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BodyMind Life Coaching
Personal Coaching for
Life Transitions, Professional Success and Achieving
Life Goals
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Who | What
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Who
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Individuals seeking to profoundly enhance their ability
to successfully negotiate life transitions, attain goals,
and reach their personal/professional best.
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What
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BodyMind Life Coaching is innovative personal development
coaching that emphasizes body-mind connection to strengthen
natural intelligence, and help people of all ages and
walks of life experience significant increases in vitality,
focus, productivity and presence.
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Why
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Body Mind Life Coaching develops dynamic self-awareness
and natural intelligence to:
- support and guide life/career transitions
- enhance communication skills
- create conflict resolution
- build better relationships
- achieve life goals
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How
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BodyMind Life Coaching integrates body-based and cognitive
techniques to develop step-by-step strategies to rapidly:
- Identify where you are now
- Decide where you want to be
- Create practical action steps to get there.
BodyMind Coaching employs experiential anatomy and
cognitive/behavioral change techniques to create and
support personal development.
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Sample
Exercises
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Body Referencing
Body referencing is simply using the body as a source
of information, observing without judgment– sensations,
thoughts and feeling – in the present moment. BodyMindWellBeing
participants explore new relationships with their
bodies. Enhancing the ability to a) breathe more fully,
b) track sensation and c) integrate movement, trains
the capacity to connect and identify with the life of
the body, and its natural intelligence.
The following are examples of exercises to improve
body-mind well-being.
Warm-up Exercise
Goals:
- Become aware of inner sensation.
- Practice tracking sensation.
- Experience body self-referencing.
Instructions:
- find a space in the room where you can quietly and
comfortably lie down on your back
- use your mind to focus on bodily sensations, such
as tension, looseness, temperature or pressure.
- allow your breath to deepen, taking in just a bit
more oxygen and lengthening the exhalation
- bring your attention to your feet; notice the temperature;
feel the weight of them against the floor; let them
relax into the floor
- let your attention move up through your ankles and
into your lower legs; releasing any tension around
the knees; continue to let your breath deepen
- move your attention into your upper legs; letting
the big muscles in the front and the back of the thighs
release; feel the weight of the legs spread into the
floor; if your mind begins to wonder, gently bring
it back to noticing sensation in the body
- bring your attention into your torso; notice the
weight of your hips against the floor; feel the width
of your back against the floor; relax the muscles
of the belly; notice the gentle rise and fall of the
ribcage as you deepen your breath
- let your attention move into your arms; feel the
weight of your elbows; notice the temperature and
tension in your fingers and hands; bring your attention
from your hands through your arms to your shoulders;
feel the weight of your shoulders against the floor;
let your breath be deep
- move your attention into the throat, letting it
feel wide and open; release your jaw and the back
of your tongue
- let your attention move into your face, releasing
any tension held around the mouth, and between the
eyes; relax your face completely, yielding to gravity,
wearing a mask for no one; let go of your breath as
it continues to deepen
- bring your attention to the rest of your head; let
your scalp relax; feel the weight of your head yield
into the floor
- take a moment to scan your body, using your attention
to notice any part that is not relaxed; imagine your
next breath moving into this part, releasing tension
as you exhale
- allow yourself to maintain a relaxed and aware state,
sustaining full contact with your inner sensations,
while beginning to bring your attention back into
the room; slowly stretching and moving until you are
in a seated position
Exercise: Movement and Breath
Goals:
- Practice conscious use of breath.
- Gain awareness and mastery of body parts.
Instructions:
- find a place to stand in the room, with space around
you to move; bring your attention to your breath.
The rise and fall of the breath movement is mirrored
throughout the changing world, echoing natures ebb
and flow, the universal in and out that is inherent
in all living things. Living creatures breathe in
life sustaining fuel, and exhale metabolic waste and
toxins. Breathing activates movement and sensation.
- as each body part is announced, move only this part
of your body, and move only on the exhalation of breath;
stillness on inhalation, movement on exhalation
- (body parts announced: head, shoulders, elbows,
right hand, left hand, hips, knees, right foot, left
foot, both feet, right leg, left leg, both legs, torso,
etc.)
- begin moving across the space, using the whole body,
locomotion only on the exhalation, stillness on the
inhalation
For group/class, the following may be added:
- explore the possibility of joining another persons
rhythm, moving when they move, stillness together
- explore the possibility of all the duets joining,
everyone exhaling and moving at the same time
Where appropriate:
- Half the group watches, half the group moves/switch
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Participant
Comments
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"I guess I was basically bored with my life, and
didn't realize it ... something was missing. My wife
bought me 10 coaching sessions for our anniversary.
I was able to see that there were simple ways to make
small changes that helped me deal with situations at
work, make better decisions, and leave me with some
energy to investigate new interests. The insight and
clarity gained from Holly's coaching helped me to regain
an sense of purpose, and make a long term plan for balancing
my work and family life."
"As a sales rep for a large firm, I wanted to
develop a competitive edge. BodyMind coaching assisted
me in practicing a clearer communication style ... it
increased my effectiveness, and my sales!"
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BodyMind Fitness Training
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Who
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Novice to Pro, Individual or Group, Homebased
or on Site,
Home, Health Clubs, Spas or Healing Retreats.
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What
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BodyMind Fitness Training is a unique
approach to fitness/wellbeing that produces great
results, while embracing your natural, healthy
beautiful body and efficient movement - at any
age.
- Ongoing Instruction/training (group/individual)
- Introductory experiential lecture/demonstration
- 1 - 5 day workshops
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Why
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BodyMind Fitness Training infuses traditional
fitness methods/Pilates exercises with embodiment
training to promote natural beauty and profound
self-respect. It encompasses both the physical
and minful components of fitness. The benefits
include:
- developing core strength/lean muscle/bone
density
- increasing balance/flexability/cardiovascular
endurance
- stimulating vitality and kinesthetic awareness
- enhancing immunity
- decreasing excess fat
- reducing stress symptoms
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How
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BodyMind Fitness Training accelerates
and intensifies your overall fitness results by
coaching (motivating/teaching) you to resource
your body's natural intellegence.
BodyMind Fitness Training employs:
- experiential anatomy
- natural movement patterns
- Pilates techniques
- structural alignment procedures
- resistance/weight training
- guided imagery
Exploring body systems (muscle, bone endocrine,
organs, skin, fat, fluids ans nervous system)
and movement patterns (yield, push, reach, pull,
grasp) facillitates a genuine and practical relationship
with your body. Working with core strength, balance,
stability, coordination, flow, and body-mind dialogue,
increases your ability to resource your strength
and basic goodness, for greater satisfaction in
life.
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Participant
Comments
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"I have reclaimed a body that I thought
I'd never have again! I look good, and feel wonderful.
I recommend Holly's coaching to anyone. I have
lost weight, but more important to me, is the
fact that I have more strength, more confidence
in myself."
"I have been working-out for years .
. . you know, aerobic classes of all kinds and
some weight training. I always felt like I was
wrestling with my body. This type of training
[BodyMindWellBeing] was different. I've discovered
that I don't have to fight with myself; fitness
doesn't have to be a constant battle. That's not
to say I don't sweat or feel the burn. Actually,
that's just it . . . I feel my body, feel myself
in my body, more. I know when I can push more,
and when I need to back-off. My attitude about
myself, my body, and about working-out, is much
better."
"I have been playing soccer since I was
a kid. Now that I'm 40, and playing with my sons,
I have to rely on different skills. BodyMindWellBeing
helped increase my flexibility and balance. At
first, the exercises seemed kind of simple, and
well, different. But the more I stayed with it,
the better my playing got, ... I enjoyed it more,
and with less injuries, too."
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