Embodied Intelligence: Focusing as your inner GPS

Focusing is based on a natural ability that we all have. The most effective way to learn and develop this skill is to practice it creatively, the same way that a child learns to walk by experimenting. 

The course is a sandbox where you can experiment in a safe, fun, and stimulating way. It allows you to naturally deepen your practice.

The way I teach Focusing as embodied intelligence draws both from Gene Gendlin‘s original insights and from the neuroscience of interaction developed by Stephen Porges.

The live part of this course consists of 4 online 1 1/2-hour sessions. The first 45 minutes of each session is a Q&A and experiential discussion of the lecture. The rest of the session is a process group where you explore clients’ situations and what this brings up for you.

Before each session, you have a video and/or reading about the Focusing theme of the session (plan on 30 minutes of study per session for the required material, and more for optional material).

Between sessions, you have a study group where you practice the skills discussed at the previous session. You will be assigned to a small group in the first session of the course.

This is a highly experiential course. You are not passively attending classes, you are learning by participating and being seen. It is expected that you will attend every session of the course. We understand that life can be unpredictable, and we allow for one missed session (which you must make up with class recordings).