Our body is like a house, it stores our emotions, desires, past experiences, traumas, hopes and dreams. The practice of Focusing is a SOMATIC PROCESS of TUNING IN and LISTENING DEEPLY to a feeling that comes from the body but is not yet able to be put into words. It gives you the OPPORTUNITY to SENSE INTO your body’s FELT EXPERIENCE of a situation, which can help you PROCESS YOUR FEELINGS and MAKE MEANING of an experience.

You will be invited to be CURIOUS about and BRING AWARENESS to your BODY’S FELT SENSE. The simple act of PAYING INWARD ATTENTION elicits a CHANGE process which can be likened to WITNESSING how you FEEL about a SITUATION, bringing about a sense of PEACE or RELIEF.

Your body’s felt sense carries a wealth of knowledge. It can feel like a VISCERAL SENSATION, it can have an EMOTIONAL element, may correspond to an IMAGE and may contain MEANING. It’s like LEARNING the LANGUAGE that comes from the BODY and WITNESSING the STORY that lives within you GENTLY UNFOLD before your very eyes, MOMENT to MOMENT.

The process of Focusing was discovered as a result of RESEARCH conducted by EUGENE GENDLIN, a student of CARL ROGERS, who was curious as to why some people have BETTER THERAPEUTIC OUTCOMES than others. Focusing is a somatic therapy that can be used as part of the psychotherapeutic process, and as a stand alone modality.

• Learn a skill that teaches you to become more GROUNDED and PRESENT in the face of CHANGE and UNCERTAINTY

• Grow your capacity for SELF COMPASSION

• Allows you to step back and DIS-IDENTIFY from STRONG EMOTIONS that TRIGGERS you

• CONNECT with your TRUE NATURE, allowing you to live life from a place of AUTHENTICITY

• Develop the ability to have CLEARER BOUNDARIES

• DISPELLING DOUBT by fostering a growing sense of INNER TRUST

• IMPROVING your COMMUNICATION SKILLS because you are clearer about your FEELINGS

• The ability to become OBJECTIVE as you VIEW SITUATIONS from a DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

• Engaging with a FULLER RANGE of EMOTIONS (including all the emotions that FEEL GOOD!)

• If you are at a CROSSROAD, feel CONFLICTED ABOUT MAKING A DECISION and are suffering from ANALYSIS PARALYSIS. Invite your body to be part of the decision making process. It knows the way forward

• People looking to learn a PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT tool that can assist you NAVIGATE times of UNCERTAINTY and CHANGE

• If you are feeling CREATIVELY STIFLED and wanting to RECONNECT with your MOJO

• Those living with PHYSICAL PAIN and would like to find a way to manage your feelings around it

• If you are feeling DISCONNECTED from yourself and your needs and are looking for a way to RECONNECT to YOUR ALIVENESS, and your HOPES and DREAMS

• People experiencing CLIMATE DISTRESS and wanting to make SENSE OF THEIR FEELINGS

• Those who are currently working with a talk therapist and you would like to learn a way of including your body as part of the healing process (don’t worry, you won’t be asked to repeat your history)

You will be SAFELY and GENTLY GUIDED to PAUSE, come into RELATIONSHIP with and LISTEN to your body’s FELT SENSE, in a NON ANALYTICAL way, taking some TIME and SPACE to be PRESENT with what is being experienced by the body, MOMENT to MOMENT.

During a Focusing session you will learn HOW TO APPROACH all things that come, including WHAT FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE, noticing how touching into these feelings brings about the opportunity for the body to EXPERIENCE RELIEF and in turn, help to CALM the MIND and REGULATE YOUR EMOTIONS by witnessing what needs to be heard.

Focusing can help you GROW YOUR CAPACITY to FEEL SAFE, fostering a nurturing and compassionate relationship with yourself.

Australian Bush Flower Essences can be used in conjunction with Inner Relationship Focusing to support your process.