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Finding Life-Forward Energy in the Dark Places
IR Focusing Seminar with Ann Weiser Cornell, PhD
Ann Weiser CornellIn any difficult life situation, there is the potential to move forward in fresh and creative ways. Gendlin says: “Every bad feeling is potential energy toward a more right way of being…” What does he mean? How can a bad feeling be potential life-forward energy? How can we find and access this life-forward energy? Gendlin goes on to say, “…if you give it space to move toward its rightness.” What does that mean, to give it space? What kind of space?I have been fascinated by these questions, which seem to be at the heart of what we long for: life moving forward. Our bodies know that it would be right to feel the energy for our lives emerging from inside, free and unblocked. And when that doesn’t happen, we feel puzzled, frustrated, stuck, discouraged, depressed. Are those the bad feelings that Gendlin says are “potential energy to a more right way of being”? Or do we just need to cheer up and get over our depression, and find some kind of hope and energy somewhere.
Group SpaceIt’s clear to me that our life-forward energy is found in the dark places, the bad feelings. And recently I’ve been exploring specific exercises and processes to find that life-forward energy and bring it forth. Last May at the International Conference I offered a 3 hour workshop on this topic, and it was the most popular workshop at the conference. Now I’ve created a two-day workshop to expand and deepen this work, especially for European Focusers May 7-8, 2011, in Hamburg.
One of several rooms where you can do paired FocusingJoin me for this very special opportunity for Focusers with at least two levels of experience. We have limited space, so please sign up as soon as it feels right.