Upcoming events.
Embodied Leadership for Creative Teams
In this ten-week Focusing course, we learn to use self-regulation and co-regulation to affect the interactions in our relationships. You can explore any relationships, including those of teams that are pursuing a creative purpose. Either way, the course is designed to get you into action in a more emotionally regulated way.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $600 US
Transform Yourself with the 8Cs of Self-Leadership (8 weeks)
In this 8-week group, you will use Focusing to transform a significant issue in your life, in part by deepening your access to Self through the 8Cs of Self-Leadership. This can be working towards a personal or professional goal (could be your special project developed in the Thinking At the Edge course). However, the course is designed in such a way that you can also bring a different topic each week to your Focusing, and concentrate on building your 8Cs which help you live as your Self more often.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $480 US
Focusing for Beginners (8 weeks)
In this eight-week Focusing course, we dig into each of the 6 steps. Each class includes either a teaching of step(s) and/or listening skills, a small experiential exercise, a demonstration and then breakout room practice.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $320 US
Changes Group
A Changes Group is a free-of-charge, peer-led group that meets so people can exchange Focusing and listening turns in an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect. It's a group for continuing your Focusing practice; no teaching will be done.
Breakout rooms are used after a brief group centering and grounding practice. You can choose to be in a group of two, three, or join the empathy circle.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
Changes Group
A Changes Group is a free-of-charge, peer-led group that meets so people can exchange Focusing and listening turns in an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect. It's a group for continuing your Focusing practice; no teaching will be done.
Breakout rooms are used after a brief group centering and grounding practice. You can choose to be in a group of two, three, or join the empathy circle.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
Focusing 101 Workshop
In this two-hour workshop, you’ll learn the basic 6 Steps of Focusing: 1. Clearing a Space, 2. Getting a Felt Sense, 3. Getting a Handle, 4. Resonating, 5. Asking, 6. Welcoming.
This is a group workshop delivered on zoom. You will have the opportunity to experience Focusing, learn about the steps, and share in small groups.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $39 US
Empathy Circle Focusing on the Inner Critic
An empathy circle, practiced in a Focusing way, is at first a regular Focusing exchange, however it is held by the entire group. As such, there is a Focuser, a listener, and the remaining participants act as observers/witnesses.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
Changes Group
A Changes Group is a free-of-charge, peer-led group that meets so people can exchange Focusing and listening turns in an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect. It's a group for continuing your Focusing practice; no teaching will be done.
Breakout rooms are used after a brief group centering and grounding practice. You can choose to be in a group of two, three, or join the empathy circle.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
PUPA Focusing Certification Training - Open House
The next cohort of the PUPA Focusing Trainees program will be on Thursdays, 1:30-3:30 pm Eastern. It will begin on Thursday, May 2nd. Join us April 18th for an Open House to have your questions answered.
Focusing 101 Workshop
In this two-hour workshop, you’ll learn the basic 6 Steps of Focusing: 1. Clearing a Space, 2. Getting a Felt Sense, 3. Getting a Handle, 4. Resonating, 5. Asking, 6. Welcoming.
This is a group workshop delivered on zoom. You will have the opportunity to experience Focusing, learn about the steps, and share in small groups.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $39 US
Changes Group
A Changes Group is a free-of-charge, peer-led group that meets so people can exchange Focusing and listening turns in an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect. It's a group for continuing your Focusing practice; no teaching will be done.
Breakout rooms are used after a brief group centering and grounding practice. You can choose to be in a group of two, three, or join the empathy circle.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
Focusing for Beginners—for advanced listeners (4 weeks)
In this four-week Focusing course, we delve deeply into each of the 6 steps. Each class includes a teaching of step(s) and listening skills, a small experiential exercise, and then practice.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $240 US
Focusing 101 Workshop
In this two-hour workshop, you’ll learn the basic 6 Steps of Focusing: 1. Clearing a Space, 2. Getting a Felt Sense, 3. Getting a Handle, 4. Resonating, 5. Asking, 6. Welcoming.
This is a group workshop delivered on zoom. You will have the opportunity to experience Focusing, learn about the steps, and share in small groups.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $39 US
Changes Group + Find a Focusing Partner
A Changes Group is a free-of-charge, peer-led group that meets so people can exchange Focusing and listening turns in an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect. It's a group for continuing your Focusing practice; no teaching will be done.
Breakout rooms are used after a brief group centering and grounding practice. You can choose to be in a group of two, three, or join the empathy circle.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
Empathy Circle Focusing on Self-Love
An empathy circle, practiced in a Focusing way, is at first a regular Focusing exchange, however it is held by the entire group. As such, there is a Focuser, a listener, and the remaining participants act as observers/witnesses.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
Focusing Process Group (6 weeks)
This process group is an opportunity to meet in a group of up to six people for six weeks to allow the process of Focusing to carry you forward, while deepening both your Focusing and listening skills. There is a strong emphasis on building self-compassion through common humanity in this group, and we utilize the practice of empathy circles and empathic listening each class to help achieve this goal.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $360 US
Changes Group + Find a Focusing Partner
A Changes Group is a free-of-charge, peer-led group that meets so people can exchange Focusing and listening turns in an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect. It's a group for continuing your Focusing practice; no teaching will be done.
Breakout rooms are used after a brief group centering and grounding practice. You can choose to be in a group of two, three, or join the empathy circle.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
Focusing 101 Workshop
In this two-hour workshop, you’ll learn the basic 6 Steps of Focusing: 1. Clearing a Space, 2. Getting a Felt Sense, 3. Getting a Handle, 4. Resonating, 5. Asking, 6. Welcoming.
This is a group workshop delivered on zoom. You will have the opportunity to experience Focusing, learn about the steps, and share in small groups.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $39 US
Creating your Special Project: a TAE exploration of Focusing and You (8 weeks)
Who do you want to be? What is it you want to bring into the world? In this 8-week course you will have a safe space, guidance and companionship to discover something about yourself. We will give you support to connect with your inner knowing, a kind of certainty you feel in your body but that you are not yet able to express.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $600 US
Changes Group
A Changes Group is a free-of-charge, peer-led group that meets so people can exchange Focusing and listening turns in an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect. It's a group for continuing your Focusing practice; no teaching will be done.
Breakout rooms are used after a brief group centering and grounding practice. You can choose to be in a group of two, three, or join the empathy circle.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
Changes Group
A Changes Group is a free-of-charge, peer-led group that meets so people can exchange Focusing and listening turns in an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect. It's a group for continuing your Focusing practice; no teaching will be done.
Breakout rooms are used after a brief group centering and grounding practice. You can choose to be in a group of two, three, or join the empathy circle.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
Focusing for Beginners (8 weeks)
In this eight-week Focusing course, we dig into each of the 6 steps. Each class includes either a teaching of step(s) and/or listening skills, a small experiential exercise, a demonstration and then breakout room practice.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $320 US
Changes Group
A Changes Group is a free-of-charge, peer-led group that meets so people can exchange Focusing and listening turns in an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect. It's a group for continuing your Focusing practice; no teaching will be done.
Breakout rooms are used after a brief group centering and grounding practice. You can choose to be in a group of two, three, or join the empathy circle.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
Changes Group
A Changes Group is a free-of-charge, peer-led group that meets so people can exchange Focusing and listening turns in an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect. It's a group for continuing your Focusing practice; no teaching will be done.
Breakout rooms are used after a brief group centering and grounding practice. You can choose to be in a group of two, three, or join the empathy circle.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
Changes Group
A Changes Group is a free-of-charge, peer-led group that meets so people can exchange Focusing and listening turns in an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect. It's a group for continuing your Focusing practice; no teaching will be done.
Breakout rooms are used after a brief group centering and grounding practice. You can choose to be in a group of two, three, or join the empathy circle.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
Focusing 101 Workshop
In this two-hour workshop, you’ll learn the basic 6 Steps of Focusing: 1. Clearing a Space, 2. Getting a Felt Sense, 3. Getting a Handle, 4. Resonating, 5. Asking, 6. Welcoming.
This is a group workshop delivered on zoom. You will have the opportunity to experience Focusing, learn about the steps, and share in small groups.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $39 US
Primal Mind: Reconnecting With Life Force and Recovering the Wisdom of Becoming Human
The mainstream cultural story is that thinking will save us. Yet, we know we cannot reason our way in or out of many aspects of a human life. For instance, we cannot reason our way into being present, falling in love, or finding fulfillment. The type of attention and understanding that unites us with others is not thinking but an embodied presence. And the types of problems that we see when we turn to the world, are problems of community and relating. To solve problems of community, we need an embodied response. Our culture, however, struggles in this area.
All the past cultures in the world had embodied responses to problems. Our culture does not. Somewhere along the way, we lost it. We need to face that challenge. In this two-hour workshop, Kevin Johnson will offer a response to that challenge.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $29 US
Changes Group
A Changes Group is a free-of-charge, peer-led group that meets so people can exchange Focusing and listening turns in an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect. It's a group for continuing your Focusing practice; no teaching will be done.
Breakout rooms are used after a brief group centering and grounding practice. You can choose to be in a group of two, three, or join the empathy circle.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
Understanding who you are: mapping your nervous system, parts and timeline (8 weeks)
The class spends the first three weeks connecting to our grounded Self, building a “safe nest” to do the deeper Focusing on our wounded and protector parts in weeks four to seven. As we map our experiences with felt sense body cards, we learn about our nervous system and our history. We finish the class by retelling our stories.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $480 US
Felt Sense Body Cards Workshop
In this two-hour workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about and use felt sense body cards in your Focusing practice.
Felt sense body cards (body cards for short) are a way of capturing our Focusing experiences—whether a whole session, or we can use multiple body cards to capture sections of a session. This can be how the felt sense was at the beginning, and then how the felt sense was after the felt shift. Or we can capture different parts of our personality with a body card.
This is a group workshop delivered on zoom. You will have the opportunity to experience two guided Focusing exercise, and also have a Focusing exchange in groups of three in breakout rooms.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $29 US
Changes Group + Find a Focusing Partner
A Changes Group is a free-of-charge, peer-led group that meets so people can exchange Focusing and listening turns in an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect. It's a group for continuing your Focusing practice; no teaching will be done.
Breakout rooms are used after a brief group centering and grounding practice. You can choose to be in a group of two, three, or join the empathy circle.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
Focusing for Beginners—for advanced listeners (4 weeks)
In this four-week Focusing course, we delve deeply into each of the 6 steps. Each class includes a teaching of step(s) and listening skills, a small experiential exercise, and then practice.
Fees: sliding scale pricing up to $240 US
Changes Group + Find a Focusing Partner
A Changes Group is a free-of-charge, peer-led group that meets so people can exchange Focusing and listening turns in an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect. It's a group for continuing your Focusing practice; no teaching will be done.
Breakout rooms are used after a brief group centering and grounding practice. You can choose to be in a group of two, three, or join the empathy circle.
Fees: No cost, this event is free.
The Urgency of Widening Our Lens of Inclusivity
How do we see our role(s) as agents of change in therapy, community, and wider systems? Do we have a role in change beyond our therapeutic work? Can the Philosophy of the Implicit and Focusing-Oriented Therapy widen our lens and practice of inclusivity, diversity, and equity? If we are interaction with everything, are we not ethically responsible to reflect on how we can be more inclusive of all living beings and systems?
Part of the FOT Conference 2023.
Select Past Events
Meet Up appearances with the Polyvagal Institute:
August 2022: Using Body Cards to Record our Felt Senses, Map our Nervous System and Tell our Story youtu.be/S2k5AGPNM6E
April 2022: Jan Winhall, Leslie Ellis, Serge Prengel, Nancy Falls, Jeffrey Halliday and Annette Dubreuil - Felt Sense and Focusing. Includes an explanation of the six steps and a demonstration.
youtu.be/VFoSJ2c8UXQ
View all other meets ups of the Felt Sense Polyvagal Approach to Trauma PVI group.