Mind Body Spirit Life Coaching

ICF Level 1 Certificate Training

The Natural Wellness Academy offers a fully integrative, evidence-informed approach to professional coach training that honors the whole person – mind, body, and spirit.

We believe powerful coaching happens when the mind, body, and spirit work together. That’s why our curriculum weaves cognitive frameworks with somatic awareness and spiritual depth, giving you tools that honor the whole person – including yourself. You’ll learn ICF Core Competencies through a lens that feels aligned with your holistic worldview, not separate from it.

NWA’s Mind Body Spirit ICF Level 1 Certificate Training builds foundational coaching competencies through a unique cyclical framework, preparing you to guide clients through meaningful transformation with skill, presence, and heart.

MBS candidates will emerge qualified to facilitate powerful conversations using the eight ICF Core Competencies while honoring the interconnected nature of human experience across all dimensions of wellness.

You will learn to create lasting change – helping clients access their own wisdom, overcome obstacles, and move toward lives of greater authenticity, purpose, and fulfillment.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

• Demonstrate mastery of all eight ICF Core Competencies required for ACC credentialing
• Establish coaching presence through grounded, embodied awareness
• Develop active listening skills that attend to verbal, somatic, and energetic communication
• Craft powerful questions that invite deep reflection and forward movement
• Create safety and trust through trauma-informed, client-centered practice
• Understand the ethical foundations and professional standards of ICF coaching
• Integrate cognitive frameworks with somatic and spiritual approaches to change
• Navigate the coaching relationship as a collaborative partnership built on respect and belief in the client’s wholeness
• Recognize scope of practice boundaries and when referrals to other professionals are appropriate
• Build confidence in designing sessions and supporting client accountability
• Complete required practice hours and observed coaching sessions for ACC application readiness

All course materials are provided at no additional cost—there is nothing you need to purchase. Required texts, study guides, and resources are either supplied as PDFs or made available through the Natural Wellness Academy portal.

The MBS ICF Level 1 program is divided into 10 modules following our signature cyclical Mind-Body-Spirit framework. Each module includes study materials, practice exercises, and opportunities for mentor feedback. With rolling admissions, you have 6 to 12 months to complete the program based on your schedule and goals.

Program Outline

(Download the detailed syllabus for a breakdown module-by-module)

1. Foundations of Coaching & The Coaching Relationship
2. Ethics, Standards & Professional Practice
3. Establishing Trust & Cultivating Presence
4. Active Listening & Powerful Communication
5. Evoking Awareness Through Inquiry
6. The Body in Coaching: Somatic Awareness
7. Facilitating Growth & Supporting Accountability
8. Trauma-Informed Coaching Practice
9. Integrating Mind, Body & Spirit in Sessions
10. Capstone: Bringing It All Together

Heart-centered professionals seeking coaching credentials have often found that traditional programs feel:

• Disconnected from their holistic worldview
• Overly focused on cognitive approaches alone
• Expensive and inaccessible
• Rigid in scheduling and pacing
• Lacking in community and personal mentorship
• Misaligned with the integrative work they already do

This gap leaves wellness practitioners, healers, and helping professionals without a clear path to credentialing that honors who they are and how they serve.

For more details on this program, check out the blog written by Sharon Blackborow, Director of the Mind Body Spirit course and mentor for the first cohorts.

The MBS ICF Level 1 Certificate Training fills this gap by offering rigorous, ICF-aligned education through a lens that integrates rather than separates. Rooted in evidence-based coaching methodology and enriched by somatic and spiritual perspectives, this program prepares you to coach with skill, integrity, and heart.

Program Includes:

• 60 contact hours (30 synchronous + 30 asynchronous)
• Small cohort learning with personalized mentor feedback
• 40 supervised practice coaching hours
• 5 observed coaching sessions with detailed feedback
• All required materials and resources

The MBS ICF Level 1 program equips candidates to pursue ACC credentialing and, for those who wish to specialize, serves as the foundation for advanced certifications through Natural Wellness Academy – including Holistic Health Coaching, Nature Therapy, Neurodivergent Life Coaching and more.

Your clients are already seeking coaches who understand that transformation isn’t just intellectual – it’s embodied, soulful, and deeply human. This training will give you the skills, the confidence, and the credential to serve them fully.  

Most ICF Level 1 programs (60-75 hours) cost between $5,000 – $8,000

Our launch price for this training, which is all-inculsive (materials, instruction, meetings, mentoring, coaching etc.) is only $3,500.00