People choose coaching to help them address a myriad of personal and professional issues, such as overwhelm, stress, challenging relationships, lack of focus, procrastination, and overall life balance. Together we often discover that underlying these presenting issues is a deep desire for authenticity: "I just want to be myself." And …"If I were myself, I would feel free, purposeful, and happy."

Coaching can then become a wonderful kind of excavation. Using a process called DreamShifting, we dig down though layers of unconscious beliefs, habits, and patterned thoughts, to bedrock - one's authentic self. Along the way we explore how negative reactions may be eroding relationship with self and others. There are exquisite moments when a client shifts perception and clearly sees the truth of who they are. A key to this shift is pausing. If we don't pause, we can easily fall back into unconsciousness. When we do pause, we open into a space of possibility and create the opportunity to choose something new.

In our busy lives how do we cultivate the ability to pause? Though practice. Here is a simple meditation exercise I've learned that I share with my clients:

Sit comfortably and close your eyes. Begin to focus on your breathing. Notice, without judgment, the length of your inhalation and the length of your exhalation. Sense the breath coming in through your nose and mouth, and imagine it filling every cell in your body with new life and new possibility. Sense the breath moving out and taking with it everything that is past and no longer needed. Now, pay special attention to the end of each exhalation. Notice the moment when the breath pauses, just before the next inhalation occurs. Feel into that gap. Let the breath dissolve into space. Can you allow yourself to surrender into the unknowable - the ocean of possibility?

Next time you're in a stressful moment, and feel compelled to react in a familiar and habitual way, bring your awareness to the pause at the end of your exhalation. Ask yourself, "What might happen if I let go of everything I know into this space? Now what do I choose?"

~ Linda

New Class and Teleclass Series begin on April 9 & 10

Teleclass Series:
Monday: April 9, April 23, May 7, and May 21
3:00 - 4:30 pm PT (6:00 - 7:30 pm ET).
Teleclass cost: $85 per class or $299 for series of four.

Class Series:
Tuesday: April 10, April 24, May 8, and May 22
7:00 - 9:00 pm PT
Class cost: $99 per class or $349 for series of four.

Many people who have read The Four Agreements find it challenging to live them. These lively and interactive class and teleclass series teach you how to make these simple principles real in your professional and personal life. In each class you learn one agreement and practice using it, along with Linda's innovative DreamShifting process, to transform yourself and all your relationships.

Choose the format that is more convenient for you: Classes meet in a beautiful location in West Los Angeles. Teleclasses are held via a phone conference line. Both are equally interactive, experiential, life changing and fun!

Informational handouts and a recording are
included with each session.

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