Austin-area Hakomi folks - nourish your heart and start your day off right by joining us for a Loving Presence check-in, breakfast tacos (and really good coffee) at Lazarus on Airport Blvd. Tuesday mornings, every week, between 9-10 CT. Come see us, and let’s connect about Hakomi!

Join Hakomi Legacy Holders Donna Martin & Georgia Marvin in watching videos of Ron Kurtz talking about specific aspects of the method. Learn Hakomi directly from Ron, a master therapist, and originator of the Hakomi method.

Offered by Mike Williams

• Certified Hakomi Practitioner (CHP) through the Hakomi Institute

• Certified Pain Reprocessing Therapist

• Certified Rolfer®
  

Chronic pain defines our lives, limits what we can do, and perhaps most importantly, limits what we think we can do.

Recent advances in neuroscience are redefining what we know about chronic pain though. We now know that pain does not necessarily mean that our bodies are broken, or that something is dangerously wrong with us. Pain, in fact, is a complex biological, psychological, and social phenomenon that lives in our nervous systems.

When you learn the basic elements of how your nervous system has constructed your pain, along with some simple tools to take the fuel out of those inputs, you can begin to steadily retrain your brain to return to its normal settings. To turn the tide against chronic pain.

In this 5-week pilot program we’ll be doing just that: deconstructing and simplifying the inputs that go into chronic pain, and practicing simple Pain Reprocessing Therapy tools to take the fuel (and guesswork) out of the pain experience.

Saturday, February 24 - 10:00 AM CT to 2:00 PM CT

Most of what we communicate with one another is done without speaking. By bringing attention to the subtle and constant flow of nonverbal information between us, we can enhance our ability to understand one another more authentically.

This workshop is an opportunity to practice noticing how we send and receive messages, impressions, stories, and ideas about each other from the ways we present and hold ourselves, our facial expressions, and more. We will also notice how we make guesses or assumptions about each other, sometimes unconsciously, based on things like posture, facial expression, tension patterns, and even energy.

Donna Martin and Georgia Marvin will guide you through video clips of Ron Kurtz explaining aspects of Hakomi, followed by experiential exercises to deepen our understanding of unnecessary suffering and the ways in which new experiences can ignite the healing process and a journey into wholeness.

Saturday, February 17 - 10:00 AM CT to 2:00 PM CT

We thrive on connection with others. How we connect within our many relationships - such as our friends, family, romantic partners, and spiritual communities - may be the most essential aspects of our spiritual growth and personal evolution. Feeling deeply seen and accepted within these relationships is a fundamental human desire.

This workshop will focus on learning how to offer and accept this kind of nourishing communication. It is an opportunity to study and change our habits around giving and receiving nourishment within a supporting container.

Saturday, February 10 - 10:00 AM CT to 2:00 PM CT

When we are fully present with one another and actively cultivating Maitri (loving-kindness), and Karuna (compassion), we are in a state of mind called Loving Presence. Ron Kurtz, the founder of the Hakomi method, stated that this state of mind is “without doubt the single most important factor” in the success of a therapeutic relationship. Further, it is a way of being open-hearted to one another in any relationship that simply feels nourishing and refreshing and leaves one feeling heard and understood.

This one-day experiential online workshop will consist of short presentations, along with relational exercises designed to help participants explore new ways to interact with others without the entangling habits of the conditioned mind and heart. The workshop is appropriate for anyone wishing to deepen their practice of self-study utilizing the Hakomi method.

In this series, you are invited to watch video of Ron talking about specific aspects of the method, what inspired him in his understanding of the human potential for healing and you will learn Hakomi directly from Ron, a master therapist and originator of the Hakomi method.

Hakomi Legacy Holders Georgia Marvin and Donna Martin will facilitate a two-hour exploration of the Legacy of Ron Kurtz with the aid of rare recordings of Ron teaching. This event will be enriching for both novice and seasoned members.

Hosted by the Hakomi Education Network, this program is a weekly program of interactive and experiential practices in pairs and small groups to help us to slow down and become mindful of our inner life. We will spend time noticing what interferes with us being calm, present, and happy. We’ll begin to build awareness of our habitual ways of relating to ourselves and to others and learn to choose how we actually want to behave. This leads to more satisfaction in our relationships and in our lives in general. When we learn to quiet the mind, our emotional lives become simpler, and we can cultivate ease and compassion for ourselves and others.

This program will run weekly from September to early December and will be held in Spanish, English (and French starting in November).

Tasters are events facilitated by the Vancouver training team and are held every other week. Affordable and accessible, these events offer the beginner an experience of Hakomi and current students the opportunity to connect with our community.

Tasters are events facilitated by the Vancouver training team and are held every other week. Affordable and accessible, these events offer the beginner an experience of Hakomi and current students the opportunity to connect with our community.

Special Hakomi Event: Flint and Donna invite you to join the Hakomi community in this contemplative and experiential offering.

Donna Martin is the most senior Hakomi trainer in HEN and is one of the 7 people named a "legacy holder" by Ron Kurtz, the founder of Hakomi. She worked closely with Ron for more than twenty years. Some say that she played a role in shaping what is now known as the "refined method' of Hakomi. Donna also has more than 50 years of experience as a yoga and meditation teacher and was a founding member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.

Flint Sparks is a Zen teacher and former psychologist dedicated to assisting people in the unending path of growing up and waking up. He is an experienced therapist and a master teacher who assists people in the skillful removal of blocks to love, both inside and outside. He is a clear and caring resource on the path of freedom from unnecessary suffering.