On Thursday, Anneke Lucas and I are returning for Shifting the Power. How to personally and collectively, with courage, face and integrate the trauma of narcissistic authoritarianism, in its varied forms. We are attracting attendees from across the globe, particularly Europe, given Anneke’s tragic childhood in that continent. Our focus on Power Dynamics and Parts… Read more »
Joining the Saturday Satsangs
As you may know, Satsang is Sanskrit for ‘in the community of true people’. Twice a year, I offer these Private Visual Satsangs – which are very special online communities. The next one begins this Saturday. Repeaters and newbies are warmly welcome. Satsangs are a safe place to gather with awakening people from around the… Read more »
GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: SARAH HERD
As an HR Executive and a Digital leader, Sarah is well-versed in large system change. In her corporate leadership role, she’s responsible for large digital transformation projects across HR … sometimes several at the same time! It was my sacred task in Visual Coach Certification to hold space for her. Give her the room, resources,… Read more »
FINDING AND USING MY VOICE
[Non-Dual Self Inquiry] Finding and Using My Voice – Diane Sits with Christina Merkley Video: Visual Map: Finding and Using My Voice Summary: A really beautiful Inquiry about the path of cultivating one’s voice. We begin with what is – meeting excitement in Diane’s Belly, and simultaneously a restriction in her Throat. Empathy arrives, then… Read more »
SHIFT-IT SCHOOL – Upcoming Events
VISUAL SATSANGS | Online Drop-Ins First and third Sunday of each month. International community, with visuals! Next Gatherings: #95: Sunday, Sep 7, 2025, 10 am – Noon, Pacific, convert to your zone #96: Sunday, Sep 21, 2025, 10 am – Noon, Pacific, convert to your zone Details and Registration VISUAL SATSANGS | In-person Days True people in… Read more »
A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA
A nice respite. Enjoying the West Coast summer. Cheers! I celebrated my moon child birthday. I am conveniently bad with time, so they are amorphously blending into one another nowadays. My friends, even the doggedly left-brain ones, know not to remind me which one I’m on! I had a lovely time in Parksville on Vancouver… Read more »
Fall Processing Groups
There are three processing containers coming up this fall. Where we compassionately meet everything arising in the now. Community during these exceptional times. 1. Satsang Day – In-person in Victoria, Canada Date: Sunday, September 14, 2025 Time: 9:30 – 5 pm, Pacific Time This is my only in-person event this season. A rare opportunity to… Read more »
A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA
Sliding into summer in the Pacific Northwest. Our backyard bank of St. John’s wort has erupted into a sea of yellow. Watching the first bloom emerge, then the winnowing down to the last. Such a wave of exuberant beauty that I delight in each year! The so-called little things in life that summon immense pleasure.… Read more »
GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: JAN RICHARDS
Today’s grad, Jan Richards, is located in Silicon Valley (where I was based in the 90s). A longtime business consultant and former National Baldridge Examiner, she’s a Grove Consultants aficionado (my former employer back in the heady dot-com days). Jan knows the efficient practicality of ‘working visually’, having successfully used the Grove’s Strategic Visioning and… Read more »
LUXURY TO TALK
[Non-Dual Self Inquiry] Luxury to Talk – Ana Sits with Christina Merkley Video: ? Visual Map: Luxury to Talk – Early Years Summary: We begin with what is – meeting Ana’s current relationship to motherhood. Sadness connected to her own desire and ambivalence, and a series of contradictions and polarities with her own mother. The… Read more »