Stillness as a Superpower: A Coach’s Journey Through ‘Becoming Supernatural’ By Santhoshi Ramachandran | Innertvam
Book “Becoming Supernatural” by Dr. Joe Dispenza has 384 pages, was published by Hay House in 2017.
“Presence isn’t something we become—it’s something we return to.”
I picked up Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza not in search of answers, but stillness. Over the years, I’ve come to understand that the greatest gift I offer clients is not a technique, insight, or framework—it is presence. That grounded, attuned stillness that allows another to unfold in their own timing. But I didn’t fully comprehend the depth of presence until I encountered this book.
Dispenza’s work reframes presence not as a trait, but as a state—one that exists beyond space and time. According to him, it’s in this state that all possibilities exist. As coaches, we know the power of deep listening, but this book nudged me into a more expansive possibility: that intentional presence is not only healing, it is creative. It doesn’t just calm the system; it reconfigures it.
Exploring the Approaches in the Book
Becoming Supernatural presents a synthesis of approaches drawn from neuroscience, quantum physics, energy work, and ancient wisdom traditions. For coaches, three specific approaches stand out:
- Meditation and neuroplasticity Dispenza explain how specific meditative states rewire neural pathways. This scientific perspective confirmed my intuition that intentional stillness leads to change.
- Coherence between heart and brain
The book explores how aligning the electromagnetic fields of the heart and brain creates physiological and energetic coherence. This alignment, backed by HeartMath research and others, is a game-changer for coaches aiming to shift from cognitive insight to embodied change. - Working with energy and intention
Dispenza demystifies how intention, emotion, and energy shape our biology and external outcomes. For those integrating coaching with spiritual intelligence, this approach felt like a bridge between the practical and the profound.
The focus on meditative stillness and expanded awareness helped me most as a coach. These practices anchored my personal growth and allowed me to support clients during intense emotional moments.
Tools That Coaches Can Use
While the book is filled with science and stories, it also offers real, tangible tools—many of which can be adapted into coaching practices:
- Guided meditations to help shift from survival to creation mode.
- Body awareness scans to track and release tension, useful in somatic coaching.
- Visualization scripts to install new beliefs and future-focused identities.
- Heart-brain coherence exercises to prepare for emotionally intelligent decision-making.
- Journaling prompts that bridge thought and feeling, especially useful in reflective coaching.
One simple yet powerful practice I’ve adapted from the book is the “blessing of the energy centers”—a daily scan of the body with focused intention, which supports both self-regulation and attunement.
Coaching Integration: A Case in Point
One of my clients—a high performer stuck in over-preparation and mental overdrive—was constantly anticipating, planning, and second-guessing herself. Through somatic inquiry, we unearthed the tension in her shoulders and breath. As trust grew, I introduced a short meditation sequence inspired by the book’s practices.
Over a few weeks, her tone shifted. “I’m still driven,” she told me, “but not by fear.” That statement marked a shift from reactivity to inner alignment. It reflected a move from managing energy through control to harnessing energy through presence.
What This Means for Coaches at All Levels
It does not offer a prescriptive path. Instead, it invites you into a deeper relationship with presence, intention, and possibility. For coaches practicing ICF’s core competencies, Becoming Supernatural can elevate “Coaching Presence” and “Evoking Awareness” to a more integrated level of mind-body-soul congruence.
It’s also deeply affirming. Many coaches I know carry a quiet intuition that our work goes beyond words, goals, and structures—that something subtle and sacred happens when we hold space. This book offers language, science, and practice to honour that.
Final Reflection
There’s a metaphor I keep returning to. If you told someone centuries ago that a glass rectangle could let you see and speak with someone across oceans, they’d call it magic. Today, it’s just technology. Likewise, presence, intention, and energy may seem mystical now—but we’re simply in the early stages of understanding them.
Becoming Supernatural is a bridge: between the visible and invisible, between science and spirit, between the mind and the mystery. For coaches walking that bridge with others, this book is both compass and companion.
Santhoshi Ramachandran
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