Follow-on Focusing workshops 2010

These workshops follow on from any introductory workshop with me or another Focusing teacher. They are an ideal way to deepen your experience of Focusing and listening, and are essential if you want to train in Focusing professionally.

Workshops 2-5 are designed to flow one into the next and ideally, but not always, are done in that order. Together, any introductory workshop and weekends 2-5 constitute a thorough 10 day training in Focusing and listening. (They are called the BFTA Focusing Skills Series) For a brief list of themes covered in these workshops, see below. Discounts are available for those booking the whole series of follow on workshops. 

The Dreams workshop is not part of the these 5 weekends.

Follow-on Workshops in North London

Venue: North London Buddhist Centre, 72 Holloway Rd, London, N7 8JG (nearest Tube: Highbury & Islington)
Times: 10am–5pm both days
Costs: £100 or £80 concessions (or £90 or £70 concessions if booking 4 together) Further concessions negotiable. Half price if you are repeating them with me.
Booking and info: Contact me with a Deposit of £25 per weekend. £10 late booking fee if booked less that 1 week ahead.

  • 15th–16th May
    Workshop 2: A Companion on the Journey - Iistening Skills
  • 26th-28th June
    Workshop 3: A Helping Hand - Guiding skills
  • 4th–5th September
    The Dreaming Body: Exploring dreams and Focusing
  • 2nd–3rd October
    Workshop 4: Untangling the Knots - Taking focusing deeper
  • 11th–12th December
    Workshop 5: A Path to Wholeness

Other Follow-on Workshops 

3rd to 4th July - Body Wisdom - Buddha Wisdom

How wise is the body? What does it know about awakening? How can Focusing guide us in our spiritual journey? An experiential and playful weekend exploring the place of Focusing in the path to Awakening
This weekend is open to anyone who knows Focusing.

Venue: Bristol,  Bristol Natural Health Centre, 407 Gloucester Road, Horfield, BS7 8TS
Times: 10am–5pm both days.
Costs: £100 (£80 concessions) per weekend
Booking and info: Contact me with a Deposit of £25

BFTA Focusing Skills series: workshop topics

Introductory workshop: Basic focusing and Listening

Basic Focusing and Listening skills | The focusing Attitude | Presence | Focusing Tips

Workshop 2: A companion on the journey

Listening skills | Listening principles and practice | Dwelling at the edge | The felt sense | Facilitative Language | Focusing in everyday life

Workshop 3: A helping hand

Guiding skills | Self Guiding | Guiding Principles | Helping the focuser stay present | Empathy: Deepening Presence

Workshop 4: Untangling the knots, taking focusing deeper

Inner visitors and guests in Focusing | Dynamics on the inner world | Guiding skills II | Critical Voices

Workshop 5: A path to wholeness

Focusing and Spirituality | Living from "self-in presence" | What is wholeness? | Gendin and his ideas | Radical acceptance