Focusing: a deep listening that brings therapeutic change
So much of the time we live our life with just empty words or thoughts that don’t really capture the essence of what we are experiencing. If we continue to use such words and live in a world of just our abstract thoughts, we are only always half experiencing or half living. In fact, we give too much power to the word and become, as a result, lazy and apathetic. We move our bodies through our ’will’ but we are not IN our bodies. Eventually what happens is we become distant from ourselves and live in a world where we feel rather empty and disconnected. When I teach people focusing, I am teaching them how to access their ‘Self’ behind all of their words, so that they can carry the self with them and really connect with what is going on inside them. It is a way of bringing life to every moment and a way to keep people moving forward in their interaction with the world, instead of falling behind with doubts, fears, and a sense of being alienated. It truly helps you return to the here-and-now of your experience and gives you a sense of empowerment. This is what intuition is all about, bringing your gut feelings to every situation. The difference between being in your intellect and living from your whole bodily organism is the difference between empty words and felt senses, between being removed from experience and being right in the moment of the experience. When we bring our self along with us, it is our inner wisdom we are taking with us, the part of us that can make choices that reflect who we truly are.