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Amadis Cammell
I started my journey of personal and spiritual growth in 1975, my professional exploration in 1981. Since then I have trained in several styles of healing, psychology and spirituality; researching various related philosophies and practices over the years. Combined they create a distinct entity, Core Realisation, an integral system of personal and spiritual development and healing.
Relational Integral Therapy is the psychological and personal healing application of this modality. It features most of the components of Core Energetics, Neo-Reichian Bodywork, Alchemy of Transformation and Bioenergetic Analysis. It also incorporates the enquiry and felt-sense practices of Diamond Logos.
The primary trainings and explorations contributing are Human Potential modalities, Oriental Medicine studies, Qigong practices, somatic and transpersonal psychologies and spiritual approaches. They have progressively been incorporated into my work with people since 1982. Within the medical field I have trained in Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine and Oriental Massage. In the healing field I have trained in Cellular Healing, Medical Qigong and Bu Qi. My education as a Somatic Psychology practitioner chronologically includes Bioenergetic Analysis, Core Energetics, Neo-Reichian Bodywork, Ritual & Healing Theatre and Alchemy of Transformation; as well as long-term exposure to Analytical Body Enquiry and Radix. Assisting John Pierrakos in 2000 in his last Core Energetics retreat and Siegmar Gerken in the European Core Energetics Training 2000-2005 were also important to my professional development. Contemporary spiritual perspectives such as Chan, Pathwork and Diamond Logos also influence my work, as do transpersonal experiences catalysed by traditional Daoist, Buddhist, Sufic and Gnostic practices.
My professional trajectory over the years has reflected my personal development and vocation. From 1977 till 1984, I travelled across the UK and Europe, worked with people with learning difficulties, designed clothes and made jewellery. I spent a large proportion of this period living in counter-cultural and spiritual communities, a formative experience in who I am today.
I started a private practice in Oriental Massage in 1983, in acupuncture in 1986 and Chinese Herbal Medicine in 1989. From 1990 for seven years I was a lecturer and clinical supervisor at the London Academy of Oriental Medicine and have taught Qigong free-lance since 1995. I have worked as an acupuncturist for the NHS in South London since 1991, preferring this to private practice, treating people for medical conditions divorced from financial considerations.
I have been working therapeutically with people in London since 1999, offering individual sessions, workshops and courses; at first solely in Core Energetics and more recently in Core Realisation and Relational Integral Therapy. Since 2001 I have led and taught various Core Realisation groups and modules for the School Of Energy Healing and the Holistic Counselling College. In 2008-2009 I run the first two-year Core Realisation Foundation Course, followed by in 2012 by the Core Realisation Facilitators Course, currently running in London.
My perception of inner and outer reality is shaped primarily by three disciplines: Daoist Internal Alchemy which accesses the reality of nature and the cosmos, educing a perception of the Five Elements and the Three Treasures: life force, essence and spirit
Core Energetics, with its transpersonal component Pathwork, which provides a practical and demonstrable understanding of how somatics, psychology and spirituality are interrelated
Diamond Logos, which facilitates an embodiment of non-egoic essential being through the practice of meditation, enquiry, felt-sense and presence
My vocational interest is forging a synergism of all the above into an integral mode, with an intention to meet others in a place of engagement, vitality, heart and soul.
On a more personal note, my comfort and joy are my dogs, children and partner. My challenge is showing up fully, living authentically and expressing myself with integrity. My main accomplishment, despite my conditioning, is creating and being involved with what moves and inspires me. My endeavour is coming to know more of the unified field of being: the integral matrix and fundamental connection of all life. My great hope is to actualise this alchemical project and realise my vision of a community of kindred souls.
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