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Congreso Internacional 2024

Talleres y facilitadores

Esta es la lista actual de talleres que se ofrecen en el Congreso. Esta lista está sujeta a cambios. Probablemente aparecerán más ofertas.

El calendario real se publicará en febrero de 2024, cuando todos podrán inscribirse para obtener un lugar en los talleres que deseen. Los asientos serán limitados para muchas de las ofertas.

Talleres

Conflict as Opportunity

Facilitators

Angela Davis, Bettina Deuster, Caroline Braham, Gabriela Valdés Villarreal

Description

Conflict is a natural part of life and can be an opportunity for growth. Conflict is feedback which gives us information that something needs attention.

We invite you to explore how to hold conflict with curiosity and awareness.

The power and conflict workshops are tasters for the full EEP workshops that we will offer for the HEN Community. Together we will bring awareness to, and build skills for, our Hakomi practice which includes: our use of power, how to hold conflict, how to give and receive feedback, and how to repair when needed.

Consenting Touch

Facilitators

Caroline Braham, Sabine Volkman

Description

In this workshop we will be exploring our relationship to touch in Hakomi. Recently awareness about the complexity around touch and consent has been growing and this might impact how we use touch during Hakomi experiments.

Ron Kurtz has given us so many amazing ways of using touch: to make contact; comfort; 'take over'; evoke core material; and to offer missing experience … often following spontaneous impulses. While we learn to track if touch is welcome, it is easy to miss subtle signs of unease, dissociation, or fawning in ourselves and others. Attention to consent is crucial, especially when there is power differential, and so we are called to learn more about our own experience of this very human way of connecting.

During these four hours we will offer an exploration of our habitual use of and relationship to touch. We will experiment with recognising our inner “Yes” or “No” and creatively honour physical boundaries.

Deliberate Practice in our daily life

Facilitators

Rosa Beléndez, Adama Hamilton

Description

How many times have you felt the frustration or bewilderment that a student or patient, who in one or several sessions had touched and worked on the subject of some limiting belief and who seemed to have already made the "quantum leap" towards greater freedom, in reality in their daily life or in their relationships did not reflect a breakthrough? Neither the brain nor the adaptations we made to difficult situations that we could not digest or understand at the time, change easily from one day to the next.

Ron spoke of "deliberate practice" as indispensable in the process of updating and consolidating new behaviors, habits and patterns aimed at living in greater freedom and harmony.

In this workshop we will explore, with specific exercises, strategies and practices to deliberately recognize, in our daily life, new information in accordance with our present. This becomes more urgent especially with our most intimate relationships and with the negative beliefs we have about ourselves. Often we leave the room where we review and update our limiting beliefs very well, but when we find ourselves back in familiar situations, we are "automatically" hijacked by the behaviors of the past. Our acting, feeling and thinking, marked by our limiting beliefs, creates unnecessary suffering and postpones our awakening. Living fully embodying the new information changes our destiny.

Embracing Uncertainty

Facilitators

Bettina Deuster, Kristine Cook, Roxanne Peterson

Description

Together we will explore our relationship to uncertainty. It´s very challenging for most of us, as we tend to feel save, when we think, we know what is going to happen.

In a Hakomi Session we learn to sit and relax into the uncertainty of the next moment, open to be surprised and curious to what will happen in the flow of a session. This workshop is an opportunity to notice, what we have learned in relation to uncertainty and what might get in the way of embracing it. Finding new and more spacious responses to this ever changing flow of life’s adventurous journey will open us to the gifts and miracles that are offered to us in this very moment.

Experiencing Eroticism with Curiosity

Facilitators

Teresa García Hubard, Laura Cerero

Description

Eroticism in your life, what if we look at it with curiosity?

Esther Perel suggests that eroticism is not exclusively sexual. For her eroticism is sexuality transformed by human imagination. Eroticism allows us to maintain a sense of vitality, enthusiasm and vivacity. As Octavio Paz has implied, eroticism is the poetry of the body in the same way that poetry is the eroticism of language. This workshop is an invitation to return to the body by connecting with eroticism, intimacy and sexuality from a respectful, curious, loving and non-judgmental place.

We will invite you to notice what happens, what arises and is interwoven when we make reference to eroticism, do some of our habits limit the pleasurable and sensual connection with our own body? We will invite you to explore whether or not we want something to be different in our way of enjoying our bodies, sensations, emotions and thoughts.

Hakomi & Polyvagal Theory

Facilitators

Donna Martin, Bob Milone

Description

Join legacy holders and international HEN trainers Bob Milone and Donna Martin in this exploration of the interface of Hakomi and Porges’ Polyvagal theory. We’ll offer some brief explanations of Polyvagal theory as it relates to Hakomi and spend time in some relevant experiential practices for understanding how this theory can be applied in a Hakomi way, for your own personal healing or in your professional practice.

Hakomi and Trauma

Facilitators

Gabriela Valdés Villarreal, Vicki Gaughan

Description

Understanding how our nervous system works and the effect it has in the way we are and respond in life has a big relevance for everyone with a body. It is specially important for us as practitioners and teachers to be trauma informed. We will share practices of the basics for understanding our nervous system and how to support its navigation and regulation in a Hakomi way.

Indicators

Facilitators

Roxanne Peterson, Kristine Cook

Description

This workshop is an opportunity for participants to learn what Indicators are and how they are different from “signs” of present moment experience. We will describe 4 ways to experiment with Indicators using the mnemonic PART. While in Mindfulness, Perform the indicator; Avoid performing the Indicator; Resist, the therapist or assistant resists; Take Over, the therapist or assistant takes over the Indicator. We will watch a video of Ron Kurtz working with Marina to explore the Indicator of her stroking her hair, followed by questions and answers. For the practice we will break into groups of 3 to explore our Indicators. And finally return to the large group for Debrief.

Invitation to Explore & Join the Translation Workgroup

Facilitators

Roland Bérard, Jalen Séguin

Description

Since Ron Kurtz was American and an English speaker, there are many Hakomi materials that exist in English. However, the Hakomi Education Network association endeavors to represent and serve Hakomi members around the world. Various members within the Network have translated a number of materials, but there are a great many materials (documents, videos, etc.) that we would love to translate into other languages. HEN has a Translation Workgroup designed to address this issue.

We invite anyone to join us who might be interested in supporting the translation of HEN materials. The first step will be to translate from English into Spanish. We will explain and demonstrate how our translation process works.

There will be time to ask questions and offer feedback on what we have accomplished so far, and answer questions to anyone interested in translating into other languages when the process is well established.

Men & Hakomi

Facilitators

Bob Milone, Sinan Yilmaz

Description

Typically, Hakomi trainings draw far fewer men than women, and this limits the opportunities for men to work with other men in a Hakomi way. Through experiential exercises we will explore the unconscious tendencies that shape our relationships with other men, and with manhood itself.
In other words, “How do I stand in relation to other men? How do I stand in relation to being a man?”

Our Unrecognized Voices: Exploring and Integrating the Polyphony of Being

Facilitators

Diana Akawie, Teresa García Hubard

Description

In this workshop we want to open a space to look, from a loving presence, at those parts of ourselves that are difficult for us to recognize and accept. The intention is to give them a voice and listen to them with curiosity.

Resourced & Inspired

Facilitators

Donna Martin, Georgia Marvin

Description

Through Ron Kurtz's generous gift, the Hakomi Education Network now possesses a treasure trove of written materials, carefully preserved video recordings, and audio recordings that capture the essence of Ron Kurtz's teachings. This vast collection represents years of dedicated exploration, research, and practical application of the Hakomi approach, which Ron pioneered and refined.

With great care and reverence, the Hakomi Education Network is gradually making these priceless resources available to all members of the Hakomi community. Recognizing the immense value of Ron's wisdom and expertise, the organization aims to ensure that his teachings continue to inspire and educate practitioners, students, and enthusiasts alike.

The video series featuring Ron Kurtz is a unique opportunity for individuals to witness his remarkable presence and hear him delve into specific aspects of the Hakomi approach. Ron's charismatic demeanor, combined with his deep understanding of the human psyche and therapeutic processes, creates a captivating learning experience for viewers.

The Healing Power of Community

Facilitators

Caroline Braham, Bettina Deuster, Sabine Volkman

Description

Community has always played a big role in people’s lives throughout the centuries. They say it takes 40 pairs of loving eyes to welcome a human being into the world – the tribe. In our times of individualisation and being more independent from each other we have lost a lot of this this way of being together. Therefore, we are holding a lot by ourselves – mostly unbeknownst to ourselves. Grief, pain, anger, shame, to name a few emotional aspects, but also joy and love can’t be shared when we are alone. As humans we need other people with whom we can share ourselves.

The Hakomi community not only gifts us each other, but also a method that is geared towards connecting more deeply, listening from the heart and being a loving presence for each other.

In this workshop we will explore the power of community with its capacity to hold us in all that we feel as humans. We will do practices to connect with each other deeply to create a safe space, to then share the impact of life and the times we live in that we hold inside ourselves, often quite tightly. Allowing hidden aspects of ourselves to come into the open and being received with love in community can bring relief, inner peace, and a sense of deep connection and togetherness.

The Language of the Body

Facilitators

David Cole, Carol Gaskin

Description

A focus on felt sense experience illustrated with exercises on sensing, recognizing, and naming felt sense. These exercises are intended to reveal the role of felt sense and something Eugene Gendlin calls "implicit understanding" (what we call intuition) and how an awareness of felt sense and implicit understanding can increase our access to intuition when working with clients.

Transforming Our Perceptions

Facilitators

Dennis Gaither, Georgia Marvin

Description

We so often find ourselves at a loss for how to deal with a world that seems so full of contradictions and is constatly throwing new challenges, some wanted, others seemingly not, at us. It is only natural that our perceptions of that world seem caused by the world itself, and our reactions to it similarly caused by something outside of ourselves. As we travel on our journey of healing, examing our very perceptions of the world, the illusion of separation is dispelled and we find ourselves living in a more conscious and present way.

Welcoming What Is

Facilitators

Bettina Deuster, Gabriela Valdés Villarreal

Description

Explore the importance of being with what is truly present. Everything we live in our experience brings us a gift. We will practice receiving our experience as it is.

Why understanding power is important?

Facilitators

Angela Davis, Bettina Deuster, Caroline Braham, Gabriela Valdés Villarreal

Description

What is power? Why is it important to hold our power with care and skill? We explore these questions through embodied practices that bring understanding to our use of power in relationships.

This work has been inspired by Cedar Barstow’s work with Right Use of Power. The facilitators are all HEN trainers, RUP teachers and teachers of HEN’s Embodied Ethical Personhood (EEP) series. We have worked together to develop the EEP workshops to offer to our HEN Community. The EEP work is informed by the Hakomi principles and keeps us in relation to the HEN Ethical Framework.

The power and conflict workshops are tasters for the full EEP workshops that we will offer for the HEN Community. Together we will bring awareness to, and build skills for, our Hakomi practice which includes: our use of power, how to hold conflict, how to give and receive feedback, and how to repair when needed.

Facilitadores

Adama Hamilton

United States

English

Adama Hamilton

Hakomi Senior Trainer & Legacy Holderhttps://hakomi.me/about-us/
Recommended by Ron Kurtz
“I am happy to recommend my friend and co-leader, Adama Hamilton to you. Adama has been with me, studying and co-teaching, for the last eight years. He has been my close associate throughout the refinements I have made to the Hakomi Method. Adama is extremely perceptive and sensitive. He possesses a highly developed, spiritual nature, including the ability to heal. Through the years, he has been an unfailing support for me, not just in the work we do together, but also in everyday life. His bright and loving ways are ever present. Whatever he does, he does with integrity and grace.”

Adama Hamilton is a Certified Therapist, Teacher and Trainer. He has trained with, taught, traveled and assisted Ron Kurtz extensively since 2003. Adama has been with Ron as he has refined the Hakomi Method and developed his most recent understandings, workshops and trainings and has helped and continues to assist in this ongoing and unfolding process. Ron has named and entrusted Adama as one of the 7 Legacy Holders, to carry forth his work and refinements of Hakomi at its highest level.

Adama has taught and led workshops and trainings in Europe, Canada, Japan and the US. Some interesting life adventures include earning and surviving a Masters Degree in Education, working as a Therapist and Training Specialist in a Tri-county Community Mental Health Organization in Michigan for 7 years, working as an Iron Worker, becoming a professional glass artist for 7 years and over 25 years of Martial Arts experience that involved teaching and training, being granted a US Utility Patent. Adama had a life changing “spiritual” experience in June of 2001 and continues to embrace and expand from this peak experience.

He has been involved with leading edge work in paranormal and psychic “energy work” for over 30 years and finds Hakomi to be a perfect adjunct to this modality giving those he works with a more grounded and practical methodology for working with personal growth, development and self understanding. Helping to empower each individual in their own personal growth, understanding and mastery is where Adama finds great pleasure, interest, joy and fulfillment in his life.

Angela Davis

Canada

English

Angela Davis

Hello, my name is Angela and I am located in British Columbia, Canada working as a Hakomi Trainer, a Right Use of Power teacher, and a Registered Clinical Counsellor. Please visit my website for more information.

Bettina Deuster-Hesse

Germany

Deutsch (German), English, Español (Spanish)

Bettina Deuster-Hesse

Bettina Deuster's inner suffering forced her to seek relief and help, which led her to body psychotherapy and meditation. The impact it had on her conscience and sense of living was profound. She found that it felt like coming back to a source of inner happiness that she had been looking for so desperately.

Through this experience, Bettina wanted to learn to accompany others on their healing journey. She trained as an Integrative Body Psychotherapist, as a Core Energetics Therapist, and with Ron Kurtz and Donna Martin as a Hakomi Practitioner. She is also a disciple and collaborator of Claudio Naranjo’s teaching of meditation and the psychology of the Enneagram. Later, she became a trainer with the Hakomi Network.

Bettina currently lives in Germany, working in her private practice of body psychotherapy, and training a German Hakomi Network Group.

In her personal healing journey, Hakomi has become a daily practice of self study. It teaches one to live with a cheerful and open heart. It is her heartfelt passion to share this gentle, healing and compassionate Hakomi Method as a teacher and trainer.

Carol Gaskin

United States

English

Carol Gaskin

Carol Ladas Gaskin, MA, CC, LMP, is a Hakomi therapist and senior trainer, and is licensed as a Certified Counselor in the State of Washington. She is a founding member of the Seattle Hakomi Education Network, a member of the Hakomi Institute, and a Clinical member of the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy (USABP). Her book Untangling the Knot: The Art of Honoring Ancestors joins Unfurling, a book of poems, and most recently Hakomi with Internal Family Systems and Focusing: a Deeper Look at Mindfulness-Centered Therapies co-authored with J. David Cole. She earned her certification as a certified Progoff Intensive Journal Consultant in 1986 and has maintained a counseling practice in the Seattle area for the past thirty years.

Caroline Braham

United Kingdom

English

Caroline Braham

Caroline Braham has dedicated over two decades to holistic therapy, delving deeply into the nuanced interplay between the body, mind, and movement. Starting in 1997 with a Therapeutic Massage qualification from the London College of Massage, Caroline's journey found its heart in the realms of the holistic self. After an initial practice at The Hale Clinic, Caroline spent a decade at Dr. Mosaraf Ali's esteemed Integrated Medical Centre in Marylebone before taking current residence at Natureworks near London's Oxford Street.

However, it's the Hakomi Method that truly resonated with Caroline's ethos. Introduced to Hakomi during Hellerwork training, Caroline pursued this passion to study under Donna Martin and Bob Milone in Sheffield. By 2006, Caroline became a certified Hakomi Practitioner and has since evolved into a renowned Hakomi Trainer, guiding others on the three-year Hakomi Practitioner training journey in Sheffield. Melding the Hakomi principles with other modalities like Hellerwork Structural Integration and Feldenkrais, Caroline has crafted a unique therapeutic approach, inviting workshop participants to experience the profound depth of Hakomi's body-mind integrative practices.

Dennis Gaither

United States

English

Dennis Gaither

My purpose and passion in this life is about healing as a sacred endeavor. I feel most fortunate to have encountered Ron Kurtz and Donna Martin, with whom I studied Hakomi in Seattle. I am now happy to be a trainer in the method and have been teaching workshops and trainings for over 20 years with the Seattle Hakomi Educational Network. I completed a psychiatry residency at the University of California at San Francisco and am a board-certified psychiatrist. Prior to that I spent some very interesting though at times intense years as an ER doc in Alaska and a GP on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. I greatly appreciate the spiritual-psychological wisdom of A Course in Miracles, am an Ordained Ministerial Counselor, and teaching about the healing practice of forgiveness.

Donna Martin

Canada

English

Donna Martin

I’ve been a Hakomi trainer for many years, working and co-leading with Ron for the last 20 years of his life. Together we wrote The Practice of Loving Presence. Now I’m mostly retired, writing, mentoring, and enjoying life.

Gabriela Valdes Villarreal

Mexico

English, Español (Spanish)

Gabriela Valdes Villarreal

I love Hakomi's way of listening to the heart and supporting the organic healing process, respecting the inner wisdom of our Being, heart/body. How it brings us closer to experiencing the magic of life and compassion.

It is very important to me: The awareness of the paradigm shift of shared power, honesty and responsibility in relationships, and care in accompanying conflicts. The collective wisdom, to include all the voices and the mutual support, the magic that happens when we share together, the healing of being in community.

I share trainings and accompaniments of the Hakomi method of self-discovery; with Somatic Experience supporting the wisdom of the body and the nervous system; the care of relationships with Nonviolent Communication and the Right Use of Power.

I share inner listening through art with the Open Studio Process, I love to dance and I am a practitioner/student of Authentic Movement and Biodanza.

Georgia Marvin

Canada

English

Georgia Marvin

Georgia Marvin is currently a trainer with the Hakomi Education Network and the senior trainer with the Vancouver team. Her private practice uses Hakomi to serve the needs of individuals and couples in a private therapeutic setting. Having a background in business and governance, she introduces Hakomi technology to organizations to expand their understanding of leadership and team building. Her passion is teaching groups and mentoring advanced students in the method.
Having studied with the founder of the Hakomi Method, Ron Kurtz, for 10 years, and having been named by Ron at his death as one of his legacy holders, her intention is to contribute to the growth of Hakomi in the international community and to contribute to the sustainability of his legacy.

J. David Cole

United States

English

J. David Cole

I am a Hakomi Senior Trainer for the Seattle Education Network and am also in private practice online and in person at my office in Shoreline, Washington.

Kristina Cook

United States

English

Kristina Cook

Kristina (Kris) Cook, LMHC, CDP, CHT is a certified Hakomi therapist and teacher. She is licensed in the State of Washington as a Mental Health Counselor, and as a Substance Use Disorder Professional. Kris studied systems counseling at the Leadership Institute of Seattle/Bastyr University, and received her certificate in Substance Use Disorder from Edmonds Community College. She is also certified in MBRP (Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention) and (Level 2 PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy and trained with Rob Fisher in Hakomi for couples) and incorporates mindfulness, somatic approaches, and neuroscience in her therapeutic process. Kris is currently studying at CIIS in a psychedelics certificate program. She enjoys helping those who use this as a means for trauma work to help integrate their experiences. She sees couples and adult individuals through tele-health. Kris offers a free phone consultation.

Lau Cerero

Mexico

Español (Spanish)

Lau Cerero

Me encontré con Hakomi en el 2009, desde entonces me enamoré, fui encarnando el método junto con su filosofía a mi vida profesional y personal, estoy muy feliz con ello. Del 2011 al 2013 tome el entrenamiento y me certifique en noviembre del 2015.

Estudié la Licenciatura y la Maestría en Psicología en la UNAM. Del 2011 al 2013 tome el entrenamiento y me certifique en noviembre del 2015. Actualmente, me dedico a la psicoterapia, acompaño a adolescentes y adultos, al auto estudio, desde un compromiso humano y ético.

Entre otras valiosas enseñanzas Hakomi, me permite ser consciente de la relación sanadora, conectarme con los consultantes desde la curiosidad, el no juicio, la presencia amorosa y recibirlos como una fuente de inspiración, nutrición, honrar su historia, su proceso, sus recursos y su fuerza.

Soy también, Educadora de la sexualidad e Instructora Certificada en Mindfulness. Disfruto y aprendo al compartir mis conocimientos impartiendo diversos cursos y talleres sobre las temáticas de la diversidad sexual, el consumo de sustancias, entre otros temas, principalmente a niñas, niños, niñes, adolescentes y, a madres y padres de familia.

Tengo una hermosa hija de 16 años a quién amo infinitamente, entre otras pasiones y enamoramientos están también la lectura, el tomar café, hacer ejercicio, rodar en bici y bailar.


Roland Bérard

Canada

English, Français (French)

Roland Bérard

Hakomi Trainer based in Montreal.

Roland Bérard is a certified Hakomi Therapist and Trainer. He has been studying with Donna Martin, Ron Kurtz, Flint Sparks and Greg Johanson, since 2002. In 2003, in collaboration with Donna Martin, he introduced Hakomi to the Montreal area, serving as organizer and assistant in these bilingual trainings from 2003 to 2009.

He is a graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing practitioner and teacher training programs, a Reiki Master/Teacher, a practitioner of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) as well as Core Energetics, and an a mentor in Exceptional Relationships.

Roland worked as an engineer and project manager for over 25 years before making the career change to therapist and healing facilitator in 2001.

Roland is totally bilingual and has a private practice in Montreal, Québec, Canada. His passion for healing and his unique way of combining these different approaches help his clients move towards health and well-being.

Roxanne Peterson

United States

English

Roxanne Peterson

Roxanne Peterson, PhD, LMHC, RN, CHT. Coming from a background in nursing, where I gained a deep appreciation for the wisdom and beauty of the body, Hakomi, as a body-centered therapy, immediately resonated for me. That along with the practice of Loving Presence, hooked me on Hakomi. I had the great good fortune to study with Ron Kurtz in the later years of his life.

In addition to Hakomi, another body-centered healing modality I am deeply grateful for is Family and Systemic Constellations. I have studied for many years with Francesca Mason Boring, and greatly appreciate the wisdom she shares from her indigenous Ancestors.

During my early years I pursued higher education and received a research degree in Social Welfare, where I gained an understanding of the interconnection of all life, and an appreciation for the experimental process as a way of knowing and exploring deeply.

In my later years, I studied many energy healing modalities, including, Healing Touch, Reiki and Chi Kung, which I also taught. These approaches, along with Internal Family Systems and Focusing influence how I work with clients. I am licensed as a counselor in Washington State, USA, and am a member of the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy (USABP).

As a Senior Trainer with the Seattle Hakomi Education Network, my passion is teaching Hakomi to groups.

Sabine Volkmann

Ireland

Deutsch (German), English

Sabine Volkmann

I started off by studying music and becoming a flute teacher but very soon after I followed my real passion of wanting to engage more deeply with people and did a training in the Feldenkrais Method. Already then I heard about Hakomi and it's close proximity to Feldenkrais and was fascinated by it.
It took more than 10 years and a move to Ireland to coincidentally meet Hakomi again. I joined the first HEN Training in Ireland in 2005 with Donna Martin and Bob Milone. From the beginning I loved the embodied explorations, the gentleness that uncovers so many hidden places and the unconditional love and camaraderie that I experienced in my training group.
I became a Practitioner and Teacher but I took another time out before engaging with Hakomi again and starting my journey as a Trainer in 2016 with Caroline Braham.
I love seeing the Hakomi community grow in Ireland and I feel deeply grateful to be part of that.
I still work with Feldenkrais too and both methods enrich each other.
I love my second homeland Ireland, swimming in the sea, planting flowers and vegetables and watch them grow, being part of groups and my own space. And I won't stop exploring...

Vicky Gaughan

United Kingdom

English

Vicky Gaughan

Since 1993 I've trained in a range of psychotherapeutic approaches, conventionally taking a BSc and a Master’s degree. I've also gained a qualification to teach & practice Hakomi, a level 3 Internal Family Systems (IFS) practitioner qualification Im also a Post Reichian Body Psychotherapist and have delved deeply in body work, shamanism and conscious dance. In 2024 I take over Hakomi Lancaster and offer a multilevel training alongside my dear friend and colleague, Jamie Fearn.

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