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Unlocking the Wisdom of Nature: Lessons from the Turtle | Spirit & Destiny

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As we enter the summer months, now is the time to go for a walk in nature and look at the lush amounts of green grass and leaves on trees. But have you ever thought of looking at nature as to how it could be used as a metaphor to our life’s problems or questions?

Native American wisdom, the Elders say that if something shows up four times to you meaningfully, it has a message for you. Think of it as our unconscious mind having the answer and is trying to make your conscious mind aware of it. I wrote a number of articles awhile ago for Spirit & Destiny the UK’s best selling spiritual magazine, on how we could learn from the animals that surround us, and if they did have a message for us, what would it be?

This month we look at the lesson from the Turtle your co-coach.

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Walk in Peace;

Walk in Beauty

until we meet again…

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BIO: Johnathan Brooks MA, PG Dip, FMAC is an experienced Master Executive and Personal Coach with 1,800+ hrs in the field, who has trained in a wide range of personal development methods including CBT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (postgrad), EFT Emotional Freedom Technique, Master NLP Neuro Linguistic Programming,  has a Postgraduate Diploma Degree in ‘Coaching and NLP’, which he passed with a ‘Commendation’, a Master of Arts in ‘Applied Coaching’ and certified Career Coach. He is based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Bio Trivia: Johnathan is an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe and whose godfather was Yul Brynner who won an Oscar for the ‘King and I’ film (1957).

He is a Fellow of the Association for Coaching (FMAC), Master member of the European and Mentoring Council (UK) and a professional member of the Association of NLP.

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Exploring Your True Self: A Guided Meditation

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Sit somewhere quietly like in your room or in a church

    It is important in this meditation that you do not try to arrive at an answer. Simply sit quietly, and note the sensations and then allow the attention to shift from the sensations to the question. What are you?

    What are you?

Are you your body?
No, I am NOT my body.
I have a body, which changes,
So I am not my body,
I have a body.

Are you your feelings and emotions?
No, I am NOT my feelings and emotions.
I have feelings and emotions which constantly changes,
So I am NOT my feelings and emotions,
I have feelings and emotions.

Are you your mind?
No, I am NOT my mind.
I have a mind and I can change my mind,
So I am NOT my mind,
I have a mind.

What am I at Source?
What am I really?

(Brooks, 2006)

    How Coaching with Cards Transforms Sessions

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    AngelI’ve always been interested in how cards can be used in coaching sessions, some directly and in-directly.

    In my personal practice I normally work on a new client about 30 mins before they arrive not necessarily knowing what the problem is yet. One of the first things I do is draw an angel card and I see how this relates to the client’s issue that day, but without telling them about the cards during the session. I’ve been working like this for the last 23 years. I think of it as observational research and the cards always without fail relates to the clients situation in some way. Cards have been a great aid for asking insightful coaching questions that then lead to very creative and resourceful sessions.

    Recently for a new client, I drew the angel card of Fun, next I pulled the Trickster from the Native American Path cards, which is also as it happens to be about laughing at the realisation of the crooked path one is on and not to be so serious. The next card I pulled from the Medicine Cards deck was Beaver, which is about working hard and working together. I then let it be to see what opened up during the coaching session.

    During the session he mentioned social anxiety (not working together), he was retired and wanted to use his time more effectively but didn’t know what to do with his time, but wanted fun. He also mentioned that he got frustrated with others and gave the example of road rage that he gets. So anger became our first piece of change work that session, as the anger also affected his personal relationship with his partner.

    When he left, guess what his personalised car number plate was? Ans: FUN

    ‘Walk in Peace;

    Walk in Beauty’

    — Spirit Bear Coaching

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