A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

Beautiful sunset over the straits from Saltspring Island in British Columbia

My monthly communique as to what’s happening with me and SHIFT-IT School … for October 2024. Here in the Pacific Northwest, it is a ping pong of balmy sun and misty rain. Very pleasant compared to the intensity that some of my clients and colleagues have weathered on the East Coast. Ongoing prayers to those… Read more »


GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: CARLA YETTER

Graduate Spotlight Banner shows Visual Coach Carla Yetter smiling at the camera in a lilac shirt against the backdrop of her visual map: Imagine Where We Could Go!

All sorts of folks find their way to Visual Coach Certification. Some of the bravest are those in conventional environments looking for a different, deeper, more creative way of working. When Carla travelled in person to one of my Magic Marker Masterminds, she’d already discovered the visual way of working and was courageously applying it… Read more »


HIDING HER OWN POWER

Christina Merkley and Carrie banner for non-dual free individual session. Christina is smiling at the camera while Carrie raises her hand and thinks about her process. In front of visual maps from the Projecting down session.

Shadow Work – with Visuals! [Projecting Down] Annoying Group Leader – Carrie with Christina Merkley Video: Summary: [Projecting Down] Annoying Group Leader Initial Report: Carrie is consciously engaged in her inner work. She’s been attending some of my courses, doing a year-long mindfulness program on death, and also working with a therapist. She reports on… Read more »


SHIFT-IT SCHOOL – Upcoming Events

SHIFT-IT School courses banner shows Christina Merkley working with a group on a Zoom screen as she draws a visual map on the drawing tablet. Backdrop of her abstract art with turquoise, reds and creams.

Upcoming events for 2024/2025: DROP-IN SATSANGS | Online: Non-Dual Processing Now twice a month! Inner work in community. By donation. First and third Sundays of the month. Next Gatherings: #75: October 20, 2024, 2:00 – 4:00 pm, Pacific Time, convert to your zone #76: November 3, 2024, 10:00 am – Noon, Pacific Time, convert to your zone Details… 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 »


A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA

eZine banner for A Note From Christina: beautiful seashells displayed on weathered driftwook against the green of the forest as a backdrop.

Wherever you are in the world, with so much shifting, I hope you are coping well as 2024 comes down the funnel. Here in the Pacific Northwest of Canada, I’ve had a busy summer using visuals to help folks process their thoughts and feelings. Visual Skills Training: I returned to in-person trainings after a hiatus… Read more »


GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: GEMMA JONES

Gemma Jones in a purple cabled sweater holder sparklers over her head and in front of her for the Visual Coach Certification Graduate Spotlight

All sorts of folks find their way to my training cohorts, and some of them are just ‘on it’ … like Gemma Jones. She helps people see, helps people think and helps people change. I’d also add that she also helps people feel and process their emotions too. Describing herself as a ‘recovering engineer’ given… Read more »


PATHWAY BACK TO SELF

Christina Merkley and Lee smiling out at the camera against a backdrop of visual maps for this video cover of the recorded session Pathway Back to Self.

Non-Dual Self Inquiry – Lee with Christina Merkley Video: Summary: [Self Inquiry] Pathway Back to Self Immigrant ancestry, Chinese from Taiwan, migration, sacrifice, responsibility (both personal and professional), doing and tired. Bringing rest to the Mind yet still keeping practicality. Creating space for the grief in the heart and the knots in the gut to… Read more »


SHIFT-IT SCHOOL – 2024/2025 CALENDAR

Below are upcoming programs for the 2024/2025 season: PRIVATE VISUAL SATSANG | Online: 16-Week Cohort A precious non-dual container for rapid personal growth. Gather with the same small processing group over 16 consecutive weeks. We use various techniques (Self Inquiry, Parts Work, Projection, Constellations, etc.) to identify and soften our personal and collective triggers during… Read more »


Shifting the Power – We Start in a Few Days

Shifting the Power banner with Christina Merkley and Anneke Lucas

I’m back with Anneke Lucas for a summertime offering of our online course, Shifting the Power. As per usual, we are attracting attendees from across the globe, particularly Europe given Anneke’s tragic childhood in that continent. Our themes of power, and courageously facing and integrating authoritarian and narcissistic abuse, are timely. Doing our deep inner… Read more »