Somatic Intuition - Introduction to Focusing - 5 week course
Online
Somatic Intuition - Introduction to Focusing - 5 week course
online
Up to 12 in group
18:30 - 21
Retreat Highlights
- What You Will Learn:
- - Listen with greater sensitivity and subtlety (to yourself and others)
- - Engage with the inner knowing that goes beyond words
- - Recognize and interpret how the body “speaks”
- - Communicate in ways that facilitate deeper movement and change
- - Navigate life choices with more clarity and resourcefulness
- - Deepen contemplative and meditative practices for greater insight
About this Retreat
Your Guides
Halina is a Psychologist, Systemic Family Constellation Facilitator, and Focusing Method Practitioner and trainer with a deep interest in somatic sensitivity and psycho-somatic awareness. She is a senior yoga teacher (RYS Yoga Alliance) and offers yoga classes, workshops and retreats locally in Rickmansworth, UK and internationally (mostly Spain and Greece)
With a background in clinical psychology and art therapy, she integrates body-oriented practices such as Yoga, Tension Release Exercises (TRE), and mindfulness-based approaches to deeper self-understanding and transformation. Through workshops, retreats, and one-on-one sessions, she guides clients to dwell and feel at home not just in the mind - space of our heads but in the inner ‘soul space’ of our bodies.
More detailed informatioin here: https://www.somatree.com/about-me.html
Details of this retreat
An experiential online course in embodied self-awareness and inner listening.
This 5-session introduction offers a deep dive into Focusing, a gentle, evidence-based practice of sensing into the body’s subtle knowing—the "felt sense."
Through guided exploration, partnered practice, and group inquiry, you'll learn how to listen inwardly with presence, curiosity, and trust. Discover how the body carries meaning and insight, and how felt awareness can open new pathways for clarity, growth, and transformation.
This course is a stand alone introduction to Focusing (G. Gendlin method) and also the first module of the full Focusing Skills training (BFA Accredited) and a gateway into the ongoing Felt Exploration community for those who want to deepend their practice.
Tuesday 6th January: Session 1 - The Doors - Pause and the blueprint
Tuesday 13th January: Session 2 - Felt Listening
Tuesday 20th January: Session 3 - Felt Sensing and Resonance
Tuesday 27th January: Session 4 - Sense Making and How the body speaks
Tuesday 3th February: Session 5 - Mapping the Journey
Recommended read: Focusing: How To Gain Direct Access To Your Body's Knowledge: How to Gain Direct Access to Your Body's Knowledge - G. Gendlin
This 5-session introduction offers a deep dive into Focusing, a gentle, evidence-based practice of sensing into the body’s subtle knowing—the "felt sense."
Through guided exploration, partnered practice, and group inquiry, you'll learn how to listen inwardly with presence, curiosity, and trust. Discover how the body carries meaning and insight, and how felt awareness can open new pathways for clarity, growth, and transformation.
This course is a stand alone introduction to Focusing (G. Gendlin method) and also the first module of the full Focusing Skills training (BFA Accredited) and a gateway into the ongoing Felt Exploration community for those who want to deepend their practice.
Tuesday 6th January: Session 1 - The Doors - Pause and the blueprint
Tuesday 13th January: Session 2 - Felt Listening
Tuesday 20th January: Session 3 - Felt Sensing and Resonance
Tuesday 27th January: Session 4 - Sense Making and How the body speaks
Tuesday 3th February: Session 5 - Mapping the Journey
Recommended read: Focusing: How To Gain Direct Access To Your Body's Knowledge: How to Gain Direct Access to Your Body's Knowledge - G. Gendlin
Schedule
Our sessions flow (more or less) in a rhythm of:
6:30pm Checking in and setting in
6:45pm Theoretical and experiential exploration of the Focusing principles, steps and process
7:50pm Break
8pm Presonal practice work in pairs
8:45pm Harvesting insights and conclusions
9pm Session ends
* UK timezone
6:30pm Checking in and setting in
6:45pm Theoretical and experiential exploration of the Focusing principles, steps and process
7:50pm Break
8pm Presonal practice work in pairs
8:45pm Harvesting insights and conclusions
9pm Session ends
* UK timezone
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
What's Included
- 5 × 2.5-hour Zoom sessions
- Each class includes both theoretical learning and experiential practice (individual, pairs, and group work).
- A written pdf manual is provided for each class.
- Participants are encouraged to form Focusing partnerships and practice between sessions.
What's Not Included
- Focusing Course is intended for all who are interested in learning how to practice and use Focusing awareness with themselves and others. The training is not therapy. It is not meant to replace any forms of treatment or therapy in which prospective participants may be engaged, and we recommend that you consult with any therapeutic practitioner you may have, prior to registering. It is an educational experience, meant to enhance personal growth and professional practice.
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