http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2007/02/05/repeat-after-me-i-am-not-this-illness/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:16:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2007/02/05/repeat-after-me-i-am-not-this-illness/#comment-63 Rosalind Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:26:55 +0000 http://keepworkinggirlfriend.com/2007/02/05/repeat-after-me-i-am-not-this-illness/#comment-63 Diana, I don't consider myself an expert in Focusing (http://www.focusingresources.com/index.html) so it's difficult for me to answer this as fully as I'd like. According to Ann Weiser Corrnell, in her book, The Power of Focusing, nothing is forced in Focusing. From my own experience, it's a wonderful vehicle for exploring the same topic over and over again. By the way, there is a free phone seminar on Focusing on Pain (http://www.focusingresources.com/workshops/freeseminars.html) that Ann will be giving in April. Warmly, Rosalind Diana, I don’t consider myself an expert in Focusing (http://www.focusingresources.com/index.html) so it’s difficult for me to answer this as fully as I’d like. According to Ann Weiser Corrnell, in her book, The Power of Focusing, nothing is forced in Focusing. From my own experience, it’s a wonderful vehicle for exploring the same topic over and over again. By the way, there is a free phone seminar on Focusing on Pain (http://www.focusingresources.com/workshops/freeseminars.html) that Ann will be giving in April.
Warmly, Rosalind

]]> http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2007/02/05/repeat-after-me-i-am-not-this-illness/#comment-61 Diana Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:03:51 +0000 http://keepworkinggirlfriend.com/2007/02/05/repeat-after-me-i-am-not-this-illness/#comment-61 Dear Rosalind, Thank you very much for sharing this. The distinction between determining the cause of a discomfort and embracing the experience is important. You have been helping me with Focusing, and your guidance today brought this messaqge home. For the first time I can remember, I wasn't fretting about what was going on. I let go to what my body was telling me, and simply listening brought a calm to my entire day. I was able to work and be productive, which hasn't been easy lately. And even now, late at night, I was able to shunt a panic attack that has been keeping me awake by returning to this calm. Would you please explain more about the application of focusing to issues related to our illnesses? In addition to using focusing to check in, as you described, do people also use it through a series of sessions to follow a particular thread or idea, or is this too forced and, instead, should each session be directed purely by what our bodies are telling us? Diana Dear Rosalind,
Thank you very much for sharing this. The distinction between determining the cause of a discomfort and embracing the experience is important. You have been helping me with Focusing, and your guidance today brought this messaqge home. For the first time I can remember, I wasn’t fretting about what was going on. I let go to what my body was telling me, and simply listening brought a calm to my entire day. I was able to work and be productive, which hasn’t been easy lately. And even now, late at night, I was able to shunt a panic attack that has been keeping me awake by returning to this calm.
Would you please explain more about the application of focusing to issues related to our illnesses? In addition to using focusing to check in, as you described, do people also use it through a series of sessions to follow a particular thread or idea, or is this too forced and, instead, should each session be directed purely by what our bodies are telling us?
Diana

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