Meditation Basics: How Do I Know If I Am Doing It Right?
May 14, 2021
Introduction/Background
Have you considered working with a Spiritual Coach? What does a Spiritual Coach do? How do they help their clients? This blog intends to answer these and other questions about Spiritual Coaching. A Spiritual Coach is similar to a personal trainer, nutrition coach, etc. While a spiritual coach may touch upon exercise, diet, etc. (similar to how these coaches may touch upon spirituality), their primary purpose is to support you on your spiritual journey (i.e., meditation, intuition, yoga, emotion regulation, energy management, breaking though limiting patterns, etc.). Spiritual Coaches have various backgrounds and experience, so it is essential to find one that aligns with you, your beliefs, and your goals, so you maximize your time and financial investment.
How A Spiritual Coach Can Help You
While it is excellent that there is a lot of spiritual information available on the internet, it can also be confusing and overwhelming. Where does one start, and how do you know the information is correct? That is where a Spiritual Coach comes in. They are experienced and knowledgeable spiritual professionals passionate about guiding your journey to be efficient, economical, and productive.
Every Spiritual Coach is different, but at Spirit Tree, we will guide you in a personalized way that will enable you to get the most out of this sacred experience. For this blog, let us focus on the four most common ways we will help you:
- Working with you to identify your spiritual goals
- Developing a spiritual strategy to help you achieve these goals
- Helping you stay accountable to yourself
- Supporting, encouraging, and celebrating you on your journey
Why You Should Consider Hiring A Spiritual Coach
Supporting Your Spiritual Goals
When taking on a spiritual journey, it is important to know where you want to go and how you will get there (no different than any other trip). The first step is to identify what you want to get out of your spiritual journey, including what you want to accomplish.
Spiritual Coaches can support you while you set your goals. If you are not sure where to start, we can also help you through the process of figuring out what your goals might be.
Developing a Spiritual Strategy
Working together, we will develop a spiritual strategy to get you where you want to go. For example, you can think of Spiritual Coaching as the Google Maps of spirituality (we can get you from point A to point B in the most efficient and timely manner)!
That being said, we need to understand that there is no endpoint when it comes to spirituality, but there are checkpoints that can help us understand our progress in relation to where we started. The spiritual strategy will include choosing the techniques of interest, schedules (when appropriate), and the accountability framework that best serves you and your individual needs.
Keeping Yourself Accountable
Many people choose a personal trainer not because they do not know what to do in the gym but because they are looking to expand their knowledge, and they want someone who can push them during their exercises and keep them accountable to stick to the plan. Spiritual Coaches offer the same function in expanding client knowledge, taking clients to places they might not be able to go to on their own (or maybe not as quickly), and help clients stay accountable to themselves.
Spiritual Coaching is not about the coach, it is about the client (or at least this is how we do it at Spirit Tree), so it is about helping you stay motivated and focused on staying the course. Keep in mind we will not hold you accountable like how this might happen at work or at home (unless you feel you need this and ask us to support you in this way). We will, however, provide you a framework so you can keep yourself accountable (really, you are the only one who can) because this is all about you and your progress.
Support, Encouragement and Celebration
Because spirituality is such an individual journey, it is important we set checkpoints that, when reached, we can celebrate your progress together. No two spiritual paths are the same. At Spirit Tree, we are here to support you and encourage you on your journey. This is not about getting a participation medal; it is about setting goals and achieving results.
Many people do not celebrate their achievements and immediately move on to the next goal. However, it is important to recognize how our commitment to ourselves and our actions have facilitated our success. Recognizing success helps us instill confidence, self-esteem, and self-belief because you are taking the time to acknowledge what you have accomplished. This will help keep you determined, courageous, and focused when you take on more ambitious spiritual goals.
Conclusion
In this blog, we discussed what a Spiritual Coach does and four ways how they offer value to their clients. Now that you know what a Spiritual Coach does and how they can help you, think about whether this path is right for you. There are many spiritual courses and information available, but maybe it would be beneficial to hire a Spiritual Coach to help you accomplish your goals quickly and efficiently. After all, our most valuable resource is our time. You can always earn more money, but you cannot get your time back.
If you aren't sure, we suggest you check-in and listen to your inner knowing (some people call it intuition, heart, or "spidey sense"). If you are drawn to discovering and exploring your spiritual self through spiritual coaching, then we suggest you listen to your inner knowing and take action by booking a session today. There are One-On-One Spiritual Coaching Introductory Specials (available on the "Book Online" page) to help you get started on your journey.
For more information, please check out our services page or book your introductory coaching session today on our "Book Online" page, as we have some special offers available for a limited time.