Body Focus
Using the powerful practice of Body Focus, I will help you listen to your body sensations and allow them to guide you in finding peace with any emotional baggage you may be carrying. Let your subconscious mind communicate with your conscious mind by deliberately connecting with the felt sense in your body. It will bring you exactly where you need to go in order to release tensions and traumas.
Body Focus is a transformative practice that dives into the depth of your bodily sensations, which are forming the mouthpiece of your subconscious mind, the place where real healing can happen. Originally called Focusing, the technique is developed by psychotherapist Eugene Gendlin.
What other people say
Without expectation, I began with the session. The goal was for me to process my mom's loss a little easier. Her goodbye came quite suddenly.
I was lying down, and Chris—in a very calm voice—made me come more and more into my body through scanning all the sensations in my body. Even in my yoga classes, I have never been able to relax so well.
I felt a complete flow, a feeling I would rather not get out of right away. He guided me further by totally accepting everything I felt. After the session, I was allowed to put my findings on paper. I felt totally free to draw, something I am normally always inhibited about. It was a session I look back on with a smile for a long time to come. Thank you Chris!
Chris took me through a long, deeply concentrated session of focusing. His calm voice guided me through the inner route I was taking and the images that appeared to me. After a body check, the shapes, colors and figures that emerged were named and shone upon. As Chris kept repeating my words, I felt understood. He took his time, making room for what came. Afterwards, I put the images on paper and we shared our experiences. For me a good exercise to detach myself from interpretations and analyses. In this, what is there and what emerges is all that matters. The session was like an embrace to myself.
What is 'Body Focus' or Focusing?
Focusing is a psychotherapeutic technique, introduced in the 1960s, categorized under experiential and humanistic psychotherapy, with an emphasis on the importance of bodily awareness in the therapeutic process. A core idea in focusing is the "felt sense," which refers to a pre-verbal, bodily awareness of a situation, issue, or concern. This felt sense is often vague and hard to describe initially but holds significant meaning. The focusing process involves bringing attention to this felt sense and staying with it in a non-judgmental way, allowing it to develop and unfold. As one stays with the felt sense, new insights, words, or images often emerge, leading to a deeper understanding or resolution of the issue. The technique is used in various contexts, including psychotherapy, personal growth, and mindfulness practices. It's a way of accessing deeper wisdom that might be obscured by habitual thinking or surface-level emotions.
About me
My name is Chris.
2020: my nomadic existence brings me into contact with the metaphysical world for the first time during a stay in India. Many life lessons later, through many different wise people, in many different places, I have gathered enough knowledge to help you help yourself.
I learned the practice of focusing—which I renamed body focus—during a twelve-day inner child healing retreat in Dahab, Sinai (Egypt), from a bright-spirited woman who called herself Momo and by now has passed away—may her soul be at peace.
