullness

    DIn the words of Ron Kurtz, “The principle of mindfulness refers to the understanding that real change comes about through awareness, not effort.” 

    Instead of guessing or interpreting, Hakomi uses mindfulness—a state of relaxed, nonjudgmental awareness–to study, activate, and directly experience the root causes underlying our habitual feelings, thoughts, and behavior. As both practitioner and client embody this deep state of nonjudgmental attention, unconscious material gently surfaces that’s typically inaccessible through conversation alone.

  • Nonviolence

    Hakomi practitioners gently guide the therapeutic process without imposing their perceptions or preferences. They adjust to the spoken and unconscious needs of the client. Another application of nonviolence in Hakomi is befriending “resistance.” Rather than confronting or breaking through resistance, techniques like “Taking Over” support defenses so they naturally soften and reveal the wisdom they carry.

  • Loving Presence

    Ron Kurtz the founder of Hakomi called the compassionate, open stance of the therapist Loving Presence. He emphasized this relational aspect of mindfulness after reading research indicating that the personhood or inner state of the therapist is at least eight times more predictive of therapeutic success than the methods used (Mahoney, 1991). 

    The practice of Loving Presence arouses the heart to see beauty in suffering and find grace and ease in being with uncertainty. It cultivates a state of appreciation for the inspiring qualities within each human being and, therefore, every client.