Category: Visual Skills

anything having to do with visual skills, graphic facilitation, graphic recording, (working visually with groups and organizations).

Shifting the Power with Anneke Lucas

Shifting the Power banner with Christina Merkley and Anneke Lucas

I’ve been coaching for a long time, almost half my life. When I first started, I was doing a lot of corporate Strategic Planning, so my coaching was pretty Left Brained (logical, rational and linear). However, as I experimented with visuals, took tons of varied training, and worked with more and more people … I… Read more »


BREATHE INTO THE FIRE

Public Visual Satsang of December 28, 2022 Cohort of 3 attendees and their visual maps

Every few weeks I offer a non-dual (oneness) gathering, where we process the good, bad and ugly of our times. Here’s the follow-up on Public Visual Satsang #54, hosted on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 – Breathe into the Fire. See below for video, timestamps, summary, visual maps and date of next Satsang – all welcome!… Read more »


DOODLE THE FLOW OF YOUR LIFE

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 »


GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: RIO HOLADAY

Visual Coach graduate Rio Holaday smiling with her hair up in black and white photo

It’s my pleasure to spotlight Rio Holaday, and her visual offerings, including Visual Coaching. Rio entered Visual Coach Certification as a talented Graphic Recorder and Facilitator in the Health Equity and Racial Justice arenas. Already knowing how visuals help people to connect at a different level – other ways of knowing. In a transition, she… Read more »


SHIFT-IT SCHOOL – NEW ONLINE COURSE

Courses and visual maps with pens and drawing tools on a desk

GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE! Want to play Santa or have someone play Santa for you?! We are happy to provide gift suggestions and custom Gift Certificates. Email Elf Jill at admin@shift-it-coach.com ONLINE COURSES: February 16 to April 20, 2023 – NEW COURSE! Thursdays, 11 – 12:30 pm Pacific Time, convert to your zone SHIFTING THE POWER… Read more »


ALL IS WELCOME HERE

I hosted Public Visual Satsang #53 on Thursday, December 8, 2022 – All Is Welcome Here. See below for video, timestamps, summary, visual maps and date of next Satsang – all welcome! Timestamps: 0:00:00  Welcome and Meditation 0:08:01  Reports & What’s Arising 0:09:42  [Self Inquiry] Don’t Have to Tear Shit Up 0:37:47  [Self Inquiry] Got… Read more »


EMPTY VS FULL

Public Visual Satsang #52 on Friday, November 11, 2022. Polarity of Empty vs Full. See below for video, timestamps, summary, visual maps and date of next Satsang – all welcome! Timestamps: 0:00  Welcome and Meditation 0:11  Reports & What’s Arising 0:30  [Polarity Square] Empty vs Full 1:21  Next Date and Close Summary: Sometimes a theme… Read more »


SELF INQUIRIES, GHOST & ORPHAN RESCUES

Self Inquiries, Ghost and Orphan Rescue video cover

Public Visual Satsang #51 on Thursday, October 20, 2022. Self Inquiries, Ghost and Orphan Rescues See below for video, timestamps, summary, visual maps and date of next Satsang – all welcome! Timestamps: 0:00   Welcome and Meditation 0:07   Reports & What’s Arising 0:24   Self Inquiry: Elderly Parent Overwhelm 0:47   Self Inquiry: Exquisitely Gentle Inner Child 1:26   Self… Read more »


2 Spots Left for Private Visual Satsang

desk covered in pens and painted rocks for Visual Satsang

This Saturday a new Private Visual Satsang starts. Satsang is Sanskrit for “community of true people”. It’s a small private cohort dedicated to mature Inner Work, during these intense and polarizing times. This new cohort has been quietly filling up on its own. With less than a week until we start, we currently have just… Read more »


REALIZING POTENTIAL

Public Visual Satsang #50 on Monday, September 26, 2022. Realizing Potential

Public Visual Satsang #50 on Monday, September 26, 2022. Realizing Potential. See below for video, timestamps, summary, visual maps and date of next Satsang.  All welcome! Timestamps: 00:00 – Welcome and Meditation 05:41 – Reports & What’s Arising 23:40 – David’s Inquiry: Habitual Scarcity Pattern 52:15 – Leslie’s Inquiry: New Purpose for Family Janitor 1:26:52… Read more »