Please note: Listings on this page are either events organized by The International Focusing Institute (TIFI), or are offered independently by Certified Focusing Professionals. Those organized by TIFI will have one of TIFI’s logos.
Is there an inside and an outside?
Where do words come from? And movements?
What do the words do to the movement? and the other way around?
What in me and in my life wants to move and how, in which form, what is the performativity of it?
Exploring the dwelling on the edge of awareness, the edge of what is already known and not yet known.
We will: practice daydreaming , practice movement while speaking the moment, Integrate Focusing, felt sensing, Authentic Movement, writing and diverse physical and performative
practices in which the relationship between the 'I' and the environment finds new ways of interaction.
The workshop is open to artists, dancers, therapists, and other curious people who are ready to dive into experience.
Is there an inside and an outside?
Where do words come from? And movements?
What do the words do to the movement? and the other way around?
What in me and in my life wants to move and how, in which form, what is the performativity of it?
Exploring the dwelling on the edge of awareness, the edge of what is already known
and not yet known.
We will: practice daydreaming , practice movement while speaking the moment, Integrate
Focusing, felt sensing, Authentic Movement, writing and diverse physical and performative
practices in which the relationship between the 'I' and the environment finds new ways of
interaction.
The workshop is open to artists, dancers, therapists, and other curious people who are ready to
Art Club is a space where we go inward to express outward – through drawing, movement, writing, painting, or whatever feels right for you in the moment. Each session involves slowing down and noticing what you have inside that’s worth exploring. It’s a time dedicated for self reflection and self care. Come prepared to pause, listen, and allow your inner wisdom to unfold.
This is a 1.5-hour introduction to my 2 to 6-month Level 1-5 Focusing Skills Online Course, in which you will learn the fundamentals for having Focusing Partnerships, and for Focusing alone or in a group.
Join a 1.5-hour Taster (Informal Meeting)
Monday, Aug 3, or Sept 7, 2026
Focusing Basics, Levels 1 and 2:
Mon Oct 5, 2026 – Nov 30 2026
The full 6-month Level 1-5 course for beginners:
Mon Oct 5, 2026 – Mon April 5, 2027
1.5-hour informal meeting to introduce my 20-week Nervous System Reset Online Course
After accidents, certain neurological illnesses, or emotionally challenging incidences, the autonomic nervous system can get stuck in repetitive patterns, overreacting to specific cues. This challenges our health, well-being, sense of safety and connection, and our creative potential. We can gradually...
Join us this August for a discussion group to support you in reading A Process Model (APM), Eugene T. Gendlin’s major work about his Philosophy of the Implicit. This discussion group is organized to cover key concepts from the book in an embodied way, over the course of four weeks.
In this four part beginner Focusing course for advanced listeners (people with previous experience listening to themselves or others), we delve into each of the 6 steps, with each class including a teaching of one or two steps. Each class also includes listening skills, a small experiential exercise, a demonstration and then small group practice (typically in twos or threes).
Dates for the next groups:
-Fridays, May 8-29, 2026, 2:30-4:30 pm Eastern
--Registration deadline April 28th
Join Akira for this exciting series. Gendlin's article "A Theory of Personality Change” contains the original observation and definition of Focusing, which is quite different from how many people think Focusing is. The sessions will be interactive, with ample time for discussion during each class.
Online (Class will also be recorded)
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
Un stage tout public de 4 jours pour revenir à la Joie d’être soi, à la Paix en soi, à l’Amour de soi, un retour à la Vie. Le vivre et le partager ensemble !
Des ateliers Focusing créatifs et un accompagnement à s’ouvrir en conscience à votre Présence.
Smartview Conversations is a monthly online gathering to explore the application of our Focusing skills to daily life and interactions. Utilizing exercises from the Facilitator Guide for Smartview Stories, we will explore and build the resourcing qualities life is asking of us now.
We will model how to create a safe, playful environment that facilitates neural plasticity. These webinars are FREE to attend. Both experienced Focusers and people new to Focusing are welcome. These webinars emphasize Gendlin's action step; how is it we bring Focusing concepts into our daily living.
We meet on the 4th Tuesday, twice in the same day for different time zones. The times are 11:30am - 12:30pm ET New York time and 7:30 - 8:30pm ET New York time.
This training is open to anyone who wants to deepen and refine their Focusing skills beyond the basic Levels 1–5. The intention to work professionally with Focusing is not a requirement, though the training supports those who wish to share Focusing professionally with individuals and groups.
You are equally welcome if your interest is simply to enrich your Focusing Partnerships and bring more depth and clarity into your daily life.
Certify as a Focusing Facilitator & Focusing Trainer
The start date is not yet finalized.
1.5-hour informal meeting to introduce my 20-week Nervous System Reset Online Course
After accidents, certain neurological illnesses, or emotionally challenging incidences, the autonomic nervous system can get stuck in repetitive patterns, overreacting to specific cues. This challenges our health, well-being, sense of safety and connection, and our creative potential. We can gradually...
This is a 1.5-hour introduction to my 2 to 6-month Level 1-5 Focusing Skills Online Course, in which you will learn the fundamentals for having Focusing Partnerships, and for Focusing alone or in a group.
Join a 1.5-hour Taster (Informal Meeting)
Monday, Sept 7, 2026
Focusing Basics, Levels 1 and 2:
Mon Oct 5, 2026 – Nov 30 2026
The full 6-month Level 1-5 course for beginners:
Mon Oct 5, 2026 – Mon April 5, 2027
Join us for an online intermediate Focusing class that helps you understand where you are within a process and then, to sense what is needed from you for this situation now. Utilizing Inner Relationship Focusing, Spatial Awareness and Neuroscience concepts, we learn to guide ourselves and others in ways that invite relational trust, lasting change and life forward flow. There is a lot of valuable relational practices here for coaches, bodyworkers, therapists, teachers and anyone interested in diving deeper with living life as process.
In treating trauma and addiction, specialists are realizing the importance of helping their clients connect with embodied wisdom. Many trainings emphasize the importance of this connection, but they don’t provide specifics on instructing clients to lean into their bodies. This is the most in-depth education of FSPM. Each student is matched with a Focusing partner to embark on their somatic journey and receives unique access to Jan through personalized feedback.
Through this course, students will engage in their own felt sense experiencing, and learn how to share that experience and process with their clients. This training can be taken as a standalone or as the first of 3 steps needed to become a Certified FSPM Facilitator through the International Focusing Institute and
Online
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Certification, Interactive Focusing, Other
This series encourages us to live Gendlin's concept of "crossing" in a supportive community setting. This community is for those who often find themselves in situations of facilitating change for others, individuals and groups. It’s a great option for those who are looking for a community-based path toward certification, for those who do not need certification, and for those already certified.
This Learning Community is a 10-month program, meeting twenty times every other week for 1.5 hours. This course/community is a lovely, supportive space to continue learning with other advanced Focusers or to pursue certification at your own pace as a Focusing Facilitator or Trainer with TIFI.
Meets every other Thursday, 7:00 - 8:30 pm ET, New York time
Celebrating life beyond egotism is addressing 'psycholgical materialism' as well as ‘spiritual bypassing’. A 'process-oriented spirituality’ will deal ongoing with the challenges on the personal journey in private and professional life. Gene Gendlin described the ‘murky edge’ as the crucial point in moving towards the yet unknown in myself, that is ongoing accessible in the present moment. Life can therefore viewed as a continuity in change, while the personality and behaviour patterns looking forward to establishing security and reliable circumstances. The workshop offer opportunities to address the questions and challenges related to the second half of life in a fresh way.
People meet in a group, then split up into Focusing Partnerships, and finish by coming back to the group. It is an open group where participants do not need to commit to joining every time. This is a wonderful opportunity to have Focusing Partnerships with different people, while still having the familiarity of a somewhat steady group.
If you have learned Partnership Focusing, read on.
Looking for community support as you explore and grow your own unique way of bringing Focusing into the world? This space is open to new people in a final stage of certification, already certified or already actively bringing Focusing into the world.
Our goal is for this to be a touchstone community for your journey toward holding space for change whether you are here as part of your certification path with TIFI or crossing these skills with something else you are already doing like coaching, therapy, body or energy work, etc.
We meet twice a month, first Sunday mornings 11am - 12:30pm ET and third Wednesday evenings 7:30-9pm ET New York time. We record most meetings. Come when you can and stay connected with recordings.