Introducing our brand new IFN Focusing workshops! As part of your Irish Focusing membership you now get to avail of the opportunity to register and attend our latest in a series of online Zoom workshops! This is a new initiative untaken by the Irish Focusing Network Committee to support our members and also support the network. There is a small fee of €10 that is divided between the host and the network. Our workshops plan to be on Tuesday evenings between 7.30 and 9pm but this may vary depending on the availablity of the hosts and other events which may conflict with the schedule. You will need to be a member to register for these workshops.
We began with a very successful workshop on Moving Forward with the Enneagram with Therese Ryan last month. We already have 2 very exciting workshops planned for Autumn and Winter. With Rene Veugelers and Harriet Teeuw giving an 'Introduction to Children's Focusing Workshop' in October and Denise Durocher and Reenie Beunting giving a workshop in December on 'Creative Spirit Focusing'. We are very excited for both of these and more details will follow shortly.
In the meantime, please read this review of our latest workshop from Marian Neary Burke, who we are very grateful to for taking the time to write this.
Enneagram - Moving Forward with the Enneagram Workshop
After her informative presentation at our in-person meeting, Therese agreed to do a follow up on Zoom. For €10 (some of which went back to the Network) we had a wonderful hour and a half of Focusing with the Enneagram. We worked on the wings and the arrows. The wings are the numbers either side of the number we recognise as our personality type and the arrows are the numbers to which we move for growth.
Therese herself agreed it is hard to decide how much information to impart in a work shop (as she likes to share as much as she can). Some would have liked more time to Focus, so Therese agreed the next time she would have less content and more time for Focusing.
Despite the time limit, it was an excellent workshop, very clearly explained. Therese cleverly selected words, to describe the personality of each number. (For example, responsible, trustworthy, energetic, empathetic etc) Having Focused with the words, we chose one that resonated with us (From our wing and arrow number). This was a very simple, useful way to show us what we need to do for our growth work. I love the Enneagram as every time I attend a workshop, I learn more about myself and my relationship with others.
Marian Neary Burke
