Our Work With Individuals

We regularly assist individuals in achieving success in the following pursuits:

Overall improvement of life quality; Relieving stress, reliving happiness
Committing to living a fulfilling life; Cultivating heartfelt relationships
Strategies for increased creativity; Beginning life anew
Getting out of the head and into the body–Tapping into one's emotions
Learning self-hypnosis; Stopping smoking; Weight reduction
Performance Enhancement for Singers, Musicians, Athletes, and Actors
Recovery from various psychosomatic illnesses; Pain relief from injuries
Pain relief and recovery from conditions of a somewhat unknown origin (For instance: migraine headaches, fibromyalgia, cancer, depression)
Improving upon or changing careers; Learning how to better adapt to the workplace
Learning how to deal with challenging people; Conflict resolution and negotiation
Personal and Professional Coaching; Coaching other coaches

In our work with individuals we help you to:

Understand how you structure your model of the world, and how different beliefs, and greater appreciation for your strengths and weaknesses, can lead to a healthier, more energized life with higher quality relationships.
Experience that your body is as intelligent as the brain in your skull.
Understand how your body's intelligence stimulates the thoughts and actions of your cognitive mind.
Learn how to access, understand, and act upon the information transmitted between your body and your brain, rather than turning misunderstood body communication into "bad habits" and poor health.
Build the brain-body pathways of communication, that set in motion profound transformation.
Release excess energy trapped in the body and convert it into fuel for change.
Uncover and understand your method of learning, in order to harvest your unique intelligence and transform it into actionable, generative outcomes.
Transform perceptions of problems or illness, into opportunities to change and evolve.
Have greater appreciation for your dignity, dreams, and desires, so you can fully commit to the life you long for.
Discover your full potential by integrating the self as a whole.

The key beliefs that make such a wide range of work possible are —

A deep trust in the intelligence, creativity, and soul of our clients.
The body holds the answer to many puzzles the cognitive mind alone cannot express or solve.
Thoughts, actions, and emotions are all part of the same loop of intelligence. We do not "separate" between physical, emotional, and mental challenges.
Every challenge we encounter definitely has a solution.


Kudos and Testimonials

"Charlie's workshops are highly improvisational in nature, with each seminar being tailored to the needs and desires expressed by the audience. His work is known for its magic, depth of experience, and celebration of life. He weaves together theory, poetry, music, practical applications, and a clear sense of reconnecting to one's core identity. You are invited to enter into an austere theater of everyday life. Please come and experience, in a supportive community – A heartfelt experience beyond words."

The practices are simple, doable, and carry the potential of delivering profound changes
"Charlie Badenhop is an extraordinary man. For me, his work offers great insights into the unity of mind and body in clear, simple language that is immediately graspable and at the same time shatters any rigid conceptions one might be holding. The practices I have learned from Charlie are simple, doable, and carry the potential of delivering profound changes.
I experience Charlie as a deeply honest, direct, open, powerful, and humble man. He is both an unforgettable character, and a real inspiration to me."
Mary Ann Giorgio, C. S. W., Brooklyn, New York

You have done more to awaken me to life and help me travel through pain than anyone I know
Charlie, I feel that you have done more to awaken me to life and help me travel through pain than anyone I know or any experience I have ever had. What little I understand of your work has also been life altering for one client and life revealing for 4 others to an extent that now I am striving to find the tools to help them continue to heal. The personal and professional process has been both challenging and rewarding as I search for balance and harmony for myself and others. It is simultaneously difficult and delightful to work with you. Thank you Charlie, you are always in my heart.
Julie, San Diego

If you would like to know what some of Charlie's clients say about his work, please go to the "Kudos" section of our site and read what they have to say.

Work Schedule and Telephone Arrangements for Individual Services

Work hours range from 8:30AM to 9PM Tokyo time. Seishindo absorbs all long distance charges for our clients worldwide.

For a more detailed description of services and fees, please contact us at:
charlie@seishindo.org.

If you would like to "meet" Charlie prior to booking a session, he will be glad to give you a call so you can get a better sense of what you might like to accomplish, and how he works. Email Charlie at charlie@seishindo.org and he will arrange a time for a call.

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Seishindo In-Person Sessions

As I travel worldwide, many people engage with me in private consultations. The concerns my clients express range from wanting to begin recovery from a life threatening illness, wanting a clearer sense of direction professionally or personally, or wanting to learn self-hypnosis techniques for overcoming debilitating habits.

Private sessions are meant to help you change the way you perceive and appreciate your self - the people you are in relationship with - the life challenges you face.

As profound as private sessions often are for people, the main purpose of a session is to help you sprout the seed of your true heart's desire. It then becomes your task to continue to nurture this seed to bring forth a lasting sense of fulfillment. This means that as important as the initial sprouting is, what you do to continue this life enhancing process, is of equal importance. In most instances I suggest Practices that I think would be helpful for you to engage in regularly. Some people continue their exploration with me via phone sessions, while others continue their process by working with someone in their local area.

Recently a client offered me a lovely metaphor for her experience of her session. She said that during our time together she felt as if a bell within her heart had been rung for the first time in a very long time. She said that after her session she could feel the bell still reverberating, and that little by little she was finding a way to maintain a feeling of this life affirming resonance.

As Westerners we are used to trying to solve our problems by talking to someone who is wise, and can offer us advice. In Asia people are used to meditating on challenging situations and performing Practices to help them wake up to their own wisdom. By becoming fully present in the moment they access a whole self understanding of how to engage their challenges skillfully.

In Seishindo private sessions we combine the best of Eastern and Western traditions. We guide you to become present in the moment, by helping you shift your awareness and physiology as well as your verbal conversations and thinking. In short, you wind up experiencing a heartfelt way of understanding your life and your challenges that profoundly transcends the limitations of solutions crafted solely in your head.

If you desire to live a more enjoyable rewarding life, if you feel ill at ease in your body, or if your thoughts and your emotions often run contrary to each other, a Seishindo in-person session can help you to:
Live more often in the moment.
Learn how to honor the feelings and intuitive wisdom that emanate from your body.
Feed the desires of your heart and your soul, as well as the dictates of your intellect.

I look forward to meeting you and helping you take a heartfelt baby step or two on your life's path.

Read what other people say about Seishindo private sessions.

If you would like to "meet" Charlie prior to booking a session, he will be glad to give you a call so you can get a better sense of what you might like to accomplish, and how he works. Email Charlie at charlie@seishindo.org and he will arrange a time for a call.

The Principles, Beliefs, and Approach of Seishindo Life Coaching

Principles
In Seishindo coaching we help people open up to their own wisdom, rather than having them wait to be guided by the wisdom of the coach.

Seishindo coaching is the art of empathetic listening and deep structure questioning.
"Empathetic listening" is the ability to feel the emotional impact of what is being said.
"Empathetic listening" is the ability to feel the emotional truth of what is being said.
"Deep structure questioning" discerns and uncovers the emotional understanding that leads to the breakdown in the first place.
"Deep structure questioning" discerns and uncovers the emotional understanding that is essential for accessing solutions.

Seishindo coaching helps people to understand that there are at least three ways to change what is occurring.
1. Change the context you are in. Go somewhere else, do something else, renegotiate relationships, change the current "rules" etc.
2. Change your understanding of the context. (Ex. "Work" really can be enjoyable.)
3. Change yourself by becoming more aware and flexible.
In Seishindo coaching we help the client go outside their context and take a new look at what is going on.
In Seishindo coaching we offer the client a new set of emotional eyes and ears.

When you infuse an organization with emotional freedom, creativity, and responsibility, and you give people the right to say "No", you wind up with a highly motivated, intelligent group of people.
The right to say "No" has to precede the ability to say "Yes." Otherwise, you will not be able to fully commit to your "yes".

In Seishindo coaching the coach acts as an interpreter and translator.

1. For the client, in regard to what others are saying and meaning.
2. For the client in regard to what s(he) is saying and meaning.
3. For others who are having difficulty understanding the client.

This service is similar to when you see a famous person getting their speech translated when they are in a foreign country.
Many of us live in countries, the culture of which is "foreign" to our counterparts, and we do not realize it.
"Is this what you mean?" "Is this what you believe?" OR
"I believe she means to say X. Is that correct?" "I believe that the belief he is trying to express is Y".

The fact that you stay stuck resides in the way you use your body and verbal language to tell your story of stuckness.
What emotions would you need to have available in order to tell a new story?
How would you body need to be different in order to tell a different story?
How would you need to change your beliefs in order to tell a new story?

Seishindo coaching is meant to help people begin to have conversations that were initially invisible to them. Conversations that they did not know were existing.

Usually at some point in coaching the client's belief in what is possible, needs to change. And, for most people changing their belief(s) can be frightening. Part of a coach's job is to offer their clients emotional support, and a modicum of guidance.

Beliefs
In Seishindo life coaching we have a deep respect for the skills, abilities, and intelligence of our clients. We believe that you are already "perfect" just as you are. Rather than attempting to help you continually refine yourself until such time that you match the image you have in your head, we strive to help you understand who you already are. The more you let go of false perceptions of yourself, the more you will find that numerous problems dissolve "on their own."

In Seishindo life coaching we believe that the way we inhabit our bodies in the course of everyday life, and particularly in situations of threat or difficulty, plays a crucial role in our ability to perform with excellence and live a fulfilling life. A body that is relaxed and aware, rich in oxygen supply, balanced in structure, and able to move freely, is a body that supports our effectiveness, fulfillment and enjoyment of life. This way of living within our bodies fosters our creativity, emotional openness, and mental flexibility.

Approach
In Seishindo life coaching we believe that short term high quality teamwork between coach and client, can lead to long-term sustainable gains. It is common for our clients to engage in a two or three month round of coaching, take the time to rejuvenate and integrate what has been learned, and then once again engage in further rounds of coaching.

As Westerners we are used to trying to solve our "problems" through conversation, whether we call these conversations "coaching" or "therapy." In Asia people are used to meditating on challenging situations and performing Mindfulness Practices to help them have a whole self understanding of how to engage these challenges skillfully. In Seishindo coaching we hope to combine the best of Eastern and Western traditions. We find that by asking our clients to engage in mindfulness practices that help them shift their physiology as well as their conversations and thinking, they learn faster, and achieve their goals in a more ecological and wholistic manner.

What is required from the client is the commitment to actually engage in the customized practices for a period of time, in order to experience the benefits. The client becomes an active participant in understanding and determining how it is s/he learns and can best become more solution oriented. The purpose of the coaching sessions (either by phone or in person) is to inspire, support, clarify, and expand upon the learning achieved by performing the regimen of prescribed practices. In this way, our clients learn how to take a leading role in achieving the results they desire.


If you would like to find out more about Seishindo Life Coaching, please contact Charlie directly at charlie@seishindo.org.

If you would like to "meet" Charlie prior to booking a session, he will be glad to give you a call so you can get a better sense of what you might like to accomplish, and how he works. Email Charlie at charlie@seishindo.org and he will arrange a time for a call.