Focusing: An Introduction

Description

A 2-part class, dates to be determined (Find your local time)

Sign up for Heidi’s mail list to find out as soon as this class is open for registration.

No previous Focusing experience is necessary. (Heidi loves working with people who’re brand new to Focusing!)

A good internet connection is the only thing required to join this Introduction to Focusing, 2-part class. Your payment for the class will register you for the class. (That’s right: Payment = Registration!) Once your payment is received, you will be sent a link for accessing the class.

Classes will be recorded. (That said, Heidi’s preference is that you attend live if at all possible.)

What’s it like to be you in the world?

• Would you like to feel friendlier toward your own experience and more comfortable in your own skin?
• Would you like to be calmer and more grounded no matter what is happening around you?
• Do you sometimes feel at odds with yourself?
• Do you struggle with anxiety and depression and find it difficult to rest or relax?

Focusing is a body-awareness process practiced by a growing number of people around the world. Although its name implies concentration, Focusing is better described as a deep kind of listening below the everyday surface noise of thoughts and habits. Focusing facilitates change that comes from within you and the situation/issue/place of discomfort itself.

The practical applications and benefits of Focusing are vast. (Heidi has been combining Focusing and massage therapy, as well as Focusing and meditation, for many years with great benefit.) In this introductory class, Heidi will teach you how to cultivate a kinder and friendlier experience of yourself, with a special focus on the ramifications of our global experience of physical distancing and social upheaval.

What effect(s) can you expect from taking this class/these classes?

Feeling at home in your body, receptive and friendly toward your experience, and able to find a sense of presence and calm even in the midst of the difficult situations that life sometimes brings, these are a few of the things that Focusing can help you experience.

Class Structure & Logistics:

Each class will begin with a brief check-in, followed by a presentation of material.

Heidi will then offer guidance in going to the more subtle body places beneath the surface of what you might usually refer to as “I.”

Lastly there will be opportunity for questions and reflections.

Class is 75 minutes long.

What’s it like in a virtual classroom?

The Zoom platform offers you the option of being visible to others, or of remaining invisible and muted, even while knowing that you are part of a group of people meeting for class.

You will always see me, Heidi. You may sometimes see other participants who have chosen to be visible.

 

Registration/Payment:

Your registration/payment is valid for anyone in your household that is sharing your internet connection with you.

Once you’ve completed your payment process, look for an email whose subject line says: “Your Heidi’s Table order is now complete“. That is the email that will contain the link for you to join the class. (If you don’t receive the email right after your payment is processed, please check your spam folder or your social promotions folder.)

Can I gift a class to someone else?

Yes! (And thank you!)

If you’d like to pay for someone else’s class(es), simply change the number from “1” to the number of classes you’d like to pay for.

IMPORTANT: Please forward the email (whose subject line says: “Your Heidi’s Table order is now complete”) to whomever you bought the class(es) for. That email contains the Zoom link to access/join the class.

If you aren’t experiencing financial hardship, you may consider paying for several classes for folks who can’t pay. (Thank you!)

Schedule:

To be determined (Find your local time)

Language(s):

Classes are offered in English

About Me, Heidi:

Heidi is a Certified Focusing Professional through The International Focusing Institute. She has been focusing—on her own, with partners and in groups—for over 20 years.

In her Focusing-Oriented Massage Therapy practice at Heidi’s Table in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, Heidi seamlessly combines focusing and massage to help her clients experience a sense of comfort and ease within themselves.

Also a student of mindfulness meditation and yoga, Heidi loves weaving together these practices in the interest of the mental health, physical health and every kind of health of herself, her clients, and the world.

[Artwork by Emba, whose art can be found at DibujosEmba.com]