Abstract These slides introduce the threshold stance at the heart of Social Oriented Focusing (SOF), an interpersonal extension of Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing practice. Using a collective poem that emerged spontaneously in an SOF class, I explore four thresholds—Releasing Control, Sensing the Relational Field, Connecting Within, and Trusting the Not-Knowing. The aim is to illuminate SOF as a relational, embodied methodology that supports presence, deepens connection, and facilitates...