You might not quite know what that means and that is how it should be. We'll be unlearning our traditional cultural ways of relating with ourself and others and rewiring our neural connections toward safety and connection as our natural way of being in the world. Much of what we learn to do here revolves around the Gendlin's concept that 'change requires being in relationship'. Here are some of the inner relational skills we'll be developing here: 

• Making space for what you sense inside
• Sensing body sensations, images, emotions, thoughts, movements
• Forming relationships with what comes up
• Staying with them
• Sensing when they change
• Sensing what fits and doesn’t - checking back for a yes, no or more...
• Being able to tell whether what you observe is aware of you being with it
• Being with one body sense even as you’re sensing something new arising
• Enjoying positive feelings

We will all find our own way to doing this. We practice in partnership here to make it easier for us to stay with our own process. Companioning others comes with a variety of gifts, one being that our body finds new ways to communicate with us by observing what works for others.  

Part 1 is also a good place to return to after you have been Focusing for awhile. This is spiral learning and something new comes every time around. It still does for me as your teacher. 

Upcoming opportunities: 

PART 1 SUNDAY AFTERNOONS 

6  Sunday afternoons – Starting November 5

2-4 pm Eastern New York Time, 1-3 pm CT, 12-2 pm MT, 11am - 1 pm PT or your equivalent

This time may work well for many European time zones. 

Nov 5, Nov 19, Dec 3, Dec 17, Jan 7, Jan 21

Prerequisite: Guided Focusing Session

**Note Daylight savings time changes November 5 for me. Take this into account when determining your start time. 

PART 1 TUESDAY EVENINGS

6  Tuesday evenings – Starting February 27

7-9 pm Eastern New York Time, 6-8 pm CT, 5-7 pm MT, 4-6 pm PT or your equivalent

Feb 27, March 5, March 19, April 2, April 16, April 30

Prerequisite: Guided Focusing Session

*Note Daylight savings time changes March 10 for me. Our time will shift forward 1 hour for our last four classes. 

PART 1 WEDNESDAY EVENINGS

6  Wednesday evenings – Starting September 25

7-9 pm Eastern New York Time, 6-8 pm CT, 5-7 pm MT, 4-6 pm PT or your equivalent

September 25, October 9, October 23, November 6, November 20, December 4

Prerequisite: Guided Focusing Session

*Note Daylight savings time changes November 3 for me. Our time will shift backward 1 hour for our last three classes.