Focusing seeds in Ukraine – support group for helpers

Resting and restoring your inner  light



Engage your body’s wisdom – on the wings of Focusing


This group will practice a way of being with yourself and others
that will help you to come back to yourself, to rest and restore your inner light, so you will feel more grounded, 
will breathe more freely and act and help again with new power.


 

			

			

				
				
				
				
			

				

				
				
				
				
				

				
				
				
				
				
📅 When?


Wednesdays 19:30 – 21:00 Warsaw time

Please check your time  each time you come – daylight saving comes differently in different countries.


Apr 15, May 13, Jun 10, Sept 16, Oct 14, Nov 18, Dec 12


🖍️Materials:


crayons, markers, glue, old newspapers or just a piece of paper


📍 Where – ZOOM:


https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/7lzUMUWPTreFKqM4n0tnDQ


ID: 884 5669 0689

CODE: 919600


👥 Attendance:


Zoom in person – no recording

Language – English


💰 Cost & payment:


for people from countries at war – free

10 EUR – 30 EUR your payment will help to plant seeds and cultivate the “Focusing Garden” in Ukraine ☺


pay by bank transfer to:


PL84 1160 2202 0000 0005 7932 6651


MILLENIUM BANK POLAND


MALGORZATA BOCHINSKA

BIC CODE: BIGBPLPW




or by Pay Pal:

name – Malgorzata Bochinska


 

			

			

				
				
				
				
				

				
				
				
				
				
🧭 For whom?


 This is for therapists, caregivers, doctors, psychologists, coaches, teachers, veterans, mothers … for all kind of helpers/ we all are in a way/ and anyone who desires to find their way to draw creative power and strength from within. For all those seeking rest, wanting to restore, deepen and foster their relationship with themselves and others … to find support and more resilience in cultivating inner peace … no matter what challenges the war brings.


🧘‍♀️ No experience is needed, just come and be curious and openminded. You are welcome whenever you wish to join us. We will be holding the space for you: 


GOSIA BOCHINSKA, Gdynia, Poland


KATARZYNA FIORITA, USA, New York




ELIZABETH BARING, USA, New York


WE WILL HAVE GUESTS – FOCUSING ORIENTED TERAPISTS AND TEACHERS, WILLING TO COME AND SHARE THEIR FOCUSING WAY OF BEEING AND THEIR VOULNERABLE BEAUTIFUL HEARTS. TOGETHER WE WILL BE NURTURING  EACH OTHER  IN GIVING AND RECEIVING, HOLDING AND BEING HELD.




Allowing our attention to rest inside is the art of being in the moment and deep surrender to the being itself … not a surrender of resignation … but trust and hope that all your thoughts and concepts can melt down for a while and stop blocking the light that lives within you … a light that comes to you, not from outside, but from the depths you don’t know well enough to call your own … this is where your inner tree of life grows … this is where you can find your place to rest and regain your hope and power to act freshly.




 

			

			

				
				
				
				
			

				
				
			

				
				
				
				
				
				
				

				

				
				
				
				
				

				
				
				
				
				
				
				

					
				  

					  
					  
					  

						  
 
Focusing seeds in Ukraine – support group for helpers


on the wings of Focusing – what does THAT mean?


Whatever comes in your life, whether it is happy or sad, big or small, you have a clear feeling of all of that in your body … even if it feels like “nothing“ – it is always a something you can listen to it … to the qualities of it … how big is this nothing … maybe it feels warm … or cold … looks blue … or is heavy or light. In Focusing you learn how to pay attention to this subtle language of your feeling, living, breathing body. You learn to notice that there is a river of experience constantly flowing through you, that you are alive … and we can live with great tension – not even noticing it … and the times are so challenging, that yes, it is possible to forget our aliveness … So, we really need this practice to find whatever can help us there. Your heart knows your way.


There is a sort of lightness in the way you can be with yourself, that makes it possible for you, to see something bigger than your problems … and your heart knows your way …


There is a sort of lightness in the way you can be with others, that makes it possible for them, to see something bigger than their problems … and your heart knows your way …


Focusing is an orientation, a way of being with yourself and others with an open and curious attitude … with trust and reverence to what comes in the body. You learn it by practicing it … sharing time and space with others who fell in love in this very special attitude … no matter what your way of helping others is  – we are all helpers in our own way … trusting the process itself, not wanting to make things happen … it is a „secret ingredient”  allowing to find rest in the midst of everyday helping challenges in times of war.


In Focusing, you spend time with something that is not yet clear, that is vague and fuzzy, that doesn’t yet have words you can put to it, yet you can feel and sense it in your body. Here are two quotes from Eugene Gendlin – the father of Focusing:


Under all the packages each of us carries, a different self can be discovered. E. Gendlin


Through focusing we can unlock doors and move into dimensions that cannot be entered through the intellect alone. E. Gendlin




what will it look like? 


We will start with a Focusing attunement – which is a way of just inviting you to slow everything down and become aware of what is happening in your body, and to put the world aside for this time, and be with yourself and the group. There will be time for individual work …There will be time for sharing at the end … only if you would like to – always honouring your own sense of safety … and trusting your inner knowing … Sometimes silence is the best way to be with what is coming … and that is ok too – what wants to remain confidential and unspoken is met and accepted just as warmly as all what you want to share …You can come once or sit with us each time we meet, always welcoming warmly the newcomers and those coming back … Maybe you feel it is too difficult now … or do not know where to start … Yes, there is a way to do it … to get in touch with your body, pause and listen deeply to that inner whispering calling you to make space … maybe resting in the darkness of not knowing but this time not alone. The good news is that you do not have to talk about it …  if “words don’t come easy” – you can let your hands be your voice – we will have paper and crayons or any other “art materials” you will bring… we will sit together sensing inwards – expressing the essence of all our sensing and feelings – “the all of that”.




why Focusing?


Focusing is a practice everyone can learn quite easily. It is very delicate, always respects where you are now and you can learn to access the space beyond your thoughts to find the „more” that is happening in any situation. When we are in contact with our direct experience of this “more”, small steps of change begin to emerge, and this can lead us on to fresh lifegiving directions, even during hard times of war.


 


Our hope is that step by step you’ll have a greater sense of resilience and relief and feel you are not alone. We will dive gently into experience with an intention to really make a living, loving being together, that can help you  feel more grounded,  breathe more freely, and act and help others with new power.


There’s also something more that happens when we come together in a group … something new is being born … coming to life … It’s a bit mysterious and words don’t always come easy to describe this “togetherness” … it helps us to enter a kind of a space where we can be – in giving and receiving … holding and being held … it opens new possibilities in our own journey in a way that is not easy while sitting alone …  It is happening not only in what is being said literally, but  in deep listening to what is trying to emerge from underneath … that brings a truly felt experience in the heart and body … that brings more … and the beauty of it is that we can give it to each other … and also grow together. ☺ more about Focusing : https://focusing.org/felt-sense/what-focusing/



					  

					  

					 
				  
		  
				  
			  
				

			

			

				
				
				
				
			

				
				
			

				
				
				
				
				
				
				

				

				
				
				
				
				

				
				
				
				
				
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Gosia Bochinska
Focusing practitioner from Gdynia, Poland 


When I found Focusing, it felt as if someone had given me tickets to travel around the world with a new beloved friend – I could discover a new way of being with myself … not running away, not leaving parts of me aside, but welcoming, listening, holding everything in my arms … even  the “running away” and “leaving aside” – such a milestone towards greater self-acceptance and responsibility for myself … in a safe, supportive environment … so here I am with you, happy to share this trusting attitude with others.


kontakt@usiebie.com.pl


https://focusing.com.pl/
Elizabeth Baring
MS, ATR-BC, LCAT, NCPSYA, LP, FOT  from New York, USA


Liz is a wonderful person who moves softly, delicately, and confidently in the world of metaphor, symbols, creative play, and therapeutic improvisation, generously gifting those around her with her deep presence. For 20 years, she has maintained a private practice in New York City, working with children and adults with a wide range of emotional and behavioural difficulties, combining sand play, creative arts therapy, and Focusing with traditional psychotherapy.


lizbaring@gmail.com

https://lizbaring.com
Katarzyna Fiorita
LMHC, CASAC, FOT from New York, USA

Kasia is a psychotherapist who has lived and worked in New York for many years. She began practicing Focusing in 2007, during her search for therapeutic methods that effectively serve clients in their healing process.

Focusing turned out to be an incredibly valuable discovery, it was deeply relational, delicate, gentle, creative, but also direct and very effective. It delighted her, gave her a sense of „being at home”. Most importantly, it could be used not only in therapy, but also in self-development and in every other area of ​​life.


fioritaLMHC@gmail.com