The Hoffman Process is a comprehensive and effective week-long program that welcomes participants from all economic groups, professions, cultures, and spiritual beliefs. Students range in age from 21 to their 80s and share a sense of dissatisfaction with aspects of their lives and possess a deep desire to change.
After enrolling in the Process, students complete a comprehensive writing assignment as part of the registration process. The questions are designed to help students reflect on their lives, clarify what has brought them to the Process, and begin identifying the patterns, experiences, and intentions they hope to explore. This reflective exercise helps students arrive with greater self-awareness and readiness to engage deeply in the work ahead, while also providing the teaching staff with valuable context to support each student’s experience.
During the Process, our highly trained and qualified teachers guide you through exercises and experiences designed to help you develop new ways of thinking and being while cultivating greater awareness and positivity in your life.
After the Process, the Hoffman Institute offers powerful ongoing graduate work designed to support, mentor, and empower you. Programs and resources include coaching, graduate retreats, Master Classes, meditations, webclasses and more.
- I feel that something is holding me back and want to remove the limits.
- I know what I should do but often cannot generate the will to do it.
- I often feel angry, resentful, embarrassed, or depressed.
- I either dominate and intimidate others, or I feel intimidated, coerced, and manipulated and can’t stand up for myself.
- I work compulsively, often to the detriment of other aspects of my life.
- Meaning is going out of my marriage, my career, or life in general. I often feel I’m just going through the motions.
- There’s a lack of intimacy in my life – I’ve been unsuccessful in creating relationships or have had repeated failed relationships.
- I’m either unemotional and disconnected from my feelings, or my feelings are running me.
- I recognize that my parents were not as loving or supportive as I wanted them to be.
- I know that bad things happened in my childhood.
- I see myself passing my own pain onto my children.
- I want to be a better parent.
If you relate to any of the above, the Hoffman Process may support your search for a better life. You can learn more about the retreat by visiting our Frequently Asked Questions page.
Enrollment Counselors are available to help determine whether the Hoffman Process is right for you. Please call 800-506-5253 Monday through Friday, 9a.m. to 5p.m. PT, or email enrollment@hoffmaninstitute.org if you need such assistance.
The Hoffman Process can be a powerfully transformative experience, but it is not appropriate for every person.
Some physical or mental health conditions may prevent a person from attending. The Hoffman Process is not held in a clinical or medical setting, and it is not intended to provide or replace therapy, provide treatment for a condition, or respond to acute symptoms.
Below is a partial list of conditions and experiences that prevent attendance, along with those that require review before attending. For some conditions we require a therapist or doctor’s signed release. We reserve the right to cancel a prospective student’s registration at any time.
Enrollment Counselors are available to help determine whether the Hoffman Process is right for you. Please call +1-800-506-5253 Monday through Friday, 9a.m. to 5p.m. PT, or email enrollment@hoffmaninstitute.org if you need such assistance.
