As a coach, it is important to consider the whole person and not only their thoughts. Incorporating the body into your coaching practice can greatly enhance the effectiveness and help clients break through stuck patterns. The Certificate in Embodiment Coaching offers a comprehensive program that teaches you how to safely and effectively bring the body into your coaching practice with integrity.
You’ve read the books, studied the coaching models, and guided clients in setting goals, shifting mindsets, and challenging beliefs.
But here’s a truth many coaches are beginning to realise: If you’re not working with the body, you’re missing the key to where true, lasting change takes place.
Embodiment coaching isn’t just another modality. It’s a deeper, more holistic approach to what coaching is meant to achieve; helping people move forward with greater clarity, alignment, and meaningful transformation that truly lasts.
What is embodiment coaching?
It’s not about turning clients into dancers or incorporating yoga into every session. It’s about tapping into the most accessible and adaptable resource we have – the body.
Here’s why that matters:
- You can encourage a client to shift their mindset, but if their nervous system remains locked in a defensive state, those insights won’t translate into meaningful action.
- You can coach them on setting boundaries, but if their posture signals collapse or their breath tightens every time they say “no,” the change won’t hold.
- You can guide them in identifying what truly matters, but when they tune into their gut or physically express a decision, a deeper truth often reveals itself.
Embodiment coaching bridges the gap between awareness and action, helping clients create lasting transformation by working with the body’s wisdom.
Why Does It Work?
- The body leads where the mind follows. Posture, breath, and movement act as powerful gateways to shifting emotional states and cultivating new traits. Think of it as working downstream within the nervous system – effective and direct.
- Embodiment is always at play. Your clients are already embodying their habits, traumas, and personal narratives. Ignoring this physical dimension can undermine even the most effective cognitive coaching.
- It cuts through mental clutter. We’re all masters of self-deception, but the body tells the truth. Embodied practices often uncover real insights faster than talk-based methods alone.
- It creates lasting change. Embodiment work is profound and efficient, anchoring transformation deeply within the body, ensuring it endures over time.
Are you a coach?
If you work in leadership, wellbeing, life transitions, or helping clients break through stuck patterns, consider this:
- Are you coaching the whole person, or just their thoughts?
If you’re ready to bring the body into your coaching practice; safely, effectively, and with integrity, the Certificate in Embodiment Coaching is your next step.
This program opens twice a year, and the next cohort begins in September. Take advantage of the Super Early Bird rate before it’s gone!
📍Find out more – https://embodimentunlimited.com/cec/ (SEB ends this week)
