12 Steps to return to Yourself – July 2025 to July 2026
1st July 2025
Introductory Ongoing groups & offers
A Year-Long Journey of Focusing & Presence exploration in community
A Year-Long Journey of Focusing & Presence in Community
This is a space for those who have completed Year 1 of Focusing or its equivalent of Proficiency in Focusing listening, or are currently on the path to becoming Focusing Practitioners. It’s a place to deepen your practice, month by month, held in the company of others, and guided by the richness of life themes we all meet in ourselves, like Shame, Anger, Inner Critic, Pleasure, and the Inner Child.
Focusing invites us to listen deeply, gently turning toward what lives in us with care and curiosity. Through this process, we connect more fully with our emotional and relational landscapes, both personally and collectively.
If you’ve been Focusing for a while, you’ve likely touched something inside that deeply knows the value of staying close to this practice. That’s where this offering was born, from a shared longing to go deeper, to explore meaningful themes, and to keep growing together in community.
✦ A Collective Act of Solidarity
This open classroom is also a fundraising space.
All proceeds go directly to a trusted charity account (not my personal account), supporting two causes:
- A rewilding Oak Forest project in the west of Ireland
- A community-based support initiative in GazaYour contribution becomes part of something wider, supporting healing, regeneration, and community, both near and far.
✦Monthly Themes
1. July – Inner Child
Monographic: Connecting with the Inner Child
A look at how these inner parts shape us, and how we can meet them with compassion and care.
2. September – The Voice That Cares Deeply
Monographic: The Inner Critic
Understanding this inner voice and responding to it from a grounded place.
3. October – Shame
Monographic: How Shame Lives in Me
Creating space for acceptance and gentle presence.
4. November – Guilt
Monographic: Reconciling with Guilt
Practices to meet guilt with understanding and inner connection.
5. December – Anger
Monographic: Walking with Anger
Exploring the energy of anger and what it needs from us.
6. January – Addictions
Monographic: Meeting Addictive Patterns
Turning toward what we reach for, and what we may really need.
7. February – Sadness
Monographic: Living with Sadness
Listening for the wisdom grief carries.
8. March – Physical Pain
Monographic: Pain and the Listening Body
Focusing to be with pain in a way that softens and supports healing.
9. April – Boundaries
Monographic: The Edge Between You and Me
Focusing in relationship – joys and perils of contact.
10. May – Pleasure
Monographic: Meeting Pleasure with Presence
Welcoming pleasure and aliveness through the body, exploring what joy, desire, and ease mean to each of us.
11. June – Spirituality
Monographic: The Spiritual Dimension of Focusing
Connecting with a deeper sense of meaning and wholeness.
12. July – Community
Monographic: Focusing & Belonging
Celebrating growth, connection, and the shared field we’ve cultivated together.
✦What You’ll Receive
- Monthly 2-hour live sessions (Tuesdays, 5 – 7 pm)
- Each session includes: reflection on the theme, Focusing attunement, partnership practice, and closing circle
- Access to video recordings of each session
✦ Contribution & How to Join
Full year (12 sessions + recordings): €260 or as much as you want to offer for your contribution.
You can also pay to individual sessions that will be advertised as a stand alone: €35 or as much as you want to offer as a contribution.
✦ This is a solidarity-based space.
To register, email or WhatsApp Marta and you’ll receive a welcome message and the full calendar and details on where to deposit your contribution.
Let this be a year of returning, to what matters, to your own rhythm, and to the quiet knowing that lives in you. At its heart, this is about nurturing the parts within us that need listening, so they can keep growing and unfolding in the world.
✦ Calendar and Dates:
Monographic the 1st Tuesday of each month from 5 to 7 pm.
✦ Calendar dates: July 2025 to July 2026:
1st July, 2nd September, 7th October, 4th November, 2nd of December, 6th of January, 3rd February, 3rd March, 7th April, 5th May, 2nd June, 7th July.
WhatsApp: +353872031764