Level 1: Foundations and Approaches of Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT®)
19th March 2025 - 25th June 2025 Online
Professional Training Workshop/Event
Level 1: Foundations and Approaches of Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT®) provides a solid foundation of Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT®) with an emphasis on deepening one’s embodied knowing of the main FOAT approaches– Focusing Attitude, Theme-Directed FOAT®, Clearing a Space with Arts, FOAT® Check-in, Working on an Issue, Self-Focusing, and Compassionate Listening. Trainees will also expand their understanding of the core concepts, skills and philosophy of Focusing, developed by Eugene Gendlin– felt sense, symbol/handle, felt shift, and life forward direction.
Learning FOAT and Focusing in Level 1 emphasizes learning the exercises for oneself– in order to understand deeply how the felt sense, creativity, and the body’s wisdom interacts and unfolds, while also being grounded in FOAT theories. The FOAT Partnership and small group practices during Level 1 open the doorway to learn about others’ processes and also provides a foundation for facilitation skills that are continued in Level 2.
Trainer: Lynn Pollock (Certified Focusing Trainer: Specialization in FOAT® (TIFI) and Certified FOAT® Practitioner), assisted by Carla Esteves(Certified Focusing Trainer: Specialization in FOAT® (TIFI) and Certified FOAT® Practitioner)
Dates (2025):
- March 19
- April 2, 16, 30
- May 14, 28
- June 11, 25
Time: 10:30am – 1:30pm PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) / 1730-2030pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time , London) on the 19th, and 1830-2130pm GMT on the consecutive days.