It’s amazing what a single donation and three months in Pakistan can accomplish! Pat Omidian has made many trips to Pakistan on behalf of Focusing Initiatives International (FII).   Her last one, for three months in early 2017, was made possible by a grant from a […]

As a kid I loved watching the TV show Bewitched. The protagonist, Samantha, would wrinkle her nose to make life magically happen the way she wanted.  I used to wish I could have access to magic just by doing something as simple as wrinkling my […]

You know how important it is to take care of yourself while taking care of others.  You have heard the flight attendant say: “put on your own oxygen mask before helping others.” Those of us committed to making the world a more connected, peaceful place […]

The opening paragraph from the ninth chapter of Dr. Janet Klein’s first volume, on “The Process”. Experiential Learning As a teacher, by my students I’ve been taught- I was teaching a two-day workshop, the second of four two-day workshops designed to advance people to the level […]

Pat Omidian spent about 20 minutes with one woman, showing her the Guesthouse poem (translated into Urdu) and having her say As-salamu’alaikum (saying hello–literally offering the wish for peace) to her inner guests. The woman came away amazed and told everyone in the household about […]

The opening paragraph from the eighth chapter of Dr. Janet Klein’s first volume, on “The Process”. Teaching Interactive Focusing In-the-Moment of the Experience Interactive Focusing is intended to allow you to access your truth through the bodysense, and it gives you a way to share it […]