My TAE classes are designed to familiarize you with the TAE process so that you can use it on your own or with a partner. In between each class, you will have Focusing partnerships with other class members. Here’s a description of what happens in each TAE class.
Deep transformational processes start to unfold as a result of Thinking at the Edge. This year-long class is designed to allow those changes to develop fully within a supportive group.
Listening in a Focusing way Listening in a Focusing Way will take place on Tuesdays, November 1 through December 13 from 1 to 3 p.m. Eastern (seven 2-hour sessions). Mentor: Beatrice Blake, a Certifying Coordinator with The International Focusing Institute (TIFI). Prerequisites: Focusing Level One or at least three Focusing sessions with a certified Focusing trainer. To […]
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Carrying forward is an interactive process that can be blocked by conventional cultural notions. Pre-existing forms do not recognize the body’s capacity to make meaning. The body’s meaning-making process always wants to go further toward life. But this can only be seen by looking back on the progression of change-steps.
In Focusing partnership, the Listener doesn’t have to understand the details, the “story”, or the context behind the Focuser’s expressions. The Listener relaxes into knowing that the felt sense is leading the Focuser along the road to truth.
https://possibility-space.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/listening_partnership-1.jpg474667Beatrice Blakehttps://possibility-space.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/possibility-space-logo.pngBeatrice Blake2021-08-02 17:52:462021-08-04 09:19:47It’s not true that there is no truth. Focusing partnership demonstrates why.
A Process Model can show us how to describe Focusing in a new way. All Focusers have the same problem: how to communicate what Focusing is. We can say “Focusing accesses the wisdom of the body.” Or “Focusing is a way of getting to know how you really feel.” If you have done Focusing, I’m […]
https://possibility-space.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Koto-in.garden-1.jpeg6281193Beatrice Blakehttps://possibility-space.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/possibility-space-logo.pngBeatrice Blake2021-07-26 15:56:352021-08-29 11:54:29A Process Model: Focusing is En #3
People all over the world need mental healthcare and it is not available. The conversation about how to fill that need often ends with “We can’t possibly pay for it.” This is because the current treatment model relies on professionals with extensive training in mental health diagnostics and treatment. Focusing Trainers can address this need.
The “kindness” fostered by Thinking at the Edge I recently attended the Gendlin Center’s online symposium, Saying What We Mean. At the gathering, the Embodied Critical Thinking project (ECT) demonstrated how they create an environment in which meaning can be expressed and grow. The group uses Thinking at the Edge (TAE) as one of their tools. […]
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Thinking at the Edge (TAE) empowers us because it shows us how to think and speak from what we know from living. Teaching TAE brings me joy and faith in the future of humanity. I love to see the smiles on my student’s faces as they discover their own ability to generate ideas from their experience.
In this article, first I’ll lay out the problems with the common concept of what thinking is, then I’ll attempt to explain the new way of thinking that happens in Thinking at the Edge and give some examples. Next, I’ll show how Gendlin’s Philosophy of the Implicit takes us beyond the helplessness and despair of Postmodern philosophical theories that deny that we can say what we mean. After that, I’ll give an example of how Thinking at the Edge has empowered me. Finally, I’ll give you a short guide on how to practice TAE for yourself.
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What happens in TAE?
My TAE classes are designed to familiarize you with the TAE process so that you can use it on your own or with a partner. In between each class, you will have Focusing partnerships with other class members. Here’s a description of what happens in each TAE class.
TAE Steps 1-14: A Deepening
Deep transformational processes start to unfold as a result of Thinking at the Edge. This year-long class is designed to allow those changes to develop fully within a supportive group.
Listening in a Focusing way
Listening in a Focusing way Listening in a Focusing Way will take place on Tuesdays, November 1 through December 13 from 1 to 3 p.m. Eastern (seven 2-hour sessions). Mentor: Beatrice Blake, a Certifying Coordinator with The International Focusing Institute (TIFI). Prerequisites: Focusing Level One or at least three Focusing sessions with a certified Focusing trainer. To […]
Spacious listening encourages new ideas
Carrying forward is an interactive process that can be blocked by conventional cultural notions. Pre-existing forms do not recognize the body’s capacity to make meaning. The body’s meaning-making process always wants to go further toward life. But this can only be seen by looking back on the progression of change-steps.
It’s not true that there is no truth. Focusing partnership demonstrates why.
In Focusing partnership, the Listener doesn’t have to understand the details, the “story”, or the context behind the Focuser’s expressions. The Listener relaxes into knowing that the felt sense is leading the Focuser along the road to truth.
A Process Model: Focusing is En #3
A Process Model can show us how to describe Focusing in a new way. All Focusers have the same problem: how to communicate what Focusing is. We can say “Focusing accesses the wisdom of the body.” Or “Focusing is a way of getting to know how you really feel.” If you have done Focusing, I’m […]
Focusing addresses mental healthcare crisis
People all over the world need mental healthcare and it is not available. The conversation about how to fill that need often ends with “We can’t possibly pay for it.” This is because the current treatment model relies on professionals with extensive training in mental health diagnostics and treatment. Focusing Trainers can address this need.
The kindness of Thinking at the Edge
The “kindness” fostered by Thinking at the Edge I recently attended the Gendlin Center’s online symposium, Saying What We Mean. At the gathering, the Embodied Critical Thinking project (ECT) demonstrated how they create an environment in which meaning can be expressed and grow. The group uses Thinking at the Edge (TAE) as one of their tools. […]
Thinking at the Edge empowers us
Thinking at the Edge (TAE) empowers us because it shows us how to think and speak from what we know from living. Teaching TAE brings me joy and faith in the future of humanity. I love to see the smiles on my student’s faces as they discover their own ability to generate ideas from their experience.
In this article, first I’ll lay out the problems with the common concept of what thinking is, then I’ll attempt to explain the new way of thinking that happens in Thinking at the Edge and give some examples. Next, I’ll show how Gendlin’s Philosophy of the Implicit takes us beyond the helplessness and despair of Postmodern philosophical theories that deny that we can say what we mean. After that, I’ll give an example of how Thinking at the Edge has empowered me. Finally, I’ll give you a short guide on how to practice TAE for yourself.