Centring in Coaching: Unlocking Focus, Clarity, and Results
Coaching is a profound tool for personal development and transformation. However, its effectiveness often hinges on creating an environment that fosters calm, clarity, and meaningful dialogue. One of the most impactful techniques to achieve this is centring. In this article, we explore the concept of centring, its benefits, and how it can be seamlessly integrated […]
Unlocking the Power of Embodiment in Coaching
Embodiment coaching integrates the wisdom of the body into the coaching process, providing profound tools for personal growth and transformation. This approach encourages clients to reconnect with their physical sensations, emotions, and instincts to navigate challenges, rediscover purpose, and build resilience. For coaches, understanding and applying embodiment techniques can revolutionise the way you support clients, […]
Reflections on Embodiment Coaching: Part Four
In this final part of this series, we delve into the crucial elements of creating distinctions, fostering sustainable practices, and upholding ethical standards to empower clients and ensure lasting impact in embodiment coaching. Review of Part Three In the third instalment on embodiment coaching, we explored the transformative role of nature in supporting embodiment practices, […]
Reflections on Embodiment Coaching: Part Three
Explore how nature, centering practices, and a principles-based approach can deepen and enhance the effectiveness of embodiment coaching for both coaches and clients. Review of Parts Two In Part Two, we built upon the foundations of embodiment coaching by exploring the importance of cultivating a range of coaching styles and the value of adaptability in […]
Reflections on Embodiment Coaching: Part Two
Dive deeper into embodiment coaching as we explore the importance of versatile coaching styles, skills-based learning, and navigating the emotional complexities that arise in this transformative practice. Review of Part One In Part One of this series on embodiment coaching, we examined the foundational principles that render this practice distinctive. Embodiment coaching incorporates physical, emotional, […]
Reflections on Embodiment Coaching: Part One
Discover how embodiment coaching empowers coaches to integrate the body into personal growth, offering unique insights and addressing the challenges of fostering deeper, holistic transformation for their clients. The practice of embodiment coaching has expanded across various countries and cultures, showcasing its evolution over time. As we observe the growth of the industry, and with […]
Bringing Embodiment into Coaching with Awareness Techniques
In coaching, we often focus on dialogue and mindset shifts, but have we considered the body as an active participant in this transformative journey? Integrating embodiment into coaching fosters a profound awareness that goes beyond words. By harmonising the mind and body, coaches can guide clients toward deep insights and a more comprehensive understanding of […]
The Three Stages of Embodied Learning
FundamentalismAt the first stage people are embodiment fascists. They follow just one art and insist that it’s the best. They berate other practices and have very little cross-style, or cross-cultural understanding. This stage may come with fairy conservative or event prejudicial views more widely, even if under an “alternative” or pseudo-liberal (“be free to think […]
AND THEY PAUSED
And they paused and looked at their livesAnd realised it was more appearance than substanceAnd more busyness than sanity When the rushing subsidedThey were embarrassedBut thankful to wake upfrom a kind of trance And they walked out into the sunshineWith loved onesCooked their own foodAnd held each other a little closer They woke upAnd all […]
Verbal mistakes to avoid when teaching Embodiment
These are the most common verbal mistakes I see people in this field make: Some of these may seem like nit-picking and I’m pretty picky about this stuff to be fair, but these are more important than they may seem. That being said, it’s your embodiment that matters most and I’ve seen great teachers give […]