Exploring the Living Presence That We Are

Who are you in your true being? One answer to this question is that we are more than a separate, historical self with preferences, thoughts and feelings. We are a dynamic, living, creative and loving presence in the world, intimately connected with all of life.

The Living Presence Experience & The Zen Way of Coaching is a journey into your own inner nature, while also providing you with essential insights, tools and practices to be authentic in relationships with others, and of powerful and profound support to others in the role of therapist, coach or friend.

The group includes movement meditations, silent sitting, a lot of dancing, teachings, deep emotional and spiritual inquiry work, sharing circles, individual coaching, many forms of listening exercises, and much more.
This work is inspired by many teachings and traditions, especially Buddhism, The Diamond Approach, Non-Violent Communication, Family Constellations, Osho therapy work, Somatic Experiencing, the modern coaching tradition, and more.

The key practices offered in this group are different forms of meditations and powerful inquiry practices. The inquiry work involves looking deeply into your inner experiences to experience and understand them fully, and from that inner connection let the natural intelligence of life unfold in surprising, expansive and healing ways.
This group is first of all a personal transformation and awakening journey, but it will also be of significant benefit to anyone who works with people in any way.

You will learn the basics of the Zen Coaching approach to inner transformation, which is primarily focused on qualities of our presence rather than specific techniques. We work a lot with the Zen Coaching principles of “Listening from Inner Spaciousness” and “Helping Through Non-Helping”. We also explore how important the seemingly simple life principle of “Relax and Enjoy” is, not only in ordinary life and in inner growth and transformation, but also when working with others as a therapist or coach.

As we relax into our inner beingness, we access our true inner potential of peace, strength, joy, love, freedom, trust, compassion, clarity and creativity. This benefits ourselves and all our relationships first of all, but also amplifies our impact when we work with people.

Coaching

Coaching is the art of supporting awareness, responsibility and conscious choice, mainly by using powerful questions and deep listening. Curiosity, trust and compassion are the foundation for this kind of support, and these qualities are also the basis for a life of joy, fulfillment, expansion, growth, healing, transformation and ease.

In this workshop, you will explore what supports these qualities and what blocks them in your own life. You will also learn the basic framework and toolbox for working as an effective coach in the Zen way of effortless presence – both for self-coaching and in coaching others.

About the Zen Coaching Training

After this workshop you can, if you wish, join the full Zen Coaching Training – a one-year journey that consists of four more modules of 5 days each (20 days) plus practice between modules. The full training is offered at Ängsbacka.

See www.zen-coaching.com for more information.

More than 850 people have completed the Zen Coaching Training since it was first offered in 2005. Completing the training means the possibility of being an active part of a beautiful and nourishing international community for mutual support, inspiration, and friendship. This community is called The Living Presence Community, and it has local ‘hubs’ in many places, such as Stockholm, Järna, Gothenburg, Molkom, Oslo, Cape Town, Sopot/Gdansk (Poland) and other places.
Ongoing Advanced Training, coaching supervision and other events both live and online is regularly offered by the International Zen Coaching Network and the Living Presence Community.