NEW: Focusing Practitioner Training May 2026 - May 2027 Book Now

NEW May 2026 - May 2027 Focusing Practitioner Training Program

Unshakable Presence: Embodied Focusing for Ecological, Social and Personal Renewal

Residential @ Braziers and Zoom Hybrid

Facilitator: Simon McKibbin

'Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" 

- Mary Oliver

Completion of the BFA Focusing Skills Course is a necessary prerequisite 

Transform your life, the world around you & share this precious gift with Others.

Confirm start when we have the numbers estimated to be May – early June 2027

A Hybrid program of a Magical Residential Weekend at Braziers Park, Oxfordshire + Monthly Community Zoom Sessions & 1:1 Coaching

JOIN THE NEXT PRACTITIONER FREE TASTER, meet Simon and connect Wednesday 15 April  2026

What Makes This Special?

Become a Certified BFA Focusing Practitioner - Share Focusing one-to-one and integrate it into your professional life (therapy, coaching, teaching, movement, art - whatever calls to you!)

Embodied Relational Presence - A unique approach blending 34 years of Focusing wisdom with mindfulness and nature connection

Beautiful Community - Join a global family of compassionate practitioners making a difference in our troubled world

Your Unique Path - Self-paced, flexible learning that honours your individual journey

🌿 The Journey Includes:

• A Residential Retreat at stunning Braziers Park (historic mansion, 55 acres of woodland)
• 10 Monthly Zoom Training Sessions with your cohort
• 12 Personal Mentoring Sessions
• Amazing Focusing Community to share the journey with
• Nature & Elemental Connection - Rediscover your place in the living world
• Practical Skills - Learn to companion others with confidence and authenticity

Perfect If You:

• Have completed a Focusing skills course 
• Feel called to deepen and benefit, also to share this transformative practice
• Want to deepen your connection with nature and community
• Seek meaningful work that makes a difference
• Enhance a heart-centred professional path, and will compliment your current life choices

Residential at Braziers Park  

• Contemplative Setting – A tranquil historic manor that nurtures reflection and the inward attention essential to Focusing
• Living Community – An intentional community atmosphere encouraging authentic connection and shared presence.
• Nature Immersion – Surrounded by gardens and woodlands that ground and deepen embodied awareness
• Accessible Retreat – Easily reached from Oxford or London, yet peacefully secluded for uninterrupted inner work.

Cost

Total: £2,130  - £2,055 (includes training, and one Residential at Braziers Park)

Flexible Payment Options Available:

accommodation, meals in the main building)

Flexible Payment Options Available:

• Monthly instalments 
• Two payments 
• Pay in full

Payment plans offered on trust.

🌍 A Vision for Our Times

In a world crying out for connection, social and environmental respect, regeneration and healing - Focusing offers something precious - a way to listen deeply, connect authentically, and support this transformation. Join us in carrying this gift forward to the world.

Curious?    Contact me for further details and a Free preliminary consultation to explore your readiness

🌐 Full details: on request

🌐 Want to arrange a 1 to 1 chat with me? 

📧 Contact Simon: simon@living-presence.co.uk  | 07974817393

'Your body knows the direction of healing and life.  If you take time to listen to it through Focusing, it will give you the steps in the right direction'. - Eugene Gendlin

         Wonderful Braziers Park Clip - get a feel for the magic of the place and Focusing

                             Vicky shares her experience at Braziers Park... 1 min

JOIN THE NEXT PRACTITIONER FREE TASTER, meet Simon and connect Wednesday 15 April 2026

See the Practitioner introduction 2026 - 2027

See details of the required prerequisite  BFA Focusing Skills Course 

About Simon - Companion, Coach, Facilitator, & Trainer

We are living in unprecedented times—both thrilling and unsettling with forces beyond our control at play on financial, global, environmental, and social levels. The lack of meaning in materialism has left our culture's social fabric empty, sowing confusion in our identities and a sense of lostness about what it means to feel secure, grounded in the natural order, and truly connected to others and the awe and mystery of the universe.

We live in a culture of atomization where technology promises connection yet alienates us further—moving from Cartesian "I am" to Apple "I-Phone," faces frozen and hypnotized by screens. The proliferation of information competes for our attention—it's hard to draw breath and sense our true identity as sovereign beings.

And yet... in every moment, the sun rises and stars offer their soft light. The ground remains ever faithful, lovingly supporting us. Birds continue to sing, trees remain rooted, oceans stay deep, and there is richness and beauty in every precious, tingling, vibrant moment. A silky breath slides into our bodies from the skies as the universe continues breathing through us, perfuming every cell with vibrancy and warmth. We are here now, alive—coming home to ourselves is the prayer of every star, every mote of dust. Something deep within knows how to return to its authentic original self—like a hidden gem stitched into a garment's lining, we had it all the time. Embodied Relational Presence offers a portal to true self-empowerment where we realize we are not foam buffeted by waves, but the ocean itself.

For over 34 years, I've supported individuals and communities toward greater personal and professional empowerment through Mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication, and Focusing—practices that unlock our capacity to live more fully, creatively, and courageously. My work bridges inner transformation with outer change, rooted in active commitment to ecological regeneration, social equity, and nonviolent living through grassroots organising and co-creation. I invite you into this portal of Embodied Relational Presence—where there is autonomous, sovereign, connected, and irrepressible life—to become both magician of your own wholeness and powerful ally for planetary regeneration and collective wellbeing.

Experience: CNVC Certified NVC Trainer | BFA Focusing Teacher | Breathworks Mindfulness Teacher | Associate Mindfulness Teacher, University of Cambridge (2017–2023) | Extinction Rebellion consultant, mediator & trainer | Møller Institute Cambridge University Executive Coaching Guest Lecturer | Mindfulness in Schools Project (MISP) teacher | Triratna Buddhist Order member | Samaritans volunteer.

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