The Living Process with guest Mia Leijssen and host Greg Madison. In Episode 44, my guest Professor Mia Leijssen talks about the circumstances that led to her new book, Connecting with your Essence. A Path to Awareness and Healing.“At birth you are completely your pure self. The ability you then have to let your essence shine through your outer form gradually becomes overshadowed and buried ... This book encourages you to get back on track with your essence. “Mia talks movingly of the physical pain of illness and how that opened up a profound new awareness of life and its relation to the natural cycles around us. We talk about how helpful it was to find a Focusing partner who shared these physical challenges. She relates human psychological development to the given elements of air, water, fire and earth, and we discuss how this awareness connects us to the mystery of life and human meaning. Episode 44 - Connecting with your Essence with Prof. Mia Leijssen on The Living Process: https://youtu.be/Tcv5Xd_GqiMThe Living Process - all episodes and podcast links: https://www.londonfocusing.comTLP YouTube video channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC0TgN6iVu3n9d9q2l43z1xBMYY3p9FQLMia Leijssen, Ph.D. - Professor (Emeritus) Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Prof. Leijssen is well known in the worlds of Focusing and Client-centred Psychotherapy as well as existential wellbeing, Focusing microprocesses, spirituality, and professional ethics. She is a longtime Focusing Therapist, Teacher, and Coordinator for the International Focusing Institute, and the academic director of the massive Open Online Course: Existential Well-being Counseling: A Person-centered Experiential Approach. www.existentieelwelzijn.behttps://existentialwellbeing.com Publishers link https://www.lannoo.be/nl/connecting-your-essence (book contents, Introduction and Chapter 1, clickon 'Boek inkijken').Paperback 24,99€ or E-book 13,99€, on Bol.com or Amazon.

Dana Ganihar & Baruch Brenner on The Living Process with Greg Madison. A holy commitment to the unknown. Episode 043Dana and Baruch offer a reflective process to get beyond the paradigm that might still be implicit in our Focusing jargon. Their process guides us into what it actually is to be a human being; living on the edge of ‘co-creation’.

Their work crosses the insights and distinctions of A Process Model with the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah. Dana and Baruch are the founders of Shakio Institute, where they explore how Art, Focusing and Prayer can open us to the flow and wisdom of life beyond categories and perceptions.

They have been leading TAE workshops and Questions at the Edge in Israel and internationally, with an emphasis on working with artists, researchers and creators from varied backgrounds.Episode 43 - A Holy Commitment to the Unknown with Dana Ganihar & Baruch Brenner on The Living Process. Episode 43: https://youtu.be/EJg98Aw4Lv8The Living Process - all episodes and podcast links: https://www.londonfocusing.com/the-living-process/TLP YouTube video channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC0TgN6iVu3n9d9q2l43z1xBMYY3p9FQLDana Ganihar, M.Sc. is a Focusing Coordinator since 2007. Over the last couple decades she has taught Gendlin’s work and initiated cooperative research exploring the impact of Focusing and TAE on diverse fields at various universities.

Baruch Brenner is an Israeli theater director, actor, singer, teacher, focusing trainer and an ordained Orthodox Rabbi. He is a leading innovator integrating spiritual practices with experiential work in theater, movement and vocal arts. He facilitates workshops exploring religious and mystical traditions, with an emphasis on Jewish mysticism - Kabbalah and Hasidic philosophy - making them accessible to the general public.Their courses and teachings can be found at: https://shakio.org/en/focusing/

#focusing, #gendlin, #kabbalah, #thelivingprocess, #wisdomtraditions, #somatic practice,

Guest Astrid Schillings "The Interaction of Practice and Philosophy" on The Living Process with Greg Madison. Episode E042.

In this episode, I had a lively conversation with Astrid Schillings, a clinical psychologist and person-centred psychotherapist from Cologne, Germany.

Astrid has a rich background in somatic trainings and Buddhist meditation. She’s interested in the overlap of psychology, philosophy, and spirituality, which led her to Focusing in the early 1980s. She developed her own practice, called ‘Focusing from the Whole Body’, which she teaches from her centre in Germany. Astrid also discusses her time with Gene and how their discussions influenced her understanding of the Focusing Process.

Episode 42 - The Interaction of Practice and Philosophy with Astrid Schillings: https://youtu.be/P7Kz217rsLs

The Living Process - all episodes and podcast links: https://www.londonfocusing.com/the-living-process/

TLP YouTube video channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC0TgN6iVu3n9d9q2l43z1xBMYY3p9FQL

Astrid Schillings: After encountering Focusing in 1981 as a psychology student at Bonn University, Astrid trained with Mary McGuire and Janet Klein in Chicago before meeting with Gendlin, who became a major influence in her Focusing development. Astrid describes Focusing as a philosophical life practice, with psychotherapy as one of many applications. She is trained in psychology, social education, client-centred therapy, somatic experiencing, Feldenkrais and other somatic approaches as well as meditation traditions. As a therapist, she has worked extensively with trauma and works in both English and Deutsch. For more about Astrid’s work and teaching: https://www.focusing-institut.eu/en/focusing-institute/schillings-gb

#focusing

#Gendlin

#thelivingprocess

#mediation

#somatic experiencing