Visual Satsangs

Satsang is a Sanskrit word that means to associate and be in the company of true people.

An opportunity to be present with what is, with others seeking awareness too. Together we embody the Stillness that is always present, beyond our individual and collective patterns, habits and conditioning.

Visual methods are used, to make the path more visible.

BENEFITS OF SATSANG:

• Greater Access to and Embodiment of Stillness, Presence and Being;
• More Comfort With Duality, Paradox and Complexity;
• Deeper Understanding and Compassion for Conditioning and Trauma;
• Less Triggering, Reactivity and Repetition Wounds;
• Increased Ability to Regulate Self and Others;
• Greater Clarity and Decisiveness in Making Decisions and Aligned Actions;
• Improved Personal and Professional Functioning;
• Less Isolation, Sense of Separation and Aloneness;
• Kind People to Navigate These Crazy Times With!

WHO ATTENDS and PARTICIPATES:

A range of people from a range of geographies and interest areas.

Some are well-versed in concepts of non-duality, awareness and processing, while others are beginning or exploring this journey.

Many are from my private practice and courses I host or co-host.

Given my early history in the Graphic Facilitation field, often business people, process peeps and creatives find their way here (entrepreneurs, technicians, managers, facilitators, coaches, trainers, therapists, energy workers, intuitives, artists, teachers, advocates, graphic recorders, illustrators, designers and more).

I work with one person at a time, in a group setting.  Working visually takes more time than purely verbal processing. As such, only so many people can receive individualized attention during the scheduled time (in a two hour Satsang usually 3-4).  If more folks want to speak and process, we switch to verbal processing only, and cascade into ‘bonus’ time when my schedule allows.

Speaking, interacting and processing is purely optional. One can attend a Satsang without saying a word – as so much can be gained by observing, gathering gems, and being energetically impacted by other people’s inner work (parallel processing).

RANGE OF TOPICS:

Everything that is part of the human condition is welcome.

Joy, appreciation, inspiration, contentment, hope, boredom, confusion, worry, fear, terror, anger, rage, sorrow and shame.

• Global, international, national, regional and local events;
• Business, work, career, burnout and retirement;
• Health, illness, accident, ageing;
• Finances;
• Relationships;
• Meaning, purpose, empowerment and sovereignty;
• Intuition, psionics, the unconscious, subtle energy including kundalini;
• Ancestral and intergenerational legacy and epigenetics;
• Loss, dying, death and beyond the veil.

We don’t agree on everything … far from it. Satsang attendees can hold polar opposite views. This is a helpful catalyst for discovering what is at the root of either side. Interestingly, often an impassioned defense of a similar value.

By visually processing together, we have a precious opportunity to ‘see under the hood’. To be let into the history, context and inner workings of our fellow Human Beings. Building greater understanding, awareness, acceptance, mutual regard and respect.

RANGE OF PROCESSING TOOLS:

We consult and unite Mind, Heart and Belly.

Working Visually: While facilitating the processing I simultaneously draw simple graphic notes. Online (using a digital tablet with drawing software). In-person (using large sheets of mural paper with markers). Handy templates, eBooks and other resources are provided.

Meditation: soothing mental chatter and settling the nervous system.

Self Inquiry: respectfully meeting what is and where it leads.

Constellation: a spatial/visual way of relating.

Parts Work: exiles and their protectors.

Polarity Squares: softening binds and catch 22s.

Future Selves: allies for support, perspective and guidance.

Magnetism Maps: visioning at the solo, pair, group, planet and galactic levels.

Conditioning Maps: seeing and sorting the repetitive loops.

Aligned Actions: clarifying your beings and doings.

Other protocols from SHIFT-IT, Practical Energy Work and Shifting the Power, depending on what arises or is requested.

ABOUT CHRISTINA MERKLEY:

Christina Merkley coaches individuals, partners and groups, and is an internationally respected online instructor and Satsang host.

Her SHIFT-IT School is an online hub for personal and professional development. One of a handful of early Graphic Facilitation trainers, she’s been a supportive midwife in the global spread of that specialty. Diversifying into personal applications along the way.

With a Masters Degree in Organizational Development & Transformation (ODT), she began her career in the 1990s San Francisco as a Graphic Facilitator, employed by David Sibbet and The Grove Consultants. Her past clients have included Hewlett-Packard, Stanford, American Institute of CPAs, U.S. Department of Energy, British Broadcasting Corporation, Institute for the Future, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and NASA.

Her lifelong interest in personal growth drew her to Coaching, where she’s been a prolific producer of visual tools, including the SHIFT-IT Visual Coaching System. She mentors other Providers via Visual Coach Certification, and maintains a unique Private Practice.

In 2009, she experienced a kundalini rising that heightened her intuitive and energetic sensitivities. That unfoldment continues.

Trauma-informed, Christina is well versed in: Strategic Planning, Visioning, Scenarios, Team Performance, Conflict Resolution, Appreciative Inquiry, Alchemical Hypnotherapy, Neurolinguistic Programming, Voice Dialogue, Parts Work, BodyTalk, Shamanic Journeying, Systemic Constellations, Compassionate Depossession, Psychopomp, The Unconditional Model (Anneke Lucas) and Non-Dual Inquiry.

When the lockdowns hit in 2020, she offered online drop-ins, to help her clients, colleagues and friends meet what was arising. Those gatherings evolved into the Satsangs that now exist.

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My honor to assist as the shift is upon us.

Yours In Shifting It,

P.S. Questions? Email us at admin@shift-it-coach.com. Ask for a Free Exploratory Chat should you wish to speak with me directly about the Satsangs.