Training Schedule 2026
International Hakomi Conference
Supporting the Spirit of Generosity
Sunday 4th – Thursday 9th July
This is a unique opportunity to experience Hakomi in its many facets at your doorstep. In the beautiful coastal setting of Wicklow town, Hakomi Trainers from all over the world will be teaching workshops with a wide range of topics.
Everybody with an interest of experiencing the Hakomi Method is welcome.
Venue
An Tairseach, Ecology Centre, Wicklow town
Payment
Early Bird for HEN members (Hakomi Education Network): €750 when paid before 28th February
Full price: €850
For more Information & Booking: www.hakomieducation.net
Multilevel Hakomi Training
These workshops are open to anybody who wants to experience the Hakomi Method.
The training is taught in an experiential way with everybody learning on their level of experience.
Through practices in pairs and small groups, participants explore their habitual way of being in relation to others and the world around them, as well as learning the elements and tools of the method. An important part of learning Hakomi is to become more conscious as a therapist about one’s own core beliefs, in order to be more present for your clients.
Each module offers an experience that can be taken away and immediately integrated into an existing practice.
The basic Hakomi training takes 45 training days.
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd March with Sabine Volkmann
Venue
Gorse Hill, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Payment
Early Bird: €220 when paid before 15th February
Full price: €250
Information & Booking: Sabine Volkmann
Email: info@hakomiireland.ie
Tel: 086 6050 427
Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th May with Sabine Volkmann
Venue
Cumberland Street, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Payment
Early Bird: €220 when paid before 15th April
Full price: €250
Information & Booking: Sabine Volkmann
Email: info@hakomiireland.ie
Tel: 086 6050 427
Friday 13th – Monday 16th November with Caroline Braham
Venue
An Tairseach, Ecology Centre, Wicklow town
Payment
Early Bird: €440 when paid before 30th September
Full price: €500
Accommodation is available for €70 per night
Information & Booking: Sabine Volkmann
Email: info@hakomiireland.ie
Tel: 086 6050 427
Hakomi Circle with Sabine Volkmann
These days offer an opportunity to watch three live Hakomi sessions. After each session there is space for discussion, feedback, and for asking questions about the method.
Three participants will be clients. The rest of the group are witnesses. Witnesses are an essential part of the process through their presence and as support.
Anybody is welcome. No previous Hakomi experience needed.
Saturday 7th February 10am – 5pm
Saturday 12th September 10am – 5pm
Venue
Cumberland Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Payment
€95 per day
Information & Booking: Sabine Volkmann
Email: info@hakomiireland.ie
Tel: 086 6050 427
What is Hakomi?
What is Hakomi?
Hakomi is a Hopi Indian word and means “Where do I stand in relation to all these different realms?” or simply put “Who am I?”. It is described these days as “Assisted self-discovery based on Mindfulness”.
Hakomi helps people to study themselves in a mindful way in order to reveal habits, or ways they organize themselves in the world. The practitioner holds a state of mind of Loving Presence that allows safety, curiosity and acceptance of anything emerging within a session.
Unconscious core beliefs that we developed in childhood or through traumatic events in our lives and that influence our daily action, are often outdated and can cause unnecessary suffering. These emotional habits show up non-verbally and can be brought into consciousness through a process of exploration involving the body, mind, emotions and upcoming memories. Through becoming aware of these unconscious limiting patterns we can find new ways of being that weren’t available to us before. With the practice of Hakomi we can gain more choice and feel more freedom in our everyday life.
The Personhood Series
The Personhood Series is considered the foundation of the Hakomi method. Ron Kurtz created practices for four fundamental aspects of the Hakomi Method. Originally taught in the first year of the training these exercises are the base of all further Hakomi explorations and are therefore useful and important for the understanding of and deepening into the method.
From the beginning of the Hakomi journey and as the understanding of the method deepens throughout the training these practices provide an ongoing source of information for ourselves. Going back to basics of assisted self-study is essential on all levels. The further we are on the path the deeper we can delve into the beginning.
The four aspects of the Personhood series are:
Loving Presence
Loving presence is a state of mind that is the basis of all Hakomi explorations. We look for what is nourishing in a person rather than what’s wrong. This way of being creates safety, a deeper and more open way of relating and allows our more vulnerable parts to emerge. The practices help to create, sustain and deepen into this compassionate and way of being while present with another person.
Quieting the Mind
In order to explore and get access to the unconscious parts of ourselves we need to be able to connect to and sustain a calm, sensitive, present-centred state of mind. We will practice and develop our capacity for Mindfulness. This helps us to calm and regulate our nervous systems and to be more present and compassionate to ourselves and others. And we will explore our habitual tendencies, beliefs and non conscious habits that disrupt this state of mind.
Nonverbal Awareness (Wisdom Without Words)
Our habitual nonverbal communication expresses who we are, indicates our present moment experience as well as embodying deeply held beliefs about ourselves and how the world works. We will learn to pay attention the signs the body offers us all the time to get a deeper understanding of ourselves and others. This opens up the possibility of choices we can make and begins to release us from old habits of perception that can cause us unnecessary suffering.
Emotional Nourishment (The Art of Comforting)
To be nourished and sustained by life is something we all yearn for. Unconscious beliefs about ourselves and the world can get in the way of taking in the goodness that is always around us and therefore cause unnecessary suffering. We will uncover some of these habits by using Hakomi experiments in mindfulness to gain more awareness and choice in our ability to receive nourishment as well as being able to respond to others who need comfort and reassurance.
Click here to learn more about Hakomi and how it all began.History of the Hakomi Method
Ron Kurtz