Deepening Presence and a Steady Heart: A Mindfulness Course for Coaches (Cohort 2)

Deepening Presence and a Steady Heart: A Mindfulness Course for Coaches

30 ICF-approved CCE hours: 19 Core Competency + 11 Resource Development

What if the presence you already bring to your coaching is not the ceiling, but the starting point?

Most coaches have found ways to be present with their thinker. Far fewer have learned to be present with themselves while it happens.

If you want your presence to be stiller deep inside your belly, if you want to be able to notice all the fluxes and changes in the coaching conversation without clinging to any of it, or pushing any of it away, if you want to be able to REST in presence, abide with EASE in presence as you coach, if you want to be receptive to anything and everything that arises, this is for you.

Why This & Why Now

Coaching doesn’t need to be sold anymore. Everyone knows it works. The harder question is what a human coach offers that a cheaper AI coaching tool doesn’t.

My answer? A coach’s own capacity for presence. Comfort with silence while reading the room. The ability to challenge a client with empathy rather than technique. None of that can be automated, and all of it can be deepened.

How you relate to your own stress, doubt and difficulty shapes how steadily you can hold your clients’ hardest moments. This course works directly on that relationship; not as an add-on to your coaching practice, but as the ground it stands on.

Who This Is For

• Trained coaches at any level of experience, from newly qualified to seasoned, looking to deepen your relational impact.
• Coaches who need CCE hours for ICF renewal or their next level of accreditation, and want those hours to genuinely change how you work, not just tick a box.
• All coaches, whether you’re entirely new to meditation, a seasoned practitioner or somewhere in between. Whatever our starting point, this course will help you go deeper.

What You'll Be Better Able to Do

• Let go of your own passing thoughts so you’re fully available for your client’s thinking.
• Hold a client’s (or your) unwanted or difficult emotions with more ease, instead of moving to fix or soothe them away.
• Stay grounded and spacious when a session brings uncertainty or complexity.
• Notice non-verbal cues and subtle relational shifts with more sensitivity.
• Prepare for, stay present during and reflect after sessions in a way that steadily builds your own mindful awareness over time.

Note that this is NOT training in how to offer mindfulness practices to your clients. It is about using mindfulness practices to influence how you show up as a coach.

Course Format

• This online course comprises nine live group sessions (dates are below) and three 1:1 calls with the teacher
• Course materials include a workbook and access to a suite of guided meditation recordings
• You are encouraged to meditate daily for at least 20 minutes throughout the course using the provided meditation recordings. 
• The group sessions will be recorded if the full group consents to them being recorded.

This experiential programme develops and expands the inner capacities that support high-quality coaching practice. It enables you to cultivate even deeper sustained presence, emotional steadiness and refined attunement in your work with clients.

Through structured mindfulness practice, guided inquiry and applied reflection, you will strengthen your ability to remain grounded when clients bring uncertainty, strong emotion or complexity. You will learn to recognise and regulate your internal responses, hold simultaneous internal and external awareness, and maintain psychological spaciousness within coaching conversations.

We will explore attunement and the experience of “feeling felt,” deepening your capacity to cultivate trust and safety while maintaining clear professional boundaries. The programme also develops embodied awareness, supporting you to recognise and work skilfully with non-verbal communication and subtle relational cues.

In the second half of the programme, mindful awareness is explicitly integrated into coaching application. You will explore how to use mindfulness in preparation for sessions, during live coaching conversations, and in post-session reflection to support ethical presence and your ongoing professional development.

This programme is developmental rather than therapeutic in nature. Its focus is on strengthening your presence and relational capacity in service of your clients’ learning and growth.

Schedule (UK time)

Wednesdays 4 - 6:30pm

18 November, 25 November, 2 December, 9 December, 16 December, 13 January, 27 January, 10 February

Full day session

Saturday 16 January: 3 - 9pm

ICF Approved for 30 CCE hours

19 Core Competencies + 11 Resource Development

Facilitator

Farah Govani is an executive coach (ICF PCC) and mindfulness teacher with 20 years of personal mindfulness practice. She has been teaching mindfulness since 2015 and has a Master’s degree in Teaching Mindfulness. She is featured in the book "Mindfulness for Coaches" by Chaskalson & McMordie.

Fees

The fee for this ICF-approved course is £2,000.

If you're excited about what this programme has to offer but cost is a barrier, please get in touch with Farah (farah@govanicoaching.com) to talk through what might be possible.

Booking

If you would like to explore whether the course is right for you before booking, you are welcome to arrange a conversation:  https://calendly.com/govanicoaching

As part of the onboarding process you are required to complete a personal history questionnaire, followed by the first 1:1 call with the teacher. Sometimes it’s not the right time or the right course for you. The teacher will explore this with you and if the course isn't suitable, a full refund will be given.

Please note we do not allow participants to miss the first session of this course

Early booking is recommended as the group will be intentionally small to support depth of learning and individual attention.

Not Sure Yet?

Not sure yet or got questions? You can meet Farah first in a number of ways:

1. Join a free workshop in October and experience the approach before you commit.
2. Farah runs drop-in mindfulness classes every Tuesday evening, 19:00 – 19:45 UK. No need to book, just turn up by the time we start.
3. Book a call with Farah.

What Previous Mindfulness Clients Say

“I have learned to be fine with situations as they are. Not everything needs fixing, often the solution is in doing nothing. Give yourself the gift of time and rest. I can really see the value of the fruits of mindfulness practice.”

“I do believe it has made a difference in how I approach and feel in stressful situations.”

“Farah has a radical calmness.”

FAQs

What does “deepening presence” actually mean in coaching terms?

It’s hard to articulate. One attempt is that it means building the capacity to do all of the below all at once:

• Noticing what’s happening in the thinker: their words, their expressions, shifts, silences, everything.
• Noticing what’s happening in you (thoughts, emotions and physical sensations) without getting attached to any of it. Discerning what is relevant to offer to the thinker.
• Not getting rocked by strong emotions, either theirs or yours.
• Not leaning in to fix, not turning away to flee.
• Being even more comfortable with silence.

Do I need an existing meditation practice to join?

No. The course is designed for coaches at any starting point, from complete beginners to long-time practitioners.

If I have an existing meditation practice, will I get anything from this?

Yes!  Your meditation practice will deepen, your presence will deepen and your ability to hold strong emotions will expand.

Will I learn to teach mindfulness to my clients?

No. This course develops your own capacity as a coach. It’s not about bringing mindfulness exercises into your coaching sessions.

What if I miss a class?

You need to attend at least 6 of the 8 group classes, plus the Saturday intensive, to qualify for your ICF certificate. If your cohort agrees to record sessions, you can catch up on anything you miss. Alternatively you can have an extra 1:1 with Farah for an additional fee.

How is this different from other CPD options?

Most CPD adds a technique or framework. This works on the coach themselves: their presence, their ability to be with the difficult / unpleasant and attuning to what is unfolding moment by moment in the coaching space.

What’s the time commitment?

Nine live online group sessions (26 hours total) across three months, plus three individual 1:1 calls with Farah, daily meditation (for at least 20 mins) using the provided recordings and short written exercises (5 mins per day).