1. 1 Emma Kiendl PCC Sandy Brody ACC, CPCC Practices to Build a Sentient Coach

2. 2 Session Objectives Enhance and deepen participants’ experience/appreciation with their own sentience Create opportunities to support and integrate sentience for themselves and with clients.

3. 3 Definition of Sentient Having the power of sense perception or sensation; conscious. Synonyms: alive, aware.aliveaware Definition cognizant, mindful, sensible, conscious.cognizantmindfulsensible conscious

4. BEFORE PRACTICES AFTER PRACTICES Unconsciously triggered Off-center TIME+++++ Doing – what is expected Not clear on purpose, spent Disconnected, adrift, and isolated. Reductive Automatic Knowledge Consciously triggered Centered Time +++++++ Being - in choice Clear on purpose, how to self- sustain, restore Sense of deep connection, refuge and community Generative Considered Wisdom

5. 5 Vs. MIND MIND-BODY- EMOTION-SOUL

6. 6 Sample of Ancient Practices/Modern Applications Mindful Breath Centering and Body Scan Guided Meditation Awareness Meditation

7. 7 Transitions for Leadership Development/Team Building/Coaching ◦ Poetry ◦ Music ◦ Future self imagery ◦ Body Scan ◦ Tai chi ◦ Meditation ◦ Centering ◦ Body Scans

8. 8 Deep, Mindful Breathing has many Benefits Gets us into our bodies Keeps blood stream oxygenated Calms central nervous system Lowers cortisol by 50 % in 10 minutes. Up to 70% of toxins can expelled through deep breaths

9. 9 The Body Scan Awareness technique for focusing and noticing sensations, tension, or contraction. Awareness alone may bring about change Before a session, helps you notice what’s yours vs. their stuff…. Adapted from Suzanne Zeman- Listening to Bodies for Coaches, Managers and Executives

10. 10 Awareness Meditation We do not have to create awareness we simply have to access it. Meditation is a doorway into greater awareness. You can invite the awareness to come to you, to be present in your life. To name or invoke something calls its energy present. The Vibrant Life by Donna Thompson

11. 11 Guided Meditation Just notice, without judgment You are always in control Seeing vs. Sensing If you can worry/dream/get lost in a book, you can do this.

12. 12 Write or draw about the experience… What was particularly : ◦ Useful ◦ Interesting ◦ Powerful

13. 13 With a partner, discuss… Anything useful, interesting… Ways to have a regular practice Accountability

14. 14 Practical ways to integrate practices in to your client work… Request coaching clients engage in a regular pause practice Support communities of practice When coaching a client or team offer practices as transitions or team building activity.

15. 15 Resources for Further Study Books Tara Brach- Radical Acceptance Suzanne Zeman- Listening to our Bodies The Vibrant Life- Donna Thompson CD-MP3 Guided Meditations for Busy People Led by Bodhipaksa John Kabat Zinn -Mindfulness Meditation Sites Healthjourneys.com