Modern neuroscience teaches us how emotions are constructed; Buddhist practice teaches us how they can be deconstructed. The Odoki method combines trusted practices from both of these fields to help you address anxiety, stress, and much more.
Over the course of eight weeks, you’ll explore five stages.
Manage Stress, Trauma, & Anxiety
Our brains are hardwired to respond to threats, but our pre-programmed fight-or-flight reaction isn’t appropriate for most modern-day stressors. We’ll address something called ‘predictive processing’ – your brain’s built-in responses – and teach you how to use these responses to feel calmer and less stressed.
Listen to your Body
The physical sensations you experience in response to thoughts and perceived stressors are known as the ‘felt sense.’ We’ll teach you to engage with these sensations, and in doing so, bring about a significant change in the way you experience different aspects of your life.
Eliminate Self-Doubt
Now that you’ve learned the basics of how the brain works, we’ll start to dig a little deeper. We’ll help you to unearth some of your longstanding hardwired responses and unpack how those might be impacting your life and your own self-image.
Reduce Anger & Frustration
With reactivity, our brains prompt a fight or flight response to something where it isn’t needed. We’ll teach you some of the mechanisms that cause us to react poorly to different situations, and equip you with tools to override your brain’s pre-trained responses.
Putting it all Together
The final stage of the method encapsulates everything you’ve learned so far, and introduces some final exercises to explore your identity and the world around you more deeply. Most clients leave the course with a greater sense of wellbeing and calm that can be invaluable throughout life.
Malcolm was a practicing Buddhist for many years, but found that traditional Buddhist meditations didn’t provide the tools he needed to address his own inner conflict and anxiety. Through his personal exploration, he discovered that paying attention to specific physical tensions helped him to release anxiety in its entirety. He began to research different approaches to mindfulness and meditation practices, and over a period of many years, formulated the Odoki Method. He hopes that the method can become widespread and freely available to all.
Gethin Kemp, also known by his Buddhist name, Jñānakumāra, is a highly specialised Physiotherapist and a practising Buddhist of over 35 years. Gethin’s expertise is centered around chronic pain and fatigue – he authored the Pain Management Programme Handbook that set the foundation for NHS Pain Management programmes across the UK. Gethin has seen great success in teaching mindfulness and meditation to people dealing with cancer, chronic pain, fatigue, addiction, PTSD, panic attacks, sleep disorders, depression, hypermobility, and complex regional pain. His wealth of experience has helped to prove the method in clinical contexts.
Nina is a qualified Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapist with experience working at the intersection of mental health, homelessness, and special needs housing. Nina is an atheist with a keen interest in religion, and while she regarded Western Buddhism with a level of cynicism, she found that meditation was an extremely beneficial practice. Nina is fascinated with how anxious thoughts can be effectively challenged with a combination of gentle understanding and actively noticing physical sensations in the body, and is passionate about teaching others to address their own anxiety through the Odoki Method.
Jonathan founded and scaled companies with global reach and impact. With more than ten years of experience with meditation, coaching, and transformational work, he has seen firsthand the impact that mindfulness can have on the wellbeing of companies, teams, and individuals. Jonathan now seeks to broaden the reach, accessibility, and impact of these tools through Odoki, offering particular expertise in helping employees to deal with pressure or burnout in the workplace.