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Product Description: Ron Kurtz, creator of the Hakomi Method of body-centered psychotherapy, leads this preconference workshop. He discusses and demonstrates the significant advances he has made in his work over the past decade, shifting the emphasis from “body-centered” to “mindfulness-based”, designed to access the adaptive unconscious.Below is an overview of the Hakomi Method — (More information can be found at http://www.hakomiinstitute.com/The Hakomi Method combines the Eastern traditions of mindfulness and non-violence with a unique, highly effective Western methodology. Hakomi was developed and is applied primarily as an experiential psychotherapy, but is also designed to be integrated by other practitioners in a wide variety of contexts.Hakomi is a body-centered, somatic approach. In a therapeutic context, the body’s structures and habitual patterns become a powerful doorway to unconscious core material, including the hidden core beliefs which shape our lives, relationships, and self-images.The Hakomi Method quickly accesses this core material, allowing it to emerge safely into consciousness. Once conscious, it can be re-evaluated, and where appropriate, powerfully transformed. New dimensions of awareness can be integrated, helping the individual to build a more satisfying and effective life.