Prayer Oriented Focusing (POF) opens new pathways into what we call ‘prayer consciousness’ as well as novel insights into the focusing process; insights that emerged from Gendlin’s philosophy and - to our surprise - from his interest during his final years with the connection between human beings and what he termed The Larger System.
The aim of Prayer Oriented Focusing (POF) is to support the Focuser’s essential life processes, and to reformulate and refresh pathways into the intimate experience of being in the world.
Presented by The International Focusing Institute - Dana Ganihar and Baruch Brenner
Prayer Oriented Focusing - (POF) opens new pathways into what we call ‘prayer consciousness’ as well as novel insights into the Focusing process; insights that emerged from Gendlin’s philosophy and - to our surprise - from his interest during his final years with the connection between human beings and what he termed The Larger System.
The aim of Prayer Oriented Focusing (POF) is to support the Focuser’s essential life processes, and to reformulate and refresh pathways into the intimate experience of being in the world.
POF practices enable not only the creation of a clearer perception of life situations, but invites humans to become co-creators in the on-going process of being-in-creation.
In a way, Prayer Oriented Focusing is not a new system. We could say that POF takes Gendlin’s philosophy and the Focusing steps towards a possible living edge.
POF invites us to open up the ancient and enigmatic word ‘prayer’ and its breathtaking potential in novel terms, as well as to open the Focusing process to new possibilities.
In this workshop we will:
Explore core ideas in the approach
Practice basic movements of POF
Share details concerning upcoming learning opportunities
Open space for questions and discussion
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Dana Ganihar M.Sc, is a Coordinator and a Certified Focusing Professional living in Israel and teaching Focusing and the Philosophy of the Implicit for 15 years. She has also been developing and teaching for many years ‘Felt reading’ of A Process Model, the seminal book of philosopher and psychologist Eugene Gendlin. Dana is an Adjacent Lecturer in the Architecture Department of the Technion, Israeli Institute of Technology, where she teaches TAE and a course on “Focusing in the Design Studio”. She also teaches TAE as an interdisciplinary course, in the Academic and Technology College of Tel-Hai.
Baruch Brenner, Artist, theater director, actor, singer, facilitator of creative processes and rabbi. Baruch is a certified Focusing trainer. Baruch was for three years a research fellow in Italy at the Work Center Jerzy Grotowski. Baruch ran the Center for Research and Creativity for about 20 years, including 4 years at the Vertigo Cultural Laboratory in the Ecological Art Village. Over the years, Brenner has directed and performed in many productions in theater, film and various musical ensembles and won the Margalit Award, the FIFA Award 2009 and the Minister of Education Award.
Sunday, March 6, 2022 9:30am - 11:00am PST
Location: Online (Zoom)
Cost: $35 Members, $45 Non-Members
Registration info: Contact The International Focusing Institute with any questions: Phone: (845) 480-5111 Email: elizabeth@focusing.org
https://focusing.org/event/pof-prayer-oriented-focusing-workshop
