presence. creativity. connection.
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we know what good nutrition looks like when we’re talking about food, but what does good nutrition look like for our nervous systems?
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i'm merreley
If I were a series of bullet points about my credentials, that would look like this:
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Dr. Ida Rolf Institute, Certified Rolfer
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Certified Coach, CPCC from Co-active Training Institute
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Certified Meditation Teacher through Realization Process, Judith Blackstone
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Certified MELT Method Instructor
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Certified Franklin Method Level 1 Instructor
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Certified SourcePoint Therapy Practitioner
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Licensed Massage Therapist
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In my advanced year of Somatic Experiencing Training, will soon have my SEP
I am of course not a list of credentials. But I do think this list does give some sense of my deep love for how the human body and being are not separate, and how a loving and attuned relationship with our bodies can be a powerful transformative path. It certainly has been for me.
My 25+ years in the somatic fields have given me a deep appreciation for how incredibly helpful it is for people to learn how to beneficially affect their nervous systems and attune to their bodies. It is truly not rocket science, but it might be as transformative as rocket science!
People often work with me because they sense there is something more that they are missing, but that this “more” is not the kind of thing our culture tells us to chase after: status, attention, money, etc. Instead, it’s about deepening into one’s true self, so that they can live this gorgeous life they have been given in a way that feels honest and fulfilling.
i offer embodied coaching
Our thinking brain is always scanning for survival. That our brains can do this is vital; After all our species wouldn’t be here without it!
However, depending on a number of factors –– like our life and health history, epigenetics, and disposition –– this instinct to look for things that could potentially go wrong can become restrictive in that we (unconsciously) get so preoccupied with survival thinking, that our lives become limited. In many ways, even our ability to imagine different lives for ourselves can be limited by some version of hypervigilance to threat.
I’m never going to be one to suggest that a transformative path is as easy as a 1 - 2 - 3 how-to manual (it’s much more organic than that), but what I can say is that getting out of the negativity bias of the frontal cortex and coming back into our body and the present moment creates an experiential knowing of embodied safety. This allows us to shift into our more generative, generous, creative, playful, and grounded selves.