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Themes
Meeting 1:
Review and how has been Focusing going
Crib sheets will be emailed
Meeting 2:
Typical difficulties with focusing
reading ahead of meeting 2
The Focusing Student & Companion’s Manual, Part Two
Going Deeper. pages 75-81 and pages 85 - 114
Lead-ins
In your focusing exchanges if you want to start creating your own lead-ins here are 5 samples. In the last sample, the Focuser leads herself in. As a bonus, one of the samples is Ann Weider Cornell leading me in a Focusing session.
Meeting 3:
The feeling about the feeling
Reading ahead of meeting 3
The Focusing Student & Companion’s Manual, Part Two
Section Ten: Presence and Partiality, Pages 155-171
Cribsheet for Feelings about the feelings
demo for Feelings about the Feelings
Meeting 4:
When there is a criticizing process
reading ahead of meeting 4
The Focusing Student & Companion’s Manual, Part Two
Section Ten: Presence and Partiality, Pages 172-181
Radical Gentleness: The Transformation of the Inner Critic
Focusing Demo - Inner Critic (18 minutes)
The article, Treasure Maps to the Soul, is very long. It goes deeply into the theory around Inner relationship Focusing, It is rich and at the same time an optional read.
Meeting 5:
feeling too much, feeling too little
reading ahead of meeting 4
The Focusing Student & Companion’s Manual, Part Two
pages 182-185
close and distant process tips
This "Helping with Difficulties" essay is long but packed with useful information. I highly recommend it.
Optional, guided meditations for Cultivating Presence which can help with "close process".
Meeting 6:
body, what body
solo Focusing
wrap up
reading ahead of meeting 6
The Focusing Student & Companion’s Manual, Part Two
Pages 115-132
Pages 153-154
The following is another long essay but very good. Read if time allows
All meetings will be
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm central time
February 18 - meeting 1
March 4 - meeting 2
March 18 - meeting 3
April 1 - meeting 4
April 15 - meeting 5
April 29 - meeting 6
Here is the Zoom link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85813092435?pwd=bEVIT2JNK25XVHFWOXlXOFM4QlVaUT09