Clearing A Space Protocol

Clearing A Space Protocol
The First Step of Focusing
as developed by Eugene T. Gendlin, Ph.D., author of Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy

Put your attention in the torso area of your body. Ask yourself, "HOW AM I RIGHT NOW?" or "WHAT'S IN THE WAY OF FEELING FINE?" Don't answer, but let what comes in your body do the answering. Wait for a FELT SENSE of a concern to form.
Find a HANDLE for the FELT SENSE - a word, phrase, or image that captures the quality of how the concern feels in your body.
RESONATE - say the HANDLE to yourself and check to see if it fits the felt sense exactly.
Give this concern your accepting attention for a few moments, but then put it aside for awhile by imaging placing the FELT SENSE outside your body in a safe place.
REPEAT steps 1, 2, 3 and 4 again until each concern that your body is carrying in this moment has been placed outside your body.
Now bring your attention back inside your body and experience a FELT SENSE of feeling all fine, a CLEARED space that opens up to you.
WELCOME this place, find a HANDLE for this space, RESONATE, WAIT, and see what comes.