Regular practices in Hanaka usually take place on weekends – Saturday and Sunday, less often – in the middle of the working week.
Usually, one session consists of a preparatory (warm-up), main, and concluding parts:
- Warm-up: this can be a free dance, or gentle preparatory exercises for the whole body, or practices of expression (see “What happens in Hanaka” – “Body-oriented practices”)
- Main part: depending on the composition of the group and the type of practice, the facilitator may start either with an explanation of the technique, or immediately initiate its execution. This can be a single practice, or a sequence of various elements. You can find out more details about each session from the announcements on Instagram, or in the main Whats’app group “Hanaka”.
- The session always concludes with a calm meditative part – for 15-30 minutes, to balance the body and mind, to equilibrate and “ground” energies.
What do these practices give?
Regular sessions give a meditating person the ability to:
BE PRESENT — be here and now, in contact with reality
OBSERVE — see one’s thoughts, feelings and reactions
FEEL — return to the body and more subtly perceive oneself and other people
CENTER — find an inner “support” amidst movement, “challenges” and changes
CHOOSE — become freer from automatic reactions, impulses and “games” of one’s own and others’ minds
From Practice to Life
We explore not only what happens to us during the sessions, but also how presence gradually changes our attitude towards ourselves, other people and Life itself.