Level One Focusing Training
If you’re ready to take a course to learn Focusing in a supported way, this is the place to start.
Since 1992 we’ve been creating quiet miracles by teaching people the Inner Relationship Focusing process and we’d like to include you in that, by inviting you to take Level One Focusing, the first course in our Focusing Training Program.
Since we now teach the Focusing Training Program by phone seminar, you don’t have to leave the comfort of your home or office in order to take courses that used to be offered only in a few locations in the world.
Our Schedule
Here are the Level One courses we have currently scheduled. We typically offer the Level One course eight times a year. Three of those are especially for Healing Professionals, and the rest of them anyone can join. We offer courses on different times and days to make them more accessible to more people.
Taught by Lucinda Hayden. Telephone Class.
Taught by Francesca Castaldi. In-Person Class in Oakland, CA.
Taught by Lucinda Hayden. Telephone Class.
Taught by Lucinda Hayden. Telephone Class.
Taught by Lucinda Hayden. Telephone Class.
Taught by Lucinda Hayden. Telephone Class.
What will you receive from taking the IR Focusing Training Program?
- a practical, step-by-step method for starting with any problem or stuck situation and finding relief, insight, and new steps of action, so you feel bigger than your problems and in control of your life
- a revolutionary way to access your body’s wisdom – so you can get in touch with rich information about your life and your life’s direction that you already know without knowing you know
- a simple but powerful listening process that lets you be supportive of other people – and yourself – in ways that are literally the opposite of interfering and giving advice, so your relationships open up
- a structured plan for moving forward and taking the lessons beyond the course into your daily life so you feel empowered to take your life into the areas you’ve always dreamed of
This is more than just help with one problem. (If that’s all you want, one-to-one sessions would be a better choice for you.) This is learning a process that you can use with any problem or issue, now or in the future, for the rest of your life.
A Not-Very-Well-Kept Secret: As you’ve long suspected, it’s not really about getting past problems. It’s really about how it feels to be you, living your life, moment by moment. Imagine the possibility that life could feel wonderful – a steady feeling of ease, aliveness, spaciousness… that it feels good to be you. Wouldn’t that be great?
Read what Jill said about how IR Focusing training has changed her life:
“I used to experience painful depressions that I felt I had little control over. I haven't experienced depression since learning Focusing.
“I had trouble handling disagreement and differences of opinion. I listen to others with greater caring now, and am enjoying all my relationships more.
“Before Focusing, my husband and I often had painful, confusing conflict. My marriage is now the joy that I want it to be.
“It used to be hard for me to know what I was feeling, because there was so much I was on the verge of knowing about myself that I was afraid to know. Now, I can turn toward all that. I have the ability to notice feelings of all kinds, and relate to them in a friendly way that helps them relax and reveal what is important in them.
“I often experienced emotions that would escalate and ‘take over.’ I was easily hurt and upset, and these feelings would last for days or weeks. Now I can pause, notice an inner reaction to some situation, and take good care of my emotions so they don't have to escalate to get my attention.
“Other people used to see me as volatile, moody, blowing hot and cold. Now, people see me as calm and even-keeled. And in a surprising way, I am more expressive as well.
“I used to be very hard on myself, believing I had to be perfect, and berating myself for my failures. I now have a much more compassionate relationship with myself, owning (and cherishing) my own humanness and imperfectness.
“Fears of not measuring up kept me from doing many things that expressed my values and interests. I am now moving forward in some important areas. Without forcing myself, I am taking steps that feel right.
“At one point in my life, I truly thought there was something essentially defective about me. Now I feel so......well, human. And joined in that humanity by everyone else.”
–Jill Drummond, Manalapan, New Jersey
What the class actually includes:
- Five two-and-a-half-hour meetings for a total of 12.5 hours of class time.
- One individual Focusing session (50 minutes) with the course instructor. (Value: $160.) Information on scheduling your individual session will be provided in your confirmation letter.
- 1/2 hour chat with Ann Weiser Cornell at the end of your last class - an opportunity to meet Ann and ask questions about Focusing.
- Your own copy of The Focusing Student’s and Companion’s Manual (value: $25) mailed to you in time for the start of class, and also available by download if you register late or live far away. (And it will still come in the mail.)
- Unique “crib cards” for every paired class exercise so you know exactly what to do to make the exercises most effective for yourself and your partner. (We innovated these crib cards and they really work.)
- A “seating chart” with photos of the teacher, the assistants, and your fellow students so you can connect names with faces and you’re not just hearing voices in the dark. (We’ll ask you to send your own photo and we’ll help you do that if you’re not sure how.)
- Access to recordings of every class – as mp3 downloads – usually by the next day and up to 30 days after the end of the class, so you’ll be able to listen again to anything you want to hear twice – or over and over again.
- A private web page where you can access homework, recordings, and other important class information from any web browser.
- A complimentary one-year electronic subscription to The Focusing Connection. That's right - 6 exciting issues full of practical articles designed to support integrating Focusing into your life.
- Email and/or phone support from the teacher and the class assistants if you have questions between the class meetings or need extra help.
The Fee
The cost of the Level One Focusing course is $375 until 2 days before the course begins (then the fee goes up to $425). Class tuition is refundable up to 5 days before the start of class, minus a $35 processing fee; or, you can opt for a credit for the full amount to put towards a future class. Please note: $95 of your payment covers the cost of your session with Lucinda and will be refundable up to 5 days before the start of class, if you have not yet had an appointment with Lucinda.
(Please note, the phone number to dial in for class is a California number, so depending on your phone plan, there may be long-distance charges to factor in as part of your overall class cost.)
You may also want to read about Levels Two through Four of the Focusing Training Program.