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The AC Podcast

166: Integrating Embodied Intelligence with Somatic Coaching

Nov 27, 2023
Rachel Blackman discusses somatic coaching and the power of embodied intelligence. They explore the value of physical sensations, good contracting, and re-contracting in coaching. Discover how somatic coaching offers new perspectives and insights for clients, and how incorporating embodied intelligence can benefit both the coach and the client.
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  • Somatic coaching integrates the body and mind, allowing clients to access embodied intelligence and find deeper levels of self-awareness and growth.
  • Embodied intelligence recognizes the crucial role of the body in our thinking and emphasizes its value as a source of information and wisdom.

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Somatic Coaching: Exploring the Whole Self

Somatic coaching is an approach that invites the coach and client to engage with the whole self, incorporating feeling, sensing, and perceiving. It goes beyond traditional coaching by exploring the body's wisdom and the relational field. In somatic coaching, cognition is seen as an aspect of being in an embodied experience, and attention is expanded to include not just thoughts, but also the client's felt sense and their interaction with the environment. The integration of the body and mind is seen as essential for deepening the coaching process and supporting transformational change. Somatic coaching offers practical tools like working with small objects or using metaphors in the physical environment to help clients access and explore their embodied intelligence.

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