Coaching Session on Presencing in Nature & In Person

I talked with my coach about my journey into the land adjacent to my back yard. I live near the Appalachian Trail and New York's Fahnestock State Park.

I took time Saturday morning to climb up the hill where boulders left by the glaciers still sit. I walked up on the ridge, away from my house.

First, I saw the handiwork of a dedicated woodpecker.

The Woodpecker's Handiwork

And then, I saw some beautiful green moss peeking out of the forest floor.

I made my way north. I turned left and climbed up another ridge, and kept walking toward the huge rock my husband told me I would find. There it was. It is, perhaps, the size of my galley kitchen. It's this enormous rock that is solidly there.

I found my way to the Vernal Pond and took 15 minutes to observe nature. I didn't ask myself to think about anything in particular. I listened to the squawking of two noisy hawks flying together. I heard a lot of different types of birdsong.
                                                                                              It was very quiet. The clouds moved to the left, and the  

Early Spring Moss

light changed. The day became more gray and less bright.

I told my coach that I sat on a rock overlooking the Vernal Pond and explored my Self. I did not come to one conclusion. I pondered student, teacher, mother figure, servant leader, follower?, instigator?

I told my coach about the workshop I gave on Tuesday. I explained that I was not afraid. At the end of my free writing exercise, I came to the conclusion that I am interested in things that are not in the scope of my job. I shared with my coach my questioning about what job is the right job for my Self. Is it coaching? Is it change consultation? Is it human resources.

My coach rephrased my questions and asked additional questions. I shared with her these words from my free writing exercise:

The Vernal Pond

"Ice. What's under the ice? The surface. What's under the surface? Tap the spring. Tap the source in each individual."

My coach helped me to understand that I'm on the right path. She was very encouraging.

I also talked with her regarding a presencing experience I had with a co-worker on Friday. The co-worker came to me with an idea of fixing up two of our male co-workers who are single. I related to my coach that I saw her authentic self. I saw her caring as an individual and her desire to be a match-maker. I explained to my coach that we were in Field 4 of Scharmer's Dialogue Model. We came to a point of generating together a plan to bring these individuals together to see if they might be interested in dating one another. Together, we each have an inner nature toward love, which we shared together, as we engaged in presencing.