If you are just beginning…

I do offer free talks to groups interested in learning a bit about Focusing. Maybe you belong to a group that would be interested?

You Might Engage Via Facebook…

There are a variety of internet resources that you can explore for more information. Floyd Focusing Facebook Group is open to those on facebook.  It’s a great resource of current events, connections and educational Focusing tidbits maintained by myself, Sandy Jahmi Burg. You may want to explore The International Focusing Institute (focusing.org) or Ann Weiser Cornell’s (focusingresources.com) websites as there is a plethora of information about Focusing there.

Or Maybe Borrow a Book….

If you live near Floyd, VA, we maintain a Focusing loaner library with resources that you can read or listen to.  Beginners usually start with Ann Weiser Cornell’s “The Power of Focusing” .. it’s a slim easy read and there are several copies circulating so you won’t have to wait too long to get one.  I am also available to chat with you more about what Focusing is and the various options available.   Contact me by email to schedule a phone call or to inquire about the library.

Try a Being Your Own Best Friend class….

If you curious about Focusing and looking for a gentle introduction, this space is for you! This class is centered around exploring and improving your relationship with yourself from wherever it is now. You will deepen your sense of trust within. This could include getting clearer around ‘who I am’ or ‘where am I going’. We might explore how to deal with self-criticism, doubting oneself, all this about making decisions, or how one stays grounded in the face of constant change. We’ll explore how our brain works using current neuroscience concepts. We’ll use various body awareness, mindfulness and Focusing activities to become familiar with our own individual inner processes around what it means for us to be our own best friend.

Each class will include time for sensing within yourself, opportunities to become more familiar with how to navigate your inner landscape, Presence language exercises, a Demo of Focusing-in-action, and either an art or body awareness/movement activity. We will not be partnering with others in the class here, only working individually. Focusing experience is not required, although it will certainly add to what you get from this class. With all of my years of retreat experience, I have multitudes of activities to draw from. I anticipate that each class will be unique based on the interests of the particular group that forms. Sign up early so that you can be part of my ‘interest survey’ in planning each class. We will meet 1.5 hrs for 5 weeks. You can repeat this as often as you like and may very well want to. It’s the practice, consistently showing up for yourself, that eventually re-wires our neurons and brings the subtle empowering changes of living life as our own best friend.

Being Your Own Best Friend will be offered three times a year – fall, winter-spring and summer for two age groups – tweens/teens from 12-18 yrs and adults ages 18 and up. Classes will meet five times for 1.5 hours. Class fee is $75.

Best Friends Tween/Teen Live-in-Floyd Class

5 Wednesday afternoons
4:30 – 6pm
Oct 18, Oct 25, Nov 1, Nov 8, Nov 15
Class fee $75, Limit 8 participants

 

Best Friends Adult Live-in-Floyd Class

5 Tuesday mornings
10am – 11:30am
Oct 17, Oct 24, Oct 31, Nov 7, Nov 14
Course fee $75, Limit 8 participants

 

Best Friends Adult Zoom Videoconference Class

5 Tuesday evenings
6:30pm- 8pm EST, 5:30pm – 7pm CST, 4:30pm – 6pm MST, 3:30pm – 5pm PST
Oct 17, Oct 24, Oct 31, Nov 7, Nov 14
Course fee $75

 

And When You Are READY…

Since Focusing is first and foremost a body awareness EXPERIENCE, a Guided Focusing Session is your best bet when you are ready to try out the Focusing process yourself with your own inner relationships.

Guided Sessions with Sandy

Do you feel stuck?  Possibly unclear about a decision you need to make? Is a health issue holding you down?  In a Guided Focusing Session, I can help you experience  movement by accessing a deeper level of your own knowing than one can often access alone. As a Certified Focusing Professional, I am trained to guide you in this process. No preparation is necessary. A guided session is a gift to yourself. Similar to how you might take the time for a full body massage, here you set aside time to deepen your relationship with yourself. It is suggested that you come with a topic to invite. It could be something that feels stuck right now, something about yourself that you have long wondered about, something on your mind a lot lately, a decision, a health issue. Your body carries all the wisdom of your past, is fully aware of all that is going on with you now and has a knowing about what would bring a sense of thriving to your future. Together, we follow your body’s own knowing. Because of the natural way our brains are structured, we alone, often have difficulty being fully open to all our body is wanting for us to understand. I am trained to help you reconnect to your own sense of thriving around an issue. Generally first time sessions take 90 min, further sessions are closer to 60 min. I am very happy to support you over a period of weeks as you move through a major adjustment as well as have you drop in occasionally on an as-needed basis.

Sliding Scale Fee is $50-$80/session.

Click HERE for a blog post about Getting Started and Guided Focusing Sessions.

Level 1 Training : Open the Door

Like any other skill, use Focusing or lose it.  In this Introduction to Focusing, you will learn a practical step-by-step process you can use with any life issue, on your own & in partnership, now & in the future. Once you have taken a Level 1 Focusing workshop, you can practice as often as you’d like with local Focusers in person or with someone from our online Focusing community via phone.  This workshop is generally offered in five 2.5 hr sessions over a period of 2 months.   Focusing practice between sessions with others in the class is highly recommended.  Trainings can be held in person or online via videoconference.  Alternate formats can also be designed for groups and to fit particular interests.  Prerequisite: a Guided Session with a certified Focusing Professional, preferably within the previous year.   Fee range:  $120-150

Level 2-4 Training : Into the flow

Level 1 is like training wheels.  With Levels 2-4, we get even better at riding any terrain that life presents us with.   No matter what your level of Focusing skill is when you begin these trainings, the door is now open to a sense of more empowerment.  In ever-flowing layers, here we come to understand that we are always changing and evolving and Focusing is that essence from which we feel flow and thriving in our lives.  Now we consciously understand how to bring ourselves back to what feels open, alive and flowing anytime we do not feel that way either inside ourselves or with what is going on in the world around us.    These workshops can also be designed in alternate formats.  Currently, our most popular format is to gather in groups that meet every 2-4 weeks for 2.5 hrs. This gives us time to fit training into our busy lives, provides a structure for us to continue practicing, helps us bond with the Focusers in our group and gives the subtleties of this process time to work.  Fee Range for each 5-session Level:  $120-180.

Click HERE for for a blog post with more detailed class descriptions.

Summer classes are underway. Fall classes are being planned. I pretty much schedule based on demand, so if you are interested, reach out so I can include you. What a great gift to yourself and those around you, empowering yourself in the multitudes of ways that unfold with this powerful partnership practice! Here are the dates we have so far: