Focusing Workshops
Wholebody Focusing
Awakening Spontaneous Inner-directed Movement
Wholebody Focusing is a way to access the body's awareness of its own wholeness. This sense of wholeness has an inner direction and a purpose all its own. You discover the body's own wisdom and this invites new possibilities beyond what you know.
During the workshop you will experience how it feels to be grounded in your body and supported by the environment. You learn how to be aware of the well being in the body as a whole while being present to an issue in your life. This awakens your body wisdom, moving you to improved body-mind functioning.
During the workshop, you will
discover a way of living your inner process consciously at its edge through movement
access the body's awareness of its own wholeness
discover this sense of wholeness has an inner direction and a purpose all its own
experience how the body seems be energised from within
awaken to your body wisdom, moving you to improved body/mind functioning
Wholebody Focusing is both powerful and safe. This course is suitable for people new to Wholebody Focusing, as well as people who are familiar with it. There will be demonstrations, presentations, and group guided exercises, practice in pairs and group discussions. You will have the opportunity to experience the process for yourself, and to learn the art of wholebody listening.
Who might be interested?
If your natural way of being is at home in your body. You express yourself physically, and you enjoy movement
If you want to feel more 'at home' and comfortable in your body
If you want to access your inner embodied wisdom, your 'natural blueprint', as the inner authority to guide you through your life
If you realise that your spiritual journey requires an embodied sense, in order to be both safe and congruent with your life
If you have chronic body or other issues that you sense are connected to your life
Prerequisite: Level 2
Cost £100
Click here for dates
Wholebody Focusing practice group
Newton Abbot Natural Health Centre, 14a Union Street, Newton Abbot TQ122JS
Cost £15
Click here for dates
Thinking at the Edge
This is the second process that Eugene Gendlin has developed, after Focusing. It is using Focusing to identify exactly what you know about something. It enables you to articulate what you want to say about this, in the way that only you can. Find something that you care about, that you know something about, and that you want to say something about. Discover how you can begin to communicate what you know but can't yet formulate.
This is an introductory weekend, and we will only have time to explore the first stages of the TAE process. But that is valuable in itself - it's an adventure in thinking, Focusing, self-exploration and questioning. It's challenging, demanding and very enjoyable.
Prerequisite: Level 2
Cost £100
Focusing and Dreams
Dreams can give you rich and fertile ground for self-exploration and ongoing support. They contain the lived complexity and intricacy of your inner world, as you currently experience it in your life. Many dreams contain a deeper wisdom than you may be consciously aware of, bringing insight and resolution. Through dreamwork, you can explore current life issues, heal past pain and find a clear direction and your next steps.
The workshop is based on the theoretical and practical work of Carl Jung, Eugene Gendlin’s ‘Let Your Body Interpret Your Dreams’, Ann Faraday’s ‘Dreamwork’, and Patricia Garfield’s ‘Creative Dreaming’. The workshop is experiential and includes gestalt work as well as information on bias control. Bring your dreams, and use them as a creative starting point for your Focusing.
Prerequisite: Level 2
Cost £100
Click here for dates
Practitioners’ Support Weekend
Click here for dates
This weekend is about supporting you in your work and development as a Focusing Practitioner. The content of the weekend depends upon the needs of the participants as well as from Fiona. Contact me for more details.
Prerequisite: suitable for people who have completed the Practitioner Programme with any BFTA teacher, as well as current trainee Practitioners
Cost 100
|