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Mind-Body Skills Group for Coaches

 

Learn Mind-Body Skills for Self-Care
OR Learn Mind-Body Skills that You Can Integrate Into Your Coaching Practice

Mind-body skills groups are educational, supportive groups that offer participants an opportunity to learn self-care strategies and experience evidence-based techniques to enhance health and well-being.

In this mind-body skills group for coaches, coaches will learn and practice experiential and integrative mind-body techniques, including meditation, guided imagery, autogenic training, breath work, awareness through movement, and mindful eating in a supportive environment that nourishes self-awareness and enhances active listening skills. 

Participants share and connect with each other, creating a positive learning environment that supports individual and collective well-being. 

This group series is expanded upon and based on the work of Dr. James Gordon, the founder of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, who is world-renowned for his use of self-awareness, self-care, and group support for healing. 

Mind-body skills groups have been researched and proven to increase quality of life and decrease depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance.1,2  They have also been shown to decrease personal distress and increase empathy in nursing and medical students,3 and have been proven to mitigate symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in wart-raumatized veterans. 4

References
[1] van Vliet, M., Jong, M., & Jong, M. C. (2017). Long-term benefits by a mind–body medicine skills course on perceived stress and empathy among medical and nursing students. Medical teacher, 39(7), 710-719.

[2] lsma, M. C., Jones, L. D., Staples, J. K., et. al. (2020). Mind-body skills groups for adolescents with depression in primary care: A pilot study. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 34(5), 462-469.

[3] Staples, J. K., Gordon, J. S., Hamilton, M., & Uddo, M. (2020). Mind-body skills groups for treatment of war traumatized veterans: A randomized control study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

[4] Staples, Julie K., et al. "Mind-body skills groups for treatment of war-traumatized veterans: A randomized controlled study." Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (2020).

* CE Credits are pending. This course is pending eligibility for CE credits through both the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching and the International Coaching Federation.

Who is this mind-body skills group for?

  • Coaches at any stage of their professional journey, including aspiring coaches, coaches undergoing coach training, and practicing coaches
  • Coaches of any niche or specialty
  • Health care providers and other health and wellness professionals interested in learning about mind-body medicine and mind-body techniques to enhance their well-being and self-care

Disclaimer: This mind-body skills group model is provided by the Center for Health and Wellness Coaches. This is an experiential 8-week group to learn and practice evidence-based mind-body techniques, not formal training in mind-body medicine. To pursue certification in mind-body medicine, please visit the Center for Mind-Body Medicine. We have no financial disclosures or affiliations with the Center for Mind-Body Medicine.

Register for the Course

* CE Credits are pending. This course is pending eligibility for CE credits through both the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching and the International Coaching Federation.

Group Objectives:

Upon completion of the Mind-Body Skills Group for Coaches, coaches will be able to:

1) understand the fundamentals of mind-body medicine 

2) use evidence-based mind-body techniques-including—breathing, meditation, guided imagery, biofeedback, drawing, expressive writing, movement practices, ceremony, and ritual—to enhance well-being and self-care

3) practice self-awareness by mobilizing and transforming emotions

 

What The Mind-Body Skills Group for Coaches Includes:

☙ 2-hour weekly small group sessions over 8 consecutive weeks delivered online through Zoom

☙ Access to recordings of in-class guided activities

☙ Weekly emails to participants with suggestions for home practice, suggested readings, and inspirational quotes

☙ 1-hour reunion session approximately 4-6 weeks after the group finishes


☙ Each participant will receive:

  • a copy of Dr. Gordon’s book The Transformation: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma (HarperOne, 2019) and a mind-body skills workbook
  • a pulse oximeter for the biofeedback activity

Additional Details

☙ No prior experience is necessary. This mind-body skills group is open to coaches and health care professionals.

☙ Space is limited. This group will have a minimum of 7 and maximum of 10 participants. Participants will be enrolled on a first-come, first-serve basis.

☙ Each participant is an integral part of the group. Therefore, participants must be able to attend the entire 8-week program.

☙ This is not a therapy group. This is a supportive educational group with a facilitator who is also an equal participator in the group.

Schedule:

In order to maintain the high quality and integrity of these groups, each group has a limit of 10 participants. For your convenience, there are two groups available during the following times:
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Group 1:

Wednesdays, April 17-May 29, 2024 from 7-9 PM EST.

 

Group 2:

Fridays, April 19-May 31, from 9-11 AM EST

Instructor:

Jessica Singh, MD, NBC-HWC, ACC

Please note that you must choose one group and commit to it, as switching between groups is not allowed.

 

About The Instructor

 

The Mind-Body Skills Groups for Coaches are facilitated by Dr. Jessica Singh, MD, NBC-HWC, ACC, the founder of Sukhayu Wellness and the Center for Health and Wellness Coaches. Her health and wellness journey began years ago when she was an emergency medicine physician in-training, learning how to enhance her own well-being and recover from burnout. She is now a holistic integrative coach, yoga instructor and practitioner, Ayurvedic wellness counselor, interactive guided imagery guide, mind-body skills practitioner, author (first book in progress on how to enhance fulfillment and well-being as a physician!) and healthcare provider wellness consultant. Dr. Singh is excited and grateful to facilitate this group, in which she expands upon the mind-body skills group model developed by the Center for Mind-Body Medicine.

 

Realizing the importance of community, mentorship, and networking through her own professional journey, Dr. Singh created the Center for Health and Wellness Coaches to help facilitate the sharing of knowledge and support the professional development of health and wellness coaches.

 

Dr. Singh received her Doctor of Medicine from New York Medical College and completed emergency medicine residency at Yale New Haven Hospital.

Weekly Curriculum Overview

WEEK 1
Overview of mind-body medicine

WEEKS 2
Biology of mind-body medicine.

WEEKS 3
Meditation

WEEK 4
Guided-Imagery

WEEK 5
Emotional Awareness

WEEKS 6
Food as Medicine

WEEKS 7
Spirituality

WEEK 8
Ceremony and Ritual

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CE Course Completion Requirements:

To obtain a certification of completion, participants must fulfill the following course requirements:

  1. Agree to the mind-body skills group agreement.

  2. Complete the assigned weekly reading and reflection activities.

  3. Attend weekly live sessions facilitated by Jessica Singh, MD, NBC-HWC, ACC.

  4. Successfully complete both post-live session quizzes by achieving no less than 80% correct. After each live didactic, learners will receive a 5 question quiz testing their assessment of knowledge learned. 

  5. Completion of a self-assessment upon completion of the program. 

  6. Completion of a feedback form at the conclusion of the program.

Mind-Body Skills Group for Coaches Informational Video

  • Important – please watch this video before enrolling!

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Review Course Pricing Details

 

Two price cards with two separate dates – register for group 1 or group 2 đŸĄȘ will other options on checkout page.

PRICING CARD 1:

One payment: $675

Program Cost

Without CE Credit

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PRICING CARD 2:

One payment: $775

With CE Credit –

eligible for 16 CE credits through NBHWC and ICF

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