What is Hakomi method?

Hakomi is a gentle yet powerful, mindfulness-based and body-centered psychotherapy grounded in five core principles: mindfulness, nonviolence, organicity, unity, and mind–body holism. It is based on the understanding that meaningful change grows from awareness rather than external tension or urgency.

In practice, this means slowing down to notice present-moment experience (mindfulness), respecting protective patterns instead of pushing through them (nonviolence), and trusting each person’s natural capacity for growth (organicity). Hakomi is grounded in the principle of unity: the understanding that mind, body, relationships, and wider systems form one interconnected whole. It also works directly with embodied experience to access core beliefs shaped by earlier life experiences (mind–body holism).

The work unfolds within a safe, attuned relationship and a shared exploration of what is happening here and now.

Ground and Bloom reflects how meaningful change unfolds. Grounding creates stability, awareness, and connection to embodied experience. From that place of safety and presence, growth can emerge naturally creating more freedom and flexibility in how we live and relate.

Ps. Why all these oranges and lemons? I am in my Hakomi training on the beautiful island of Mallorca, where citrus trees bloom in spring and their fruits are harvested in autumn……and I love them!