Inner Work is an inward journey.
Innerwork is about taking an inward journey to examine your life, discover who you truly are, and experience growth at many levels. It’s about peeling away the conditioning and expectations of society, clearing emotional baggage that colours your lens in how you view and navigate the world, healing aspects of yourself which are out of balance. In doing so, you gain new insights and perspectives to overcome life challenges and obstacles, and take empowered forwarding actions in alignment with who you are at your very core.
The core questions in life are: Who am I? What is my purpose? What am I here to experience and fulfill in this lifetime? How do I achieve self-actualization? What does it mean to live well and die well?
Most tend to get distracted by their pursuits of society’s definition of success. Often it takes death, crisis or stuckness for one to examine their life and make a change - be it a pandemic, cancer, disease, mid- or quarter-life crisis. Some have “been there done that” and want to find out what else is next and how to get there.
What shows up in your outer world is but a reflection of your inner world. Going within and uncovering the root cause allows you to break the patterns and ceilings and transcend your current limitations towards self-actualization. Ultimately it is about mastering yourself - by gaining mastery over your thoughts, feelings, beliefs and actions to create a deep, purposeful and fulfilling life.
We employ a holistic approach in guiding individuals through their innerwork journey - at the physical, emotional, mental, energetic and spiritual levels. We offer a range of modalities through our classes, intensives and retreats. You will expand your self-awareness and consciousness through deep inquiry and reflection, coaching, and modern psychological processes such as process work, body work, symptom work, dream work and conflict work.
Mastering your craft and yourself.
Mastery is a deliberate and purposeful process towards mastering both your craft and yourself. It focuses on the inside and out. The first move toward mastery is always inward—learning who you really are and reconnecting with that innate force you possess that seeks to guide you towards your purpose in this lifetime, which we lose touch with molding ourselves into the ideals of society.
As you reconnect and embark on your mastery path with wonder and excitement, progression will automatically lead to contentment for you to continue to stay the path. You develop deep expertise for your craft through 10,000 quality hours of active application, continuous learning, improvement and innovation. Success and fulfillment manifest as a byproduct in the process.
What does mastery look like? In Aikido, mastery lies in finding the path of least resistance to bring the opponent down in one move.
Hokusai took 30 years to complete his greatest art piece "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" at the age of 72, after numerous iterations over decades. Two centuries later, it is still the most famous global icon synonymous with Japanese art. Mastery is about distilling down to the core essence where less is more.
To attain mastery goes beyond acquiring skill sets and resources. It requires mastering yourself - gaining mastery over your thoughts, feelings, beliefs and actions. You are conditioned to make default choices, impulses, and preferences - which will get in your way of doing what is needed, either because you don’t feel like it or it’s not you.
It takes overcoming your default self, being in control of your impulses and leaning into what you resist, in order to have a greater command of reality, other people, and yourself. You learn to turn away from distractions and access flow states needed to focus on deep work that matters in the present.
Processwork is understanding.
Processwork is founded by Dr. Arnold Mindell, and is one of the first psychologies to integrate somatic experiences, and has grown far beyond psychology in its scope. The approach grew from Jungian psychology in the 1970s and 80s, when Dr. Mindell practiced at the Jung Institute in Zurich.
Processwork understands the human experience as a dreaming process that unfolds through our sensory channels. It can be applied to any aspect of life, including individual personal growth, relationships, small and large groups, and any kind of conflict work.
Process is at the heart of processwork. It is the potentially meaningful flow of inner and outer signals, including behaviors, feelings, interactions, expression, and inner experiences that can be observed in our individual and group dynamics.
The study of process can provide structure to the experience of difficult events and situations. Through facilitation by a processworker, individuals, teams, families, organisations and communities can find greater empowerment and awareness. We're able to support people in their life paths and discover a true sense of fulfilling life regardless of what state of consciousness they are in. Processwork is also a powerful method of establishing communication with people who are in special states of consciousness, including coma, dementia or delirium, based on the assumption that all states of consciousness are meaningful to work with.
Applications of processwork includes bodywork psychotherapy, bodily symptoms, dreaming, conflict resolution work, transpersonal and relational work, and comawork.