Mark Mooney – Presenter – March 2009

The Use of Somatics in Coaching

Monday, March 16, 2009

6:30 – 9:00 p.m.

Orinda Library (Directions & Map)

The meeting will be held in Room 7 of the Community Center which is connected to the Library building.

Mark will guide us into the mechanics of coaching through the body, also known as Somatic Coaching. This method takes the full Self into consideration as the focal point of coaching. We will also explore several basic practices used at the Strozzi Institute by coaches, both for their clients, and for themselves as coaches.

As a result of our time with Mark, participants will be able to center and ground, and begin the practice of a centered presence. They will learn the possibilities that somatics offers for coaching and having the ability to observe the Self as body.

Mark Mooney is VP of Public Programs at the Strozzi Institute, a teacher in their Leadership and Action courses in the US and the UK, and a certified Master Somatic Coach. He has coached executives in large corporations as well as in small businesses, and offers coaching for people in varying stages of Leadership development. Mark is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, has managed several small businesses and owned his own manufacturing business for six years. He has been studying with Dr. Richard Strozzi-Heckler for 14 years and has been a teacher at Strozzi Institute for 10 years. Mark holds the rank of black belt in Aikido.