Your Body Knows the Answer: Using Your Felt Sense to Solve Problems, Effect Change, and Liberate Creativity

by David I. Rome

A manual for Mindful Focusing—a new integration of Western psychology and Buddhist mindfulness techniques for accessing your inherent wisdom and solving life ’ s problems

Ever come up against one of those moments when life requires a response—and you feel clueless? We all have. But there’s good you have all the wisdom you need to respond to any situation, even the “impossible” ones. It’s a matter of tuning in to your felt that subtle physical sensation that lives somewhere between your conscious and subconscious mind and that can be accessed through Focusing—the well-known method developed by the psychologist Eugene Gendlin.
 
David Rome’s technique of Mindful Focusing unites Gendlin’s method with Buddhist mindfulness practices to provide a wonderfully effective method for accessing your felt sense—so you can problem solve, deal with challenges, and respond honestly and creatively to the world around you.

Genres: Psychology, Self Help, Nonfiction, Meditation

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 7, 2014

Reviews

[Terri]

Ever leave the house feeling that you've forgotten something important? That's your body talking to you. Learning to tap into that felt sense provides great information that you can use to move forward in your life. David's book is a field guide to Focusing and your felt sense. The easy exercises show you how. I've been using Focusing as a decision making tool and creativity charger for several months now. It has changed my life for the better.

[RK Byers]

said something of value every few pages or so.

[Andrzej Dobrucki]

Nice overview + evolution of base Focusing techniques as developed by Eugene Gendlin. Very hard to implement though.

[Patrick Hanlon]

The first half of the book is hard to get into with its emphasis on tasks and exercises but from the Interlude on, it becomes a more interesting read with more profound insights.

[Gwen]

I'm holding off on an opinion until I've let it incubate a while.

[Lisa Hutchison]

A valuable resource to add to my mindfulness skills. I enjoyed the exercises to connect within.

[Pauli]

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