Trauma 2001

This video clip is from the training in Australia in 2001.

Automaticité

This is a short clip from Ron Kurtz Hakomi training 2010 in Montreal.

Les Histoires

This is a short clip from Ron Kurtz Hakomi training 2010 in Montreal.

Two Selves – Kahneman

This model of self was developed by Daniel Kahneman who was awarded a Nobel Prize for Behavioral Economics.

Gabor Mate and Hakomi

This is a short clip from an interview with Gabor Mate and Georgia Marvin in October 2025.

Taking Over

This video is from the level 1 training in 2008.

Ron Kurtz and His Legacy

This video clip is in response to a question posed by one of his students in the level 1 training in 2008.

Rilke Poem

Ron always put this poem at the front of his training manuals and dedicated it to his beloved wife, Terry Toth. In his book, The Hakomi Way: Consciousness and Healing, we placed it next to the Foreword. He says, “With you my love, it was easy.” After his death, I was helping Terry sort all […]

Presence

This video clip is from a master class in 2010.

Memory Reconsolidation

This video clip is from an advanced class in 2010 at Bodhi House in Olympia Washington.

Healing

This is a short clip from an advanced class in 2010 at Bodhi House, Olympia, Washington.

Experimental Attitude

This short clip is from an advanced class in 2010 at Bodhi House, Olympia, Washington.

Evolution of Hakomi

Speaking in 2001, Ron is explaining how Hakomi evolved from techniques to a method, to the qualities of a healing relationship to the state of mind of the therapist. At the end of this short video, he comments, “I don’t know where it’s going next.” That was the spirit of Hakomi from the founder’s perspective […]

Experimental Method 2009

What makes the Hakomi process work is that we test our ideas. Hakomi is an experimental method. Ron Kurtz wrote: “The unique contribution of Hakomi is that the method contains, as a necessary element, precise experiments done with a person in a mindful state, the purpose being to evoke emotions, memories and reactions that will […]

Freedom

Ron Kurtz is speaking to a group of students in 2001 and talking about his mission which he calls his “main job,” a lifetime mission to inspire people to see what is possible and to provide a wider range of freedom in their lives. He quotes Chogyam Trungpa: “The basic work of health professionals in […]

My Mission

Ron Kurtz tells the story of his visit with Swami Rama in which the Swami told him that he had a mission to create a new psychotherapy.

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