This is a clip about a Transcendent Psychology workshop in Milan, Italy. The workshop is an exploration into therapeutic integration from my personal experience. For me, integration is not a technique or a sequence of steps. It is the most delicate, complex, and human part of what we do. It’s where presence, intuition, and curiosity come together to give meaning to experience.
Over the years, I’ve realized that integration is not something we “do” — it’s something we become. It’s a state of presence in which we meet another person not from the mind, but from consciousness. That means staying open, silent, and curious enough to let what is real emerge. I often speak about “productive silence” — that sacred pause where the person begins to process and something invisible starts to move.
Presence Before Technique
Many students ask me what the first step in integration is. I always say: listen. But not just with your ears — with your whole being. Listen to what is said and what is not said. Listen to the pauses, the breathing, the movement in the body. Integration begins the moment I sense that the person is no longer speaking from the mind, but from a deeper place. When that happens, the body starts to speak, the emotion starts to speak, and something authentic begins to unfold.
It’s at that point that my work truly begins — not by adding more words or explanations, but by allowing consciousness to become aware of itself.
The Compass of the Integrator: Wound, Strategy, and Cost
In my own process of learning and facilitating, I have found a framework that I often call the triangle of the wound, the strategy, and the cost. Every human being develops strategies to protect their wound, but those same strategies have a price. During integration, I use this triad as a compass. It helps me see which part of the person is speaking — the child, the critic, the controller, the protector — and to gently invite them back toward what is real and whole.
Integration is not about fixing; it’s about seeing. It’s about remembering that even the most painful parts of us are not enemies — they are messengers.
Working with the Body
Often, the body is the first to reveal what the mind hides. A tight throat, a pressure in the chest, a trembling hand — these are not random sensations. They are memories stored in the nervous system. In those moments, I use body-centered techniques that allow the person to make contact with that energy safely. One of them, which I shared during the talk, is called Takeover. It consists of temporarily taking charge of the energy that overwhelms the person so that they can relax, feel it from the outside, and begin to release identification with it.
It’s a powerful process that reminds me how much wisdom lives in the body. The body never lies.
The Work with Parts and the Return to the Self
Over time, I’ve also deepened my work with what I call parts — those inner subpersonalities that carry different roles and voices within us. Some are protectors, others victims, others critics or controllers. I see this as the same principle that in the past we used to call characters in our retreats. The goal is not to eliminate these parts but to bring them back into harmony. Because, as I always say, there are no bad parts — only good parts in the wrong roles.
True integration happens when all those voices return to their center, and only one voice remains — the voice of the indivisible Self, the soul, the essence that has been there all along.
Study or Suffer
At one point during the talk, I said something that I often repeat to my students: “Estudia o sufre.” Study or suffer. Because life gives us both paths. To study means to know yourself, to make your inner work a priority, to take the reins of your own process. Each retreat, each ceremony, each integration session is an opportunity to deepen that knowledge. Every time I sit with someone, I’m not just guiding them — I’m also studying myself, learning from the mirror that each person represents.
This is why the Transcendent Psychology School is more than a place to learn techniques. It is a field of consciousness where we explore together what it means to be human, to be present, and to be whole.
Watch the Talk
This talk, El Arte de la Integración, is not a manual or a method. It’s a reflection on what I’ve lived and what I continue to discover. Integration, for me, is the bridge between psychology and spirituality — between understanding and embodiment. It’s the art of helping others return to themselves.
🎥 Watch the full talk in Spanish with English subtitles:
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