The Power of Focusing
A Practical Guide to Emotional Self-Healing

Changed my life and how I relate to myself and to meditation. This will save you from your own neuroses, if you can muster up the courage and patience to do this practice. I highly recommend it to everyone. One of the most valuable books I have ever been exposed to.......more

Twenty years ago I learned Focusing at a one-day workshop. I did quite a bit of it for about a year after that. I was amazed at how well it worked just following the simple steps. Most of the time I experienced a shift in the felt sense and did not get anything cognitive in the way of a solution for......more

It is an unconventional type of self-help book. Ann Cornell, based on academic researches made by professor Eugene Gendlin, teaches a set of practical techniques of self-body communication, in which the self will listen and receive the bodies messages it sends through emotions, felt senses and pain.......more

I got hold of this book from digging up from the shelves in one of the remaining thrift stores in Manhattan, and was generally surprised in discovering this. I immediately got interested in reading it, primarily because I got a strong sense it could provide me with a useful set of techniques in conn......more

A long time ago I read "Focusing" by Eugene Gendlin, who came up with this technique. While the technique itself was interesting, I found the book pretty boring. The book by Ann Cornell is a whole lot better and probably the only book you'll need if you want to know about focusing or want to get sta......more