Mindfulness Coaching

What is Mindfulness?

Here is what Google says:

the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something.
a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations.

Pretty spot on definitions.

The next question you ask yourself is what will this do for me in business?

Let’s look and see what businesses have to say about it and what it is currently doing for other businesses:

The Harvard Business Review says Mindfulness should no longer be considered a “nice-to-have” for executives. It’s a “must-have”: a way to keep our brains healthy, to support self-regulation and effective decision-making capabilities, and to protect ourselves from toxic stress.
According to a UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School study, the benefits of mindfulness can lead to “improvements in innovative thinking, communication skills and more appropriate reactions to stress.”
Companies that are currently using Mindfulness in their workplace include Aetna, Intel, Google, Target, Goldman Sachs, and General Mills to name a few.

What is Mindfulness Coaching?

When was the last time you listened? I am not referring to listening while the TV is on, you are checking your email, or playing with your smart phone. I am talking about really listening. Active listening. Active listening is being open and curious to all of the sensory input that you are receiving with no expectations or pre conceived notions.

Try it now. It will take less than two minutes and if done properly insights are sure to come.

Sit or stand.

Remove ALL distractions

Inhale Deeply

Exhale Deeply

Take a moment when all of the breath is out of you and LISTEN

Resume Breathing normally and continue to LISTEN

What did you Hear? See? Smell? Taste? Feel?

How do you feel right now? Refreshed? A little bit of clarity? Space?