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SUBJECT NUMBER _______________
SESSION NUMBER _______________
TRAINER ______________________
2ND RATER ____________________
'Clearing A Space' Check List
by Doralee Grindler-Katonah
See also Clearing A Space Protocol
____ NO FELT SENSE
- I am sure that the person did not locate a felt level of experiencing.
- The subject's description was basically a description of body sensations.
- The felt sense can only be located in the extremities of the body.
- I am unsure as to whether or not the person located a felt level of
experiencing
- Other
____ FELT SENSE - the location of a bodily
felt level of a problem or experience
- A description of a vague and unclear something which is felt.
- Silence and then an acknowledgement of a concern (distinct from the list
of problems in the head).
- When asked to check to see if it is there or 'right', there is a time
lapse, there is a 'yes'.
- The person 'knows' it is there, but cannot say what the content of the
felt sense is.
- There is a physiological change such as head nodding, sighing, voice
sounds calmer or slower.
- The identified felt sense is definitely felt in the torso area.
- Other
____ NO HANDLE
- I am certain that the subject did not discover a handle for any felt
sense.
- I am uncertain as to whether or not the person discovered a handle for any
felt sense.
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FELT SENSE WITH A HANDLE OR A CLEAR SENSE OF WHAT IT IS ABOUT - a word, phrase,
image that exactly describes the felt sense after resonating.
- A time lapse occurred before the naming (as distinct from something that
came right away).
- The person discarded some things before settling on one.
- After resonating, the person acknowledges the fit.
- The person did a self-check and says something like, 'Yes, that's right.'
- The trainer just repeated the phrase, there was no disagreement, and the
subject showed a physiological indicator of release.
- There was a physiological confirmation of the 'fit' - head nodding,
sighing, fingers moving, muscle twitch.
- The subject expressed the same phrase repeatedly, indicating its handle
quality.
____ DOES NOT SIT WITH ANY FELT SENSE
- I am certain that the person did not silently attend in a 'being with' way
(keeping it company, digesting what is there, receiving what is there) to
any felt sense with a handle or to a felt sense after something came.
- The person did not sit with a felt sense because of their strong negative
reactions to it, such as, 'I can't stand this place' or 'I want to get rid
of this place'.
- I am uncertain as to whether or not the person silently attended in a
'being with' way to any felt sense with a handle or after something new
came.
____ SITS WITH FELT SENSE AFTER the STEP OF
GETTING A HANDLE
- The person is in touch with a particular felt sense - either a problem, a
felt sense that develops after putting something out, or a felt sense of a
cleared space - and then in a gentle, friendly way silently attends to the
felt sense without doing anything else (like fighting it or wanting to get
rid of it).
- I have observed indications such as eyes turned inwards literal silence,
or reluctance to move on.
- I observed physiological changes such as a softer, calmer voice.
- The person describes their experience by saying things like, 'It's easier
now' 'It's just there'.
- The person has some negative reactions to the sense but can still just
attend to it. An indication of this would be the person saying, "It's
hard to do."
____ DOES NOT MOVE OUT A FELT SENSE
- I am certain that the person did not move out or make a place for the
concern in such a way that included the felt sense.
- I am uncertain as to whether or not the person made a place for a concern
because the imagery is used more directly and literally thus possibly
becoming disengaged from the felt sense.
- The person reports that the felt sense 'is gone', an indication that they
may have just lost it.
- I am otherwise uncertain.
____ MOVES OUT ONE FELT SENSE
- The person creates or places same metaphorical space between oneself and
the felt sense of the problem.
- The felt sense is 'out there' because the subject describes himself as now
feeling different inside (more calm, lighter, laughter).
- The felt sense is described as being 'half-way out'.
____ DOES NOT MOVE OUT MORE THAN ONE FELT
SENSE
- I am certain that the person did not move out or make a place for more
than one concern in such a way that included the felt sense.
- I am uncertain as to whether or not the person made a place for more than
one concern because the imagery is used more directly and literally thus
possibly becoming disengaged from the felt sense.
- The person reports that the felt sense 'is gone', an indication that they
may just have lost it.
- I am otherwise uncertain that the person moved out more than one felt
sense.
____ MOVES OUT MORE THAN ONE FELT SENSE
- The person creates or places some metaphorical space between himself and
more than one felt sense of a problem.
- More than one felt sense is 'out there' because the subject describes
himself as feeling different inside each time.
- One or more felt sense is described as being 'half-way out'.
____ DOES NOT DISCOVER A BACKGROUND FEELING
- The instruction was not given.
- I am certain that the person did not find a background feeling.
- The person did not understand the instruction.
- The person went directly to a cleared space.
- I am uncertain because the person used the term outside the context of the
guided instructions.
- I am otherwise uncertain.
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DISCOVERS A BACKGROUND FEELING - a subliminal feeling that is always there in
the background and is in the way of a 'cleared space'.
- Adjectives such as 'always anxious', 'always rushing', 'the sick person'
are used.
- It has the quality of 'this is just the way I am'.
- The words of description are positive but they have a sense of forcedness
or restriction, a superego expectation, or a script quality.
- This is a general felt sense, not one that refers to a specific problem.
- A sense of relief is expressed as it is located.
____ DOES NOT EXPERIENCE A CLEARED SPACE
- The instruction was not given.
- I am certain that the person did not discover a cleared space.
- I am uncertain because this person describes herself as 'having no
problems' or 'always fine'.
- I am otherwise uncertain.
____ EXPERIENCES A CLEARED SPACE
- I heard a description of a felt sense that reflects an experience of
well-being, calmness, peace, vitality, energy, creativity, goodness,
release, or an empty place free from problems.
- There is a solidness to the description meaning that the person was able
to remain in this place for several (20) seconds.
- The person reached this place after putting down problems.
- The person touched a cleared space and then got in touch with a problem.
- The person got to a cleared space via another route than following the
focusing steps, and the cleared space is a felt sense.
____ EXPERIENCES A CLEARED SPACE WITH NO
HANDLE
- There is no indication that the person worked to find a handle to describe
the cleared space.
- I am uncertain as to whether or not the person found a handle for the
cleared space, because although words were used there was no indication of
resonating or checking.
- I am otherwise uncertain.
____ EXPERIENCES A CLEARED SPACE WITH A HANDLE
- The person found the exact words or image to describe the felt sense of
the cleared space because they resonated and then confirmed that there was
an exact fit.
- Because the handle was discovered the cleared space opened further and was
experienced as more solid.
____ DID NOT EXPERIENCE A SHIFT
- I am certain that they person did not experience a shift anywhere in their
process
- I am uncertain that the person experienced a shift because the words used
were too vague, such as 'this is different'.
- I am otherwise uncertain.
____ EXPERIENCES A SHIFT
- The person articulates a change in a problem description that includes an
aspect of surprise or discovery such as 'I never knew that I could be
without that feeling of 'always rushing', or 'I have this sense now that I
can take care of myself'.
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