Meditative Listening

Meditative Listening
with Rob Foxcroft

3 Fridays: September 18, October 2, October 18, 2026

5:00AM - 7:00AM New York time your time here
OR
5:00PM - 7:00PM New York time your time here
 

• 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.
   
• No experience with Focusing or Felt Sensing is required.
   
• Recordings and other material presented during the workshop will be made available to all registrants after each session (within one day after the session concludes, except in the case of technical difficulty). Breakout rooms are not recorded. All recordings will be available for registrants until January 16, 2027.
   

We hope you can register by the first session but if you miss it, we have registration open until October 3 -- you'll just need to catch up on the recordings.

OVERVIEW

In this workshop, Rob Foxcroft will present his model for Meditative Listening. He will talk about the vital importance of the natural line, make a distinction between Focusing direct style and Focusing story style, and set out three ways to begin a Focusing session. He will also share a way to explore the bias control, two different phenomena which get called 'the inner critic', and two ways to find an action step. 

Meditative Listening grows out of the work of Carl Rogers, Virginia Axline, Gene Gendlin and their colleagues.
 
It’s shaped by a lifelong commitment to the humanities: to literature, art, music, dance and theatre.
 
It’s rooted in ordinary life: in everything Rob has learned while teaching children as young as three and grown-ups as old as ninety.

PATTERN

 00m    (10m)     * Focusing induction (‘meditative regression’)

 10m    (10m)     * Short talk 
 20m    (20m)     * First demonstration  
 40m    (20m)     * Discussion: the uniqueness of this encounter
 
 60m    (10m)     * Short talk 
 70m    (20m)     * Second demonstration  
 90m    (20m)     * Discussion: the uniqueness of this encounter

110m    (10m)     * Focusing exduction
120m             * END
 

Themes for each session:

• Session 1 of 3: Meditative Listening: Focusing story style 
  • You feel what you have to feel 
     
• Session 2 of 3: A project of pure empathy
  • You hear what you have to hear
     
• Session 3 of 3: The bias control
  • You see what you have to see

There will be ample time for discussion during each class.

FORMAT

The three sessions will build upon each other; therefore, if any session is missed it is important to view the recording before the next session. Recordings and other material presented during the series will be made available to all registrants after each session (within one day after the session concludes, except in the case of technical difficulty). Breakout rooms are not recorded.

We use Zoom videoconferencing for our online classes. You will need to have a computer/mobile device. Calling in by phone is also possible but not preferred. This series will be held in Zoom meeting format where participants can see the facilitator and other participants. Breakout rooms will be utilized. 

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR

Rob Foxcroft
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Registration Policies

Pricing: Regular price $295  Modified price $195  Lowest price $120

Three tier pricing. We welcome you to select the level right for you, while reminding you that if you have a reliable means of support and live in a country with a strong economy, we ask that you pay the regular price. By choosing the highest amount you are capable of paying you help make the sliding scale possible. Thank you! 

Note: If the lowest price is not affordable, please email [email protected] to check on scholarship funds.

DEI Scholarship. There are DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Scholarship funds available for anyone in a group under-represented in TIFI's programs, including people aged 30 or younger, those in the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) community and others.  For more about our DEI scholarship, please see focusing.org/board. To apply, email [email protected]. Please write DEI scholarship in the subject line.

Refunds A full refund minus a $25 administrative fee for cancellations 14 days before the start date. Cancellations less than 14 days before the start date are nonrefundable. The International Focusing Institute (TIFI) reserves the right to alter the program, cancel or re-schedule for insufficient enrollment or for other unanticipated reasons. In such cases you will be given a choice of applying your tuition to future programs, or having the full enrollment fee returned to you.

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For more information:

Contact Elizabeth at [email protected] or (845) 480-5111.