Training for Transformation 2027

Our behaviour and our fears and survival strategies are rooted in our childhood. In order to feel close to ourselves and trust the inner qualities with which we came into this world we need to know what hurt us when we were children. We need to understand how we felt at that time and how we compensated for missing safety, love and trust.

In our early years we were very intelligent in coping with our family situations and surroundings. We developed strategies and structures to make us feel safer. But in doing so we often needed to betray our true nature and on the way we lost trust in ourselves. As adults we carry on acting from these structures that are based in the fear of being abandoned and alone. It does not matter if it is at work, in our relationship, or in our free time: If we are not in connection with our true self, we tend to make choices that are not supportive to our identity. As time passes, this makes us feel weaker and more unsafe.

During this course we will use different techniques to revisit the time of childhood. In this way we can consciously and with the awareness of our adult self get in touch with the feelings and experiences of the child again. Once we recognize the strategies, patterns and behaviours of the past we can recognize when they are in action in our present day life. And only then can we decide to act differently: Now that we can be a parent to ourselves, these strategies are not needed anymore.

The inner child can regain trust and we can find the way back to our own identity, back to who we truly are. As a result we can heal our nervous system and be free to make different choices in our lives. Choices with which we are moving closer to ourselves and which make us feel whole and safe in our own being.  

Our bodies reveal our lives. This is a rare opportunity to learn what yours says about you. Much of our suffering is created by unhealthy patterns of feeling and acting that helped us survive the traumas of childhood, but then got stuck in our bodies.These patterns are not our true self: They cover up our true self and prevent us from shining.

The understanding of how these survival patterns show in our bodies was originally developed from the pioneering work of Wilhelm Reich by Alexander Lowen. Lowen related character types to particular body shapes and structures. He created a map showing five main ‘Body Types’. This map both shows us where we got stuck and how we can eventually free ourselves and return to the present moment.

We will spend a whole day on each body type, learning experientially what each character type feels like from the inside.

This work is illuminated by the understanding of meditation: that there is a place of pure presence inside each one of us, beyond all protective adaptations and character types.

This process guides you through your teenage years, healing the wounds of that time and retrieving the qualities that are the essence of a healthy teenager.

The awakening sexual energy of a teenager is a gift. It is not only a potential source of physical pleasure; it also makes life an adventure and eventually a search.

Healing and embracing your inner teenager now, as an adult, will bring back into your present life a sense of daring to go beyond what is familiar routine. It will create the space for something new in your life.