{"id":472,"date":"2009-02-17T00:15:27","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T04:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/?p=472"},"modified":"2009-02-17T00:15:27","modified_gmt":"2009-02-17T04:15:27","slug":"intuitive-focusing-cat-doing-focusing-sitting-with-the-intuitive-feel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/intuitive-focusing-cat-doing-focusing-sitting-with-the-intuitive-feel\/","title":{"rendered":"INTUITIVE FOCUSING: CAT DOING FOCUSING = &#8220;SITTING WITH&#8221; THE &#8220;INTUITIVE FEEL&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-472 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/intuitive-focusing-cat-doing-focusing-sitting-with-the-intuitive-feel\/p1010002_resize\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/p1010002_resize-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-473\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-473'>\n\t\t\t\tCat Noticing need for &#8220;Focusing&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/intuitive-focusing-cat-doing-focusing-sitting-with-the-intuitive-feel\/p1010003_resize\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/p1010003_resize-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-474\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-474'>\n\t\t\t\tCat &#8220;sitting with&#8221; the &#8220;felt sense&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/intuitive-focusing-cat-doing-focusing-sitting-with-the-intuitive-feel\/p1010004_2_resize1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/p1010004_2_resize1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-477\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-477'>\n\t\t\t\tCat experiences &#8220;felt shift&#8221; and action steps\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>In <a title=\"Intuitive Focusing described at CEF website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/coreconcepts\/1a1.php\">Intuitive Focusing,<\/a>\u00a0 <a title=\"Focusing Intuitivo en espanol\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/pdf\/1a1spanish.pdf\">Focusing Intuitivo: Destreza Basica<\/a>, we notice &#8220;something inside that is more than words,&#8217; an &#8220;intuitive feel.&#8221; we decide to pause, sit quietly, pay attention to the &#8220;felt sense&#8221; inside, looking for words or images or gestures that can capture this &#8220;something more than words.&#8221; When we find the &#8220;just right&#8221; words or images, the &#8220;felt sense&#8221; opens, shifts, carries forward, and new possibilities, solutions, ideas, action steps emerge.<\/div>\n<div>Seems to me that cats live in this Focusing way, always aware of their &#8220;bodily felt sense,&#8221; never letting blockages stop their freedom of movement. Hence, the &#8220;cat Focusing&#8221; metaphor.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>CREATIVE EDGE FOCUSING(tm): \u00a0SELF-HELP SKILLS FOR HOME AND WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Free Downloads:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-153\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=153\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\"><strong>Instant \u201cAhah!\u201d Mini-Manual<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/complete-focusing-instructions-manual.doc\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\"><strong>Complete Focusing Instructions Manual (17 pages)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/mini_manual_-_finished_6-7-07-for-pdf.doc\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\"><strong>\u201cAjas\u201d Instantaneos Mini-Manual<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Creative Edge Focusing (<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\"><strong>www.cefocusing.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> )<\/strong> teaches two basic self-help skills, <a title=\"Intuitive Focusing Instructions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/coreconcepts\/1a1.php\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\">Intuitive Focusing<\/span><\/a> and <a title=\"Focused Listening instructions at CEF website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cefocusing.com\/coreconcepts\/1a2.php\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\">Focused Listening<\/span><\/a>, which can be applied at home and at work through <a title=\"Creative Edge Pyramid described at CEF website\" href=\"http:\/\/cefocusing.com\/coreconcepts\/1a4.php\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\">The Creative Edge Focusing Pyramid<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Based upon Gendlin\u2019s Experiential Focusing (<\/strong><a onclick=\"urchinTracker ('\/outbound\/article\/www.focusing.org');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.focusing.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #b85b5a;\"><strong>www.focusing.org<\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong> )\u00a0and Rogers\u2019 Empathic Listening,<\/strong> our website is packed with Free Resources and instructions in these basic self-help skills. 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