I am currently part of the Hakomi Lancaster training team, teaching with senior Hakomi trainer Vicky Gaughan. These trainings are currently offered over two days and can be used as personal development in supporting your own self-study, as nourishing self-care or towards practitioner training and certification in this method.

As a practice, Hakomi uses mindfulness, which can sometimes be seen as more of a solitary activity and in this context, we are exploring how we can use it relationally. It is a way to slow down and notice what's happening in our experience and rather than extended periods of meditation, it is more about moments of mindful exploration.

The focus of the training is to learn how to create, sustain and deepen a compassionate state of mind, and to practice this while relating to others and ourselves, discovering how to look for what is nourishing, rather than what is wrong. We do this through various practices that encourage self study. The aim is to deepen our self awareness particularly around habits that are causing suffering and through this often we gain more space and more choice.

All offerings are facilitated in an experiential way, with opportunities for individual, whole group and small group activities. Trainings offer greater depth of exploration and use of the method with experienced Hakomi trainers and assistants.