"We are always embodied. To ignore the body in the coaching dialogue is to miss a world of opportunities."
Veronica Olalla Love, M.Ac., Dipl, Ac., NCC, PCC
Creator of Applied Somatics Coaching Certification Course
As coaches, we know the importance of including the body in our coaching conversations. But often we lack the confidence and experience to effectively integrate somatics into our coaching conversations.
To help address this common experience, we have developed Newfield’s Applied Somatic Coaching Certification Course, just for you! This course is designed to cultivate confidence and skill within the somatic domain. This course will help you hone your somatic coaching skills to deepen your ability to spark sustained transformation and insight with your clients. Through thoughtfully curated experiences, we will explore, practice and embody the fundamentals of somatic coaching through the time-tested Newfield methodologies.
The foundation of the training is learned through a comprehensive deep dive into the somatic coaching competencies (SCC). These are the fundamental skills needed to practice somatic coaching effectively and powerfully. The SCC's are in alignment with ICF core competencies and emphasize the specific skills required to be an effective somatically informed coach. As you practice the SCCs, you will find your skill and artfulness amplified.
For coaches who feel unsure about how to effectively integrate somatics into their practice, this course is designed for you. You’ll gain the confidence to facilitate deeper transformations, bring more presence and depth to your conversations, and navigate embodied explorations with greater ease, clarity, and flow.
Transform somatics into a powerful, practical tool for lasting impact in your coaching sessions.
Become a Newfield Certified Somatic Coach
Demystify somatics in coaching and integrate it with your existing suite of coaching tools!
During this 5-month program, you will:
- Go on a personal transformational journey. Identify your own relationship with your body and how it is a portal into sustained personal development with a cohort of your peers.
- Embody the Essential Somatic Coaching Competencies. Establish and embody the foundational tenets of somatic coaching.
- Engender Greater Self-Discovery. Learn how to ask potent coaching questions through the Somatic Inquiry Process.
- Strengthen Somatic Safety & Trust. Support your clients to deeply connect to their own inherent wisdom.
- Enhance Communication Skills. Refine non-verbal sensing, both within yourself and with your clients.
- Learn in Community. Amplify your somatic competencies through a community focused on the practice of somatic coaching.
* ICF approved for 40 CCEs by attending our program! (33 Core Competencies and 7 Resource Development)
Simplify
This course transforms the vast territory of somatic coaching into learnable skills that you can integrate into your practice immediately. It will support you to navigate coaching sessions with greater ease and confidence.
Attune
Amplify your coaching presence by building your awareness capacities and increasing your ability to use your whole self as a resonance instrument during coaching sessions.
Embody
You will have the opportunity to engage in experiential, interactive and immersive learning: including observing coaching demos and debriefing. We integrate different training methodologies to maximize embodied application. It’s all about practice!
Course Curriculum
Month 1: Setting The Somatic Foundation: Somatic Orientation, Awareness and Observation
In this initial month, our focus is on the power of perspective and observation, beginning with an examination of our own orientation and understanding of the body. We will then delve into the 'Coach's Somatic Orientation,' a crucial framing that enhances the transformative potential with our clients. Skipping this step may result in missed opportunities in the somatic coaching process and outcomes. Following that, we will explore and hone our somatic observational capacities. This month serves as the foundation for the entire course, providing you with the strength to evolve into a more artful and skillful somatic coach.
Month 2 - Somatic Presence, Principles & Safety
During the second month, we will learn a presence model and undergo awareness training. We will introduce the 5 somatic principles and explore how they act as guides shaping the somatic coaching process. Coaching based on these principles enhances ease and trust in the unfolding of somatic coaching conversations. Additionally, we will learn straightforward and effective somatic safety practices to further build trust with our clients.
Month 3 - The Transformational Arc & Somatic Inquiry
In this month, our emphasis will be on the Transformational Arc, a 4 step process that delves into a detailed understanding of the various phases of deep transformation. This understanding plays a crucial role in the development of our somatic inquiry process. Knowing precisely which phase of transformation your client is in enables you to tailor your somatic inquiry to meet them exactly where they are in real time.
Month 4 - Somatic Pattern Recognition & Somatic Transformational Tools
In the fourth month, you'll acquire knowledge of somatic patterns, enhancing your ability to observe the body from fresh perspectives. This expanded observational capacity widens our range of coaching questions, fostering new insights. The somatic transformational tools assist us in supporting the client’s insights into embodied transformation.
Month 5 - Review, Deepen, Integrate
In month five, we will dedicate time to reviewing, deepening, and integrating our comprehension and application of the somatic curriculum. The focus will be on supporting clients in sustained transformation by collaboratively designing practices. We will then create a personalized practice plan to ensure continuous learning and application beyond the course. The month concludes with an overview, summary, and a celebration of the learning journey.
Course Structure
Each Month:
Week 1: Two, 4-hour Immersions: These immersive and experiential learning sessions include presentations, breakouts, exercises, and Q&A time.
Week 2: One, 90-minute Somatic Coaching Demo & Debrief: Observe a somatic coaching demo and engage in a collective learning conversation.
Week 3: One, 60-minute Peer-coaching Session & Debrief: In a supportive learning environment we will have the opportunity to experiment and explore together. This is a time for practice, not perfection!
Your learning will also be supported with:
- Individual Mentor Sessions
- Learning Guides
- Co-design Practices
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Learning Platform
Course Dates
Month 1: November
Monday, 4th | Immersion | 11 am - 3 pm ET
Tuesday, 5th | Immersion | 11 am - 3 pm ET
Tuesday, 12th | Coaching Demonstration | 11 am - 12:30 pm ET
Tuesday, 19th | Peer-Coaching | 11 am - 12 pm ET
Month 2: December
Monday, 2nd | Immersion | 11 am-3 pm ET
Tuesday, 3rd | Immersion | 11 am-3 pm ET
Tuesday, 10th | Coaching Demonstration | 11 am-12:30 pm ET
Tuesday, 17th | Peer Coaching | 11 am-12 pm ET
Month 3: January
Monday, 13th | Immersion | 11 am-3 pm ET
Tuesday, 14th | Immersion |11 am-3 pm ET
Tuesday, 21st | Coaching Demonstration | 11 am-12:30 pm ET
Tuesday, 28th | Peer Coaching 11 am-12 pm ET
Month 4: February
Monday, 10th | Immersion | 11 am-3 pm ET
Tuesday, 11th | Immersion | 11 am-3 pm ET
Tuesday, 18th | Coaching Demonstration | 11 am-12:30 pm ET
Tuesday, 25th | Peer Coaching: 11 am-12 pm ET
Month 5: March
Monday, 10th | Immersion: 11 am-3 pm ET
Tuesday, 11th | Immersion: 11 am-3 pm ET
Tuesday, 18th | Coaching Demonstration | 11 am-12:30 pm ET
Tuesday, 25th | Peer Coaching | 11 am-12 pm ET
Month 6: April
Tuesday, 1st | Immersion | 11 am-3 pm ET
Meet Your Facilitator
Veronica Olalla Love, NCC, PCC, M.Ac., Dipl. Ac. brings a wealth of experience to the table, having co-led Newfield’s esteemed signature ‘Coaching for Personal and Professional Mastery’ program across 8 countries and in two languages for 20 years. Her expertise lies in curating profound somatic experiences that catalyze remarkable breakthroughs and insights for participants.
Drawing from her extensive background in somatics —a realm where she's certified as a massage therapist yoga instructor, and holds a Master’s degree, and is nationally certified in acupuncture—Veronica has now developed an advanced somatic course. This exclusive program is tailored to empower coaches, offering comprehensive insights into integrating somatic practices seamlessly into their coaching engagements.
Her approach combines the depth of somatics with over two decades of experience in the ontological coaching tradition. A certified Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the ICF, she has also completed the ICF PCC Marker training, positioning herself as a seasoned guide for coaches seeking to harness the transformative potential of somatics in their coaching journeys.
Alongside Veronica’s robust foundation of 30 years of practice in yoga and meditation, she is also deeply passionate about dance, exploring and learning salsa and tango, and now delving into the captivating world of hip hop.
Meet Your Somatic Mentor Coaches
Carol Harris-Fike, MA, NCOC, PCC, NSC, NBC-HWC,
CSA Supervisor
Somatic Mentor Coach
Carol Harris-Fike is in her 20th year of ontological coaching, mentoring, and coaching super-vision. She has been a Program Coach with Newfield since 2011 and loves supporting students with ontological coaching distinctions including somatics as part of the Body, Emotions, and Language (BEL) Model.
Kymberly Johnson, NCOC, PCC
Somatic Mentor Coach
In order to more fully meet the challenging needs of our times, Kymberly Johnson, PCC (Master Certified Coach in process) specializes in Team Coaching, Supervising Team Coaches, and convening Supervision Groups for Professional Coaches worldwide. She believes that through Team Coaching and Group Coaching Supervision, sharing our collective wisdom, while being thinking partners with one another, leads to co-creative and innovative pathways to meet the extraordinary challenges of our clients, our customers, ourselves, and our world.
Jane Kerschner, NCOC, PCC
Somatic Mentor Coach
In 2004, Jane Kerschner, NCOC and PCC, discovered the power and wisdom of somatics and the body in her Newfield Network coaching program. Somatics is a superpower she weaves through her private coaching, coach supervision, workshop facilitation, and Newfield mentor coaching. Jane includes dance and movement as an integral part of her work in designing and delivering personal development programs.
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Will I be certified?
Yes! Upon completion of course requirements, you will be designated a Newfield Certified Somatic Coach (NCSC).
Do I get ICF CCEs?
Yes! 40 CCE (Specifically, 33 Core Competency and 7 Resource Development.)
How long will I have access to the recordings and the course material?
You will have 3 years access to the course recordings and materials.
When's my next chance to take the course?
Our upcoming Fall course begins November 4, 2024.
To find out more about the course please reach out and schedule a conversation. Click Here.
How much time should I invest in the course?
You get out of the program what you put in to it. That said outside of the program sessions themselves, we estimate 2-4 hours per week.
How will the course be delivered?
The course is virtual. We will have our live sessions via Zoom. We will also have a learning platform where all of the sessions and learning guides will be posted for you to access as you wish.
Who is this course for?
This course is designed to be exclusively for people who are already trained as coaches.