Tag: graphic coaching

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 »


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 »


A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

A Note From Christina, August 2025 Banner has a whimsical fallen cross-section of a log with a smiling face. Surrounded by bright green leaves.

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

SHIFT-IT School Fall 2025 courses on a blue banner showing In Person Satsangs, Private Visual Satsang and Shifting the Power Processing Group with Anneke Lucas

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 »


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 »


A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

A Note from Christina June 2025 banner shows vibrant closeup of hot pink rhododendrun flowers in Victoria British Columbia

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… Read more »


CORE OF GOODNESS

Christina Merkley holds her chihuahua puppy Presley beside David in this cover for Sit with Christina against a backdrop of his visual map and with the title of Core of Goodness across the top in blue.

[Non-Dual Self Inquiry] Core of Goodness – David Sits with Christina Video: ?? Visual Map: My Core of Goodness Summary: We begin with what is – David’s current inertia and its impact on his marriage. As a long-time yoga practitioner, he returns to his breath and finds instant relief, plus a message that “courage is… Read more »


Upcoming Events in Victoria, Canada

Hello! There are two opportunities coming up quickly in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. One is for doing (and being) your own personal inner work. The other is for Providers, for working visually with your own clientele. YOUR OWN PERSONAL INNER WORK: Would appreciate your help in getting the word out – forwarding please to… Read more »


Gathering Now: Private Visual Satang

A new Private Visual Satsang is right around the corner. Satsang means “community of true people”. It’s a small private cohort dedicated to deep Inner Work, during this time in our lives and in the world. Visual, because if you know me, pretty much everything I do has a visual component. As sketching our thoughts… Read more »