Embodiment: Coaching Somatic Awareness

Michelangelo’s David—a study in grounded presence and the quiet intelligence of the body.

The body often knows long before the mind catches up.

That’s why embodiment—helping clients notice and interpret what’s happening in their physical experience—isn’t an optional extra in coaching. It’s a doorway to awareness, congruence, and choice.

When words reach their limit, the body keeps speaking. Sometimes in whispers. Sometimes in shouts.

Our role as coaches is to help clients tune in and trust what their body already knows.

Embodiment weaves through many ICF Core Competencies: staying fully Present, Listening to more than words, and Evoking Awareness through the client’s whole self—mind, heart, and body.

And fittingly, to coach embodiment well, we must also embody it ourselves—living proof of Competency 2: Embodies a Coaching Mindset.

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