The Book of Yum
A gorgeous meal in great company. An warm afternoon of lazy love making.
A long walk in the woods that leaves you relaxed, tingling and nourished to your core…
Moments where we feel ourselves part of life in all its glory, nourished by a field that is much more than just a pleasurable experience.
This is Yum in action.
This book shares many, many flavours of Yum to remind you of your sensual and soul-fuelled pleasures, and invites you to delight in them. It shows that even science tells us that Yum is essential. And it offers practices to cherish the full spectrum of life in the simplest of experiences. Even in the midst of big storms.
Soul-based Coaching has been featured in:
“I was efforting to fit myself into a conceptual model of coaching that really didn’t feed my soul. Soul-based Coaching taps into the rich knowing and imaginal realms that hold our own individual answers. I find it more thorough and full-bodied, and I’m able to not get stuck in my head as either coach or client! There is deep satisfaction and joy in doing the work. I feel so eager to see what will emerge each time and so vibrant and grateful and rejuvenated after a session. It’s been a life-transforming gift!”
– Camilla Carter
Why this book?
As trainer team in the Academy for Soul-based Coaching, we have come to know the quality of Yum well. And we realise how lucky we are, because Yum accompanies our work.
It just shows up in the fabric of our coaching sessions (and there is science that explains this – and explains the power Soul-based Coaching has when it comes to embodied and lasting change).
In every Soul-based Coaching training and retreat, we end by asking people one word for what the session brought them. Often people say things like ‘depth’, ’inspiration’ and ‘connection’. But the word we have heard most in the last seven years is ‘Yummm’.
But of course you don’t need to engage in Soul-based Coaching to enjoy Yum and its inherent benefits! That’s why we wrote this book.
Yum is your birthright.
Practising Yum is a much needed antidote to overwhelm, fear and stress that are part of living (especially in this world of late-stage capitalism in polycrisis).
About us
We LOVE supporting you on your journey of deep discovery outside the familiar fields. We THRIVE on the magic that we see happening for our participants and their clients. And we can’t wait to walk alongside you on your path!
Annemiek van Helsdingen (The Netherlands), Lisa Jara (Germany), Wren Bliss (Sweden) and Sigrun Saunderson (Austria) are our trainers. Together, we bring a wealth of experiences in multiple relevant fields, including Life coaching, Team coaching and Executive coaching, Psychotherapy, Body work, spiritual ceremony, and Women’s circle work.