Yoga Health Coaching | https://yogahealthcoaching.com Training for Wellness Professionals Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:52:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 How Liberating Structures Will Change Your Group Dynamics https://yogahealthcoaching.com/how-liberating-structures-will-change-your-group-dynamics/ https://yogahealthcoaching.com/how-liberating-structures-will-change-your-group-dynamics/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2019 14:30:29 +0000 https://healthcoaching.wpengine.com/?p=21411 Join Rachel Peters as she discusses liberating structures and how to use them in your group coaching or personal relationships. She lifts the veil on what liberating structures are and how they’ve changed her group dynamics to increase the speed of evolution!

 

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

  • Why old structures of communication are outdated
  • Learn what a liberating structure is and why it’s effective
  • How to incorporate a liberating structure into your next call or group meeting

 

Links Mentioned in Episode:

Show Highlights:

  • Rachel shares her success using liberating structures in a group coaching
  • Examples of favorite liberating structure activities in action
  • Rachel explains how doing less allows richer more valuable experiences for her members

 

Timestamps: 

  •  14:05 Ten principles of liberating structures
  •  15:30 Five elements of every liberating structure
  •  25:50 Developing questions for a troika

 

Favorite Quotes:

  • “Liberating structures are innovative and expansive and I feel like there’s a celebratory quality. There’s a willingness to be surprised to what the answer is; not coming in with needing to know.” – Rachel Peters
  • “What I knew I needed to do was get out of the way and allow the ‘we’ space to take over. It’s quickly built this know, like and trust, not between me and the group but between the individuals in the group. Now they know each other on a more intimate basis.” – Rachel Peters

 

 

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Investing in Your Growth, for Immediate Returns https://yogahealthcoaching.com/investing-growth-immediate-returns/ https://yogahealthcoaching.com/investing-growth-immediate-returns/#respond Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:16:21 +0000 https://healthcoaching.wpengine.com/?p=20693 In this Changemaker Challenge Career Clarity Session, Carly Banks sits down with fellow Amarylis Fernandez, yoga health coach in training, to discuss overcoming fear and obstacles to invest in your own prosperity.

Amarylis is a prenatal yoga teacher who was looking for a way to continue to work with her students after they delivered their babies and support them in the early years of motherhood. After watching Cate’s work for a couple of years, and with a passion for ayurveda, Amarylis took the plunge into Yoga Health Coaching, despite her doubts about whether or not she could afford the cost of the program.

Amarylis enrolled in YHC during a time of huge transition. Her marriage was dissolving, She didn’t have much of an income from her yoga teaching or her work with nonprofit organizations, and she knew she would have to figure out how to support herself and her daughter. She was done with the scarcity mindset and knew she wanted to make more money.

Amarlyis has enrolled nine members in her YHC pilot, and she has paid off her tuition. She knew she could serve others in a bigger way; she just wasn’t sure how to do it. Yoga health coaching is that way. Amarylis did the work and trusted that her members would show up, and they did. She has learned that the investment of money translates into an investment in yourself.

 

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

  • Why investing in Yoga Health Coaching sometimes involves a change in mindset about “spending” money.
  • How Yoga Health Coaching is just the right combination of growth mindset and solid business practices.
  • Why sometimes the only obstacle you really need to overcome is your mindset.

 

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

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Show Highlights:

  • 0:00 – Amarylis is getting ready to launch her pilot coaching group. As a prenatal yoga teacher, she was looking for a way to continue to work with her students after they delivered their babies and support them in the early years of motherhood. After watching Cate’s work for a couple of years, and with a passion for ayurveda, Amarylis took the plunge into Yoga Health Coaching, despite her doubts about whether or not she could afford the cost of the program.
  • 6:08 – Amarylis enrolled in YHC during a time of huge transition. Her marriage was dissolving, She didn’t have much of an income from her yoga teaching or her work with nonprofit organizations, and she knew she would have to figure out how to support herself and her daughter. She was done with the scarcity mindset and knew she wanted to make more money.
  • 9:40 – Amarlyis has enrolled nine members in her YHC pilot, and she has paid off her tuition. She was enrolled in Living Ayurveda at the same time and was able to schedule her pilot during a time that made sense for her.
  • 13:40 – Amarylis has learned that the investment of money translates into an investment in yourself. The power of yoga health coaching lies in the support and accountability of your group.
  • 15:25 – Yoga Health Coaching is just the right combination of growth mindset and solid business practices. Amarylis knew she could serve others in a bigger way; she just wasn’t sure how to do it. Yoga health coaching is that way. Amarylis did the work and trusted that her members would show up, and they did.

 

Your Favorite Quotes:

  • “I finally had a conversation with Grace. And I was like, ‘Yes, sign up!.’ And I remember distinctly telling her, ‘I’m signing up for this, but I want you to know that I am terrified.’ And she was like, ‘Good! You’re in the right place!’” — Amarylis Fernandez
  • “I just decided that I need to make more [money]. Not just that I need to make more, but I want to make more. And I believe that I can make more; I just don’t know how. And I’m going to find those people who do know how . . . . I’m going to start surrounding myself with those people who do have that same mindset.” — Amarylis Fernandez
  • “It feels so good. And it feels so fulfilling. And it’s creating a model for the people who you want to serve. And creating a structure that makes it available for them. . . . There’s just so much power in the structure of Yoga Health Coaching.” — Carly Banks
  • “I knew that I needed the structure and the step-by-step model that Cate has laid out for Yoga Health Coaching so that every single week I know exactly what I need to be working on.” — Amarylis Fernandez
  • “It’s very empowering when you get to step into your own dharma and your way of serving in the world.” — Amarylis Fernandez

 

Guest BIO:

Amarylis Fernandez is a yoga teach, a yoga health coach in training, and a mother. Not so long ago, Amarylis was totally frazzled, ungrounded, and desperate for change. And she realized things wouldn’t change until she did. So she did.

Now, Amarylis is on a path to guide women into vibrant living amidst the beautiful chaos children can bring. She spent a transformative month living at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health getting my 200 hour yoga teacher certification. She earned her 85 hour pre/postnatal certificate through the Bhaktishop in Portland, Oregon. She’s trained more than 200 hours in Ayurveda with Cate Stillman of Yoga Healer, and specialized in Ayurveda for pregnant mamas and new mothers through Sacred Window’s Ayurvedic Doula programs.

Amarylis believes the transition into motherhood is a wild and wondrous ride that can be aided by yoga in all forms: postures, breath work, meditation, mantra, and help from your tiny guru(s)! She also knows the potent life transformations that occur when the wisdom of Ayurveda is incorporated into daily rhythms. Connect with Amarylis on her FB page and get more info on Amarylis’s website.

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Coach of the Month: Carly Banks https://yogahealthcoaching.com/coach-of-the-month-carly-banks/ https://yogahealthcoaching.com/coach-of-the-month-carly-banks/#respond Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:58:40 +0000 https://healthcoaching.wpengine.com/?p=19217 In this “Coach of the Month” interview, Megan Pintus sits down with Carly Banks: YHC Coach of the Month.

Following the birth of her second child in 2016, Carly found herself in the depths of postpartum depression. A visit from her long-time friend, Grace Edison, put her on the path to yoga health coaching and transformed her body, mind, and life. Embracing the 10 habits of Body Thrive triggered a chain reaction in Carly’s health and wellbeing.

The key to Carly’s success has been her willingness to show up in a real and authentic way that values connection. She loves that the Yoga Health Coaching model allows her to show up and be vulnerable not only with her YHC colleagues, but also with the people she coaches.

Carly’s transition into coaching started with mentoring first for Grace’s members and then for Cate’s. She loves that she was able to start coaching without having to face her fear of selling right off the bat. By the time she ran her pilot, she had been through Body Thrive six times and felt comfortable stepping into her authority.

Carly’s best advice to new yoga health coaches is to lean back and lead with your heart as opposed to your head. Adopt a beginner’s mindset, always. And don’t forget how far you’ve come already.

 

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

  • Why you don’t need to be an expert to be a coach.
  • How authenticity and vulnerability can make you a better coach.
  • Carly’s best advice for new or prospective yoga health coaches.

 

Links:

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Show Highlights:

  • 0:00 – Following the birth of her second child in 2016, Carly found herself in the depths of postpartum depression. A visit from her long-time friend, Grace Edison, put her on the path to yoga health coaching and transformed her body, mind, and life. The key to Carly’s success has been her willingness to show up in a real and authentic way that values connection. 
  • 6:00 – Embracing the 10 habits of Body Thrive triggered a chain reaction in Carly’s health and wellbeing. She admits she’s still in process and sometimes falls back into old patterns, but she’s developed a mindfulness and curiosity that she didn’t have before. She loves that the Yoga Health Coaching model allows her to show up and be vulnerable not only with her YHC colleagues, but also with the people she coaches. 
  • 12:30 – Carly’s transition into coaching started with mentoring first for Grace’s members and then for Cate’s. She loves that she was able to start coaching without having to face her fear of selling right off the bat. By the time she ran her pilot, she had been through Body Thrive six times and felt comfortable stepping into her authority. 
  • 15:25 – Carly’s growing edge now is structure and automation. Her hope is that she’ll free up time and money that she can give back to her community. Growth and creating a container for others people growth lights her up. 
  • 22:22 – Carly’s best advice to new yoga health coaches is to lean back and lead with your heart as opposed to your head. Adopt a beginner’s mindset, always. And don’t forget how far you’ve come already.

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Favorite Quotes:

  • “It was just the biggest relief I’ve ever experienced to stop looking outward for the answer, to stop looking for the pill, to stop looking for that supplement . . . that’s supposed to fix you. There is no Band-Aid. At first that was frustrating, and now it’s liberating.” — Carly Banks 
  • “I have faced some demons by doing this, and so I can speak to it because I know that it works.” — Carly Banks 
  • “You don’t ever stop learning from these little changes. There’s always another evolution around the corner. There’s always another layer of ourselves to be discovered. And there’s always a new horizon to be approached.” — Megan Pintus 
  • “It’s been an honor to do a job where I am fascinated by the work. “ — Carly Banks 
  • “I feel like you’re helping people see the things they already know about themselves but maybe just don’t believe yet.” — Megan Pintus

 

Guest BIO:

Coach of the Month: Carly Banks

As a working mom of two, Carly Banks knows how easy it can be to put yourself last. For years she showered herself in “shoulds”, feeling guilty for not taking care of herself, and wishing she had more time.

Sometimes, there just isn’t more time. But there is always a different perspective.

Instead of focusing on how far away she was from big goals and big habit changes, Carly switched her focus to the little goals, and little habits she could create with ease. With this change in perspective, step by step, Carly’s changed her entire life. Connect with Carly on her website, Facebook and Instagram

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Action Learning: Slowing Down to Speed Up https://yogahealthcoaching.com/action-learning-slowing-speed/ https://yogahealthcoaching.com/action-learning-slowing-speed/#respond Fri, 12 Oct 2018 18:56:19 +0000 https://healthcoaching.wpengine.com/?p=20539 Cate sits down with Dr. Bea Carson, author, speaker and expert in the field of Action Learning. Action learning is a super powerful problem-solving technique where we develop team skills and leadership skills while getting real work done. A major part of action learning is questioning and leaving everything open to question. While school and society teach us that we must know the answer, action learning teaches us to be curious again, to not assume we know the problem and the solution. Learning to ask better questions and listen deeply are skills that engender empathy and connectivity. Solutions arise through collaboration. The learning process becomes just as important as meeting goals.

The first goal of action learning is to define and agree on what the problem is. Defining the problem requires us to slow down. Every action learning session must end with at least one action step. Sometimes the actions are to help us figure out what the problem is.

Once you understand action learning, you start to see opportunities for it everywhere. Dr. Carson hopes to bring action learning to family counseling in the future.

 

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

  • What is action learning?
  • What are the ground rules for action learning?
  • What are the applications for action learning?

 

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

 

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Show Highlights:

  • 0:00 – Action learning is a super powerful problem-solving technique where we develop team skills and leadership skills while getting real work done. The history of action learning goes back to the sinking of the Titanic. A major part of action learning is questioning and leaving everything open to question. 
  • 4:50 – There are two ground rules to action learning and six components to action learning. The first ground rule is that you’re not allowed to make a statement unless it’s in response to a question you’ve been asked. The second ground rule is that the action learning coach can intervene whenever he or she believes there is an opportunity for learning. 
  • 8:45 – Learning to ask better questions and listen deeply are skills that engender empathy and connectivity. Solutions arise through collaboration. The learning process becomes just as important as meeting goals. 
  • 11:15 – The role of the coach is to raise everything to awareness without judgement and to make every choice a conscious choice. This starts with defining the problem. Defining the problem requires us to slow down. 
  • 19:25 – While school and society teach us that we must know the answer, action learning teaches us to be curious again, to not assume we know the problem and the solution. 
  • 22:05 – Applying action learning in the home could involve writing down what each person thinks is a problem that can be controlled or influenced. Writing it down forces one to commit to something. Each person reads what they’ve written. Then the questioning begins. After the questioning, each person again writes down the problem that can be controlled or influenced. The goal is to get everyone talking about the same problem before discussion of a solution begins. As solutions are presented, questioning begins again. It’s a form of focused brainstorming. 
  • 28:17 – Every action learning session must end with at least one action step. Sometimes the actions are to help us figure out what the problem is. Each member of an action learning group commits to a leadership skill during a session and the group discusses when that skill was demonstrated, providing positive reinforcement for leadership skills.
  • 32:00 – Dr. Carson hopes to bring action learning to family counseling in the future. Once you understand action learning, you start to see opportunities for it everywhere.

 

 

 Your Favorite Quotes:

  •  “Action learning slows us down to speed us up.” – Dr. Bea Carson
  • “Most of the arguing that happens in problem solving has nothing to do with which solution is better. We haven’t agreed on what the problem is. We can’t agree on the solution. Once we agree on what the problem is, coming up with the solution and agreeing to that solution is easy.” – Dr. Bea Carson
  • “Learners . . . take failure as an opportunity to try again. Performers take failure as an opportunity to quit.” – Dr. Bea Carson
  • “People are very good at beating themselves up. They don’t need help there.” – Dr. Bea Carson
  • “Everything becomes about the team and the team agreeing to move together.” – Dr. Bea Carson

 

Guest BIO

Dr. Bea CarsonDr. Bea Carson is an author, speaker and expert in the field of Action Learning. Dr. Carson has mastered teaching Action Learning to the full spectrum of organizational levels. She is an external Org Dev consultant specializing in leadership development, problem solving and strategic planning. Bea has worked in private and public sectors, with profit and not-for-profit organizations, locally and internationally, for organizations of all sizes. Much of her work has been with highly technical organizations.

As a Master Action Learning Coach, Dr. Bea is frequently asked to be a visiting faculty member at universities across the country. Bea has over 200 Action Learning presentations and articles to her credit.

Bea is co-founder, President & Director of Affiliate Development, past Director of Certification and Education for the World Institute for Action Learning (WIAL); Chair of the Board and President of the World Institute for Action Learning-USA (WIAL-USA); and president and owner of Carson Consultants. Connect with Dr. Carson on her website, Twitter and Facebook page.

 

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A Shadow Issue: Giving Advice vs. Nurturing Growth https://yogahealthcoaching.com/a-shadow-issue-giving-advice-vs-nurturing-growth/ https://yogahealthcoaching.com/a-shadow-issue-giving-advice-vs-nurturing-growth/#respond Fri, 27 Jul 2018 01:57:04 +0000 https://healthcoaching.wpengine.com/?p=19882 In this Changemaker Challenge Career Clarity Session, Carly Banks sits down with fellow yoga health coach Lynne Taillefer to talk about the difference between giving advice and nurturing growth.

The Yoga Health Coaching community has a way of revealing our shadow issues and encouraging us to work through them while providing us with the space and the tools to do so. Through her work in YHC, Lynne uncovered one of her shadow issues, something she doesn’t like to admit needs work. Like many wellness pros, Lynne realized that in her urge to help others, she sometimes jumped the gun and went straight to giving advice rather than deeply listening to what others have to say.

In Yoga Health Coaching, we learn deep listening techniques that allow our course members to explore their own stories. It’s empowering for our course members and clients to first be heard and then to sit with their problems or questions so that they might have an opportunity to arrive at their own answers or solutions.

 

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

  • What common coaching tendency impedes our ability to coach more effectively.
  • How yoga health coaches uncover and work through shadow issues with the candor and care of a dynamic group.
  • How Yoga Health Coaching prepare us to provide space for deep transformation.

 

Links Mentioned in Episode:

 

Show Highlights:

  • 0:00 – Our work as yoga health coaches often prompts some self reflection around how we’ve shown up in our personal lives. Sometimes we realize we need to make a shift. Lynne realized that in her urge to help others, she sometimes jumped the gun and went straight to giving advice rather than deeply listening to what others have to say.
  • 6:15 – There’s a lot of value in asking others if they would like your advice. It’s also empowering for our course members to allow them to first be heard and then to sit with their problems or questions so that they might have an opportunity to arrive at their own answers or solutions.
  • 9:04 – In Yoga Health Coaching, we learn deep listening techniques that allow our course members to explore their own stories.
  • 10:22 – The YHC community has a way of revealing our shadow issues and encouraging us to work through them while providing us with the space and the tools to do so.

 

Favorite Quotes:

  • “As yoga health coaches, we have this immense opportunity to let our clients feel deeply heard and deeply nurtured in their growth path.” — Carly Banks
  • “It’s been incredible going through the Yoga Health Coaching program. We learn all kinds of really immensely positive deep listening techniques: opening your energy body to receive somebody’s grief, for example, instead of filling uncomfortable spaces . . . and invite them to go deeper into their stories and invite them to uncover their own challenges. This model of coaching has just expanded my ability to connect with my clients a hundredfold.” — Carly Banks
  • “I find that this wonderful, shining community brings up a lot of my . . . shadow issues, and that’s what I want.” Lynne Taillefer

 

Guest BIO:

Lynne Taillefer, A.K.A. Mama Lynne lives in Québec, Canada  with her husband and their two young boys. She offers educational yoga and Ayurvedic workshops for yoga instructors and Yoga Teacher Trainings, who wish to deepen and continue their evolution as teachers and students. Lynne is a Certified Yoga Health Coach and she teaches an 11 week course as well as a 7 month Yoga Immersion course to help revitalize and rejuvenate other mothers and their families. Connect with Lynn on her website and facebook page.

 

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Coach of the Month: Jamie Lynn Worster https://yogahealthcoaching.com/coach-of-the-month-jamie-lynn-worster/ https://yogahealthcoaching.com/coach-of-the-month-jamie-lynn-worster/#respond Mon, 30 Apr 2018 20:26:51 +0000 https://healthcoaching.wpengine.com/?p=19557 In the Coach of the Month episode, Cate chats with Jamie Lynn Worster about her journey into Yoga Health Coaching.

Prior to YHC, Jamie was a birth and post-partum doula, a mom, and had a part-time admin job. What she loved most about her work as a doula was taking women through a transformation. What she didn’t love about it was being constantly on call and staying awake for labors that could last 24 to 36 hours. With a family of her own, being a doula left her feeling ungrounded and unsettled.

Jamie started Body Thrive in January 2015 and continued on to Yoga Health Coaching. She saw YHC as way to continue leading people through transformation but with a lot more structure and rhythm while being more present to care for her family. She ran her first YHC pilot program in January 2016, and she’s been coaching ever since. Her program continues to build momentum and the transition to an annual pass has allowed her members to feel deeper transformation while not feeling pressure to  get it right the first time.

 

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

  • How Yoga Health Coaches guide their tribe through transformation with a structure and rhythm
  • How the annual pass and Kaizen create a sense of softness and ease among course members
  • How Yoga Health Coaches stay more present in their life

 

Links Mentioned in Episode:

 

Show Highlights:

  • 1:30 – Prior to YHC, Jamie was a young birth and post-partum doula, a mom, and had a part-time admin job. What she loved most about her work as a doula was taking women through a transformation. What she didn’t love about it was being constantly on call and staying awake for labors that could last 24 to 36 hours. With a family of her own, being a doula left her feeling ungrounded and unsettled. Jamie started Body Thrive in January 2015 and continued on to Yoga Health Coaching. She saw YHC as way to continue leading people through transformation but with a lot more structure and rhythm while being able to be present and care for her family. She left her part-time admin job even though she was making good money because she knew it was not the best use of her gifts. As a doula, she stopped attending births and focused on post-partum work, which could be scheduled. She ran her first YHC pilot program in January 2016, and that’s what she’s been doing ever since. Her program continues to build momentum and the transition to an annual pass has contributed to that momentum. 
  • 4:30 – The annual pass presents unprecedented potential for community. It allows for deeper transformation and alleviates pressure for her members. 
  • 7:50 – Accountability partners create connection that can last for years. Jamie went through Body Thrive in 2015 with her current accountability partner, and they have spoken once a week for the last three years. She considers her one of her best friends, yet they did not meet in person until March of this year (2018). She feels that their partnership has “kept her in the game.” 
  • 9:30 – There are so many structures and “lifelines” in YHC that help keep us on track: coaches, mentors, accountability partners, Facebook groups. These structures create a support system and a shared context with people we wouldn’t find in our day to day lives. The shared context allows for quick access to deep communication. 
  • 12:15 – As a YHC Certification Coach, Jamie’s advice is to build relationships within the community (with mentors, coaches and other course members) so that you don’t feel like you need to figure everything out on your own or walk the path alone. Because of the screening and acculturation that course members undergo prior to enrollment, it’s hard to go wrong when you reach out to other course members. Each individual also brings specific expertise to the group dynamic. 
  • 16:00 – As Yoga Health Coaches, we sometimes wonder about the efficacy of what we offer. Jamie shares a case in which one of her course members, whose main concerns were weight gain and bringing more fun into her life, was only having bowel movements every 4-5 days, which she thought was normal. Three weeks into the course, she started drinking warm water in the morning and started experiencing healthy, daily eliminations. The result was she felt lighter and her pants fit better. She felt that that alone was worth the cost of the course. 
  • 22:00 – The coaching skill Jamie finds most effective is kaizen, and the combination of that with the annual pass creates a sense of ease with her course members. Kaizen helps build momentum toward making more aligned choices.

 

Favorite Quotes:

  • “When we take ownership of the structure that gets people to the results, it changes things. We get more grounded.” — Cate Stillman 
  • “This is the whole thing about subtle body exploration and subtle body anatomy: it’s somewhat exponential in nature. And the more we align to it, the more it opens and reveals levels of undulating bliss and interconnectivity and higher levels of consciousness and deeper insight . . . .” — Cate Stillman 
  • “I think that’s what many people are going for – an opportunity to lean back and soften and see the little places where we can shift.” — Jamie Lynn Worster

 

Guest BIO:

Jamie Worster helps conscious people create radiant health.

Based on her knowledge of yoga and Ayurveda she offers classes that expand your overall wellness and joy.

Check her website and facebook page.

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From Dead End Job to Dream Job: The YHC Archetype https://yogahealthcoaching.com/dead-end-job-dream-job-yhc-archetype/ https://yogahealthcoaching.com/dead-end-job-dream-job-yhc-archetype/#respond Fri, 23 Feb 2018 11:42:52 +0000 https://healthcoaching.wpengine.com/?p=19277 Grace chats with yoga teacher and Yoga Health Coach Natasha Gayl about her decision to become a yoga health coach.

Natasha has always been interested in health and wellness and often used herself as a guinea pig for different modalities. After completing her 200 RYT yoga teacher training, she started researching health coaching programs. She found YHC and chose to study with Cate because of the community support and the business training, aspects that were missing from the other programs she had investigated.

Prior to YHC, Natasha was working a “dead end” job that she did not find fulfilling. Getting laid off allowed her to pursue her passions: yoga and health. She now makes her own schedule, and she feels like she’s growing every day. Helping her clients and seeing her business grow while continuing to learn more in YHC is a rewarding experience that brings her happiness on a daily basis.

 

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

  • How YHC differs from other health coaching programs.
  • Why you WANT to go through Body Thrive before, during, and after YHC.
  • How YHC can help you find your way to a dynamic, rewarding wellness career.

 

Links:

 

Show Highlights:

  • 6:00 – One of the standout aspects of Yoga Health Coaching going through Body Thrive before beginning the training.
  • 7:00 – YHC has three components: 1. Ayurvedic health study, 2. Coaching training, and 3. Business course.
  • 8:00 – The community aspect of YHC provides multiple levels of support that sets YHC apart from most other online, web-based, “distance” programs.
  • 12:00 – While YHC is structured, there is enough flexibility within the structure that if you “fall behind,” it’s not an issue.
  • 14:10 – Often, YHC allows people to transition out of unfilling jobs into meaningful, dynamic careers.
  • 19:00 – In YHC, you get to uplevel your own health in a sustainable way. Each time you go through Body Thrive and each time you teach the habits to your clients and go through it with them, you experience another evolution of you.
  • 23:00 – Body Thrive and YHC change the way you show up in relationships. Your capacity for communication improves, and when you live the habits, you lead by example and people begin to see you as an authority.

 

Favorite Quotes:

  • “There’s no good or bad. There’s just an evolution of better.” — Grace Edison
  • “You think you reach a peak or an edge, and then you look over the edge and there’s even more.” — Natasha Gayl

 

Guest BIO:

Natasha is a Boston-based yoga teacher and health coach. She has always been interested in the effects that food, herbs, and exercise have on the human body. Through her studies of Ayurveda and Ancient Chinese Herbal Medicine, She has honed her interest in Ayurvedic habit science, food, and exercise into expertise that can help you live in line with your inherent wellness. Connect with Natasha on her FB page Natasha Wellness.

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The Importance of Deep Listening as Wellness Pros https://yogahealthcoaching.com/importance-deep-listening-wellness-pros/ https://yogahealthcoaching.com/importance-deep-listening-wellness-pros/#respond Fri, 22 Dec 2017 12:54:33 +0000 https://healthcoaching.wpengine.com/?p=18987 Here we are on the Changemaker Challenge. It’s me, Cate Stillman of Yoga Health Coaching with the now-famous Grace Edison!

We’re talking about deep listening today. I actually just re-wrote the Yoga Health Coaching guide, and the deep listening section is big. It’s a skill, and you can’t making deeper change without it. As I was doing this, I was reflecting on how I think one of the reasons Grace has done so well here is her ability to listen from a place of care. And it’s authentic care! This is incredibly important when it comes to interacting with our clients. So tune in to learn about diving into deep listening, and uplevel your life, your relationships, and your career.

 

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

  • What to do to practice deep listening
  • How to practice physiological empathy
  • Why dynamic groups are so important for rapid evolution

 

Links:

 

Show Highlights:

  • 0:45 – Take time to enjoy the return from your offerings: so many of us work really hard all the time with the goal of enjoying our lives later, in retirement or further down the road. But the time is now to enjoy your life!
  • 4:15 – Deep listening comes down to caring. By allowing your physiology to presence care, you can practice empathetic physiological listening. You’re not just empathetic in your mind, but you’re actually physiologically available: your heart is available.
  • 11:15 – Create a safe space to deeply listen to your clients. Schedule a time and provide a structure so you can get to a place of depth and groundedness. Then, you’ll have time to reflect, ask questions, and get to the heart of the problem.
  • 17:30 – Don’t skip over the hard questions: hold yourself and your clients accountable for talking about uncomfortable things. This is what will set you apart from other health professionals and bring you to the root of the problem.
  • 30:30 – Dynamic groups are so important for rapid evolution: they help us to deeply listen, to care, to empathize, to identify our self-sabotage, to call each other out, and to have each other’s back.
  • 33:30 – In order to get comfortable with your clients uncomfortableness, get into your body and come to an intuitive place. Give everything you have to that person in that moment, and allow things to be exactly as they are.

 

Favorite Quotes:

  • “I’ve learned a lot about deep listening. I think it’s always been there, covered up by my desire to talk a lot.” – Grace Edison
  • “If you’re grounded in your own physiology, you can become so much more available.” – Cate Stillman
  • “The habits were huge for me in being able to feel and empathize, and then not take it on as my own.” – Grace Edison
  • “Once you become whole, then you can Thrive.” – Cate Stillman
  • “Extreme ownership of behavior in alignment with our own potential is what it’s all about.” – Cate Stillman

 

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