Acem Meditation

Acem is an international, non-profit organization active in many countries and represented on all continents. It was established in Oslo, Norway in 1966 by Dr Are Holen. Since its inception, Acem has continuously been developing ways of teaching and guiding people in their meditation processes within a framework of scientific medical and psychological understanding; the teaching is based on modern Western thought and lifestyle. There is no guru or religious tradition behind Acem’s activities.

Acem’s three basic tools are:

1: Meditative processing by means of Acem Meditation.

2: Verbal processing by means of technical and process-oriented meditation guidance and communication groups (an intensive interpersonal group process of one week’s duration or longer, available only in Acem).

3: Physical, bodily processing by means of classical, meditative yoga integrating movement, breath and attention, as well as other methods for enhancing bodily awareness.