Author: Siddhi Japee
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Consciousness
What does it mean to centre oneself in the human consciousness and communicate through that experience? There are probably as many ways of communicating with the universal consciousness as the number of people in the world today. However, that does not mean that there are as many people doing it. On the contrary, communing with…
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Forgotten Report Card
I opened a long-neglected box during my last spring- cleaning endeavour and unearthed my teenage daughter’s kindergarten report card from nearly a decade ago, a snapshot of sorts of her younger self. One section detailed her grades, while another contained statements on her performance in various subjects. I couldn’t help but notice phrases like “X…
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Take Three Breaths…
In your first breath engage your torso and use the natural space you are meant to use by straightening your spine.In your second breath lift up your chin to look straight ahead so that your ear lobes are in line with your shoulders (as much as you can).In your third breath, breathe into and relax…
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Your Full Effort
“What would this look like if I gave it my full effort?” – This was the question that Blake Burge posed in his recent newsletter Wise Words that really got me thinking. Most times we give our relationships, work and ourselves less than half the effort we could have given it for various reasons. Our ideas about…
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Harnessing the Power of a Pause in Leadership Communication
Last Friday, I had the honour of having a deep conversation on what a Pause means for leaders with Abirambika Ravivarman – Leadership n Team Coach, PCC, ACTC and Ravi Panicker ,PCC – ICF as a part of the leadership Insights Dialogue Series hosted by Abirambika. As it always is when we come together, the dialogue was wide ranging,…
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Increasing Levels of Trust in the Organization
What would you say if I told you that you could create an environment in your organization to have “74% less stress, 106% more energy at work, 50% higher productivity, 13% fewer sick days, 76% more engagement, 29% more satisfaction with their lives and 40% less burnout”? (Zak, 2017) In his research on Trust spanning over a decade Paul Zak found that the presence of…
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The Voice of a Leader
In an age when our ears are constantly assaulted with sound, paying attention to the basic quality of our voice sounds frivolous. Yet, stop for a minute and remember some of those special conversations you have had, speeches you have heard, sound bites in your head or how a loved one’s voice had entered your…
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Coaching the Self
One of the most common paths into the world of coaching is by learning particular coaching models and skills. Beginner coaches assume that there are a series of steps that one can apply, a template that will deliver immediate results. The common belief is that coaching can be broken down into a process, governed mostly…
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Yoga and the Being of a Coach
TKV Desikachar, in his book ‘The Heart of Yoga,’ talks about two states of being for a good yoga practice: sthiram and sukham, or lightness and comfort. Sutra 2.46 of the Yogasutras talks about “sthira sukham asanam,” meaning a yoga asana should be stable and comfortable. This idea has a lot of relevance to coaching.…
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