Coaching practices for Resonating Focusing
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I land on a name for what I’m feeling and just take my own word for it and move on
- My attention is locked into this tight little tunnel
- There’s a big thing coming up
- I’ve stopped obsessing over my body, but I’m still fixed on the club or the racket in my hands
- When I do manage to focus, I do it by clamping down hard on the object, and within a couple of minutes I’m tense and worn out
Practices that may help
- Resonate and check
Shuttle between the word and the body to confirm the felt sense is accurately captured.
Focusing and the Felt Sense, Made Practical - Focusing and the Felt Sense, Made Practical
Focusing, developed by philosopher and psychotherapist Eugene Gendlin, is a structured inner-listening practice that attends to the "felt sense" — a bodily, pre-verbal knowing about a situation. Small clinical studies and therapist-outcome research suggest people who can access the felt sense make more therapeutic progress, though large controlled trials are lacking. The self-inquiry skills Focusing teaches are low-risk and widely applicable. - Expanding to panoramic awareness
Deliberately widen attention from its usual narrow focal point to include the full field of sensory experience simultaneously.
Open Monitoring Meditation, Made Practical - Use resonance breathing as a pre-performance preparation
Ten minutes of resonance breathing before a demanding event reduces cortisol reactivity and improves attentional control.
Resonance Frequency Breathing, Made Practical - Use more distal external focus for greater performance benefits
Focus further from the body (on the target, not the implement) for the largest attention benefit.
External Focus of Attention, Made Practical - Distinguish applying from sustaining attention
First, aim attention at the object (applying); then, stay with it without tightening (sustaining).
Shamatha: The Buddhist Practice of Calm Abiding - Hyperfocus: Directing Intense Attention to What Matters Most
Hyperfocus, as described by Chris Bailey, is a state of intense, voluntary attention on a single task — the opposite of distraction. It is not the same as the hyperfocus associated with ADHD. Bailey argues that deliberately entering and sustaining this state for the most important tasks is one of the highest-leverage productivity skills, though his framework is practitioner-level insight rather than peer-reviewed research. - Pair the anchor with slow breathing
Attach your focus word to a slow, easy breath to add a direct physiological lever for calm.
The Relaxation Response, Made Practical - Clear a space
Set down each burden one by one to find the calm place underneath them.
Focusing and the Felt Sense, Made Practical - Use simple reflections to confirm you heard correctly
Repeat the key word or phrase back as a gentle check, not as a question.
Reflective Listening: The Carl Rogers Method
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Shuttle between the word and the body to confirm the felt sense is accurately captured.
Resonate and check
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Focusing, developed by philosopher and psychotherapist Eugene Gendlin, is a structured inner-listening practice that attends to the "felt sense" — a bodily, pre-verbal knowing about a situation. Small clinical studies and therapist-outcome research suggest people who can access the felt sense make more therapeutic progress, though large controlled trials are lacking. The self-inquiry skills Focusing teaches are low-risk and widely applicable.
- Focusing And The Felt Sense On A Budget
Focusing, developed by philosopher and psychotherapist Eugene Gendlin, is a structured inner-listening practice that attends to the "felt sense" — a bodily, pre-verbal knowing about a situation. Small clinical studies and therapist-outcome research suggest people who can access the felt sense make more therapeutic progress, though large controlled trials are lacking. The self-inquiry skills Focusing teaches are low-risk and widely applicable.
- Focusing Step One
Focusing, developed by philosopher and psychotherapist Eugene Gendlin, is a structured inner-listening practice that attends to the "felt sense" — a bodily, pre-verbal knowing about a situation. Small clinical studies and therapist-outcome research suggest people who can access the felt sense make more therapeutic progress, though large controlled trials are lacking. The self-inquiry skills Focusing teaches are low-risk and widely applicable.
- What Is Focusing Gendlin
Focusing, developed by philosopher and psychotherapist Eugene Gendlin, is a structured inner-listening practice that attends to the "felt sense" — a bodily, pre-verbal knowing about a situation. Small clinical studies and therapist-outcome research suggest people who can access the felt sense make more therapeutic progress, though large controlled trials are lacking. The self-inquiry skills Focusing teaches are low-risk and widely applicable.
- Focusing And The Felt Sense At Work
Focusing, developed by philosopher and psychotherapist Eugene Gendlin, is a structured inner-listening practice that attends to the "felt sense" — a bodily, pre-verbal knowing about a situation. Small clinical studies and therapist-outcome research suggest people who can access the felt sense make more therapeutic progress, though large controlled trials are lacking. The self-inquiry skills Focusing teaches are low-risk and widely applicable.
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