Workshops & Facilitators

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.

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'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 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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 (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.

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.

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, 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.

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...

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.