Recently I visited a Dorn Method advanced seminar for therapists held by the founder of the Method, Dieter Dorn himself.
Even this was not the first time I met and saw Dieter Dorn it was still my first training seminar with him and therefore I was quite exited.
I tried not to have too many expectations which was quite difficult after having so many positive experiences made with the method and still I was immediately calmed down by Dieter Dorn´s gentle personality.
People like to always judge and compare what they presently do or experience with past experiences and so-called knowledge stored in their conscious or unconscious mind and of course the same counts for me so in the beginning of the seminar I said to myself, what am I doing here?; basically everything that was discussed and shown I used already long time or even developed it further during my practice.
But soon I told myself to stop thinking this way and I freed my mind from all this thoughts and the real experience and the learning begun.
I observed the ´Master`, who never sees himself this way, doing things the most simplified, basic way and everything was presented with an unexplainable ease filled with a deep love for humans and a complete trust that everything will fall in place and happen as it is supposed to happen.
The Self Help aspect of the Dorn Method was made very clear because many of the `adjustments´ on spine and joints shown was basically done by the patients (students) themselves and it became very apparent that the ´secret´ in success with this Method lies within the basic simplicity and not in the scientifically explainable part.
Dieter Dorn said that he is happy that he does not know and especially in the beginning did not know too much about medicine and therapy because that kept his mind open and free form judgments and he just acted from his heart and the desire to help his fellow human brother or sister.
And in the course of the day we saw this philosophy in action producing an incredible result in the participating students including myself.
I am curious how this experience will influence the way I teach my students in the future and at least one thing became clear to me: It does not matter how much one learns and how scientifically provable everything is, all we learn and therefore all I teach must be also simple and filled with love, which does not mean that one should leave out scientific aspects in all, of course.
A few excerpts of the ´Philosophy of Dieter Dorn:
There is no coincidence everything falls in its place!
We can only improve if we bring ourselves into the ´middle´ (balance).
Most things in life do not bring the desired success because we ´must´ do them rather than we ´want´ to do them!
It is good to help people if this help comes from the Heart and not from the Head!
The patient must welcome the help given to him and must actively invite this help to achieve healing.
Although a Dorn Method practitioner is treating someone with his hands by applying light pressure while the patient is doing certain guided movements this treatment should be kind of ´reversed´ in order to be successful: The patient should be the one who presses himself against the Dorn Method practitioners hand (which is technically almost the same but actually a huge difference). By doing the therapy this way the success is unavoidable and it becomes clear that the Dorn Method is actually a Self Help Method rather than a therapy.
If a student was asking: Am I doing this the correct way? Dieter Dorn always responded: If you do it careful, gentle and with your heart involved than you always do it the correct way!
I believe he knows what he is talking about because in the last 30 years he `treated´ around 100,000 people and he taught thousands of students to do the same.
Although the Dorn Method as it is taught today by many different people is no longer ´uniform´ it still is based on the same simple principles Dieter Dorn developed and therefore I want to make this fantastic Healing Method known worldwide as `The Dorn Method` to honor the one who started it all: Dieter Dorn.
To learn more about the Dorn Method please visit: http://www.dorn-method.com
Comments are welcome!
Blessings
Thomas
