Overview of Alaya
Alaya is the Sanskrit word for home or abode. (e.g. “Himalaya” = Snow Home). But Alaya is also used to refer more broadly to refer to a returning home or homecoming. In Buddhism, Alaya is used to refer to an abiding in the pure awareness or pure consciousness where there is ultimate clarity.
Many of us feel like we have lost ourselves or aren’t at home in our own skin, and as a result, we are confused and unclear. We yearn for a sort of homecoming to ourselves but continue to look for the keys outside because there is more light and more distraction outside. At Alaya Coaching, I help you return home to yourself so you can ignite the light of your internal spirit. I call it Embodied Clarity because, returning home to ourselves, starts with returning to an embodied sense of oneself—and that brings a deep clarity.
My Clients
I work with creative, successful professionals, lawyers and entrepreneurs who feel like they have lost their internal compass and bearings. My clients are driven and successful but they feel one-dimensional, and lack energy, balance and fulfillment. They envision a more satisfying life and more balanced career. Others want to be a change agent within their organizations—cultivating better communication and leadership skills, while fostering more compassion, balance and meaning in their workplace. Their desire for something new is powerful but they keep spinning their wheels, and thus seek guidance to actualize new and exciting possibilities.
The Benefits:
- Regain yourself. Feel more real, vibrant, and passionate
- Access new clarity and inner knowing to make good choices
- Let go of the underlying anxiety that colors your attempts to solve your problems
- Learn to rest in your natural resourcefulness
- Generate solutions from a deeply rooted foundation of clarity and balance
- Sense what you truly want and respond accordingly
- Feel confident and supported by your inner strength and resilience to weather the storm
- Become an inspiring, effective leader
- Learn effective communication skills for leadership and relationships
My Approach
Combining techniques from Qigong and Feldenkrais, I help you cultivate the ability to return “home” in the body so you can make choices and take action from a powerfully rooted foundation.
Sessions focus on giving you an experience of a being fully present and at ease in your body. You learn how to settle down from the busyness of day-to-day life so you can actually hear your internal wisdom. From this place, you gain a new vantage point and fresh solutions because you escape your habitual sense of self and cultivate a completely different sense of self. Once you learn to let go of your habitual approach to your problems and can rest in your natural resourcefulness, we can begin more traditional Integral Coaching sessions from a place of renewed possibility and clarity.
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Read more about my approach: The Embodied Clarity Approach
Somatic Coaching
Feldenkrais Method
Qigong
