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MEET JOTHI PRABHU

Jothi has been a teacher of somatic energetics since 1974. He studied primarily through apprenticeships in a variety energetic disciplines including Ayurvedic studies. In 1988, Jothi grounded his work in the biological experience of the evolutionary body and the engagement of the body’s reac­tive system, as a doorway to revitalizing the living organism.

Recently Jothi’s work has evolved to include the teachings of Dhyan Vimal. While recogni­zing a shared value in the importance of somatic training and addressing our bio­logical orientation, Jothi’s work has signifi-cantly broadened to encompass the breadth and understanding of Dhyan Vimal’s larger vision of human relations.

“I find the somatic training as
a tool to help you – then you know the space you are in that you can receive and the space
in which you cannot receive. Many people walk around in a way that they cannot receive as they are so hurt. They are not hurt by not receiving, the not receiving is what is hurting them.”

DHYAN VIMAL

WHAT IS THE PRABHU METHOD?

THE PRABHU METHOD is a somatic training directed towards educating our body and awakening our ability to consciously shape how we respond to ourselves and others. Most often when something happens to us, we form a reaction and this stays with us. We then form ways or behaviours to avoid similar situations in our lives as we do not want to experience the same discomfort or pain. Without us realizing it, these reactions of fear, anxiety, panic, and anger control how we interact in life and limit us in many ways.

The Prabhu Method teaches us to become aware of our reactions and to use them to overcome negative patterns of behaviour, thus creating an opportunity for growth. You  will learn various exercises which can awaken the awareness over your body and how it responds allowing you to consciously shape how you interact with yourself, others and your world. While doing these exercises, you will realize the limitations you have embodied and then choose to consciously hold your body in the way you wish.

ARTICLE 1

How can somatic training help me?

By Dhyan Vimal

ARTICLE 2

Mastering our reactive
system

By Jothi Prabhu

ARTICLE 3

”If pain is an option, there are ways to change your mind”

By Austin Frakt

TESTIMONIALS

Uma Palani - Australia

"The Prabhu Method allows this body to gradually develop the capacity to hold and be with a reaction; frustration, impatience, stress, anger, sadness, worry, anxiousness,anxiety, judgements - all of these without collapsing and exploding.In this process it appears that this body opens up to love and more importantly receive love. There is a constant over pouring feeling of gratefulness and appreciation of all of life’s blessings; good and a bad".

Emma Hormatipour - Sweden

“It is such a delight to be in Jothi’s presence! His humour and warmth creates a safe atmosphere to open up and be receptive to oneself through different exercises that one is being offered to participate with. What I enjoyed the most was the opportunity to exit my head and enter my body for a while and to notice the shift from the constant commentary that goes on inside of me to just lying there, with the sensation of being almost completely still and spacious in the sense I didn’t want to move or go into the next exercise. With very simple means Jothi guided us back to ourselves and he also gave us the tools we need to be able to continue what he introduced us to, after the workshop had come to an end. I’m very thankful for all who are involved to make this work available!”

Ashika Morgan - Canada

"The Prabhu Institute workshop gave me a whole new view and appreciation of my body. I left with many helpful tools and am feeling incredibly empowered that all of these tools could be accessed through my own body and its intelligence rather than being dependent on something outside of me. I highly recommend this training to anyone and everyone. There's something for everyone in it."

Cristina Teixeira de Matos - Sweden

"It is difficult to grasp in words what Somatic Training is about. You are guided very gently through the layers of awareness available to the body, and invited to unlock the wisdom of your being. Far from arriving at a destination it is the discovering of a new way of traveling. Every time I have been fortunate to participate in a Prabhu Institute session I found myself centred and more available to life."

Robin Toller - Canada

"By showing how our thoughts, emotions, and our behaviour are a result of deeper processes in our biology, and by offering a way to become aware of and work with those processes, the Prabhu Method has given me a way to begin to take responsibility for myself. At work and in relationships I am learning to be more attentive to the state in which I show up, which really determines what kind of impact I will have on other people or the outcome of a project. Practicing this method is giving me a way to pay attention to myself that has substance. To me it’s a path toward integrity, and growing into a man, rather than looking for a quick fix."

Daniela Vono - Germany

"The work conducted at The Prabhu Institute is unique. It has healed some of the concrete traumas I carried for decades in just a few days and led to fundamental transformation and growth in many aspects of my life. However, this is not about healing or fitting better into this world, it is about allowing ourselves to be who we truly are. It is a truly sacred work to me, and I hope I will never stop participating in what is offered by the institute."

Maria Samalikova - Germany

"With delight I write these words to express gratitude for the opportunity to learn from Jothi. This was exactly the workshop I needed! Instead of running away with my first impulse as I often do, I practised facing my feelings of discomfort or emotional pain and engaged in learning to use my body posture to transform how I address myself. Embraced by Jothi´s loving kindness and incredible patience (and great humour too) I saw a new door opening which offered a different way of being – one where I do not necessarily need to subtract me from me."

Satu Fallenborg - Australia

"I simply wouldn’t be this person I’m today without learning the Prabhu Method. It has turned my life around: from being locked in hurt from real and imagined events to seeing that hurt and reactions provide me constant learning and training opportunities. Group and individual sessions, along with my own practice, are a fantastic way of ensuring that I keep on evolving as a human being. Jothi’s wisdom and willingness to tirelessly guide students to help themselves is unbelievable. I’m really grateful that I have the opportunity to learn with him and other apprentices at the Prabhu Institute."

Anita Wolfe - Canada

"Somatic Training looks subtle, but it is profound. This is a most effective way to see what is (e.g. patterns, reactions) within oneself. With new awarenesses through the practices, one can begin to make a shift to the way one can and wants to be, to be more aligned with who one really is. I am amazed that I learn new ways of being with every training session. Grateful this is offered in an accessible way, guided by Jothi Prabhu - a master in this method."

Ask yourself…
”How am I here?”

PUBLICATIONS

SOMATIC AWAKENING
THE SOMATIC TEACHINGS OF DHYAN VIMAL
By: Jothi Prabhu

This book takes you on a journey in which Jothi’s understanding of the somatic teachings of Dhyan Vimal are illuminated in the stories of Ulysses and Sleeping Beauty. It is a reflection on how all of our stories are doorways into awakening.

DISCIPLINING THE RAGE
By: Jothi Prabhu

In his second book Jothi examines humanity’s uniquely intimate relationship with evolution.
AVAILABLE ALSO AS AUDIOBOOK!

TO ORDER YOUR COPY, CLICK HERE!

UPCOMING EVENTS

October

28, 29

SOMATIC WORKSHOP SERIES:
"Liberating your Life Force"


Led by: Jothi Prabhu

Reshaping our identity: affecting habits and conditioning. A body that can meet a challenge with total energy is not creating emotional or mental problems. The struggle to be with what is and to wait for what is to come.

Dates:
Oct 28 and 29
Where: Zoom
When: Monday or Tuesday, choose between 3 time slots

1 Monday:
2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT

2 Tuesday:
2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT

3 Tuesday:
7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT

Warmly,
The Prabhu Institute Team

ZOOM

Meeting id will be sent out by request. Please send us an email, [email protected].

MON 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST // TUE 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST // TUE 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EST

INTRODUCTION INTO SOMATIC WORK
These introductory sessions will be offered soon again.

It will have a focus on both beginners and those wishing to immerse themselves into somatic experience more frequently.

Further details will be announced shortly!
Open for All

SOMATIC DANCE FOR BEGINNERS
Further details will be announced shortly!

Guiding you through a somatic grounding exercise that allows you to participate with you being present to how you are here and how you allow the rhythm of the music to move with you and through your body.
Open for All

more events

UPCOMING EVENTS

October

28, 29

SOMATIC WORKSHOP SERIES:
"Liberating your Life Force"


Led by: Jothi Prabhu

Reshaping our identity: affecting habits and conditioning. A body that can meet a challenge with total energy is not creating emotional or mental problems. The struggle to be with what is and to wait for what is to come.

Dates:
Oct 28 and 29
Where: Zoom
When: Monday or Tuesday, choose between 3 time slots

1 Monday:
2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT

2 Tuesday:
2:00pm - 3:30pm EDT

3 Tuesday:
7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT

Warmly,
The Prabhu Institute Team

ZOOM

Meeting id will be sent out by request. Please send us an email, [email protected].

MON 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST // TUE 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST // TUE 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EST

INTRODUCTION INTO SOMATIC WORK
These introductory sessions will be offered soon again.

It will have a focus on both beginners and those wishing to immerse themselves into somatic experience more frequently.

Further details will be announced shortly!
Open for All

SOMATIC DANCE FOR BEGINNERS
Further details will be announced shortly!

Guiding you through a somatic grounding exercise that allows you to participate with you being present to how you are here and how you allow the rhythm of the music to move with you and through your body.
Open for All

more events

JOIN A DROP IN SESSION

These instroductory sessions are facilitated by a Prabhu method Practitioner, with focus on both beginners and those wishing to immerse themselves in the somatic experience more frequently.
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BOOK A PRIVATE SESSION

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Gregory Nye/Jothi Prabhu is not available to take on new clients. Private sessions are available with other experienced somatic practitioners.