Exploring Your Inner Landscape: A Focusing Journey of Self-Discovery

​If you are  passionate about personal growth and deepening your self-awareness, this online workshop series is for you. Together, we will explore our inner landscapes through the gentle practice of Focusing, supported by group discussions, exercises,  and Focusing and Companioning in pairs. The workshop series is designed for both new and experienced Foccusers. 

If you are new to Focusing - Welcome, you will find a gentle introduction to connecting with your body’s wisdom.

 If you already practice Focusing - This series offers spacious time for personal growth and fresh discovery in a friendly, non-judgmental setting.

​Your Companion Journal

To support your reflections during and between our meetings, you will receive a downloadable 15-page journal to serve as a lasting reminder of your journey. There are spaces for personal notes to capture your reflections and insights, simple, jargon-free explanations of core Focusing ideas, and resource suggestions to support and further your learning.

Exploring Your Internal World

Something rich opens up when we move our attention beneath everyday thoughts and feelings into the bodily landscape. Deep wisdom is held within the body; you can feel this quality in the moments when an inner experience takes on a physical presence. That tight grip of fear in your chest; the heavy feeling of dread in your stomach; a sudden, spacious lightness when you have expressed something important and feel truly heard, acknowledged, and accepted. In Focusing, we call this physical resonance the "felt sense."

The Three Workshops

Day 1 - Your Inner Landscape: Today we begin our journey, venturing into vague and unknown territory. A Focusing attunement and a guided meditation help you to feel inwardly safe and grounded. We travel far and wide, taking in the scenery and pausing at areas of interest. Afterwards, there is time to explore further with Focusing and Companioning. For those familiar with Focusing, this can be a regular session. If you are new to Focusing or would like some guidance, there will be an explanation and introductory Focusing exercise.

Day 2 - Your Physical Landscape: Today we return to the physical realm with a Wholebody Focusing meditation. Wholebody Focusing invites awareness of our whole self, supported by the environment. There is  opportunity to explore your connection with the environment and to see what happens when you express yourself freely with movement and sound, always honouring your own needs and level of comfort. There will also be time for Focusing and Companioning.

Day 3 - Your Emotional Landscape: Today we travel deep into emotional realms to explore this rich area of your inner landscape. Emotions can feel like a storm that we either get swept up in or try to push away. Self-in-Presence is a safe and gentle way of being with our emotions. It creates an inner relationship where all feelings are welcomed just as they are, allowing intense emotions to naturally soften and shift. Later today, we come to an ending, with time to honour the ground that you have covered. 

Benefits: Why venture out?

*This series of workshops moves beyond familiar thoughts and feelings, allowing for deeper self-awareness,  and fresh insights . You may discover physical and emotional areas that have been hidden and you can give them your time and attention. Physical and emotional stuckness can be expressed, acknowledged, and released.

*We will work with grounding practices which can be used in everyday life, enabling you to remain steadier and calmer when faced with intense emotions and challenging situations. Focusing skills can help with anxiety, stress and overwhelm.

*This is an opportunity to work with movement and sound, empowering you to experiment at your own pace and level of comfort.

*Approaching your emotional world with gentle curiosity and compassion, rather than judgment, creates a safe inner space where more can be revealed. Hearing, acknowledging and accepting all your feelings and emotions tends to be a healing experience.

*Engaging with Focusing ideas and practices including the felt sense, Wholebody Focusing, Inner Relationship Focusing, Self-in-Presence, gentle curiosity, and Focusing and Companioning.

The Group Experience

This series is an invitation to connect with others. While each of us walks a unique path of self-discovery, we do not walk it alone. Time will be set aside for sharing individual experiences and Focusing in pairs.

Confidentiality 

To ensure everyone feels safe to speak openly, no recordings will be made and I ask that everything shared is kept strictly confidential.​

Focusing and Companioning 

You will have opportunities to practice together to deepen your own self-awareness while offering non-judgmental companionship. If you are an experienced Focuser, you can treat this as a regular session. If you are new or returning to the practice, I will guide you through the basics.

Your facilitator, Paula

I am a Person-centred, BACP Accredited counsellor and supervisor, with 25 years experience and a British Focusing Association practitioner and mentor. Personally, and professionally, I find Focusing to be deeply enriching and healing, sharing this practice with others brings me great pleasure. As a trainer, I enjoy creating a friendly, and welcoming environment where you can explore at your own pace and connect with others.

​Three, 2-Hour Workshops: October 14th, 21st, and 28th | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Full Series Fee: £140 (Includes all 3 live workshops and your downloadable 15-page Companion Journal)

Early Bird Price: £120 by September 30th 

To secure your place and to ask any questions before booking, please get in touch.

• ​Space is limited to ensure a supportive, small-group environment.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations made more than 14 days before the first session will receive a full refund (minus a £15 administration fee). I am unable to offer refunds for cancellations made within 14 days of the series starting, or once the workshops have commenced.