Comprehensive Training, Level 2, Southwest, USA
FACULTY: Gregory Gaiser PC, CHP, Certified Hakomi Lead Trainer, Rupesh Chhagan, M.S.O.M., C.H.P., L.Ac., Certified Hakomi Teacher, and guest presenters
LEVEL: Level 2,
MODE: Live Online
LOCATION & ZONE: Online - Live (10 modules via zoom), Mountain Time
Satisfactory completion of Level One is the prerequisite for acceptance into Level Two.
Comprehensive Training, Level 1, Colorado/Northeast, U.S.A
FACULTY: Trainers:Melissa Grace, MA, Lead Trainer, Jaci Hull, MA, LMFT, Julia Corley, MA, LCMHC Teachers: Ariana Tosatto, MA, LPC; Kate Mazuy, MA, LPC; Sylvie Lam, MA, LPC; Rupesh Chhagan, CHT, TCMP
MODE: Hybrid (Live Online and In-Person)
LOCATION & ZONE: Eastern Time Zone
Mindful Somatic Psychology and the 5 Elements
In this course, we will focus on the foundational concepts of each of the 5 Elements (as per Traditional Chinese Medicine) and explore their deeper associations (mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical). These include developmental psychology, the functional expression of emotions linked to each Element, and relevant skills drawn from Hakomi, a mindfulness-based experiential psychotherapy. These tools will help us engage with the emotional patterns each Element represents.
Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy: An Experiential Introduction
Hakomi is a body-centered (somatic) approach. The body is viewed as a “map of the psyche” – a door that can be opened to reveal the entire unconscious belief system of the individual. The body’s habitual patterns can become a powerful access route to deeply held core material.
Hakomi Intro workshops introduce students to the core principles, topics, and concepts of the method. They provide immersive instruction which includes lectures from the faculty, experiential exercises, demonstrations, discussion, group process sessions, and supervision.
An Introduction to Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy: The Body as Doorway to the Unconscious
Hakomi is a body-centered (somatic) approach. The body is viewed as a “map of the psyche” – a door that can be opened to reveal the entire unconscious belief system of the individual. The body’s habitual patterns can become a powerful access route to deeply held core material.
Current neuroscience research has confirmed the basis for many foundational aspects of the Hakomi Method, including the effectiveness of mindfulness, loving presence, empathic attunement, limbic resonance, and memory reconsolidation.
We develop exquisite sensitivity and attunement, using empathic skills to read and contact subtle, unconscious cues. When integrated into the session with unique Hakomi techniques, it creates a rapid, experiential access route to unconscious core beliefs and implicit memories that invisibly shape our lives and behavior. Once conscious and directly experienced, these are available for memory re- consolidation and transformation, including the healing of attachment issues. This experiential process evokes a powerful “felt sense” for the client, allowing them to take ownership of core patterns as they emerge, and to integrate new options.
This workshop provides an immersive introduction to the Method, this includes lectures from the faculty, experiential exercises, demonstrations, discussion, group process sessions, and supervision.
Faculty: Rupesh Chhagan, M.S.O.M., L.Ac., C.H.P.
Target Audience
This workshop is designed to provide experiential learning in the Hakomi Method and is also a prerequisite to the Hakomi Comprehensive Training.
Objectives
Recognize the power of noticing the subtle somatic cues of the body; using these somatic cues as pathways to unconscious core material.
Practice skills to enhance the therapist’s self-regulation & embodiment & therapeutic relationship.
Utilize Hakomi principles, e.g. nonviolence in therapy, to create safety for the client
Discover the importance of the experimental attitude as a key component of the Hakomi
Introduce the unique application of mindfulness that supports access in therapeutic settings
Observe the application of Hakomi skills & principles in the experiential process as a way to access unconscious core material.
CE Information: CEs are not available for this workshop.
A Free Experiential Introduction to Hakomi | Mindfulness-Based Somatic Psychology
Join Rupesh for a FREE 1.5-hour experiential talk introducing Hakomi, a gentle yet profoundly effective approach to mind-body healing and transformation.
This is not just a talk—you’ll be invited into a felt, embodied experience that engages both your thinking mind and your living body in a safe, relational setting.
Hakomi is widely used by psychotherapists, counselors, bodyworkers, and holistic healers, and is equally valued by people drawn to meditation, mindfulness, and self-inquiry. It offers a way of listening deeply to the body to uncover how early experiences, attachment patterns, and childhood wounds shape our nervous system, beliefs, emotions, and physical symptoms today.
Through lecture and simple experiential practices, you’ll get a taste of how Hakomi helps reveal the unconscious core beliefs that quietly organize our lives—beliefs that can keep us stuck in depression, anxiety, shame, chronic tension, pain, or repeating relational patterns. From this awareness, real and lasting change becomes possible.
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Have an inquiry about the event? Contact Rupesh at: rupeshchhagan@gmail.com