Body Mind Based Therapy

08/05/2025

Focusing Workshop in Tokyo, Taibo University

🌿 I’m grateful for the opportunity to facilitate a workshop on Focusing, Embodiment, and Dance with the Japanese Focusing Community.
I was moved by how many people joined - the room was full of energy, curiosity, and openness. It was a truly enriching experience to share this embodied approach with such a receptive and thoughtful group.
A heartfelt thank you to my colleagues in Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy and Psychology:
💫 Yoshiko, for her generous and skilled translation, and
💫 Yasushi, for hosting the workshop at the university where he teaches Psychology.
Workshops like this remind me how deeply healing and connecting it can be to move, feel, and reflect together, across cultures.
タイトル：音楽・動き・フォーカシングを活用した体験型ワークショップ
サブタイトル：身体・声・五感・想像力を活かして、自分自身やグループ、空間とのつながりを創造する
講師：アニエス・ウィンドラム先生
日時：2025年7月26日（土）14:30−17:00
場所：大正大学
持ち物等：動きやすい服装でお越しください。上履きや動きやすい靴、汚れてもいい靴下などがあれば
お持ちください。
音楽とフォーカシングを組み合わせた、対面での体験型ワークショップを実施します。私は、動きと
音楽をフォーカシングの手法を用いて組み合わせ、「フェルトセンス」と参加者同士のつながりを探求
することを目的とそた様々な活動を計画しています。これらは、身体、声、五感、想像力を活かし、自
分自身、グループ、空間とのつながりを築くことを基盤とした活動です。言語の壁を軽減するため、シ
ンプルで短い教示を考えています。
（簡易的な通訳が参加し、AI通訳機能等のトライアル利用も計画しています）





#異文化対話
#フォーカシングセラピー
#ソマティックセラピー #心と体のつながり
#表現アートセラピー
#心理療法
#身体性 #表現アートセラピー #心と体のつながり #心理療法 #フォーカシングセラピー

03/25/2023

A Conversation in Spanish on PROTECTING MIDDLE SCHOOLERS' MENTAL HEALTH
Tune in on Sunday March 26th at 3:00pm EST/12:00pm PST on Vme TV for an exclusive broadcast event:
Un Cafecito Sin Nervios, A Conversation on Protecting Our Middle Schoolers’ Mental Health
An encore presentation will air again at 12:00am midnight EST/9:00pm PST
Join us for a discussion about our children’s emotional well-being with:
- Maria Cardona, Latinovations/DSG and CNN Commentator
- Alma Lopez, 2022 Counselor of the Year, American School Counselor Association
​- Amy Hinojosa, MANA National, A National Latina Organization
-Nicolás Peña, Hispanic Heritage Foundation

03/03/2023

FIVE FREEDOMS
https://on.soundcloud.com/x36TJ
Here is Virginia Satir in Gujarati, one of the many languages spoken in India. Enjoy the beauty of the language, and words if you have the chance to undertsand Gujarati!
Here the original text in English
The Freedom to see and hear what is here,
instead of what should be, was, or will be.
The Freedom to say what you feel and think,
instead of what you should.
The Freedom to feel what you feel,
instead of what you ought.
The Freedom to ask for what you want,
instead of always waiting for permission.
The Freedom to take risks in your own behalf,
instead of choosing to be only "secure and not rocking the boat".

http://www.virginiasatirinstitute.org/ http://www.bodymindbasedtherapy.com/ https://www.agneswindram.com/ https://www.institutovirginiasatir.org/

12/24/2022

In celebration of the new year, our Sunday support groups at 9:00 AM on December 25th and January 1st will be dedicated toward a theme of mindfulness. This group will take place virtually via Zoom, using the same Zoom information as our typical groups. Link to register: https://bit.ly/3yIEd4n
Anyone who has registered for a virtual group for individuals struggling with an eating disorder is welcome. No need to register again!

11/29/2022

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=5683341381747581&id=155797157835392

Just a few of the 100s of intersections in our lives:

10/05/2022

In some traditional cultures, people talk about the four rivers of life and attending to them in order to honor them all our life long.
How aware are you of the Four Rivers? Maybe you could ask yourself the following:
1. Can I still be inspired by people and life experiences?
2. Am I still able to grow and be open to new possibilities?
3. Am I still able to be surprised and be delighted with curiosity?
4. Can I still be deeply touched and moved by life (nature, people)?

09/13/2022

TRAUMA & RECOVERY: THE POWER OF INTERACTIONS & CONNECTIONS ON THE ROAD TO HEALING
I listened to the podcast MHPN Book Club: Witnessing and remembering trauma with Judith Herman’s ‘Trauma and Recovery’ . It reminded me how powerful this book is and how thirty years after having been published it is still a keystone for understanding trauma and recovery. I would like to share these lines from Judith Herman’s book that had strongly resonated inside me and then ask you, in a Focusing way, a few questions about your body sense of her writing.
MHPN podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/5D0JjNNLGOYz28TDqHecii?si=d97e0d2c1f5f4891&nd=1
J. Herman's video at Berkley University https://conversations.berkeley.edu/herman_2000

08/29/2022

THINGS THAT CO-EXIST, INFORM & NURTURE EACH OTHER
This post from the Mental Health Resources website reminds me a lot of Focusing as well as Daosim and QiQong philosophy.
I find that it is a good reminder of the intricacy and complexity of life. It might also open the doors ( and windows!) to more flexibility and congruency.