Coaching

“When you are a rock, let me be the water that embraces you. When you are the water, let me sing with you to the ocean.”

It takes both rocks and water to make a river, and without being a river, it is difficult to get to the sea.  The analogy of course is that within each of us, we hold places of resistance, and places of acceptance.  We experience this symphony of connection and disconnection in every moment of our being.

It turns out that we don’t need some intensely transformative external adventure to stimulate the deep state of aliveness that accompanies self awareness and a deeper connection with self.  Bringing presence to the ways in which we experience our own physical, emotional and cognitive realities is enough.

Over time, as we develop increasing consciousness around how we experience the world, we experience increasing agency around how the reality we most want for ourselves can manifest within. We discover that this is an internal experience, independent of any external phenomenon. Paradoxically, it is letting go of an agenda for external results that leads to beauty, light, and aliveness.  From these states the world becomes full of possibility and our external reality begins to mirror the newly found peace within.

Given that we are wired for connection with other humans, this can be an extremely daunting and challenging process to undertake alone.  It can be near impossible to see and experience the subconscious mind without some kind of a mirror.  It is in this spirit that I have chosen to set up a practice around supporting you as you reconnect with the sacred experience of your living being. 

My experience is that this process is meaningful beyond any one individual, yet the beauty of it is that the process can start within the individual, indeed within any individual regardless of their circumstance.  It would be my honor to undertake this journey together with you.

My practice is informed by decades of intense personal and professional growth.  Professionally, I am trained in the NeuroAffective Relational Model developed by Dr. Larry Heller.  As a river guide, river company owner, and conservation advocate, I have held space for hundreds of people during immersive wilderness experiences along wild rivers across North America and the Tibetan Plateau.  To inform my own internal experience, I have held a dedicated practice of Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka.

My motivation at this moment is to connect and serve as many diverse individuals as possible.  If my practice and approach and vision for the world resonates with you, reach out and let’s have a real conversation.  Whether that results in a paid coaching relationship or some other kind of cooperation or not is less important to me at this moment than genuine connection.

If you are in search of coaching or know someone who is, pricing is on a sliding scale that we can establish after our first hour call, which is free.  Keep in mind I am not a licensed therapist, and may be unsuited to support you if you are experiencing certain acute mental conditions, or may require that you have additional support from a licensed therapist in order to be able to work with you.