04 · Mindfulness-centered body psychotherapy
Hakomi
Mindfulness-centered body psychotherapy, as an attitude and method in my work with you: meeting your own experience mindfully.
- Individual
- Mindful
- Body-oriented
- Format
Individual
- Initial conversation
Confidential & free of charge.
- Curious about yourself?
Meeting your own experience mindfully.
Who it’s for
A path that might fit
In the middle of change
At work, in your personal life, with the people around you, a lot isn’t working. Neither “business as usual” nor new attempts bear fruit.
Patterns keep repeating
You’ve understood a lot rationally and explained it long ago, but little changes.
Grasping & deciding
You want to move forward in a way that feels right and grasp more deeply how you organize yourself.
The body knows things better than the head.
Mindful guidance with a focus on the body
Some things in life can’t be thought through. You recognize a pattern, maybe even understand it well. And still: it keeps repeating. This is exactly where Hakomi comes in: an experiential, mindfulness-based method that uses the body as a way into what thinking alone can’t reach. Much has shaped us, for better and for worse, before we could even speak. In my work with you, Hakomi is:
- an attitude from which I meet you
- a tool we work with together.
The body often knows more
Every formative experience leaves a trace: in postures, impulses, sensations.
The body mirrors how we organize ourselves: in feelings, views, relationships—including what we are not aware of.
By mindfully perceiving these signals, we gain direct access to the inner experiential knowledge that quietly steers our lives. It’s not about analysis, but about exploring from within.
What matters here?
You don’t have to do anything special. Everything is okay as it is.
It is enough to be with your awareness where the experience is.
You can rely on safety and confidentiality in the exchange between you and me.
Core elements of Hakomi
Body-oriented—we work with what you notice in your body.
Nonviolent—I don’t push you toward anything and move at your pace.
Inner mindfulness—consciously experiencing how you organize yourself and what steers you.
Body & mind as unity—body, feelings, and mind are always connected.
Organicity—you as a whole are capable of self-regulation & growth.
Depth-psychological—unconscious beliefs and early relationship experiences still have an effect today
Approach
Nonviolence is not a stylistic device, but the core: only when nothing in you feels threatened does what is essential reveal itself.
Nothing has to go
Even what protects you is honored. It had, and has, good reasons.
No pressure
to have to become different. We explore openly, with curiosity, at your pace.
Change happens through new experience, not through resolutions. What you have understood by experiencing it carries you differently than what you only know.
Questions
Questions & answers
And now?
Hakomi is easy to experience. If something in this text has touched you, that may already be the beginning.
Initial conversationWhat happens in a session?
We deliberately slow down and turn our attention inward—to what can be felt right now. From there, small, concrete experiments emerge: phrases, postures, movements that make visible what otherwise runs automatically. No analyzing from the outside, but exploring from within, at your pace.
Do I have to talk about my past?
Not necessarily. Hakomi works primarily with what can be felt in the present moment—postures, impulses, reactions. Earlier imprints often show up on their own, but we don’t deliberately go through your biography.
Do I need to bring a specific problem or topic?
No. Some people come with a question, some with a goal, some with a pattern that keeps repeating without their knowing exactly why. Any of these is a good place to start.
Isn’t this esoteric?
The method is based on experience, not speculation: we work with what is actually happening in the moment: bodily sensation, impulse, reaction. Never with interpretations from the outside. The approach comes from a clearly described therapeutic tradition and is also used internationally in coaching and leadership contexts.
When do I not work with you?
When it becomes clear that your concern belongs in the hands of a licensed psychotherapist—for example, in the case of acute mental illness or crises that need clinical treatment. I clarify this openly with you, if necessary in the very first conversation.
Isn’t this therapy?
No. I don’t want to do that, and I’m not allowed to. I work as a coach with Hakomi as a method—not as a psychotherapist. The difference is this: we work on what shows up in your life, your patterns, and the way you organize yourself, not on treating a disorder. If it becomes clear in our conversation that you need therapeutic treatment, I say so openly—and support you in finding the right setting.