SHAKIO COURSES
At Shakio Institute, we offer a rich variety of courses designed to support personal growth, spiritual development, and practical skills for everyday life. Each course integrates reflective practices, practical guidance, and a supportive community, creating a transformative learning experience.
Foundational Skills of Focusing:
from a Kabbalistic perspective
About Course
12 Consecutive Sessions on Sundays Starting January 11 2026
The philosopher and psychologist Eugene Gendlin perceived that there are experiences that only mystics and artists could access in the past, but that in this day can be learned by anyone. He dedicated his life to developing steps and practices which enable every person to carry forward their life. Focusing, the practice Gendlin explicated, was mainly implemented through a therapeutic perspective, yet we propose that he is actually inviting us to something much more radical – a restoration of what it means to be human.
In mystical writings, such as Kabbalah, a profound distinction is made between two kinds of human beings each embodying a fundamentally different way of living and being. One type lives by the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil, existing “under the sun” in the world of creation, where creation itself is already grasped and apprehended. The second type is an active “image of God,” who embodies the life-movement of all worlds, and who lives through the Tree of Life.
Dates: 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14, 12/28, 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8
time: 19:30-21:15 (Israel), 17:30-19:15 (London), 9:30-11:15 (LA, California), 12:30-14:15 (New york)
One-on-One:
Focusing the Unknown
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Join Our Upcoming Course Starting October 8th 2025
An advanced course in Focusing based on one-on-one work with someone new to Focusing. Accompanying another person requires not only our own experience in Focusing processes, but also building a broad understanding of the unique processuality that Focusing makes possible. It also invites developing an attentive presence that can accompany another person within a living Focusing event that takes place now. This calls for cultivating the ability to listen for where the process implicitly wants to carry forward, and to know which kinds of invitations allow it to happen. This process also enables transformation in ourselves as people who know the human processuality that is possible.Out of this process, we or our lives continue in their creation.
14 consecutive sessions on Wednesdays, Time: 19:00-21:00 (Israel), 17:00-19:00 (London), 9:00-11:00 (LA, California), 12:00-14:00 (New york)
Dates: 08/10, 15/10, 22/10, 29/10, 05/11, 12/11, 19/11, 26/11, 03/12, 10/12
The second part will be on: 07/01, 14/01, 21/01, and 28/01
Shakio Retreats
Workshops & Retreats
Contact us to order workshops and retreats for groups and communities on the following topics:
The Art of Prayer
The Secret Meaning of Shabbat
Prayer as a Journey Between States of Consciousness
Living the wonder
A Journey through Clear States of Consciousness
Focusing as a Metaphysical Process
A Journey Through States of Consciousness as the Foundation of Felt Prayer