Gestalt work / GST-A06-5
Body Awareness with Choice — Review journal
Review an attempt at body awareness with choice and choose what to keep, change, or leave aside.
10 minutes · Journal prompts · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Rae prefers noticing the chair's color to focusing on internal sensations.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Body noticing is optional and shaped by access and safety.
Before looking back
Choose one ordinary attempt or decide to review the fictional example instead. This journal has no scores, required disclosure, or expectation of progress.
Revisit the practice
Choose external observation, imagined movement, or a brief body check; compare which channel offers useful information.
Notice context and impact
Record what actually happened, including an unhelpful or neutral outcome. Note resources, power differences, accessibility, and changed conditions rather than attributing everything to personal effort.
Choose a revision
Which way of noticing felt accessible today? Keep the approach, change one part, ask for support, or set it aside. A mismatch is useful information.
Prompts for this resource
- What I tried, or what happened in the fictional example:
- What I noticed before, during, and after; what remains uncertain:
- What helped, did not help, or was outside my control:
- Which way of noticing felt accessible today? My optional adjustment or support request:
Conceptual background
Gestalt Therapy: An Introduction — Gary Yontef
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.