Category: Visual Coaching

GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: DAVID TIEJIE

david tiejie, Visual Coach standing in front of Arizona's redstones.

I came to Christina’s work via her alliance with Anneke Lucas in Shifting the Power. That program was intense. At first, I didn’t think I was in the right place. However, as I stayed with it, my eyes really opened to power dynamics and trauma. Not only power dynamics in our world overall, but also… Read more »


NON-DUAL SELF INQUIRY: FREE PATH FORWARD

YouTube video cover of Christina Merkley and Sophie from the free visual processing session Self-Inquiry Free Path Forward

Sophie Sits with Christina Merkley Video: Visual Map: Free Path Forward Summary: Whew, we cover a lot of physical and energetic terrain in this one! Sophie is a talented painter and muralist, who came for a Sit with Christina, after seeing a few of my YouTube Self Inquiry videos. A year ago, she started her… Read more »


Visual Satsang Forming Now – 16 Weeks

Christina Merkley working at her table, for Private Visual Satsangs with the Vancouver Island Rainforest outside the office window.

For over 30 years, I’ve been holding visually enhanced space to help shift the consciousness of groups and individuals. Satsangs are the culmination of that journey. On Saturday, the 28th, a new cohort begins for Private Visual Satsang. Coming again for another round. New joiners warmly welcome too! Spring 2026: Private Satsang Cohort 16 Sessions.… Read more »


GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: ANNA ENGSTROM

Anna and I first met in 2012 through my collaboration with Ask Theo. Helping Sheila Gillette (the pioneering medium who coined the term “5D”) and her family team make the shift from an old-school travelling schedule to working online (back in the tele-meeting days before Zoom… yes, I’m that old). While Sheila was the star… Read more »


NON-DUAL SELF INQUIRY: DANCING ANCESTORS

YouTube Cover for non-dual self inquiry with Dolly and Christina Merkley

Dolly Sits with Christina Merkley Video: ? Visual Map: Dancing Ancestors Summary: Dolly began her Sit with feeling LOST. During Covid, she had been able to focus on her innermost BEING and made plans. However, a return to a toxic work environment resulted in DEPRESSION, and the development of ticks and other symptomatic reactions. Thankfully,… Read more »


Joining the Saturday Satsangs

Fall private satsang poster starting September 20, 2025 shows Christina Merkley at her tablet with a virtual class of satsang students.

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

Certified Visual Coach graduate spotlight on Sarah Herd from the UK. Sarah smiles at the camera in a blue sweater against an oyster colored background of original art.

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

Diane Sits with Christina video cover shows Christina Merkley smiling over at Diane with a backdrop of her visual map.

[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 »


GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: JAN RICHARDS

Visual Coach Certification Graduate Spotlight banner with Jan Richards smiling at the camera. She is in white with auburn hair and against a backdrop of blurred fall foilage.

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

Sit with Christina: YouTube cover shows Christina Merkley with Ana and a visual map blue artword in the background. Luxury to Talk episode

[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 »