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Longer-form study in Awareness Attunement, bringing together contemplative practice, embodiment, perception, philosophy and lived integration.

Education at Healing Institute brings together contemplative traditions, embodied practice and experiential inquiry into structured pathways for study, practice and integration.

These trainings are designed for people who wish to deepen their relationship with awareness, embodiment and lived experience, whether for personal practice, professional integration or the creation of spaces for others.

Rather than offering techniques in isolation, the educational work explores how consciousness, body, emotion, relationship and perception continually shape one another.

Healing Academy

Year I — Foundations of Awareness & Embodiment

Healing Academy Year I is a 12-month foundational training within Healing Institute.

During this year we explore awareness, embodiment, relational maturity and contemplative practice through grounded, integrative and practice-based learning.

Rather than focusing on rapid transformation, spiritual performance or collecting modalities, the program is designed as a gradual process of developing deeper self-observation, ethical discernment, embodied presence and perceptual maturity.

The Academy approaches contemplative and symbolic systems not as fixed truths to adopt, but as experiential frameworks through which human perception, meaning and relationship can be explored.

Year I serves as the foundational stage of a broader developmental pathway within Healing Institute.

We offer a sliding-scale tuition fee for the Healing Academy, adjusted according to the GDP of the country where each participant lives and works. For more information, please fill out the application form.

Program Orientation

Healing Academy is intended for individuals who feel called toward a more grounded and embodied approach to inner work.

The program supports people who value depth over intensity, seek practice rather than identity performance, and are interested in awareness, embodiment, relational consciousness and contemplative inquiry.

It is open both to individuals with previous experience in personal development, contemplative or spiritual work and to those entering this path more intentionally for the first time.

Not Designed For

At the same time, the Academy is not designed for spiritual superiority dynamics, bypassing, power seeking, modality collecting, dependency-based dynamics, guru projection or rapid practitioner identity formation.

Program Details

Start Date

October 2026

Applications Open

Applications are now open

Cohort Size

15-20 participants max

Duration

12 months

Format

Online + 1 required retreat

Language

English, with Polish support if necessary

Application Deadlines & Dates

Key Dates

Priority Application Review 15 August 2026
Final Application Deadline 12 September 2026
Programme Begins 10 October 2026
In-Person Retreat 18–21 March 2027

Session Times

Saturdays (Bi-weekly) 10:00 – 14:00

CET · Live sessions · 2 per month

Wednesdays (Optional) 19:15 – 21:15

CET · Practice sessions · 1 per month

The training combines live instruction, guided practice, retreat immersion and independent integration. Equal emphasis is placed on ongoing practice, reflection, observation, relational inquiry and integrating the work into daily life.

Recordings remain accessible for one year following completion of the program. The programme is primarily in English with Polish support if necessary.

Required Retreat

The yearly retreat is an integral part of the Academy and is required for receiving the Year I Certificate of Completion and progression into future pathways.

The retreat is approximately four days, held mid-program and focuses on embodiment, contemplative practice, relational presence, community integration, silence and direct experience.

Note: The retreat is not included in base tuition. Retreat, accommodation, meals and travel are not included in tuition. Estimated investment is approximately 700–1,400 EUR. Participants are responsible for all retreat, accommodation and travel expenses.

Core Developmental Capacities

Year I focuses on cultivating six core capacities that form the foundation of contemplative practice and embodied awareness.

Capacity for Self-Observation

Developing the ability to recognize patterns, projections, emotional reactivity, identification and internal dynamics with increasing clarity and honesty.

Embodied Awareness

Learning to remain connected to direct experience through the body, nervous system awareness, grounded presence and regulation.

Ethical Discernment

Cultivating sensitivity toward influence, boundaries, relational responsibility, power dynamics and the ethical dimensions of transformational work.

Relational Awareness

Exploring how awareness functions within relationship, communication, listening, projection and interpersonal dynamics.

Contemplative Discipline

Developing sustainable practice, consistency, attentional stability and the capacity to remain present within long-term processes.

Perceptual Humility

Learning to hold experience with openness and discernment rather than certainty, inflation or rigid identification.

Year I Structure

1

Grounding & Awareness

Foundations of embodiment, nervous system awareness, meditation, self-observation and contemplative practice.

2

Relationship & Inner Dynamics

Projection, relational patterns, emotional awareness, communication, boundaries and ethical foundations.

3

Perception & Symbolic Systems

Symbolic and contemplative frameworks explored as perceptual languages rather than fixed belief systems.

4

Integration & Embodied Practice

Integration of practice into daily life, discernment, relational maturity, embodied presence and foundational facilitation awareness.

Tuition & Payment Options

Healing Academy is intentionally designed as a small cohort, long-term developmental training rather than a mass-scale online course. Pricing reflects the intimate cohort structure, long-term educational process, live teaching environment, retreat integration and depth-oriented nature of the program.

Standard International

Paid in Full €5,200 + VAT
Monthly Plan 12 × €480 + VAT

Poland Local Scale

Paid in Full €3,600 + VAT
Monthly Plan 12 × €330 + VAT

India GDP-Based Scale

Paid in Full €1,200 + VAT
Monthly Plan 12 × €110 + VAT

Country-Adjusted Tuition: A GDP-based sliding scale is available for participants residing in countries with lower income levels. Additional country-adjusted scales may be available for other lower-income countries. If this applies to you, please mention it in your application. Each request is reviewed individually.

Retreat, Accommodation & Travel: Retreat, accommodation, meals and travel are not included in tuition.

I want the international nature of the Academy to be reflected in its tuition structure. If the standard tuition does not correspond to the economic conditions of your country of residence, you may request a country-adjusted rate in your application.

Certification

Participants who complete Year I, including the required retreat component, receive a Certificate of Completion for the foundational year.

Important: Completion of Year I does not certify participants as therapists, healers or professional practitioners.

Selected participants may later apply for continuation within advanced pathways inside Healing Institute.

What Participants Are Saying

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Discovering myself is both frustrating and beautiful. Sometimes this greater awareness scares me because it feels like a responsibility. For me, the biggest thing is that I have learned to love my ordinary self, just as I am. I have a much better connection with my body now.

— Małgosia, Healing Academy v2
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Healing Institute courses have always brought big shifts for me. I am taking away my own mantra: stop beating yourself. I have realized I have the right to feel all kinds of unpleasant emotions and react in ways that are not perfect, because I do not have to be perfect. I am unique.

— Barbara, Healing Academy v3
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This program was one of the best workshops I have ever done. It was really spot-on. Not too intense, but it still opened deep processes and real changes. It grabbed me by the throat and said: look, see who you are.

— Michael, Within the Mirror

Application Process

Healing Academy uses an application-based enrollment process to support the quality, integrity and relational environment of the cohort.

Applications are personally reviewed by Pauli to support cohort integrity, relational safety, readiness for long-term practice and alignment with program values.

  • Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
  • Automatic confirmation email after submitting
  • Application review within approximately 1-2 weeks
  • Optional follow-up interviews when needed
  • Not all applicants will be admitted
  • No automatic call booking after applying

Admissions are based on openness, sincerity, psychological readiness and willingness to engage in grounded contemplative practice — not expertise or spiritual identity.

Important: Submitting an application does not guarantee admission. Please review our privacy policy to understand how your data is handled.

Future Pathways

Year I is the foundational stage of a broader developmental pathway within Healing Institute.

Further stages may include deeper exploration of symbolic and perceptual systems, advanced contemplative inquiry, relational and facilitation work, and apprenticeship-based learning environments.

Further details are shared only with continuing participants.

Student Platform

Current and past students can access Healing Institute learning materials, recordings, practices and ongoing study spaces through the student platform.

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