Trainings

Aotearoa Hakomi Comprehensive Training: Level one commencing June 2026

Applications now invited

Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy

As a systematic study of experience, Hakomi provides a detailed model of how to intervene on the physical, emotional and mental levels.

The theoretical concepts as well as therapeutic Hakomi skills are taught, practiced and supervised. The curriculum includes: the healing relationship, working within the principles, Matauranga Maori models, states and maps of consciousness, the experimental approach, the flow of the therapeutic process and applying mindfulness in therapy.

The training has a high teacher/student ratio and employs a variety of teaching approaches: experiential exercises, lectures, demonstrations, discussions, group process sessions, expressive arts, supervision, use of video and study groups.

For more information, please download the Hakomi Comprehensive Training Brochure.

For details presented here, please download the Hakomi Comprehensive Training Information Sheet.

Training dates

The Hakomi Professional Skills training is offered in three levels across 24 months, from June 2026. (See detailed information below or download the Hakomi Professional Training Information sheet above.)

Training Team

Each training is taught by a team of Certified Hakomi Trainers, Teachers and experienced assistants. Faculty are members of the Hakomi Institute Pacifica Team.

The training team will consist of Trainer Jules Morgaine, teachers Sarah Tait-Jamieson, Murray Hemi, Lisa Chaplow.

Acceptance into the Training

The Hakomi training is intended to build on existing skills. It is therefore preferable that participants have some background in psychology, counselling, social work, healthcare or prior experience working with people in a professional capacity. However, applicants who do not meet the above criteria will also be considered. Attendance of one Hakomi workshop is a pre-requisite for acceptance onto the training. See contact details for an application pack.

Training Venue

All Comprehensive Training Levels based at Tauhara Retreat Centre, Taupo. As Tauhara is a residential venue students are encouraged to ‘live in’ as this enhances the training experience. A range of accommodation options including all meals are available at very economical rates. Further information will be available shortly.

Application Form: Online

To submit an application form, please click here

Completion and Certification

On successful completion of the Hakomi training, students are eligible to apply for certification with the International Hakomi Institute, USA. A Certified Hakomi Therapist (CHT) is entitled to practice and advertise as a CHT, to use the Hakomi logo and is networked by the Hakomi Institute. Post training certification modules are also available as required.

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LEVEL ONE: HAKOMI FUNDAMENTAL RELATIONSHIP SKILLS

2 x 6-Day Modules (76 hours training)

Pre-requisite: Attendance at a Hakomi Workshop.

Level One may be undertaken as a stand-alone training for those who wish to learn skills for working somatically and using mindfulness as a basis for therapeutic work.

Purpose: To train Psychotherapists and allied health professionals in the fundamental building blocks of the Hakomi method. Emphasis is on the development of self and connection to others. Hakomi tools can be applied to therapy, business settings, coaching and other healing modalities.

Target Group: Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Doctors, Social Workers, Massage Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Yoga Teachers, Coaches, Chiropractors, Physiotherapists, Cranio-Sacral Therapists, Teachers and Psychologists.

Module 1: Meeting the Other: Skills for Respectful Relationship

Mindfulness, Hakomi Principles, Relationship Skills
Attachment theory
Loving Presence
Contact statements and tracking skills
Accessing organic self/impulse towards potential
Mindfulness techniques for emotional self-regulation

Module 2: Follow the Leader: Skills for Facilitating Growth

Mindfulness as technique
Use of Body/somatic intelligence and supporting organicity
Somatic resourcing for Trauma
Following and Leading
Experimental attitude
Ethical practice and Cultural Diversity

Dates:

Module 1: 13 – 18 June 2026
Module 2: 22 – 27 August 2026

Investment:

Earlybird: $3000.00 + GST ($3450.00) paid by 01.04.26
Full fee: $3500.00 + GST ($4025.00) paid by 01.06.26
Two instalments:
1. $2000.00 + GST ($2300.00) paid by 01.06.26
2. $1600.00 + GST ($1840.00) paid by 01.08.26

Fee includes training manual, all training materials, morning/afternoon tea and lunch daily for 6 days.

Venue:

Level 1 will be based at the Tauhara Retreat Centre, Taupo.

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LEVEL TWO: HAKOMI PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TRAINING

4 x 6-Day Modules (144 hours training)

Purpose: To teach the methodology, techniques and theoretical frameworks of the curriculum of the Hakomi Institute (USA).

Pre-requisite: Level One: Hakomi Fundamental Relationship Skills.

Dates:

Module 1: 17 – 22 October 2026
Module 2: 14 – 19 February 2027
Module 3: 15 – 20 May 2027
Module 4: 07 – 12 August 2027

Investment:

First payment: $2000 (GST incl) paid by 01.09.26
Followed by 7 x monthly instalments: $700.00 (GST incl) beginning 20.11.26 and completing 20.06.27

Venue:

Level 2 will be based at the Tauhara Retreat Centre, Taupo.

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LEVEL THREE: HAKOMI ADVANCED CLINICAL SKILLS

3 x 6-Day Modules (117 hours training)

Purpose:

To teach Advanced Skills of Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychology in application to Clinical Practice.
Each module will consist of 50% advanced teaching and 50% supervision of practice.
To prepare students for Certification as Hakomi Therapist with Hakomi Institute (USA).

Pre-requisite:

Level One: Hakomi Fundamental Relationship Skills.
Level Two: Hakomi Professional Skills Training
OR:
Completion of Hakomi Professional Skills Training as offered in the past.

Dates:

Module 1: 18 – 23 April 2026
Module 2: 04 – 09 July 2026
Module 3: 05 – 10 September 2026

Investment:

Fee: $5000.00 + GST ($ 5750.00)
First payment: $2000.00 + GST ($2300.00) by 01.03.26
Second instalment: $1500.00 + GST ($1725.00) by 01.06.26
Third instalment: $1500.00 + GST ($1725.00) by 01.08.26

Venue:

Level 3 will be based at the Tauhara Retreat Centre, Taupo.

Upon Completion of Level Three students will graduate with Hakomi Institute (USA). Certification as a Hakomi Therapist, (competency based assessment) may also be undertaken at any time following completion.

Application Process

For more information, please download the Hakomi Comprehensive Training Brochure.

For details presented here, please download the Hakomi Comprehensive Training Information Sheet.

To submit an application form, please click here

Enquiries

For more information, please contact Jules Morgaine at: jmorgaine@xtra.co.nz

A gift - a wonderful experience that will shape the rest of my life.

—Kate Mazuy, M.A., L.P.C., Colorado

Learning the Hakomi Method has been one of the most personally and professionally enriching experiences of my career. I've gained tools to help my clients rapidly access and transform their pain and struggle, and found it profoundly effective across a wide range of individuals with a variety of long-term and challenging clinical and life problems. I can't recommend this training highly enough.

—Jeffrey Rutstein, Psy.D., Clinical Psychologist, New Jersey

The biggest attraction was seeing the change in people who had done the Hakomi training before me - they were more centred, more confident, more themselves. This was what I wanted for myself, too.

—S.T., Psychotherapist, Australia

I learned so much, thoroughly enjoyed the people and the process, and found the instructors awesome in the breadth and depth of their experience and knowledge.

—Pat Waterman, L.C.S.W., Vermont

There's no question that the Hakomi training is the best psychotherapy training I've ever done. The Hakomi trainers, without exception, embody and constantly demonstrate the Hakomi principle of loving presence towards all the students they train which powerfully facilitates the students' learning of the method.

—J.K., Psychotherapist, Australia

Excellent - rich and satisfying. It has expanded me as a person and as a therapist. The trainers were exceptional - all were superlative. The training enables you to deepen self-awareness, become more present, and learn to work with inner and outer challenges with ease, compassion and honesty - and then help others to do the same.

—Debra Babarsky, M.A., L.P.C., Virginia

Its experiential approach has been very nourishing, and as someone who has spent many years studying, it has been wonderful to engage in a learning process that did not involve the usual academic processes. I could relax into the learning, and learn without great effort or strain. I now have a deep appreciation for the wisdom inherent in such experiential teaching.

—K.V., Psychologist, Australia

Trainings

Aotearoa Hakomi Comprehensive Training: Level one commencing June 2026

Applications now invited

Training dates

Training Team

Acceptance into the Training

Training Venue

Application Form: Online

Completion and Certification

LEVEL ONE: HAKOMI FUNDAMENTAL RELATIONSHIP SKILLS

2 x 6-Day Modules (76 hours training)Pre-requisite: Attendance at a Hakomi Workshop.

LEVEL TWO: HAKOMI PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TRAINING

4 x 6-Day Modules (144 hours training)

LEVEL THREE: HAKOMI ADVANCED CLINICAL SKILLS

3 x 6-Day Modules (117 hours training)

Application Process

Enquiries

2 x 6-Day Modules (76 hours training)

Pre-requisite: Attendance at a Hakomi Workshop.