News and Upcoming Events!

Great cohorts have happened this past fall and winter. Really deep with caring people during these shifting times. It’s challenging and edgy work that I’m so grateful to be holding space for. Here’s what’s coming this spring and summer … including my first in-person workshop in over four years! PRIVATE VISUAL SATSANG Saturdays: March 16… Read more »


Visual Coaching – Upcoming SHIFT-IT Retreat

How are you doing during these changing times?! You shifting ok?! No small feat, with the continued intensity happening. I’m writing to remind you that one of my SHIFT-IT Visual Coaching Retreats is forming – which offers an aware community for thoughtful processing. SHIFT-IT Retreats are useful for Newcomers (who come for the first time)… Read more »


A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

A Note From Christina eZine header featuring a handmade close up of a ceramic bowl filled with sparkling christmas tree balls in blues, golds and silvers on a rich wood desktop

Happy Holidays to you and yours! I’m enjoying a few leisurely days here in a relatively mild Canadian winter – so far no snow. Just the way I like it, as dealing with power outages in the woods is no fun. Mom took a tumble a few weeks ago and broke her shoulder. Dad’s loss… Read more »


VISUAL COACHING GIFT: Mini SHIFT-IT Retreat

free annual gift of visual coaching with christina merkley's specialized maps

Happy Holidays! It’s a tradition at this time of year to gift my eZine and blog readers a Mini SHIFT-IT Retreat. A handy reflection tool to doodle out the flow of your life. To see and integrate what’s been happening, and to clarify your ‘doings’ and ‘beings’ from here. I hope you find it fun… Read more »


SAFE ENERGETIC FIELD

Follow up from Public Visual Satsang #65.  See below for the video, timestamps, summary, visual maps and date of the next Public Visual Satsang – all welcome! Video: Timestamps: 00:00:00  Welcome and Meditation 00:30:40  [Self Inquiry] Freedom 01:02:10    [Self Inquiry] Energetic Anchoring 01:26:24    [Self Inquiry] It’s Time to Tap In 01:55:38    Closing… Read more »


SHIFT-IT SCHOOL – 2024 CALENDAR

ONLINE COACHING AND PROCESSING: Private Sessions One-to-one assistance with Christina Merkley via Zoom. Public Visual Satsang – 3rd Sunday of the Month Next Date: Sunday, January 21, 2023 10:00 am – Noon Pacific Time, convert to your zone SHIFT-IT: Online Visual Coaching Retreat  Save 50% Winter 2024: January 20 – March 2, 2024, 7 Saturdays,… Read more »


A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

Beautiful fall colours on Saltspring Island. Bright yellows and oranges along a still lake with moody grey clouded sky. Rainforests of Vancouver Island

Late fall here on the misty coast of western Canada. My dentist is on Salt Spring Island. Takes 4 hours each way to get there … the highway, the parking lot, the ferry, then the road to his office … then the return. It’s a pain in the butt, as it eats up a whole… Read more »


GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: ELISE CRESPIN

Certified visual coach spotlight on Elise Crespin of Germany shows Elise smiling from a whiteboard filled with her visual map drawing

Elise’s world is multiple … She’s French and German, both analytical and creative, a mother of two boys, and an independent entrepreneur working in five different languages. As a visual facilitator, she uses her creative gift to help groups reveal their potential. A graduate from Paris-Sorbonne in Communication and Marketing, she came to my Visual… Read more »


DROPPING INTO HEARTS

Dropping Into Hearts - group picture of the 5 women who participated in Public Visual Satsang #63 against a backdrop of their colourful visual maps from self inquiries.

Follow up from Public Visual Satsang #63. Unfortunately due to complications from a power outage, there will be no recording for Public Visual Satsang #64 – although it was a beautiful gathering and I thank those who came and processed!  See below for the video, timestamps, summary, visual maps and date of the next Public… Read more »


SHIFT-IT SCHOOL – 2023/2024 CALENDAR

visual coaching live class photo with Christina Merkley

ONLINE COACHING AND PROCESSING: Private Sessions One-to-one with Christina Merkley via Zoom. Public Visual Satsang – Free 3rd Sunday of each month. Times vary. Next Gathering: Sunday, December 17, 2023 1:00 – 3:00 pm Pacific Time, convert to your zone SHIFT-IT: Online Visual Coaching Retreat  Save 50% Spring 2024 (Extended Format): January 20 – March… Read more »