Christina Merkley Archives - SHIFT-IT Coach Become Your Next Self Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:58:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Joining the Saturday Satsangs https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/09/fall-winter-16-week-satsang-community/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/09/fall-winter-16-week-satsang-community/#respond Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:57:09 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=104860 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 »

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FINDING AND USING MY VOICE https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/08/non-dual-self-inquiry-with-christina-merkley/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/08/non-dual-self-inquiry-with-christina-merkley/#respond Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:51:37 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=104423 [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 »

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SHIFT-IT SCHOOL – Upcoming Events https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/08/shift-it-school-upcoming-events-6/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/08/shift-it-school-upcoming-events-6/#respond Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:51:27 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=104298 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 »

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A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/08/a-note-from-christina-175/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/08/a-note-from-christina-175/#respond Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:56:49 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=104426 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 »

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A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/07/a-note-from-christina-174/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/07/a-note-from-christina-174/#respond Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:42:38 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=103389 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 »

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LUXURY TO TALK https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/07/luxury-to-talk/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/07/luxury-to-talk/#respond Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:42:20 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=103285 [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 »

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SHIFT-IT SCHOOL – Upcoming Events https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/07/shift-it-school-2025-2026/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/07/shift-it-school-2025-2026/#respond Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:42:10 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=103314 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 »

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A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/06/a-note-from-christina-173/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/06/a-note-from-christina-173/#respond Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:59:43 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=90174 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 »

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GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT: DONNA CHEWNING https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/06/graduate-spotlight-donna-chewning/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/06/graduate-spotlight-donna-chewning/#respond Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:59:23 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=90175 Donna has both personal and professional reasons for working visually. On a personal level, she is the mother of an adult son with a lifelong disability and limited communication abilities. Professionally, her career in Restorative Justice, Conflict Resolution, and Mediation – including her work with her state’s Supreme Court and Alternative Dispute Resolution Department, as... Read more »

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CORE OF GOODNESS https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/06/core-of-goodness/ https://www.shift-it-coach.com/2025/06/core-of-goodness/#respond Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:59:02 +0000 https://www.shift-it-coach.com/?p=90176 [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 »

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