Exploring the Territory of "No"

Attuning to our inner no is an essential step to experiencing our full aliveness.  Without an authentic and clear “no” we cannot have a real “yes” to life and our experience becomes muted as though we are living behind an invisible barrier. 

Most of us were trained starting as children to override our inner “no” in order to be compliant with what our parents and teachers and culture were asking of us. We were taught to go along with what is being asked regardless of whether it really fits for us or not.  Compliance is rewarded in multiple ways- some subtle and some more obvious.  The more we do this, the more we lose touch with our authenticity and the harder it can be to also find our inner “yes”.  Life can become flattened and lose its vibrancy. 

This series is an eight session Focusing class offering opportunities to explore the richness and complexity of our inner “no” as well as all that is touched inside of us when we receive a “no” from others.  

We will use many types of experiential Felt Sense activities- some individual, some interactive, some with the whole group, and some in breakout groups to explore these questions and discover more about our inner landscapes of “no”.  

Participants will have an option to participate in a Focusing partnership between class sessions to practice and deepen the learning.  This option will give each participant an opportunity to discover their own “yes” or “no” to participating in a partnership before class even begins.  Students are encouraged to consider taking advantage of this option in order to get the most out of the class, but in honoring each person’s inner guidance it is not a requirement.

Class size is limited to 12