Ram is the Founder and a Principal at Coacharya. As the resident Master and mentor coach, Ram oversees and conducts all aspects of coaching and training services offered under the Coacharya banner.
Jan 20th 2020 • 9 min read
Mystique of Ontology
Our learners ask us as to why we do not specify Ontology in our curriculum, or advertise it explicitly, as several others do. It is...
Jan 14th 2020 • 4 min read
What evidence is there that chakras exist?
Recently I got a question from someone who read the meditation article: “What is the scientific and/or medical evidence that chakras exist in the human…
Dec 17th 2019 • 11 min read
Generative Listening and Generative Visioning – Go Beyond Empathy
Thanks to the popularity of Theory U Labs, many coaches know about the term ‘generative listening’. They think they know what it means, yet struggle...
Dec 16th 2019 • 4 min read
Design Thinking for Coaches
At its essence, Design Thinking, as it is popularized today, is a systemic, outcome-oriented, client-centric process that builds upon most elements of appreciative empathetic coaching....
Dec 16th 2019 • 11 min read
Is “coaching” even relevant?
The coach, if that is still the operative word, needs to be a mentor and consultant, perhaps facilitator and trainer. Ram RamanathanFounder, Coacharya This blog...
Dec 15th 2019 • 4 min read
6 Lessons Coaches Can Learn From Improv
Some years ago, I took a couple of courses at Second City, Chicago on Improv. For those who do not know, improv means improvisational theatre....
Dec 2nd 2019 • 4 min read
Coaching Supervision: Coaching the Coach
Simply put, and shorn of clichés, Coaching supervision is about coaching a coach. Coaching Supervision is not about enhancing skills of a coach by mentoring...
Nov 30th 2019 • 9 min read
An Agile Approach to Coaching – Scrum, Sprint, and Story
Agile is a process that was launched in 2001 publicly for software development. It is now used as a project management tool in several other...
Nov 19th 2019 • 14 min read
Ho’oponopono Meditation
We discussed Ho’oponopono once before in these pages. We will do that again, deeper this time, because there has been great interest in this beautiful...
Nov 19th 2019 • 6 min read
Perceptual Positions in NLP Explained
‘Empty Chair’ in Gestalt and ‘Perceptual Positions’ in NLP are powerful processes that help the coach to partner with the client empathetically. This process is...
Nov 19th 2019 • 5 min read
Words Can Lie, But The Body Never Does
The 101 lie detector test in Kinesiology works like this. You hold one arm stiff, the tester asks you if you are your ‘real name’...
Nov 18th 2019 • 7 min read
Do You Engage People Through Feedback?
Feedback is one of the critical elements in corporate communication, not that it is not important in other life conversations. People's engagement or lack thereof...
Nov 18th 2019 • 7 min read
Mindless Meditation
In Mindless Meditation, we combine the Buddhist practice of Vipassana with the Hindu practice of Yoga Nidra as a simple and effective pathway to mindless...
Nov 17th 2019 • 5 min read
Using the NLP technique of TimeLine in Coaching
The NLP technique of Time Line is generally considered a therapy as it delves into experiencing one’s past to overcome memories of trauma stored in...
Nov 16th 2019 • 3 min read
Core Transformation: Is pain good for you?
Buddha did say that life is full of sorrow and implied that it was painful. He didn’t say it was necessarily good for you. His...