Ontolog

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Ontological

Coaching

=

The study of being /

Nature of human existence

=

Coaching to Way of Being

Communication and

Behavior

Way of Being

Results

Quality of Existence

Perceptions Attitudes(Many of which are deep seated and out of awareness)

Language Emotion

Body

Generates Reality

Predisposition for action

ChangeHappens in theNervous System

The world shows up to us based

on how we observe the world

Way of Being =

Observer

Basic Linguistic

Acts (SpeechActs)

Words

Listening

Language

Descriptive Generative

Moods= Spaces of Possibility

Body= the way we have organized our physiology

• A key factor in how we OBSERVE is based on how we hold

our bodies, what we experience within our bodies, and

how we use our bodies.

• For change to be fundamental and lasting, a shift in the

body is required.

• Small and subtle shifts in our body, can have a profound

impact on how we perceive…. Well everything

• This area of our being has been most neglected

A Basic Somatic Coaching Process

It is suggested that you coach each other while standing so that the full body is engaged.

Coachee - Think about / feel the emotions associated with the issue. Label the issue (eg, X or dark purple) or provide a brief description.

Coach - facilitate your partner moving through the following steps• Ask him or her to describe aspects of his or her posture using the basic somatic

framework (on flipchart)• Invite your partner to move to another space (step to right / left / front / back)and

to shift into what they consider to be a more helpful posture (again use basic somatic framework on flip chart).

• Ask permission to offer your suggestions to enhance the coachee being in an even more helpful/resourceful posture. Eg. drop chin a bit and lengthen the back of spine.

• Ask coachee to move back to the spatial location of the old, unhelpful posture and to notice the experience.

• Now invite the coachee to go back to the spatial location of the more resourceful posture and ensure they begin to consolidate this way of being in their body.

• In the more resourceful body ask the coachee to think about the issue and what they notice to be different emotionally and in the way they think about it.

• Check with the coachee if there is anything they particularly valued about themselves as a person in the old, unresourceful posture that they want to integrate into the new, more resourceful posture.

• Then ask, “Do you genuinely give yourself permission to begin to fully live from this new, more resourceful posture?”