It’s been a busy time. Anneke Lucas and I, with an amazing international cohort, just wrapped a 10-Week Processing Group. We worked right through the holidays, even on Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Offering community to Survivors through a period of time that is traditionally difficult. Tomorrow, we move into our Level 2 of Shifting… Read more »
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NON-DUAL SELF INQUIRY: DANCING ANCESTORS
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 »
SHIFT-IT SCHOOL – Upcoming Events
SHIFTING THE POWER | Online Courses Bringing light to the dark. With Survivor Anneke Lucas. Level 2 – Starts Tomorrow! Thursdays, Feb 5 – Jun 11, 2026 11:00 – 12:30 pm, Pacific Time, convert to your zone Prerequisite: Level 1 – Home Study Kit instantly available. Details & Registration VISUAL SATSANGS | Online Drop-Ins First and third Sunday… 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 »
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
[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 »
SHIFT-IT SCHOOL – Upcoming Events
VISUAL SATSANGS | Online 2-Hour Drop-Ins First and third Sunday of each month. International community, with visuals! Next Gatherings: #93: Sunday, Jul 20, 2025, 10 am – Noon, Pacific, convert to your zone #94: Sunday, Aug 3, 2025, 10 am – Noon, Pacific, convert to your zone Details and Registration VISUAL SATSANGS | In-person Days True people… Read more »
A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA
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 »











