Focusing Exercises, Talks & Podcast Interviews.
The following are Focusing experiences you can have on your own: either as audio recording on Insight Timer, or as videos below. Some of the videos are part of larger talks and discussions. I’ve also included some podcast interviews I’ve done, two of which include demonstrations with the hosts.
The practice of Focusing is a way to deeply listen to ourselves and our body's wisdom.
Find a comfortable spot, take some deep breaths, sink into your body and enjoy these guided explorations!
Recordings on
Insight Timer
Basic Focusing Practice
Finding A Grounded Place + Focusing
Focusing Exercises & Talks.
The following are videos of Focusing experiences or centerings. The starred ones include a longer talk.
Exercise to get to know a part of you and create a body card. *Part of a talk on using the cards at PVI Meet Up.
Body scan and heart-energy centering following by general Focusing exercise.
Work through procrastination and other creative blocks and get back into action.
Grounded, Aware, Presence centering with a Focusing exercise. *Part of podcast interview about tears.
The steps of Focusing, a demonstration and felt sense discussion with a few teachers. *PVI Meet up talk.
4-7-8 breath and GAP centering. *Part of a talk on empathy circles.
PODCAST INTERVIEWS:
Starred ones have demonstrations
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Eugene Gendlin's Felt Sense as it Applies to Meaning, Creativity, and More
Annette describes her way of teaching, the PUPA process, Gendlin’s Thinking at the Edge method for creativity, and how we can combine knowledge from different fields to enhance creativity and meaning.
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Listening to the Body
I was interviewed by Noah Aronson. We discussed the value of examining micro-movements in the body and the wisdom that comes up from truly listening deeply. Noah's music is woven throughout the podcast.
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Soma'ing Podcast: Focusing and breakups
I share how Focusing made a difference in being able to process a break up. The interview includes information on Focusing and the nervous system. Finally, there is a led Focusing exercise (at time 28:10).
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Embodied Creativity*
What is embodied creativity? The more embodied we are, the more creative, open, and heart-centered we become and are able to access more of our infinite authentic potential. Includes a Focusing demonstration (time 14:40).
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Listening To Your Bod*
Focusing is a tool that all entrepreneurs and innovators can use to help remove the blocks that we all know inevitably arise. Annette helps individuals and teams get in touch with their bodies to access the information that is waiting for them there.
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The Secret Language of your Body
Focusing is an incredibly interesting and useful tool to gather more information to make decisions. It is the perfect complement for an entrepreneur when they’re looking for insight into the types of decisions that they need to make.
More Focusing experiences
View our Empathy Circles Focusing on a Topic.
Topics include:
climate change
self-love
inner critic
Savouring positive memories to provide self-care using Focusing
We begin by exploring positive memories connected to each of the 8Cs of Self-leadership (including calm, confidence, and courage). We then use one to dialogue with and self-resource our stuck issue.
Getting calm and grounded in your favourite place in nature
Access a memory of a favourite time in nature, that left you feeling relaxed, calm or grounded. Bring it richly alive in your body, to experience the calming effects of Focusing.
General Embodied Creativity Exercise
This general exercise will help you move forward something you want to change, want to create or something you know and can't quite articulate. If you're not already feeling grounded, pick one of your practices to get centered, or do this nature exercise.
Eugene Gendlin Quotes to Ponder
“Experience is a myriad richness. We think more than we can say. We feel more than we can think. We live more than we can feel. And there is much more still.”
“Every bad feeling is potential energy toward a more right way of being if you give it space to move toward its rightness.”
“Adopt a “split-level” approach to all instructions: On the one hand follow the instructions exactly, so that you can discover the experiences to which they point. On the other hand be sensitive to yourself and your own body. Assume that only sound expansive experiences are worth having. The moment doing it feels wrong in your body, stop following the instruction, and back up slightly. Stay there with your attention until you can sense exactly what is going wrong.
These are very exact instructions for how not to follow instructions!
And, of course, they apply to themselves, as well.
In this way you will find your own body’s steps, either through the instructions, or through what is wrong with them.”