Oh my. These are intense and shifting times, are they not?!
As The SHIFT-IT Coach, I continue to shift too.
In my personal life, I continue to support my parents to age in place. For privacy reasons, I won’t go into details, but suffice to say, this context adds a bittersweet component. One of the gifts is how so many other things are put into their right perspective.
In my professional life, my practice continues to be shaped by the times we are all collectively living through.
On Sunday, I hosted my 90th Drop-In Satsang. What started as impromptu support for my visual skills students and colleagues as the pandemic hit in 2020 has literally changed my life … by steering me directly into non-duality.
My Digital Station in the Woods
Turns out that ‘shifting it’ begins with deeply meeting what is, even (sometimes especially) if there is great aversion.
By being brave enough to say hello to what authentically is, long-standing conditioning, patterns and even unconscious repetition wounds (both individually and collectively) begin to loosen.
Shifting the Power with dear friend and colleague Anneke Lucas is non-dual too. We are quite different from one another, yet very complementary.
I’m deeply grateful for our collaboration. As well as the incredible individuals who are drawn to the co-creation. We are a few weeks shy of completing our Level 2. I continue to be taught so much about life, death and the soul journey.
Given the depths of where my work now ranges (Toto we aren’t in Kansas anymore!), and that I’m no longer travelling for facilitations or trainings, I’ve decided, after 22 years, to adjust my coaching and mentoring rates.
Real inner work, and the seeing and sifting of conditioning, takes commitment and time.
To make a coaching alliance with me more accessible to a larger range of people, I have reduced my fee for private online sessions by half, and lengths have increased from 45 minutes to 75 (sessions connected to Home Retreat Kits remain at 45 minutes, with the exception of Shifting the Power, which is 90).
Additionally, Private In-person Retreats and Private In-person Mentoring in Visual Skills are also adjusted (hosted in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada).
Below is a shout-out to Visual Coach Certification grad Donna Chewning.
Plus another “Sit with Christina” video, enabling you to witness Non-Dual Self Inquiry in action. Many thanks to David for this heroic example.
And, upcoming event listings, including the in-person Visual Satsang in Victoria this Sunday, and the approaching early bird deadline on the annual Visual Skills workshop.
Yours in SHIFTing IT,
Christina Merkley
Visual Coach and Satsang Guide
