Our goal here is to return to the essence of Focusing and ourselves as living process.

What does it really mean when something within us moves forward? We’ll have more support for embodiment practices and noticing how does this inner process transpire outward and change how we experience and live in the world. We’ll gain clarity around these two normal states of being: Presence and Partiality and how they affect our experiencing. What is it to be a healing space for ourselves.

We’ll delve deeper into the principle of the Radical Acceptance of Everything and look at how it applies to distractions, images, sensations outside the middle body, physical symptoms & more. We’ll look closer at the inner criticizing process, it’s reactors and exiles.

We will get an introduction to TAE, also known as Thinking at the Edge, for our 4th class.. We will go around again a bit deeper with the concepts of Stopped Processes by Gendlin and Tangles as taught by Ann Weiser Cornell and Barbara McGavin. We will get a feel for Gendlin’s philosophy by crossing his three types of theories with neuroscience concepts. We’ll glimpse more understanding of our natural divisions of left-right hemispheres and top-bottom brain contributors into our daily experience of life. We’ll play with body movement and shared Presence as offered by Wholebody Focusers. And so much more…

Here are Part 4 general class topics:

Class 1: Focusing as a Way to Grow; Sensitive Empathic Listening goes a Long Way.

Class 2: Presence and Partiality: I AM a Healing Space

Class 3: Inner Criticizing Process and It’s Reactors, Intro to TAE – Thinking at the Edge

Class 4: Thinking at the Edge: Crossing as a Way to Explore Edges

Class 5: Holding it ALL with Stopped Processes and Tangles

Class 6: Focusing Unites Brain and Body; Neuroscience

Class 7: Wholebody Focusing, Exploring Body, Movement, Gestures and Beyond Body, Transforming Trauma, Shared Presence

Class 8: A New Sense of Self in Living Life as Process

We’ll meet every other week for 2 hrs a total of 8-9 times or for about 3-4 months. Our first hour will be checking in and exploring our topics. Our 2^nd hour will revolve around a demonstration in class with process appreciations from all those observing. Unlike Parts 1-3, there is no partner practice during class unless you are in the Demo. Class will be limited to 8 participants and designed so that each person will get an opportunity to be Focuser for a class demonstration.

PART 4 PARTNERSHIP REQUIREMENT

I ask that participants are Focusing weekly with a partner at least one month before class begins and throughout our time together. This is to ensure you have Focusing time to explore the many concepts we cover in class experientially. If you have a regular Focusing partner, you are welcome to Focus with them throughout this class. If not, I will suggest partners either from this class or our greater community.

We anticipate three offerings for 2025. 

All require a Prerequisite equivalent to: Creating Space for Lasting Change Part 3

Creating Space for Lasting Change PART 4 

8  Sunday afternoons – 2-4 pm Eastern New York Time or your equivalent

Jan 12, Jan 26, Feb 9, Feb 16, March 9, March 23, April 6, April 27 (skip over Easter Sunday April 20), and likely May 4 as an extra day for projects

8  Tuesday evenings – 7-9 pm Eastern New York Time or your equivalent

April 8, April 22, May 6, May 20, June 3, June 17, July 1, July 15

8 Wednesday evenings - 7-9 pm Eastern New York Time or your equivalent

Sept 10, Sept 24, Oct 8, Oct 22, Nov 5, Nov 19, Dec 3, Jan 7, 2026

*Note Daylight savings time changes occur on March 9 and November 2 for 2025.