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.
Dana and Baruch in person!
2 Day residential retreat in beautiful southeast Michigan, USA. The purpose of the workshop is to explore, through direct experience, the process of moving through different states of consciousness until reaching a unique state called "prayer consciousness." In this state, a shift occurs in the perception of life, giving rise to new steps into reality.
This Highlight explores what a Focusing-Oriented Coaching approach can look like. Many coaches have trained in Focusing but often struggle with therapeutic language and examples that don’t fully align with a coaching framework. By bridging this gap, the program offers a path for coaches to integrate Focusing into their practice in a way that honors both its depth and the distinct nature of coaching.
All are welcome to attend and participate, with or without prior knowledge of Gendlin’s Philosophy. No affiliation with Education or learning is needed.
Online (Class will also be recorded)
Topic: Introductory, Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
ALL are welcome to attend -- whether you are an experienced Focuser or are brand new and would like to experience a new way to listen and be with yourself.
These 90-minute interactive Zoom-based gatherings are designed to create an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect for both experienced and less-experienced Focusers.
Smartview Conversations is a monthly online gathering to explore the application of our Focusing skills to daily life and interactions. Our skill emphasis for 2025 is being our own Self-Mentor. 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.
Thematic workshops: throughout the 4 days, a number of workshops on the theme of the inner path will be offered by various IFEF-certified trainers. They form the core of the seminar.
Introductory workshops on the practice of focusing: a “red thread” of discovery over 4 days: the stages of the focusing process, “bodily sense” and the experiential dimension, “bodily movement” and the emergence process, listening and internal location, etc...
Small groups: These are daily places of exchange, listening and sharing, where everyone meets up with the same participants in a more intimate space throughout the seminar.
Les Jardins intérieurs Quartier le buis – 07200 St Privat FRANCE – tél +33 (0)9 70 40 82 15 Coordonnées G.P.S : L.N.44°37'31'' l. E.4° 24' 38''
At some time or another, all of us have been in conflict with someone that we love or that is significant in our lives. Perhaps it was a parent, a child, a partner, a friend, a colleague…whoever it was, something happened, something got in the way of the relationship.
In Social Oriented Focusing ׂׂ(SOFׁ) there is an understanding that the relationship is more important than the conflict, and from this perspective, we can use SOF tools to stop our automatic patterns of reacting and actually manage the conflict.
Join us for Part 2 of the live, virtual 9-week training in Inner Relationship Focusing. This next step in your journey deepens your practice, equipping you with the skills to foster profound, lasting change in both your personal and professional life.
In June 2025, Professor Akira Ikemi will lead a three-day workshop for intermediate-level focusers in Warsaw, Poland. The workshop will cover Professor Ikemi’s current interests: Focusing Alpha and Focusing Beta, introduce Asian Focusing, and explore experiential scales. It is a great opportunity to practice in an international Focusing community and to visit the beautiful city of Warsaw at this lovely time of year. The workshop will be conducted in English.
Invite yourself to come to an intensive 5 day Focusing training in July 2024 about “A unique possibility to experience ‘Dynamic Focusing”! It will be from monday 7th (18 pm) till the saturday the 12th (13 pm) in Friesland. Several topics are essential and will be covered: Listening in three directions; The Emerging Body language Unconditional authentic empathy, Creating space, Safety and boundaries, Contact/ Contract; Selfcare; Working with symbolisations/ expression and of course (pre-verbal) inner child work. More information: look at https://www.childrenfocusing.org/being-seriously-playful-symposium/
The venue is “De Bron” a retreat and conference centre ;There are plenty of opportunities in the local area for canoeing, walking, biking and sight seeing.
Estem molt contents d’anunciar-vos que fem la 2a Escola d’Estiu de Focusing Montserrat, del 17 al 22 de juliol de 2025.
Són 5 dies de convivència i aprenentatge al Monestir de St. Benet de Montserrat. Aquest intensiu és un mitjà per aprofundir i incorporar el Focusing en nosaltres, recolzant-nos en el camí que fem en grup. Amb l’entorn del monestir i la muntanya com a marc, i els cicles de la natura com a diapasó.
És oberta als qui coneixeu el Focusing de fa temps o esteu aprenent-lo al vostre ritme (cal tenir uns coneixements bàsics). Per descomptat, hi podeu participar si esteu cursant 1r any o 2n any.
Escoltarem la veu que ens parla en el cor, gaudint del regal de la mútua presència. Per això combinarem la pràctica diària dels enfocaments,
Monestir de St. Benet de Montserrat. Barcelona, Catalunya. Espanya.
Smartview Conversations is a monthly online gathering to explore the application of our Focusing skills to daily life and interactions. Our skill emphasis for 2025 is being our own Self-Mentor. 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.
Das Modul ECC2 der Weiterbildung Erlebensbezogenes-Concept-Coaching vermittelt, wie Sie Suchprozesse nach Stimmigkeit unterstützen, ohne eine Lösung anzubieten. Mit Hilfe eigener Fallbeispielen reflektieren Sie, wie durch Focusing und Thinking at the Edge (TAE), eine kongruente Begleitung möglich wird.
Die Veranstaltung findet online und vom 4.-6. August 2025 im Humboldthaus statt.
The historical role of our great spiritual traditions, whether theistic or non-theistic, has been to challenge authority, question prevailing opinions, pursue truth, advocate for the voiceless, forgive the unforgiven, and persuade through love rather than force. We invite you to a retreat on radical love. Radical not as a mere synonym but as an antonym to the extremisms polarizing contemporary societies. Radical as in returning to our roots (radix) and sources, seeking a love that is able to to create space for and prioritize the well-being of the other, and offer a path to personal healing and liberation. The type of love that the Buddha and Mahaprajapati, Mary and Jesus, Socrates and Hypatia, and Esther and Jeremiah pursued unwaveringly.
The retreat will be hosted by the Institut Vajra Yogini, a Buddhist center located in a 19th century chateau in the French country-side near Toulouse.
This approach blends moments of meditation and moments of sharing our experiences of meditating. It works both for experienced meditators and those with little to no experience meditating. It helps you learn more about the process and yourself.
Online (Class will also be recorded)
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Spirituality, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
Die Focusing Wochen auf dem Achberg sind seit über drei Jahrzehnten ein alljährlicher Treffpunkt für Focusing-Interessierte aus Deutschland, der Schweiz und Österreich. Gastreferentin für das Auftaktseminar ist in diesem Jahr Christiane Geiser, unter anderem Mitübersetzerin des Prozessmodells ins Deutsche. Im zweiten Teil der Woche bieten Trainerinnen und Trainer des Focusing Netzwerks zahlreiche Kurse an: Focusing-Grundkurs, Trainerseminar, Focusing und Schreiben, Traumarbeit mit Focusing, ein Focusing Labor sowie begleitende Supervision. Herzlich willkommen sind auch diejenigen, die in der Atmosphäre der Focusing-Gemeinschaft ausspannen, Energie und Inspiration sammeln wollen.
Biospiritual Emergent Expression (BEE*) provides a fresh portal into the Felt Sense through pre-verbal Emergent Expression, allowing the Focuser to interact with the felt sense in an organic and spontaneous way without the need for words. Within BEE, Focusers also learn how to incorporate ”Affection Qualities”, the voice of caring-loving presence, as they come into relationship with their voice and its Emergent Expressions.
In this introductory somatic experience, participants will discover a unique Emergent Expression and companioning Affection Qualities that can augment their current Focusing practice.
Online (Class will also be recorded)
Topic: Introductory, Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Spirituality, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
Smartview Conversations is a monthly online gathering to explore the application of our Focusing skills to daily life and interactions. Our skill emphasis for 2025 is being our own Self-Mentor. 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.