Balancing Insight & Action
For a Confident Life
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want . Proverb
Hakomi - Insight and integration through mindfulness
There are times when it is hard to be in touch with what we feel. What lies "underneath" may be too painful, too uncomfortable, or too confusing. We reduce our sensitivity to such feelings - but at a price: Our lack of connection can mean that we lose a sense of aliveness, wholeness, or direction.
Hakomi is a mindfulness-based method of assisted self-discovery - a powerful way to explore conscious and unconscious beliefs about ourselves and "the world".
- Mindfulness
Mindfulness means bringing an open curiosity to what is happening in the moment - to meet what arises without judgment. We follow the spontaneity of feelings and impressions instead of trying to control what comes next. This way we arrive at a place where deep insight can occur about our unique way of being. - Assistance
Hakomi firmly believes that key to integration and healing lies within each one of us. The assistance of a "guide", though, can be of great help to move away from a place where we got stuck. A Hakomi therapist will follow your own inner wisdom by paying attention to the spontaneity of your thoughts and sensations and by encouraging their expression. - Self-Discovery
Hakomi uses little experiments to gently interact with your deeper layers. Instead of talking about your past, these experiments help you to study yourself, and how you organize your life and your relationships now. - Core beliefs
Core beliefs are how our past is with us in the present moment: Earlier in our lives, we creatively made sense of what was happening to us. We have come to powerful conclusions about ourselves, our relationships to others, or the world at large. We look at what is happening now through the lenses of these conclusions and may fail to realize that the present situation is different, that we have options we might not have had before, and that we have the ability to respond in novel ways that increase fulfillment and self-responsibility.
Hakomi was developed and refined by Ron Kurtz. The Hakomi Institute offers information, articles, and interviews. 
If you consider taking Hakomi 
sessions for the first time, this introductory overview may be of interest.
The intention of Hakomi is to acknowledge and integrate the many parts that make your self, and to increase your ability to behave flexibly - exercising a greater freedom of choice. We will work to expand core beliefs, and to reduce emotional pain that may have had a place in your life - but is not necessary anymore.