What is a Felt Sense?

[@christahindman5068]

Summary: 1. State your issue. 2. State and invite your issue. Be present with your body sensations. Have patience to wait for a response.

[@karthimk904]

As always clear explanation. Focusing has been the light for my life for over 3 years And I will always be great full for your work ANN

[@annweisercornell2054]

Karthi, thank you so much for commenting! So glad you liked the video... and that Focusing enhances your life!

[@walruspolish]

Thank you, Ann. This video is really helpful in that's it's concise and very grounding. I've also been watching some of Gene's videos on 'the murky edge' and parts of your video here resonate with that one for me. I recently lent one of my clients your book on the power of focusing and they found it very helpful in welcoming a felt-sense, as they were quite stuck in their head at times....I must go back and read it again myself! Even though I've been qualified in focusing for a few years now, there's still always so much more to learn.

[@annweisercornell2054]

Hi Danny - So glad you found this video useful! By the way, as someone working with clients, you'd probably benefit from my book for therapists, Focusing in Clinical Practice. There's even more there about what a felt sense is and how to help a client have one. focusingresources.com/?portfolio=focusing-in-clinical-practice-the-essence-of-change

[@walruspolish]

@@annweisercornell2054 it's sitting proudly on my bookshelf next to my copy of the radical acceptable of everything. I must admit to having not made the time to read it fully in recent years, so I'll make sure I do soon. Your works, along with Neil's, Gene's, and Campbell Purton's formed a very big part of my focusing journey at university and beyond, here in the UK.

[@annweisercornell2054]

@@walruspolish Aha! In the UK they have really GOOD Focusing education! :) When you do revisit that book, Chapters 3 and 4 are the ones on the felt sense... with warm appreciation, Ann

[@walruspolish]

@@annweisercornell2054 thank you for taking the time to reply, Ann. I shall look forward to those chapters with interest. Kind Regards, Danny.

[@trenthogan4212]

So it seems that a felt sense is quite similar to intuition.