The Connection Between Wholebody Focusing and Gendlin’s Theories
We have a new series of videos that provide insights into Wholebody Focusing through a Heartfelt Conversation between Addie van der Kooy and Kevin McEvenue. Their purpose is to deepen their understanding of how Gene Gendlin’s theories, the founder of Focusing, remain relevant to Wholebody. They also explore a new edge in Addie van der Kooy’s work, deepening our understanding of the power of Wholebody focusing, which draws on his experience working with clients and his own transformation using WBF.
Benefits of connecting WholeBody with Gendlin
The first benefit of watching this video is that it is a great pleasure to observe these long-time collaborators and friends approach the topic as a Heartfelt Conversation. What comes is from a state of grounded presence. One can watch a heartfelt conversation in action and sense its results.
The second benefit is to hear anew how essential the foundation of Gendlin’s work is to Wholebody Focusing. Addie directs us to connect with some aspects of Gendlin’s proposals in our WBF practice. He also points us to the simplicity and precision of the six core Focusing movements that Gendlin introduces in his book Focusing. He was particularly sensing into Finding a Handle and Resonating the Handle with the Felt Sense.
In future videos, we will present how those foundational concepts are part and parcel to how Kevin McEvenue’s Wholebody Focusing developed to include the role of the bodily felt sense in a new way.
This post includes the video of this conversation. It also includes the video transcript, so those who speak other languages can use the translation app attached to this blog to translate the video content. Transcript of Van der Kooy, McEvenue, and Gendlin
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