Body-centered psychotherapy : the Hakomi method : the integrated use of mindfulness, nonviolence, and the body

Description: Hakomi is a Hopi Indian word which means "How do you stand in relation to these many realms?" A more modern translation is, "Who are you?" Hakomi was developed by Ron Kurtz, co-author of The Body Reveals. some of the origins of Hakomi stem from Buddhism and Taoism, especially concepts like gentleness, compassion, mindfulness and going with the grain. Other influences come from general systems theory, which incorporates the idea of respect for the wisdom of each individual as a living organic system that spontaneously organizes matter and energy and selects from the environment what it needs in a way that maintains its goals, programs and identity. Hakomi also draws from modern body-centered psychotherapies such as Reichian work, Bioenergetics, Gestalt, Psychomotor, Feldenkrais, Structural Bodywork, Ericksonian Hypnosis, Focusing and Neurolinguistic Programing. Hakomi is really a syntheses of philosophies, techniques and approaches that has its own unique artistry, form and organic process. -- from back cover

Table of Contents: The word Hakomi --
pt. 1. Context. The organization of experience ; Principles ; People ; The healing relationship --
pt. 2. Process. The essential process ; The flow diagram ; Contact, tracking, and establishing mindfulness ; Evocation one: probes and acknowledging ; Evocation two: taking over and little experiments ; Accessing, deepening, and the transition to processing ; Working with strong emotions: riding the rapids ; Working with the child: the therapist as magical stranger ; Going for meaning ; Transformation, integration, and completion --
pt. 3. Method. A few basic jobs and the logic of the method ; Lowering the noise: the sensitivity cycle ; The habitual interruption of experience: barriers and character ; Jumping out of the system.

Location: COLLECTION: Philosophy & Science -- AREA: Mind Science-- SECTION: Psychology / Filing name: Kurtz

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