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Where & When
A confirmation with the zoom link will be sent to registered participants the week of the event.
Live attendance required - no recording.
Sorry Registration is closed due to a full event and full wait list.
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 from 12:00-2:00 pm EST (New York - US)
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In this Roundtable, we will explore and experience how the Writing and Focusing processes influence each other. We will look for ways to connect Focusing to our writing practice to facilitate more clarity and depth to our writing and more ease in the process. We will discuss ways to use Focusing to get to the heart of our Writing.
Some questions we might explore together are:
- How can Focusing help get to the heart of our writing?
- What roles do imagery and metaphor play in Writing and Focusing?
- Can we be more intentional in connecting our Writing and our Focusing practices?
Other questions may emerge from our mutual exploration during the Roundtable.
Who might be particularly interested in attending this Roundtable?
Focusers curious about the writing process, including aspiring or working novelists, poets or non-fiction writers.
CONNECTION>CONVERSATION>COMMUNITY
Each Focusing Roundtable is designed to promote informal peer-to-peer conversation. Rather than acting as expert presenters, the Hosts will serve as conversation moderators to encourage sharing and exploration of the topics from the participants’ own perspectives. All participants’ sharings are welcome and valuable, no matter what level of experience or knowledge you have on the topic. To preserve the nature of informal conversation, the program will be offered live only and no recordings will be available. Registration is limited and on a first-come, first served basis. Participants are encouraged to create follow up opportunities for connection among themselves after the Roundtable.
The TIFI Membership Committee is pleased to offer this series of Focusing Roundtables designed especially for members of the Institute. If you are not a member, please join at http://www.focusing.org/membership, then return to this page to register. This program will afford members a valuable opportunity to engage in casual peer-to-peer conversation with other members who share Focusing-related interests.
About your hosts:
Terri Thayer is a Certified Focusing Professional and a Certified Book Coach, based outside of Boulder, Colorado. A graduate of Naropa University, she is the author of seven traditionally published mysteries. Terri serves as a coach with the Focusing Institute’s certification program. She also works with aspiring fiction writers, using Focusing techniques to help them tune into their inner wisdom and find the deep level why of their work.
John W. Steele is a psychologist, yoga teacher, Certified Focusing Trainer, graduate of the MFA Poetry Program at Western Colorado University and assistant editor of Think: A journal of poetry, fiction and essays. His poems have appeared in numerous publications including Boulder Weekly, Buddhist Poetry Review, Colorado Sun, The Lyric, and Road Not Taken. He is currently seeking a publisher for a book of sonnets about yoga practice. John lives in Boulder, Colorado and loves hiking in the mountains.
Registration Details
Registration Closes: Tuesday, February 9 at 9:00 am, or when the class is full, whichever is sooner.
Zoom: We use Zoom for all of our online offerings. Please attend by computer so that we can have your video presence as well as your audio. Calling in by phone is also possible but not preferred.
Price: The co-hosts are volunteering their time in order that this program may be brought to members of TIFI at no charge.
PLEASE NOTE: When you register, if your dues are current, your registration is confirmed. If your dues are not current or or if you are not yet a member, please go to the membership page to pay your dues or join and then return to this page to register. Membership page: http://focusing.org/membership. Because this is a members only program, your spot in the Roundtable is not held until your dues are paid. Thank you!