Walk-Aways from a One-Day Immersion


Co-Creation, Community, Retreat

What might inspire you to partake in a Walking Wisdom One-Day Immersion?  It is a full day of play – play on the ‘āina in the gardens, play in the kitchen amidst alive foodstuffs, play as we ingest the fruits & vegetables of our garden labour all the while focusing on the sensing via our […]

April 10, 2019

Partnership


Co-Creation, Coaching, Peace, Responsibility

Coaching is a partnership.  What is the meaning of “partnership” within a coaching relationship?  As a coach, I partner with the client, bringing forth inquiry into a life circumstance, or perhaps discordant feelings, and truly, our conversation is around anything the client chooses to share during the coaching session, offering the opportunity for in-depth sharing […]

April 5, 2019

Why Coaching (Part II)?


Co-Creation, Coaching, Retreat

In Part I of this article, several ways were explored in which a coach supports a client. Continuing this conversation, we now explore an intrinsic ontology in which the coach supports the client.  And that is: Observation. As the coach I am, observes the BEing You Are, the “observer effect” comes into play.  The Hawthorne […]

March 24, 2019

Why Coaching (Part I)?


Co-Creation, Coaching, Dharma, Responsibility

Why would you want to have a coach?  Because…  A coach, such as moi, is your own personal cheerleader.  I rah!-rah! you into seeing alternative perspectives on an aspect of your life story.   Why is this important?  As we learn to see our life stories from a broader perspective, one in which we are […]

March 17, 2019

Grateful for Gratitude


Co-Creation, Coaching, Community, Dharma

I am Grateful for feelings of Gratitude. In feeling Gratitude, I feel the dross slip away. There is an easing of the body’s nervous system. Tears well as I give Gratitude for Life and what has been offered in all It’s variety and fullness. I give Gratitude for that which brings me into a state […]

March 8, 2019

Qualities of a Question


Co-Creation, Coaching

In ontological coaching (on·to·log·i·cal: relating to the nature of being), the coach’s questions are key to the client unraveling the stories they tell themselves, creating the opportunity to discover a broader renewed perspective.    What constitutes a “good” question?  In my coaching experience, it is that question which prompts one to enter into quiet stillness […]

February 25, 2019

The Forest


Co-Creation, Responsibility

The forest is a magical venue for stepping out of time.  I head into her daily.  She speaks to me constantly.  Am I listening?  Do I hear her nuances of dialogue?  The bird sound asks me to come to presence, to the present moment, in which all that is, is.  As I release clinging to […]

February 23, 2019