Duccio Locati is a highly accomplished professional who has transitioned from a career in osteopathy to a passionate advocate and instructor of PSYCH-K®. With a B.Sc. in Osteopathy from the University of Wales and extensive post-graduate training across Europe and the United States, Duccio’s fascination with the mind-body-spirit connection led him to explore Biological Medicine and ultimately discover PSYCH-K®. Inspired by Dr. Bruce Lipton’s work, Duccio became a Certified PSYCH-K® Instructor in 2008, and has since dedicated himself to teaching and conducting PSYCH-K® sessions worldwide. As the Director of the PSYCH-K® Centre International and the PSYCH-K® Health and Wellbeing Program, Duccio continues to help individuals transform their lives by changing subconscious beliefs and perceptions. MysticMag finds out more.
Can you explain the basic principles of PSYCH-K® and how it differs from other methods of personal development and change?
Popularly characterized as a kind of spiritual process with psychological benefits, PSYCH-K® is the result of ‘a series of intuitive leaps of consciousness,’ generated by years of research and thousands of sessions with individuals. It is a simple and direct way to change self-limiting beliefs at the subconscious level of the mind, where nearly all human behavior — both constructive and destructive — originates. Its overall purpose is to accelerate individual and global evolution by aligning subconscious beliefs with conscious wisdom from the world’s great spiritual and intellectual traditions. It makes wisdom a self-fulfilling prophecy instead of a day-to-day struggle. The practical application of this wisdom in our personal and professional lives brings a deeper sense of peace and satisfaction, mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
Below you will find a list of the PSYCH-K®’s Core Principles that clarify why it’s different from other methods:
1. We are all spiritual beings having a human experience, and therefore have intrinsic value.
2. We live in a purposeful universe; things happen for a reason.
3. There is often a message in life’s challenges. Symptoms may be a messenger. Don’t remove the messenger before getting the message. A fundamental aspect of each PSYCH-K® process, called a “Balance” is the Permission protocol at the spiritual level of the mind (the Superconscious, or Higher-Self). This protocol is an essential safeguard built into all PSYCH-K® Balances. These safeguards help bring awareness that there is a message to transform instead of just getting rid of the messenger.
4. True transformation is a Partnership — a do with, not a do to process. The most important resources for making a change are within the individual making that change, not in the PSYCH-K® Facilitator (the individual who learns how to serve others using PSYCH-K®). Hence, PSYCH-K® is done with someone, not to them or on them. It follows that the real power to change is in the individual, not in PSYCH-K® itself. PSYCH-K® is used as a key to unlocking and activating that inner power.
5. Knowing what you don’t want is not the same as knowing what you do want. In other words, it’s not enough to just get rid of a problem without replacing it with what you really want. Moving toward joy is very different from moving away from pain or sadness.
6. “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” — Albert Einstein. So it is with the PSYCH-K® processes for change. They are as simple as possible, but not simpler.
8. In the final analysis, the source of all our difficulties and challenges in life boils down to the belief in separation from Divinity; the Divinity of ourselves, the Divinity of others, and the Divinity of our environment. When the illusion of separation is dispelled, the reality of wholeness will appear. Wholeness in body, mind, and spirit.
As you can see PSYCH-K® is way more than just a “technique” to get what you want. It is a methodology that, thanks to the collaboration between your conscious, subconscious and superconscious mind, helps you to get what you really need. It’s a beautiful way to serve yourself (self-help) and others (self-realization) to finally realize there is really no such thing as “other”!
Can you elaborate on the role of the subconscious mind in spiritual evolution, and how PSYCH-K® specifically helps individuals accelerate their spiritual growth and connection to higher consciousness?
Your beliefs create your reality. These beliefs, usually subconscious, are often the result of lifelong ‘programming’ and represent a powerful influence on human behavior. Studies in neuroscience indicate that at least 95% of our consciousness is subconscious. The subconscious mind is the storehouse for our attitudes, values, and beliefs. We form perceptions about the world and ourselves from our beliefs, and from these perceptions, we develop behaviors. The same happens with spiritual evolution. We often believe that consciously knowing something automatically translates into fully integrating that concept into our daily lives. Unfortunately, this rarely happens. How many times have you said, “I know I should be more calm, respectful, I should forgive this person, or I should treat others in the same way I want to be treated,” and when you found yourself in a situation where you knew the right thing to do, but did just the opposite? The world would be different if just knowledge were enough to bring about real change. Think how many people have read the sacred texts of other religions, and despite that, conflicts, anger, abuse, ignorance, and lack of awareness are still present worldwide. Conscious knowledge of spiritual principles is not enough to be a living example of these principles. That’s where the subconscious mind plays a key role. Thanks to the PSYCH-K® processes, you can download the spiritual principles you love to your subconscious mind and “be” them instead of just talking about them. There is a quote I love about that: “Stop talking about the Buddha and be the Buddha” (or whoever is your spiritual reference).
In addition to the information you can find in books about spirituality or listening to videos, podcasts, and experts, PSYCH-K® helps you to deeply connect with your inner wisdom, to develop and trust your intuition, and therefore to have deep and meaningful dialogues with your superconscious mind (higher self). Once you receive the information from your higher self, it’s time to integrate it with one of the PSYCH-K® processes, and then take action! That’s why PSYCH-K® is also characterized as “applied spirituality” or “practical mysticism.” One practical example? If you like treating others the same way you would like to be treated, you must first translate this beautiful concept so that your subconscious understands it, like “I treat others in the same way I love to be treated.” Then you enter the PSYCH-K® process, called a “Balance,” which lets you download this program to your subconscious in a few minutes. After the end of the Balance, the program is stored in your subconscious mind and starts acting like a kind of autopilot. You will most likely start behaving differently with other people and treating them as you would like to be treated. A specific goal, like the one mentioned, might need one or more different PSYCH-K® Balances to be fully accomplished. This depends on where we are according to that particular goal.
What are the different applications of PSYCH-K®, and how can it benefit individuals in various aspects of their lives, such as health, relationships, and spirituality?
As stated on www.psych-k.com, PSYCH-K® can function differently for different people. It is truly a multi-functional, multi-disciplinary process to aid individuals in achieving their goals in life.
In the hands of an individual it can serve to help transform limiting subconscious beliefs that often block the expression of one’s full potential in life.
In the hands of a professional mental health practitioner, it becomes an effective adjunct to traditional insight-based talk therapies.
For people who have physical health challenges, it is a way to compliment standard medical treatment by helping to activate the body’s natural self-healing properties.
In the hands of a spiritual seeker, it is a tool to reduce stress by eliciting a Whole-Brain State. This is a special state of consciousness that activates both hemispheres of the brain simultaneously and thus helps to “clear the signal” to your inner spiritual guidance, thereby creating a gateway to higher consciousness. In other words, PSYCH-K can dramatically assist you in accelerating your own spiritual evolution!
The application of the PSYCH-K principles, philosophy, and methodology, is applicable to achieving a wide variety of goals, depending on one’s personal desires and/or professional skill sets.
Overall, PSYCH-K helps individuals to consciously and subconsciously re-perceive themselves, their circumstances, and their personal potential, in order to lead a happier and more satisfying life.
As you can see, PSYCH-K® can potentially help you in any aspect of your life, as your subconscious beliefs and behaviors deeply influence every single aspect. If you think about intimate relationships, what do you like about how you manage them? And what you don’t like? Is there any limiting behavior or belief you learned from your family about it? Once you identify what creates stress in your intimate relationship, you can ask yourself, “What do I want instead?” and then proceed with the PSYCH-K® Balance. After the Balance, you’ll be able to understand if that specific transformation is enough or if you need to transform other limiting beliefs you have about intimate relationships. The same example works for health, success, abundance, self-esteem, spirituality, grief and loss, etc.
What are the prerequisites and training requirements for individuals interested in being PSYCH-K® Facilitators?
A PSYCH-K® Facilitator is a person who attends at least the PSYCH-K® Basic Workshop ( https://psych-k.com/basic-workshop/) and can use/Facilitate PSYCH-K®, especially with themselves, and eventually support family and friends.
If the PSYCH-K® Facilitator is interested in using/Facilitating PSYCH-K® with others professionally and also to deepen their skills in using PSYCH-K® with themselves, we strongly recommend the PSYCH-K® Master Facilitation Workshop (https://psych-k.com/psych-k-mfw/). This workshop offers a unique opportunity to enhance and fine tune your facilitation skills while gaining a deeper understanding of PSYCH-K®, which can significantly elevate your professional practice.
Other workshops, such as the PSYCH-K® Advanced Integration Workshop (https://psych-k.com/advanced-integration-workshop-2/) and the PSYCH-K® Health and Wellbeing Program (https://psych-k.com/psych-k-health-and-wellbeing-program/) are available for the Facilitators who want to broaden their knowledge and effectiveness in using PSYCH-K® with themselves and others.
All the workshops I previously mentioned are In-Person Workshops. Online Workshops are also available, and you can find more information here (https://psych-k.com/workshops/).
If you are interested in this beautiful methodology, you’ll find detailed information on www.psych-k.com!
