The Embodiment Coaching Podcast 702. Why Embodiment Is Key To Coaching - with Aboodi Shabi
May 20, 2025
Aboodi Shabi, an executive coach with over 25 years of experience, shares insights from his journey in coaching and his role at Henley Business School. He emphasizes how embodied practices, like yoga, enhance coaching effectiveness. Aboodi discusses adapting coaching for neurodiversity, focusing on challenges faced by individuals with ADHD and the importance of creating supportive environments. The conversation also delves into integrating body awareness and emotions to enrich the coaching experience, along with ethical considerations in remote sessions.
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Embodiment Enhances Presence
- Embodied coaching involves presence and awareness of one's own and the client's body cues.
- The body reveals nonverbal signals that deepen the coaching conversation beyond words.
Body as an Anchor in Chaos
- Increased world chaos heightens people's need to find an anchor in their bodies.
- Spending time in nature or physical practices helps people feel grounded amid distractions.
Calibrate Embodiment Intensity
- Calibrate how much embodied work to introduce based on your and client's comfort levels.
- Push no more than 10% beyond current capacity to avoid client shutdown.