Why is Focusing Training prerequisite for attending advanced courses?

Many people contact me and are wondering if their experience with Focusing is enough or equivalent to the prerequisite of the 60 hour Felt Sensing and With-Sensing (Focusing and Listening) training. Here are some important checkpoints to why this is important in my advanced courses:

• The advanced courses do not teach you to Focus or to listen (Felt Sensing and With-Sensing), so you you need to be quite sure of what you’re doing in both roles
• We often discuss and sense into theory that requires a good basis of konwledge and experience both with Focusing and Listening
• Sometimes we encounter emotional issues as we explore at depth, which means that you need to be safe enough to:
  • Bring yourself back to groundedness both as a Listener and as a Focuser
  • Know not to do any kind of pushing, neither of your self nor of your partner
  • Support your Focuser in finding groundedness if they ask for help
  • Be able to ask your Listener for help to find your groundedness if necessary
  • Not be reactive towards other participants in group or in one-on-one sessions

If you are still not sure if you have what it takes, you can contact me for a free session with any questions or musings you might have, or just email me with your concerns: gsfocusing(at)gmail.com