Know Yourself, Be Your Self
Discover the psychological principles at the heart of the training along with practical steps for identifying and resolving the patterns of thinking that impede your creative process.
Know yourself, be your self
Module 2 in the Spiritual Psychology of Acting Course
The space between your ears and behind your eyes is the interface to the most sophisticated and powerful computer in the universe.
This fascinating and enlightening module will provide you with clear knowledge and powerful tools and techniques to get the best from the most valuable instrument of all, your own mind.
Drawing from humanity’s rich treasure house of universal wisdom teachings, combined with cutting-edge practical psychology, this module addresses timeless questions about the meaning and mission of life and explores the three higher purposes of human existence.
What will I learn?
“The biggest obstacle that actors need to overcome is their own unresolved patterns of thinking, which play out as negative self-images and unuseful desires.”
Evolved from the work of Sam Kogan, Eric Berne and Alfred Adler, combined with ancient teachings from universal philosophy, these powerful principles represent the essential knowledge that underpins the whole Spiritual Psychology of Acting training.
- The three higher purposes of human life
- The laws of practical psychology
- Artificial vs real happiness
- How to observe your own thoughts
- How to reprogramme your own patterns of thinking
- How to resolve negative thinking
- How to dissolve fear and energetic blocks
- How to let go of limitation and attachment
Having studied this module, you will have a much deeper understanding of your own character and the subconscious processes that inform the behaviour of yourself, others and the characters you are required to play on stage and screen.
"Studying with John Osborne Hughes was a watershed moment in my life as a performer, but more than that, it was a watershed moment as a human being alive on the planet."
