Relate to yourself and others with freshness, emotional intelligence, and an open heart.
All courses and Tasters are for European & American time zones
Course 1: Level 1 & 2
Mondays, Oct 28 to Dec 16, 2024
Course 2: Level 1 & 2
Saturdays, Nov 9, 2024, to Jan 11, 2025 (not Dec 21 & 28)
Course: Levels 3 to 5
Mondays, Jan 20 to April 28, 2025
Full-length Course: Levels 1 to 5
Mondays, Oct 28, 2024, to April 28, 2025
1.5-hour Informal Tasters
Sat, Oct 12 – register
Mon, Oct 21 – register
Sat, Oct 26 – register
Focusing is a gentle and meditative partner process in which the person going through the process, the Focuser occasionally shares their inner experience (verbally). Sometimes, the other person, the Companion, reflects/mirrors the Focuser’s experience and expression. More than anything else, both Focuser and Companion provide a deeply welcoming space for whatever emerges.
Initially, the Focuser is in touch with a vague inner sense of something. During Focusing, many implicit yet surprising things appear and with this, a sense of clarity gradually emerges. Often many small shifts happen, these can be moments where one feels like: “Ahhh, yes, that’s what it is.” (Sigh… silence). These moments of insight can lead to a knowing much deeper and vaster than the emotional or intellectual dimensions alone.
Step by step, you will deepen the following skills through simple felt sensing and deep listening exercises.
Develop compassion and tap into your deepest knowing by learning to cultivate, maintain, or re-establish a friendly, curious relationship with yourself and others.
You will participate in group- and partner practices, share your experiences, ask questions, and watch demonstrations. You will receive instructions and theory in written form, and the audio recordings of each class will be available to you for at least one year after the end of the course. In addition to the classes, you will have three individual sessions with me as part of levels 1-5, and weekly partner practices with classmates.
Immerse yourself in a respectful, transformative atmosphere where you may feel more heard than ever before, by others, and even yourself.
As part of this course, you will have three individual sessions with me. I have found this to be of great value. As a teacher, I can better understand your interests and needs. And you, as a student, can more easily find your way through stuck places and ultimately find your unique way of Focusing.
We all have moments when we feel stuck, confused, or indecisive. We may then hide from others, we may feel irritable, down, or disconnected. Equally, we all have areas or moments in life when everything feels flowing, easy, and fulfilling. In this course, you will recognize that in such moments you are already living the quality of Focusing. With practice, the Focusing Attitude will begin to touch all areas of your life, and where you feel stuck, confused, or undecided, you will gradually be able to listen to where the natural flow wants to take you.
When you live your life from the deeper insights that can arise through Focusing, everything, as it unfolds, is experienced as deeply meaningful. Even in difficult, confusing times, there is an underlying sense of rightness, a sense of following your natural flow.
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On Zoom
America–PDT West Coast: 6:30 am to 9:30 am
America–EST East Coast: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
England–GMT: 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Europe–CET Central European Time: 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Course 1: Levels 1 & 2
Mondays, Oct 28 to Dec 16, 2024
Level 1: 10.28, 11.04, 11.11, 11.18 2024
Level 2: 11.25, 12.02, 12.09, 12.16 2024
Course 2: Levels 1 & 2
Saturdays, Nov 9, 2024 to Jan 11, 2025
Level 1: 11.09, 11.16, 11.23, 11.30 2024
Level 2: 12.07, 12.14.2024 & 01.04, 01.11. 2025 (not 12.21 & 12.28)
Course: Levels 3 to 5
Mondays, Jan 20 to April 28, 2025
Level 3: 01.20, 01.27, 02.03, 02.10 2025
Level 4: 03.03, 03.10, 03.17, 03.24 2025
Level 5: 04.07, 04.18, 04. 21, 04.28 2025
Full-length Course: Levels 1 to 5
Mondays, Oct 28, 2024, to April 28, 2025
See the dates further up under Mondays
(If participants prefer, levels 3-5 can be changed to Saturdays.)
Discounts apply if you bring a friend.
Levels 1 & 2
(Focusing Basics, 24 class hours and 1 x 1-hour one-on-one session)
€445/€485 (discount/regular)
register for the Monday class, paying €
register for the Saturday class, paying €
$490/$535 (discount/regular)
register for the Monday class, paying $
register for the Saturday class, paying $
Levels 3-5 (if you sign up for all three levels)
(Focusing advanced, 36 class hours plus 2 x 1-hour one-on-one sessions)
€515/€615 (discount/regular) register
$575/$675 (discount/regular) register
Level 3, 4, or 5 (each level booked individually)
(Each level 12 class hours, and a 1×1-hour individual session with levels 3 & 4, and 1 session with level 5)
€240 each (no bring a friend discount) register
$260 each (no bring a friend discount) register
The full 6-month course, levels 1-5
(The full course for PFP-Award, 60 class hours and 3 x 1-hour individual session)
€960/€1100 (discount/regular) register
$1065/$1210 (discount/regular) register
The fee includes
For those who want to join this course again, there is a 45% discount.
Join one of my 1.5-hour informal Tasters:
Sat, Oct 12 – register
Mon, Oct 21 – register
Sat, Oct 26 – register
America-PT: 7:30 am to 9:00 am
America-EST: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
England-GMT: 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Europe-CET: 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Ask me for a free 15-minute informal meeting
Let’s meet, so we can get to know each other. This is an opportunity for you to let me know what you are looking for and what might be particularly important to you.
Contact me
Book a Focusing Session one-on-one
The session fee will be offset against the course fee if you decide to join.
€70 1-hour session register
$75 1-hour session register
The International Focusing Institute – Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Award – PFPA
After this course, you will have all the basics for Focusing Partnerships, for simple group processes, and for Focusing alone. After Level 5 you are eligible to join the International Focusing Partnership Network free of charge (International Focusing Institute membership is required).
British Focusing Association – BFA Certificate in Focusing Skills & Partnership Network
You will also be eligible for the BFA certificate. This allows you to join the BFA Focusing Partnerships network or join Focusing Groups for free.
Becoming a Focusing Professional
If you envision becoming a Focusing Professional, this course is the basis for further certification as a Focusing Practitioner or Focusing Trainer. Focusing Training for becoming a Focusing Professional.
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“My focusing experience with you was deeply meaningful, in large part due to your presence, patience, pace, kindness and teaching. Many thanks.”
Diana, Clinical social worker, January 2024
“… I’ve enjoyed the Focusing Skills Course and the group so much! I’ve found it enriching, hugely stimulating and really nourishing. Amona, I’ve loved your holding and the nuance of the content. Your years of experience and your wisdom are evident to me in it all: resources, session structure, content, and holding of group dynamics. I see the effects of this practice popping up all over my life and interactions with others. …”
Roz Bird – Facilitator and conflict mediator, August 2023
“Amona is a brilliant teacher, in so many ways. … Her classes were characterized by her unique way of listening – deeply and thoroughly, with a clear desire to truly understand what was being asked or said. … It is so clear that Amona gives everything she has to each and every class she teaches.”
Milagros Paredes – Bodyworker On Google My Business
More testimonials here
Up to one month before the start of the course: Euro 40/Dollar 45 processing fee
Within the last month before the course begins: If another participant fills your spot, your course fee will be refunded minus a 40 Euro/Dollar 45 processing fee.