Doorways to the Soul 1 - Jan 2024
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Welcome to Doorways to the Soul

Welcome Video!!
Doorways - Week 00 - Intro reading.pdf
An optional practice before we come together for our first Zoom class
Zoom link for all our classes
Schedule a pre-course Focusing Session with Paula
➡️ Class Roster 💕 for scheduling partnerships.
A note about all written Doorways Materials
A little video history of Gene Gendlin ... the father of Focusing.
How the weeks “open”
Week 1 - The Power of a P.A.U.S.E.

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Never be in a hurry...
Doorways Reading - Week01.pdf
Doorways Cheat Sheet - Week01.pdf
Doorways Video Week 01 - Pausing to come In.mp4
Week 2 - Attend with Affection and Unhurried Wonder

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The human soul doesn't want to be advised, fixed or saved...
Doorways Reading - Week02.pdf
Doorways Reading - Week03.pdf
Doorways Cheat Sheet Week 02.pdf
How to NOT nurture yourself…
Eavesdropping on Soul.mp4
Week 3 - Sense Freshly and Describe

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What will your verse/poem be?
Doorways Reading - Week04.pdf
Sensing Freshly vs Labeling .mp4
BONUS material: A Guided Sensing Freshly and Describing.
Doorways Cheat Sheet Week 04.pdf
DW1 Week 3 Class Recording 01.16.24.mp4
Week 4 - The Emerging Edge

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Doorways Reading - Week05.pdf
Some tips on Companioning
Doorways Liturgy of Grace Week 05.pdf
My hot tub story
Focusing in Everyday Life.pdf
DW1 Wk4 Emerging Edge 01.23.24.mp4
Week 5 - Cultivating your Self@E.A.S.E.

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Embracing our Imperfections - the Antidote to hustle
Doorways Reading - Week06.pdf
Doorways Liturgy of Grace Week 06.pdf
Bonus Video ➡️ Layers of Self.mp4
Bonus Video ➡️ Demo Shakila Emerging Edge.mov
DW 1 Wk 5 - Cultivating our Self@EASE 01.30.24.mp4
Week 6 - The Soul Speaks at the Edge (Felt-Sensing)

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The Felt Sense opens the Door.
Short, Medium and Long Lead-In Template
Doorways Liturgy of Grace Week 07.pdf
Doorways Reading - Week07.pdf
Ann Weiser Cornell Focusing demo we watched in class
DW1 Felt Sensing 02.06.24.mp4
Week 7 - An Unhurried Befriending

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How can you tell if you’re Focusing
Doorways Reading - Week08.pdf
Doorways Liturgy of Grace Week 08.pdf
OPTIONAL: pgg demo of focusing.mp4
DW1 Unhurried Befriending 02.13.24.mp4
Week 8 - The Art of Listening to heart, soul, mind and strength

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Doorways Reading - Week09.pdf
Doorways - 6 Recommendations.pdf
Doorways Liturgy of Grace Week 09.pdf
Take a little listen to Ann talking about "What happens when we close our eyes to Focus?"
How to (belong) be alone by Padraig O' Tuama
DW1 Wk 8 class recording 02.20.24.mp4
Week 9 - The Radical Welcome of Everything

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A lifestyle of invitation to the grace that heals
How NOT to be welcoming
Releasing Blocks to Action
Extra Resource: A Radical Welcome: Focusing with the Part of us that wants to die
Doorways Reading - Week 10.pdf
DW1 Week 9 Radical Welcome 02.27.24.mp4
What’s Next?

What does Doorways 2 involve?
What to do between now and Doorways 2
Affiliate link for some self-study Focusing courses with Ann Weiser Cornell

Week 2 - Attend with Affection and Unhurried Wonder

This section will help us develop a welcoming presence to whatever we're noticing.

6 Lessons