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Hakomi Intro Workshop: Listening Through the Body with Shai Lavie

In this day-long introductory workshop, Shai Lavie will introduce key elements of the Hakomi method, including the following:
- The Five Hakomi Principles
- The Hakomi Relational “Bubble”
- How we bring Loving Presence into Hakomi
- Key Hakomi Techniques: Tracking, Contact Statements and Probes
Learning will be both didactic and experiential, with several small group exercises, guided meditations and immersions into Hakomi techniques.
Join us for this experiential introduction to Hakomi. You’ll learn about the foundations of our 7-month training and walk away with tools you can begin using right away to foster connection, safety, and depth in your clinical work.
This course consists of two online learning segments:
- 1.5 hours of self-paced learning (brief video talk, Hakomi, demo session, articles and handouts) that you’ll complete at your own pace in the two-and-a-half weeks prior to our live Zoom class
- 6.5 hours (w/ two 15-minute breaks) of online instructor-led classroom training via-Zoom, with plenty of opportunities of experiential learning, including breakout groups where you can practice new skills in a gentle and safe environment and receive immediate guidance and feedback from your instructor.
What you will learn:
- Participants will be able to name the 5 Hakomi Principles and how they are relevant for psychological healing.
- Participants will be able to identify key elements that make for a safe and effective therapeutic relationship.
- Participants will be able to identify and explain the value of key Hakomi techniques: Tracking, Contact Statements and Probes
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This workshop is open and relevant to both clinicians and the general public. It also serves as an important foundation and pre-requisite for the Hakomi Professional Skills Training starting in September. Hakomi regions outside of California may require a 2-day introductory workshop (or two 1-day workshops) to satisfy the prerequisite for their Comprehensive Training.
Embodywise is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) to sponsor continuing education credits (CEs) for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and/or LCSWs. Embodywise maintains responsibility for each program or course, and its content. If CEs are available for a program or course, the number of continuing education credit hours will be provided on the event page as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. CE approval agency: CAMFT. Provider number: 82187. CE hours are subject to change with any schedule changes. CE certificates will be emailed within 30 days after each weekend of the course ends.