Please RSVP acceptances only by email to rsvp@nymetrofocusing.org.NEW YORK METRO FOCUSINGSunday, January 31, 20105:00 – 8 :00 pm
New Meeting Place:Moving Body Resources 112 W. 27th St., 4th flr. (to enter building use code 402 & press green bell key) The room we'll be meeting in is a shoe-free zone,therefore socks & slippers please!
SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF FOCUSING:Exploration of the Interplay Between Inner and Outer Movementwith Barbara Chutroo and Larry Hurst In Focusing, we pay attention to the movement of our inner experience. However, our outer experience, our sensory contact with the world, enables us to create an internal representation of the world including a sense of ourselves. As we move and interact, we allow relationships within ourselves and with others to emerge and we clarify our place in the world.
In this workshop we will first sense into the subtle inner activity of the body - the-microcosm - and then engage in exercises that play with our active presence in space - our environment - in the company of an empathic group of participants. Finally, we will gather to reflect on this experience and how its broadening of context can be integrated into our Focusing practice.
Barbara Chutroo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Focusing Trainer and substance abuse counselor. She has extensively explored various forms of movement and dance both as art and as healing practices and has a lifelong interest and practice in Buddhist meditation. She is working on a book on infant motor development with her friend, Sandra Jamrog. Her papers, "Meet Your Body" and "On Focusing and Buddhism" can be found on the Focusing website and a conversation with her can be heard at focusing.org/conversations/index.htm .
Larry Hurst is a life-skills coach affiliated to the Int'l. Coach federation and a certified Focusing trainer with a long career in the health sciences, into which he has integrated a range of body-centered practices including shiatsu, qigong and vocal toning. He is a founding member of the NYMF group and co-leads an int'l Focusing & body-movement group 'Meeting At The Edge', which last met in Sept. 2009 in Switzerland & was featured in the Focusing Institute's 'Tribute Folio'. He has an ongoing respect for spatial relations & ran an exploratory workshop at the 2009 IFC in Japan, "Embracing Nature By Living in the Space Between.."
Also, enjoy our FOCUSING COMMUNITY MARKETPLACE : In a lively exchange with others in our community, this is a time and place to share your Focusing projects, workshops and trainings and to let us know what other goods and services you have to offer. Bring your flyers and brochures for our literature table.
Please I N V I T E F R I E N D S and C O L L E A G U E SWhile NY Metro Focusing Meetings are not introductions to Focusing, we hope newcomers get a little taste of the Focusing experience and are motivated to learn more by taking an Introduction to Focusing workshop.
Suggested Contribution : $20 To cover rental and refreshment expensesThose new to Focusing are our guests for their first NYMF meeting. Cash only please since we are not able to take credit cards or checks.
Dates of Future NYMF Meetings: 4/9 & 6/20
Questions may be sent to: contact@nymetrofocusing.org
Check out our website: http://www.nymetrofocusing.org
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NY Metro Focusing Announcements-only list
If you wish to post an announcement regarding a FOCUSING event in the Metropolitan area, please do so at the following address and await approval from the list moderator.
announce-nymf@lists.nymetrofocusing.org
For further information: contact@nymetrofocusing.or
New Meeting Place:Moving Body Resources 112 W. 27th St., 4th flr. (to enter building use code 402 & press green bell key) The room we'll be meeting in is a shoe-free zone,therefore socks & slippers please!
SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF FOCUSING:Exploration of the Interplay Between Inner and Outer Movementwith Barbara Chutroo and Larry Hurst In Focusing, we pay attention to the movement of our inner experience. However, our outer experience, our sensory contact with the world, enables us to create an internal representation of the world including a sense of ourselves. As we move and interact, we allow relationships within ourselves and with others to emerge and we clarify our place in the world.
In this workshop we will first sense into the subtle inner activity of the body - the-microcosm - and then engage in exercises that play with our active presence in space - our environment - in the company of an empathic group of participants. Finally, we will gather to reflect on this experience and how its broadening of context can be integrated into our Focusing practice.
Barbara Chutroo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Focusing Trainer and substance abuse counselor. She has extensively explored various forms of movement and dance both as art and as healing practices and has a lifelong interest and practice in Buddhist meditation. She is working on a book on infant motor development with her friend, Sandra Jamrog. Her papers, "Meet Your Body" and "On Focusing and Buddhism" can be found on the Focusing website and a conversation with her can be heard at focusing.org/conversations/index.htm .
Larry Hurst is a life-skills coach affiliated to the Int'l. Coach federation and a certified Focusing trainer with a long career in the health sciences, into which he has integrated a range of body-centered practices including shiatsu, qigong and vocal toning. He is a founding member of the NYMF group and co-leads an int'l Focusing & body-movement group 'Meeting At The Edge', which last met in Sept. 2009 in Switzerland & was featured in the Focusing Institute's 'Tribute Folio'. He has an ongoing respect for spatial relations & ran an exploratory workshop at the 2009 IFC in Japan, "Embracing Nature By Living in the Space Between.."
Also, enjoy our FOCUSING COMMUNITY MARKETPLACE : In a lively exchange with others in our community, this is a time and place to share your Focusing projects, workshops and trainings and to let us know what other goods and services you have to offer. Bring your flyers and brochures for our literature table.
Please I N V I T E F R I E N D S and C O L L E A G U E SWhile NY Metro Focusing Meetings are not introductions to Focusing, we hope newcomers get a little taste of the Focusing experience and are motivated to learn more by taking an Introduction to Focusing workshop.
Suggested Contribution : $20 To cover rental and refreshment expensesThose new to Focusing are our guests for their first NYMF meeting. Cash only please since we are not able to take credit cards or checks.
Dates of Future NYMF Meetings: 4/9 & 6/20
Questions may be sent to: contact@nymetrofocusing.org
Check out our website: http://www.nymetrofocusing.org
_______________________________________________
NY Metro Focusing Announcements-only list
If you wish to post an announcement regarding a FOCUSING event in the Metropolitan area, please do so at the following address and await approval from the list moderator.
announce-nymf@lists.nymetrofocusing.org
For further information: contact@nymetrofocusing.or