EMBRACING THE WHOLE, WELCOMING THE NEW!
Explorations in Community
Please SAVE THE DATES for upcoming meetings
- Sunday Dec. 2, 2018
- 2019 dates are on Fridays, listed at the bottom of this page
The opening program of our 2018-2019 season,
Engaging with Eugene Gendlin's Words and Ideas
Engaging with Eugene Gendlin's Words and Ideas
"And We Are At Least Plants..."
Janet Pfunder
TIME: Sunday, September 23, 2018 5:30/6
Sign-in and networking 5:30
Program begins promptly at 6:00
PLACE: Judson Memorial Church, 239 Thompson Street (near the corner of Washington Square South) Side Entrance. Downstairs Meeting Room
COST: Suggested Contribution of $20 to cover rental and refreshment expenses. Cash only please, since we are not able to take credit cards or checks.
Please BRING your flyers and brochures for our Focusing Community Marketplace Table.
Please INVITE friends and colleagues. While NY Metro Focusing meetings are not introductions to Focusing, we hope newcomers will get a little taste of the Focusing experience and become motivated to learn more by taking an Introduction to Focusing workshop.
Sign-in and networking 5:30
Program begins promptly at 6:00
PLACE: Judson Memorial Church, 239 Thompson Street (near the corner of Washington Square South) Side Entrance. Downstairs Meeting Room
COST: Suggested Contribution of $20 to cover rental and refreshment expenses. Cash only please, since we are not able to take credit cards or checks.
Please BRING your flyers and brochures for our Focusing Community Marketplace Table.
Please INVITE friends and colleagues. While NY Metro Focusing meetings are not introductions to Focusing, we hope newcomers will get a little taste of the Focusing experience and become motivated to learn more by taking an Introduction to Focusing workshop.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM --
And We Are At Least Plants...
If we understand the body as environmental interaction we need not limit ourselves to sentient animals. Plants, quite without perception, are ongoing life processes. They also imply their own next moves. (Gendlin, The Primacy of the Body)
In the same way, our bodies can know our next right steps, a carrying forward process of what is needed. Through reading together part of a transcript of a talk Gendlin gave to the International Focusing Conference in 1996, we will explore these ideas and what they may open for us. We'll have a chance to focus on what is stirred within us and to sense if something more needs to come.
ABOUT THE THEME of our 2018-2019 programs --
Engaging with Eugene Gendlin's Words and Ideas
Spending time with Gene's words expresses our deep appreciation and a desire to be closer to, understand and integrate more of what he has given to us into our lives. Each program of the series can stand alone, and the season as a whole may bring us on a journey of deeper understanding. Please join us for some or all!
RSVP at rsvp@nymflists.com. A response is not required but it will help us plan.
photo credit: Nada Lou
And We Are At Least Plants...
If we understand the body as environmental interaction we need not limit ourselves to sentient animals. Plants, quite without perception, are ongoing life processes. They also imply their own next moves. (Gendlin, The Primacy of the Body)
In the same way, our bodies can know our next right steps, a carrying forward process of what is needed. Through reading together part of a transcript of a talk Gendlin gave to the International Focusing Conference in 1996, we will explore these ideas and what they may open for us. We'll have a chance to focus on what is stirred within us and to sense if something more needs to come.
ABOUT THE THEME of our 2018-2019 programs --
Engaging with Eugene Gendlin's Words and Ideas
Spending time with Gene's words expresses our deep appreciation and a desire to be closer to, understand and integrate more of what he has given to us into our lives. Each program of the series can stand alone, and the season as a whole may bring us on a journey of deeper understanding. Please join us for some or all!
RSVP at rsvp@nymflists.com. A response is not required but it will help us plan.
photo credit: Nada Lou
On your way to the event -- perhaps spare some moments
for a meditative walk through the historic and beautiful Washington Square Park area.
Save the Dates:
Remaining 2018 Date
Sunday December 2, 4:30 - 7:00 p.m.
(Sign-in and networking 4:30, Program 5:00)
2019 Dates for NYMFocusing Events:
NOTE NEW DAY AND TIME:
Programs are all on Fridays.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Program begins promptly at 6:30
and usually lasts up to two hours.
Networking and nibbles before and after the program.
Bring a friend.
No experience with Focusing is necessary.
- January 25, 2019
- April 12, 2019
- June 7, 2019
- September 27
- December 6