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# The BioSpiritual Institute

Welcome to a Journey you can make inside yourself

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- [Welcome](https://biospiritual.org/) - To a journey you can make inside yourself: "Hidden deep within our bones lies an unrecognized capacity just waiting to be found. Can we make time to begin this sacred inward journey, discovering hidden possibilities inside ourselves just waiting to surprise us?" —Rev. Peter A. Campbell, Ph.D. and Rev. Edwin M. McMahon, Ph.D.
- [St. Benedict Center](https://biospiritual.org/st-benedict-center/) - Praying With the Whole Self (ONLINE) Level I – Jane King & Debbie Sheehan Friday, January 16, 2026 - 7-9PM & Saturday, January 17, 2026 9AM-12PM “God looked at everything he had made and found it very good” (Gen 1:31). BioSpiritual Focusing is a way of opening the whole of ourselves—mind, body, and spirit—to a
- [Monthly Programs](https://biospiritual.org/monthly-programs/) - BSF Connect (Monthly - Open to those with Level I experience) Online – Third Monday of each Month – 10AM – 12PM Central Time - This informal offering provides a time for deepening understanding of biospiritual focusing with others through embodied practice, sharing, questions, and discussion. Zoom link available through the monthly newsletter/email. Email bsfconnect20@gmail.com
- [Contact Us](https://biospiritual.org/contact-us/) - 1. Contact Information Central Office The BioSpiritual Institute 12900 Stroh Ranch Place, suite 250 Parker, Colorado 80134 biospiritualinstitute@gmail.com Emails for more information: General Information Comments / Feedback Site Issues
- [Donations / Membership](https://biospiritual.org/donations-and-membership/) - The BioSpiritual Institute is a not-for-profit organization that is supported by its memberships and donations made by those who wish to help defray the Institute’s expenses relative to the funding of its on going educational programs, the maintenance of its website and the costs associated with its day-to-day operations. Its membership is $30.00 a year.
- [Privacy Statement](https://biospiritual.org/contact-us/privacy-statement/) - This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices for biospiritual.org. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this web site. Use of Information On this website, we only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via input forms, email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information
- [Copyright & Disclaimer](https://biospiritual.org/contact-us/copyright-disclaimer/) - COPYRIGHT This website, www.biospiritual.org, is © copyright 2002, 2016 by The BioSpiritual Institute. All rights reserved. Materials presented on this site may be downloaded by viewers and printed for personal use subject to the disclaimer outlined below. Copies may be made for teaching purposes, as well as for sharing with family and friends. Please acknowledge
- [What's New?](https://biospiritual.org/welcome/whats-new/) - We are moving !!! Our new office will be located at: 12900 Stroh Ranch Place Suite 250 Parker, Colorado 80134 On July 5, 2025, the BioSpiritual Focusing Community lost one of its brightest lights with the death of Father Peter Campbell. For more than fifty years, Father Peter devoted his life to teaching and
- [Book Study Programs: Level II](https://biospiritual.org/book-study-programs/) - Online: BioSpiritual Focusing Online Book Study: An Exploration Dates/Times: Thursday Evenings: Sep 24- Nov. 19, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT Offered by: Center for Spiritual Development BioSpiritual Focusing is a way of opening the whole of ourselves—mind, body, and spirit—to a deeper connectedness with God, others, and self. We will cover the basics
- [Enfoque BioeSpiritual](https://biospiritual.org/enfoque-bioespiritual/) - This is a test page for Mexico. There will be more information forth-coming.
- [Center for Spiritual Development](https://biospiritual.org/center-for-spiritual-development/) - Center For Spiritual Development Who We Are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGhb7tPOVnU Program Offerings: On-Site: A Day of Presence: An Introduction to BioSpiritual Focusing Date/Time: Aug 22, 2026, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Place: Orange, 434 S Batavia St, Orange, CA 92868, USA This afternoon of inner reflection will offer an introduction to the practices and fruits of
- [Introductory Programs: Level I](https://biospiritual.org/introductory-programs/) - On-Site: A Day of Presence: An Introduction to BioSpiritual Focusing Date/Time: Aug 22, 2026, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Place: Orange, 434 S Batavia St, Orange, CA 92868, USA This afternoon of inner reflection will offer an introduction to the practices and fruits of BioSpiritual Focusing. We shall uncover ways to discover the wisdom
- [Retreat Programs](https://biospiritual.org/retreat-programs/) - BioSpiritual Focusing Silent Directed Retreat – 4 Day Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth during our immersive BioSpiritual Focusing Silent-Directed Retreat, where you will have the opportunity to explore the guiding presence of the Spirit in a deeply enriching environment. This retreat is open to individuals with BioSpiritual Focusing training and
- [New England Chapter](https://biospiritual.org/genesis-spiritual-life-center/) - New England Chapter: The New England Chapter consists of the Genesis Spiritual Life and Retreat Center, Holy Family Monastery Retreat Center and the Spiritual Life Center. Program Offerings: Online: Monthly BSF Supervision at Genesis An invitation from Genesis Spiritual Life Center to join us via Zoom for BioSpiritual Focusing Companioning Practice and Supervision during the
- [Our Network Centers](https://biospiritual.org/our-network-centers/) - The BioSpiritual Institute currently has eight Network Centers that offer a variety of BioSpiritual educational programs both on-site and on-line throughout the year. Each Network Center has developed its own BioSpiritual focus ( or charism ). In the pages under this section you will find more details about the Centers and their current offerings. West
- [Disclaimer](https://biospiritual.org/disclaimer/) - DISCLAIMER The BioSpiritual Institute and its members do not teach “the habit of noticing and nurturing important feelings” as a substitute for professional psychotherapeutic or psychiatric care for those who need it, nor as a substitute for training and licensing in the above health fields. The user of this system assumes all responsibility and risk
- [BioSpiritual Focusing Immersion Program](https://biospiritual.org/biospiritual-focusing-immersion-program/) -  BioSpiritual Focusing Immersion Experience (2026-2027) With Dawn Turgeon, Mike Smoolca, Donna O'Connor and Nancy Benben When: January 1, 2026 - June 19, 2027 Discover the wisdom your body longs to share. Wrap yourself in the study and experience of BioSpiritual Focusing. The BioSpiritual Focusing Immersion Experience is an 18‑month journey of embodied spirituality
- [The Benedictine Center-St. Paul Monastery](https://biospiritual.org/the-benedictine-center-st-paul-monastery/) - Our Charism: Benedictine Spirituality or Contemplative Spiritual Practices Continuing the Legacy of the Sisters of St. Paul’s Monastery Sister Virginia Matter, OSB, practiced as a spiritual director and directed retreats throughout her vocational years and pioneered the integration of contemplative practices, such as Centering Prayer and BioSpiritual Focusing, into the community offerings provided by the
- [Companioning Education: Levels III and IV](https://biospiritual.org/companioning-education-levels-iii-and-iv/) - BioSpiritual Focusing in Spiritual Direction Level III – For SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS This Level III program is for spiritual directors seeking to deepen their understanding of BioSpiritual Focusing as well as how to help those they see for direction become more attentive to their embodied experience of the Divine. We will begin with time together (in person)
- [Ireland/United Kingdom Chapter](https://biospiritual.org/ireland-united-kingdom-chapter/) - Vision of the Ireland/UK Chapter To inspire and empower individuals and communities across Ireland and the United Kingdom to embrace the practice of BioSpiritual Focusing as an accessible resource, fostering personal growth, compassionate relationships and transformative healing... Chapter Dialogue: Q& A Question: Does the felt sense cause the felt shift? Answer: No! As Gene Gendlin
- [Our Network of BSF Centers](https://biospiritual.org/contact-us/our-network-of-bsf-centers/) - On the West Coast: Center for Spiritual Development Sr. Jeanne Fallon, CSJ jfallon@csjorange.org BioSpiritual Program Director 434 S. Batavia St. Orange, CA 92868 714 744-3175 (CSD office) www.thecsd.org In the MidWest: St. Benedict Center 1123 Road I, Schuyler, NE 68661 402.352.2177 St. Benedict Center St. Paul Monastery 2675 Larpenteur Ave East, Saint Paul, MN 55109,
- [Scholarship Program](https://biospiritual.org/scholarship-program/) - In honor of our co-founders and in keeping with their vision that financial constraints would not prevent anyone from experiencing the life-giving experience of BioSpirituality, the BioSpiritual Institute is happy to announce the creation of the Campbell/McMahon Scholarship Fund. This initiative invites donors to help expand access to the Institute’s programs and to support its
- [Membership/Donations](https://biospiritual.org/membership/) - As an organization, the BioSpiritual Institute has a clear, simple priority: to create and support a network of local grassroots communities that enable individuals and groups to learn and practice the gifting experience of BioSpiritual Focusing. It does this by supporting regional BioSpiritual Focusing centers with ongoing educational resources, offering a series of on-line educational
- [Ards Friary Retreat Center](https://biospiritual.org/ards-friary-retreat-center/) - Due to major reconstruction, the ARDS center will not be offering programs until renovations are completed in later 2025.
- [Resources !](https://biospiritual.org/children-and-focusing/resources/) - Here are some links to a variety of booklets, articles, handouts and other reference literature…. Resources available from the BioSpiritual Institute: How Adults Can Listen to Children in a Focusing Way Helping Children: Step by step companioning instructions Teaching Children to Focus – An Interview Children-Classroom Childhood Wonder Raising Children to be Real in an Unreal
- [Learning Experiences](https://biospiritual.org/learning-experiences/) - Events and Workshops about BioSpiritual Focusing, a simple step-by-step approach to help you listen to the wisdom of your body, the bridge connecting you with a Sacred Presence greater than yourself. BioSpirituality explores the ability to discover the body-connection to spiritual practice.
- [Daily Programs](https://biospiritual.org/daily-programs/) - Ongoing Weekly Online Programs: Guided/Group Companioning Mondays 9:30 – 10:30 PST ( contact annmcglone@me.com ) Tuesdays 12:00 – 1:00 pm PST www.stillpointca.org Wednesdays 9:30 – 10:30 PST ( contact annmcglone@me.com)
- [Audio and Podcast links](https://biospiritual.org/podcast-links/) - A Guided BioSpiritual Focusing Experience https://youtu.be/IXX_GeXMLpA Podcast by Focusing Pathways interviewing John Keane The Focusing Way interview with John Keane Part I The Focusing Way interview with John Keane Part II
- [Why BioSpiritual Focusing?](https://biospiritual.org/why-biospiritual-focusing/) - BioSpiritual Focusing is a fundamental pathway to a holistic approach to spiritual growth. Over the past centuries attention has been centered on the utilization of the mind and conceptual thought as the way to religious experience and spiritual growth. When the limits of knowledge and reason were reached, we were told to take a leap
- [The Campbell/McMahon Library](https://biospiritual.org/the-campbellmcmahon-library/) - Access to the Campbell McMahon library of materials is limited to BioSpiritual Institute members as a membership benefit. If you are an Institute member you can access the library here. You can become a member of the Institute by going to this website page.
- [Note of Introduction](https://biospiritual.org/note-of-introduction/) - A PERSONAL NOTE OF INTRODUCTION TO THE CHRISTIAN READERS OF THIS WEBSITE By Rev. Edwin M. McMahon, Ph.D. As an 82 year old priest, I would like to share some reflections and personal discoveries which have lead me into an entirely new perspective on the Christian message and experience. For centuries, Christians like myself have
- [The Little Bird Who Found Herself](https://biospiritual.org/children-and-focusing/the-little-bird-who-found-herself/) - The Little Bird Who Found Herself is a timeless book for all ages. Like the Little Prince or Velveteen Rabbit it is a metaphor, fable or folk tale clothed in the format of an inviting children’s story. It reminds both young and old alike how we need to journey inside ourselves to find the gifted
- [Affection Teacher/Affection Response](https://biospiritual.org/affection-teacher-affection-response/) - “Affection arrives quietly, more like a wandering breeze or a gentle grace blessing you on your journey through life.” – Father Ed Developing a mental attitude in your head of being kind, caring, gentle and open expresses only a small part of what our feelings and felt senses need in order to unfold. To develop
- [The BioSpiritual Flow](https://biospiritual.org/the-biospiritual-flow/) - BioSpiritual Focusing (BSF) is all about the involvement of the body in the process of spiritual development and transformation. What follows here is a brief overview of the BSF process that will be supported by the supplemental pages in this section of the website that will address the process steps in more detail. The BSF
- [Why Pay Attention to Feelings?](https://biospiritual.org/why-biospiritual-focusing/why-pay-attention-to-feelings/) - Seven Fundamentals about Body Knowing and Learning We all know we have feelings. What most of us don’t realize is that more than 50% of human knowledge is learned from our body’s ability to know, rather than through our mind’s ability to think. This is another way of saying that we actually use about 10%
- [About Us](https://biospiritual.org/welcome/about-us/) - We believe life is meant to be lived more abundantly. We believe there is an inner knowing that can heal the wounds within, helps us to set life burdens down, and makes it possible to free ourselves from places in our lives where we are stuck. We also believe that this inner source of meaning
- [Spiritual Direction and Pastoral Care](https://biospiritual.org/what-is-companioning/spiritual-direction-and-pastoral-care/)
- [Photo Credits](https://biospiritual.org/contact-us/photo-credits/) - Our thanks go to the following photographers who generously gave us permission to use their photographs on this website: Michelle Singleton Rock Messages Studio 480 Lower Road Brewster, MA 02631 Rock Message Studio on Facebook Robert J. Cameron Image Title: Fire In The Sky Over Bristol Harbor Description: Colorful Spring sunset over Bristol Harbor in
- [What is The BioSpiritual Institute?](https://biospiritual.org/welcome/what-is-the-biospiritual-institute/) - 1. What is The BioSpiritual Institute? We believe life is meant to be lived more abundantly. We believe there is an inner knowing within us that can heal the wounds within, help us to set life burdens down, and make it possible to free ourselves from places in in our lives where we are stuck.
- [Why This Website?](https://biospiritual.org/welcome/why-this-website/) - These 5000 year old spiraling circles were carved in stone at the Circle Mound in Newgrange, Ireland. This is but one of many ancient circle burial sites created to remind our ancestors, and perhaps ourselves, that to learn what it means to be human requires us to embark upon a unique “journey of connecting,” and
- [How to use this website](https://biospiritual.org/welcome/how-to-use-this-website/) - 1. Welcome: How to navigate this website... Welcome to our website! What you will find here is just the beginning to your journey of making “noticing and nurturing” a daily habit in your life. The information and exercises included in this website are intended as just a preliminary introduction to BioSpiritual Focusing and as an
- [FAQs](https://biospiritual.org/welcome/faqs/) - 1. What is Focusing? Focusing is an experiential way of your becoming/being aware of the depths of what your body knows by going beneath your feelings into the felt-senses that unfold your body’s wisdom. 2. What is BioSpiritual Focusing? BioSpiritual Focusing is a spiritual practice that centers on developing the habit of noticing and nurturing
- [Our Origins](https://biospiritual.org/welcome/our-origins/) - Beginnings of the BioSpiritual Institute WHILE COMPLETING their doctoral studies at the University of Ottawa during the late 1960’s, Edwin McMahon and Peter Campbell brought together their complementary backgrounds in psychotherapy, Ignatian spirituality, the psychological investigation of religion, philosophy, and Christian theology to begin forming a unique synthesis. Campbell was already very familiar with the works
- [Something "More"](https://biospiritual.org/the-biospiritual-flow/something-more/) - THROUGHOUT THE LAST three exercises, you have not only noticed your feelings, but taken time to identify where in your body you carry them. You have also sensed whether any symbol, like a word, image, or memory comes that fits or connects with how they feel inside. In other words, what you have done is
- [Noticing Important Feelings](https://biospiritual.org/the-biospiritual-flow/noticing-important-feelings/) - 1. Where to Begin? HOW CAN WE TELL WHICH FEELINGS are important and asking us to notice and nurture them? They are often stronger emotions stirred up by daily events that stand out from the crowd of everyday feelings. We become angry, feel lonely, sad, excited, or challenged. Something strikes us out of the blue
- [Three Short Exercises](https://biospiritual.org/the-biospiritual-flow/three-short-exercises/) - HOW DO YOU ENTER inside your body’s knowing as has just been explained? Here are three short exercises to help you begin noticing some of your important feelings—and perhaps even MORE of your story that may be contained within them. The First Exercise (1) Imagine that someone you deeply love and care for is waiting
- [Checking in with Yourself](https://biospiritual.org/the-biospiritual-flow/checking-in-with-yourself/) - A "BioSpiritual" Practice that Builds Body-Links of Hope into the Hidden Story-Connections within Your Feelings THE PURPOSE OF THIS check-in during your day is to develop the habit of “Noticing” and “Nurturing” your important feelings. A story lies waiting to be heard inside what your body already knows about your life, even before your mind
- [Caring Feeling Presence](https://biospiritual.org/the-biospiritual-flow/caring-feeling-presence/) - Learning to Care For Feelings You Usually Push Away (1) Introduction BY NOW YOU PROBABLY REALIZE that this website is about offering you an alternative to the habit of pushing away your difficult feelings. But if each of us is to “build body-links of hope in ourselves and in children,” to recall the title of
- [Process Skipping](https://biospiritual.org/the-biospiritual-flow/process-skipping/) - 1. How Your Body “Knows” YOUR BODY'S capacity for knowing and being in-touch with feelings may be compared to an iceberg floating in the sea. Only a very small portion of the iceberg is actually visible above the waterline. The larger mass lies hidden beneath the surface. The very top part of your body’s knowing
- [Your Affection Teacher](https://biospiritual.org/the-biospiritual-flow/your-affection-teacher/) - 1. An Exercise in Discovering “Your Affection Teachers” THE SIMPLE APPROACH of learning from your “Affection Teacher” can help you develop an entirely new habit around how you relate to difficult feelings inside your own body. The experience of affection is a great teacher because it speaks the language of “your-body-in-connection.” Let’s take a first
- [Caring for the Enemies you have created for yourself](https://biospiritual.org/the-biospiritual-flow/caring-for-the-enemies-you-have-created-for-yourself/) - Learning to Use Your Body's Affection Teacher to Care for Feelings you Push Away 1. Discovering Your Personal Affection Teacher LET'S BEGIN BY FINDING your own personal and unique Affection Teacher as you recall past experiences that will show you where to look in your body’s knowing for this precious and remarkable human resource. Begin
- [Turning Old Perceptions Upside Down](https://biospiritual.org/the-biospiritual-flow/turning-old-perceptions-upside-down/) - How can You be Caring with Painful Feelings? Nobody likes pain! We run from and avoid it. We push it away, trying to numb or distract ourselves from its menacing presence. This is especially true of chronically painful or difficult feelings. For most of us, a painful feeling is viewed as some sort of malevolent,
- [What is Companioning?](https://biospiritual.org/what-is-companioning/) - 1. Why Companioning? Whereas BioSpiritual Focusing can be done alone, it is more effectively experienced if done in the presence of another person. This other person is called “the Companion”. The role of the Companion is not to provide direction, feedback or instruction but rather to essentially reflect back to the Focuser what the Focuser
- [Companioning Dynamics](https://biospiritual.org/what-is-companioning/companioning-dynamics/) - In BioSpiritual Focusing, the skill and art of Companioning another person as they Focus is more than just reflecting back what the Focuser says. There is a unique context within which the Companioning is done as well as specific roles for both the Companion and the Focuser. What follows on this page is a detailed
- [The BioSpiritual Workbook](https://biospiritual.org/what-is-companioning/biospiritual-workbook/) - It took years of experimentation as well as personal use before Drs. McMahon and Campbell felt they had enough experience and evidence that they could then put together this integrated workbook for Companioning each person into their own inner body-process of wholeness as their experiential bridge into a deepening faith-experience of the Body of Christ.
- [Tips for Companioning](https://biospiritual.org/what-is-companioning/tips-for-companioning/) - YOU DONʼT HAVE ANSWERS: Remember that you really don't have any answers for the person whom you are Companioning. Rather, your role is simply to Companion that person, responding in a special way which supports them in discovering their own answers! The answer that a person discovers for himself or herself is always far more satisfactory than any
- [Spiritual Direction/Pastoral Care Ministries](https://biospiritual.org/what-is-companioning/spiritual-direction-pastoral-care-ministries/) - Spiritual Direction and Pastoral Care are two spiritually oriented ministries that can utilize BioSpiritual Focusing. Each is focused on being with individuals as they seek the Divine in their spiritual journeys, especially in difficult times and situations. Just as Focusing can be combined with a variety of therapeutic modalities, it can also significantly enhance the effectiveness
- [Children and Focusing](https://biospiritual.org/children-and-focusing/) - Why: In our world of increasing violence, the most important thing we can do is to “build bridges of hope for ourselves and our children.” Interactions within our families are the keys to our hopes and hunger for long-term loving and caring relationships not only within our families but also with society and global humanity.
- [Helping Children Learn Focusing](https://biospiritual.org/children-and-focusing/helping-children-learn-focusing/) - The first step in helping children learn about Focusing is to first experience and learn Focusing for yourself. Then, from your own experience, you will be able to be with the child in a strong and supportive way. Otherwise the outline (below) of how you might help a child to learn focusing will not make