The Dance Within Wholebody Focusing
18th October 2025 - 25th October 2025
Workshop/Event
At the heart of Whole Body Focusing (WBF) there is a dance of two, seemingly opposing, inner movements which create a space inside your whole body in which Focusing can occur naturally.
In the Embrace (or Stepping Forward) you fully allow your inner experiences to be exactly as they are. In the Stepping Back you make room for an embodied sense of “Me” (Self in Presence) separate from your inner experiences.
The balance between both movements is an organic, fluid dance that prevents you from getting entangled with the places that need your Focusing attention. It also allows those places to safely open up within the aliveness of your whole body and within an awareness that can be kind and curious.
Addie warmly invites you to explore with him these two movements: the unconditionally accepting of your inner world and the stepping back into the aliveness and vastness of “You” – which was once described by Eugene Gendlin as the “different self that can be discovered …under all the packages each of us carries”.
This Zoom webinar will be highly experiential with a variety of practices designed to deepen your experience of Unconditional Acceptance and to explore ways of Stepping Back into You in Presence. There will also be a special section on how to disentangle from negative, unhelpful thought streams, thus creating a protective space for what wants to grow and move forward inside you.
This webinar is an in-depth version of the International Focusing Institute’s Highlight taster class Addie hosted in March this year, entitled: “The Dance Within Focusing: Embrace and Step Back”.
It is intended for those who are familiar with Focusing, though all are welcome to attend.
This webinar is a series of two sessions, the first one on October 18 from 3pm – 5.30pm UK time and the second session is on October 25 from 3pm – 5.30pm UK time.
Each registrant will receive a link to the recordings of the main presentations and guided practices of both webinar sessions. So if you are unable to attend one or both sessions, you will still be able to enjoy the recordings.
It is arranged and hosted by Focusing Initiatives International (FII) and for more information and registration, click the Booking Link below to be transferred to the webinar’s web page on the FII’s website.