MBAC Mindfulness-based AwarenessCoaching Open Awareness and unlocking our potential for GROWTH – an eight session coaching programme... Life wants us to grow, to expand, and to take things to the next level; to evolve. And it has wired us accordingly. We are built for growth, expansion and evolution. Yet, growth means exchanging the old for the new – and we often find ourselves reluctant or unwilling to let go. We procrastinate. We excuse. We postpone. We rationalise. We deny. We bargain. We ’explain away’. We resist. And life goes on as it was – without any change. As Walt Kelly once remarked, "We have met the enemy and he is us." This group programme is designed to support the development of an Open Awareness, liberating us from that enemy within. It will be delivered over eight weeks of two hour evening classes – with the option of additional individual coaching sessions. What is Open Awareness? Beyond the mind there is another world – a world of awareness. Open Awareness is closely aligned to Mindfulness as a human quality and Mindfulness practice is at the heart of Open Awareness. With an Open Awareness we become present; once present, we become alive to many things. We come alive to our thoughts, feelings and emotions. We awaken to our environment and what is happening around us. We come alive to ourselves and the world around us. This awareness is the basis of our inner-freedom and conscious choice. It enables us to stop tolerating what we would rather change. It empowers us to step into the life and self we want, to be who we really are – to be authentic! Coaching as an approach is solution-focused. It offers a systematic process which empowers us to arrive at our own answers; stimulating Open Awareness is an essential part of that. Content of the Awareness Coaching programme (V.GROWTH) Introductory session V for awareness of your VISION G for awareness of your true GOALS (goals are the landmarks on our life map from reality towards vision) R for awareness of the HERE and NOW – REALITY O for becoming aware of your OPPORTUNITIES and OBSTACLES W for becoming aware of your WAY ahead T for Task Force – COMMITMTENT, MOTIVATION and ACTION H for HAPPY HOUR – when the job is done, evaluate the final outcome and CELEBRATE your success! What will you discover? An enriched self awareness, the ultimate enabler The ability to notice the times when you are at risk of getting caught in old habits of mind that prevent you moving forward The capacity to explore ways of releasing yourself from those old habits and, if you choose, enter a different way of being A different way of knowing yourself and the world The potential to achieve personal change and transformation Your Facilitator Albert G. Tobler Association for Coaching (AC) accredited executive coach Member of the blackswan executive coaching team 30 years of international work experience in Learning and Development Co-founder of London Meditation and London Coaching Developer of AwarenessCoaching Coaching based on introspection and meditative techniques as well as MbM-Management by Meditation™