{"id":693,"date":"2019-10-24T10:52:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T08:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/closecollaboration.utu.fi\/?p=693"},"modified":"2019-10-24T10:52:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T08:52:21","slug":"clearing-a-space-instruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/closecollaboration.utu.fi\/eng\/2019\/10\/24\/clearing-a-space-instruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Appendix 4: Clearing A Space Instruction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t

Modified*, ** by Zack Boukydis, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Turn your attention to the CENTER OF YOUR BODY (where you tend to feel things\/experiences).<\/li>\n
  2. Ask yourself, “HOW AM I RIGHT NOW?” (Do not answer right away; just notice how you are, there {in the center of your body} for 15-30 seconds). There may be a word, words or an image which arise as you are paying attention.<\/li>\n
  3. Now ask “IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE WAY OF FEELING OK, RIGHT NOW?” Don’t answer quickly, — let what comes in your body do the answering. Don\u2019t answer quickly from your head. Wait for a FELT SENSE (in your body) of a concern (or concerns) to form.<\/li>\n
  4. If there is a concern, (or concerns) Find A WORD, PHRASE, OR IMAGE that resonates with the quality of how the concern feels in your body.<\/li>\n
  5. Imagine putting each concern \u2018OUT OF YOUR BODY\u2019 , i.e. up on a shelf in front of you. [the concern doesn\u2019t disappear, but it is not \u2018in the center of your body\u2019]<\/li>\n
  6. REPEAT steps 3-5 again until each concern has been placed outside your body.<\/li>\n
  7. Now ask, \u201cExcept for these concerns, CAN I NOW FEEL OK? (FINE, WELL)<\/li>\n
  8. If you are able to feel ok (or fine, well), NOTICE HOW THE \u2018OK\u2019 FEELS. Just stay with the feel of \u2018ok\u2019 there in your body. There may be a word, phrase, or image for this \u2018ok-ness\u2019. Repeat (or resonate) the word, or phrase and see how it relates to your body felt sense of \u2018OK\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    *Focusing. Eugene Gendlin (2007) New York: Bantam Books<\/em><\/p>\n

    ** Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy Eugene Gendlin (1996) New York: Guilford Press<\/em><\/p>\n

    \n\t\tNotes\n\t<\/h3>\n\t