As a practitioner, I see myself not as an “expert on high,” but rather as a wakeful companion on the journey. Hakomi is often referred to as a form of “assisted self-study,” as it endeavors to explore, in real time, how someone is systematically organized. In truth, most of how we are organized is unconscious. To paraphrase Einstein, we cannot solve a problem with the same level of consciousness that created it. For example, if we keep telling our stories that we know so well, we do not learn anything new. And, further, we may simply be reinforcing habitual neural grooves, keeping us in the frustrated throes of repeated experience. But, if we can begin to discover, with the help of a skillful guide, how we are unwittingly replaying old patterns in the living moment, we can work in a mindful, body-based way to shift our experience toward one that feels more generative.