Solihin Thom
Solihin has always considered
himself to be somewhat of a rebel, which perhaps can be
attributed to his eclectic upbringing. At the age of two,
his family moved to Kuwait via a temporary abode in Cyprus,
where they lived until he was eighteen. A brief spell in
the Lebanon, in the hills above Beirut, were followed by
boarding school in Scotland (which Solihin hated but
completed ) fueled the nonconformist within him. His sense
of being an outcast coupled with a hunger to know himself
took him through a self-destructive stage from which he
emerged as he made his own rites of passage while
travelling through the Middle East, culminating in two
years in Afghanistan. These pivotal years shaped him, as he
pondered his feeling of emptiness and the apparent
purposeless nature of life. Slowly his adventurous spirit
found its mark, and he went to osteopathic school, studied
homeopathy and acupuncture in the United Kingdom, and
practiced physical medicine in London.
His travels in the early years prompted Solihin to seek a
sense of purpose. This initially led him to look at the
spiritual side of life, and he became a Muslim to help him
have both ritual and faith in his outer life and endeavors.
This combination of an inner and outer life profoundly
changed him, and after several years as an osteopath, he
realized that most of us, including himself, have little
idea why we get ill or why we live substandard lives, even
though materially we seem to fare well. A series of inner
experiences gave him the body of knowledge that lies at the
foundation of this book.
Solihin’s unique ontological approach examines the
root cause of why we get ill, become dysfunctional, fail in
our relationships, or sabotage life. Initially working with
Francois Reynolds, the unfolding of the model of the life
forces was revealed through a series of inner experiences -
many whilst in Vienna, where the two of them taught.
Eventually it became evident that their male partnership
needed the feminine aspect to really come alive. In 1990,
Solihin began to facilitate workshops with Alicia, which
truly revealed the need for both male and female views and
internal perspectives in order to understand the forces.
This knowledge and experience has helped thousands of
people over the years to understand their personal ontology
and the reasons why they become ill, or why their life
fails in some way. It has helped many reaffirm and
re-establish their connection to the Great
Life
Alicia Thom
Alicia grew up in the English
and Welsh countryside, which led to a deep appreciation for
nature. The oldest of five children, she attended a Waldorf
school, where she first began to realize the importance of
community life. At age fifteen, her family moved to
Indonesia, which allowed her to broaden her view of the
world and its rich and diverse cultures, giving her a
unique perspective on life. As an adult, she became
interested in acquiring further tools to facilitate an
understanding of ourselves as human beings, becoming a
Master NLP practitioner in 1989. Married since 1976, she
and her husband Solihin moved to Oregon with their four
children in 1991 with the vision of introducing their work
in this country.
Alicia and Solihin are co-founders of Ad Humanitas —
a company dedicated to furthering humanity within each of
us, and the world, through its work. The core of the work
is an understanding of the life forces — those
elements that exist within and around us and shape our
lives — together with an acknowledgement of the
presence of a primary, or Divine force.
Alicia’s life experience and travel to many different
countries brings a unique perspective to her work. She has
co-facilitated personal development workshops with her
husband Solihin for over twelve years in the US and
internationally. In 2002, they presented at the
Guerrand-Hermes Foundation for Peace Conference, in
Kalimantan, Indonesia, and in 2003 at the Vittachi Youth
Conference for a Human Future in Colorado, USA. In
addition, Alicia has recently developed the Sacred Woman
workshop where she offers an opportunity for women to
explore and recognize their innate qualities and resources.
She lives with her family on the bank of a river south of
Portland, in West Linn, Oregon.
Alexandra ter
Horst
Alexandra ter Horst is a
self-proclaimed "eclectic American." Born in the west,
raised in the south and educated the east, she has
hop-scotched the US map, living and working in Dallas,
Denver, Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and most recently
the mountains of western North Carolina. Her life-long
fascination with why people feel, act, and think the way we
do led to a degree in psychology from the University of
Virginia in1979. Armed with her diploma, she began an
employment odyssey that ranged from radio advertising sales
to recruiting for an IV catheter manufacturer to owning of
a dirt bike training business, adventures that furthered
her curiosity about human nature.
A descendent of several Presbyterian ministers, Alexandra
was raised in a spiritual tradition where Sundays were
marked by worship in a large church in Dallas. Despite
this, she struggled with her own relationship to her faith
throughout most of her early adult years, longing for some
deeper sense of her connection to God.
It was not until 1995, when she attended a Life Forces
workshop facilitated by Solihin and Alicia Thom, that
things finally began to make sense. So inspired by the idea
that, by understanding these forces, we begin to understand
ourselves, and others, she began an intensive study of
their work, joining their organization full-time later that
year. Since that time she has traveled to such diverse
places as Indonesia, Morocco, India, and Europe in pursuit
of a deeper appreciation of the common bond that exists
between all human beings. She is currently the Vice
President of SymPoint Communications, a public relations
firm based in Asheville, North Carolina.