Module 2:

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.

Total of
£265
For individual course
Total of
20 HOURS
Of Teaching
Total of
10 Sessions
2.5 Hours Each
Each session starts with meditation to focus your attention.
The course is presented as a hybrid of live and recorded content.
We recommend you take written notes to allow the information to go from short to long term memory.

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.

  1. The three higher purposes of human life
  2. The laws of practical psychology
  3. Artificial vs real happiness
  4. How to observe your own thoughts
  5. How to reprogramme your own patterns of thinking
  6. How to resolve negative thinking
  7. How to dissolve fear and energetic blocks
  8. 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.

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Investment & Payment Breakdown

The Elements of Great Acting
£390
Know Yourself, Be Your Self
£265
The Spectrum of Human Purposes
£165
Ten Steps to Creating a Character Pt. 1
£390
Ten Steps to Creating a Character Pt. 2
£390
Ten Steps to Creating a Character Pt. 3
£390
*The course is presented as a hybrid of recorded lessons, combined with live, monthly online sessions, where John will answer your questions, watch your work and give you detailed personal feedback and guidance.

"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."

Rosanne Cash
Multi Grammy Award Winning Singer / Songwriter
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