1:1 COACHING
Coaching is about connection and collaboration. Options and agency. Exploring experience(s) that broaden our horizons, bring us into new creative territory, and expand our capacity to listen to the currents of Life.
Together, we co-create an experience that traverses the terrain of inner and outer landscapes. We listen and align with your desired outcomes, visions, and dreams, making space for them to take root within your present experience. Whatever your intention - to reveal what is unknown, empower what is most alive, or simply REST in what is with more ease - you will be guided and supported in accessing the depth of your inner wisdom while expanding your capacity to connect with pleasure, joy and beauty.
“Individual sessions with Teresa aren't therapy
but I find them to be very therapeutic.
It's a practice, like doing art…
and often I come away with something
of the feeling I get when I've written
a satisfying draft of a poem.
I feel larger, both freer and more grounded,
more at home in my body
and the truth it can hold about how
I move through the world.
That bodily sense of things was
not something I was very cognizant of
before working with Teresa.
With all her knowledge and experience
of various somatic practices,
and with what seems her natural emotional intelligence,
she has helped me feel more rested and awake.
I can't recommend her enough.”
-Peter, he/his - Minneapolis
WHAT OPTION IS BEST FOR YOU?
As contemporary neuroscience shows: deep integration involves more than the mind alone…it requires the body. Each coaching opportunity is supported by practices and resources that can expand your awareness and connection to the somatic realm. From the neurobiological lens of Organic Intelligence, the symbolic/metaphoric model of Soul Based Coaching, and the movement/dance explorations inspired by Conscious Dance, each opportunity is guided by the foundational belief that the body, with it’s vast landscape of somatic intelligence, knows the way.
YOUR BODY KNOWS THE WAY!
As a coach I guide you into the terrain of your inner knowing, traversing landscapes through language, movement, or sound. What is most alive can be revealed. What you already know can be illuminated. The work can be slow or fast. Subtle or grand. Regardless of the way, your desires can be brought to life when we stay present to it all, listening and following the thread that moves through you.
Please note that although these 1:1 sessions are an opportunity for deep inner work, they are in no way therapy, nor should they be a replacement for therapy. This is a supportive environment where clients are witnessed, attuned to, and guided toward greater coherence. Should issues arise beyond the scope of the session, I encourage you to seek the counsel needed.
Organic Intelligence is a free form conversational model anchored in Post Trauma Growth. Through attuned listening we meet clients where they’re at, create nests of safety and belonging, and gently steward the nervous system toward greater harmony. This is a gradual organic model that supports orientation to the moment, sensing and feeling the gift of simple pleasures, and living with greater ease, enjoyment and compassion.
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Soul Based Coaching is a soft, receptive process that attunes to inner realms with curiosity and wonder. A set of questions from David Grove’s “Clean Language” brings attention to the moment and connects with what’s most desired. We sense, feel, and follow emerging symbols/metaphors of the imaginal, bringing desired outcomes to life in ways that are grounded in your Soul’s knowing.
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more on SOUL-BASED COACHING…
Unlike other coaching modalities that value cognitive insight, problem solving, and goals, Soul Based Coaching attunes to an individual's inner wisdom, honoring their innate visions, feelings and desires as keys to transformation and change.
Founded by Annemiek van Helsdingen and informed by the work of David Grove (Clean Coaching), Penny Tompkins and James Lawley (Symbolic Modeling), Soul Based coaching guides clients toward desired outcomes by enlivening inner landscapes of image, texture, color and metaphor. Instead of motivating or challenging clients, coaches hold space for the layers and complexities of the inner realm to arise while offering gentleness and steady ground. Pairing the creative wellspring of each client with the power of metaphor allows innate obstacles and limiting behaviors to be integrated and worked with (rather than worked against), creating space for desired outcomes to be amplified, renewed, and brought to life.
“Be soft in your practice. Think of the method as a fine silvery stream, not a raging waterfall. Have faith in its course. It will go its own way, meandering here, trickling there. It will find the grooves, the cracks, the crevices. Just follow it. Never let it out of your sight. It will carry you.”
-Sheng Yen
Since becoming a Certified Soul Based Coach in 2017, I have witnessed the power of metaphor countless times. It never ceases to amaze me how mysteriously inner landscapes can weave a web of aliveness for each individual. And the more we follow this thread into the wisdom that unwinds and unfolds from within, the greater capacity we have to sense our connection to something greater and allow system wide change to happen…from the inside out. Obstacles may arise, yet the never ending pulse of vitality continues to swell and emerge. This is what we follow, what we return to, what we are guided by, and from there...transformation flows.
THAT WHICH WE LONG FOR IS WHO ARE ALREADY ARE!
Soul-based Coaching may be for you if:
You are ready to clarify, listen, and embody your inner knowing.
You are ready to invite ease into your life rather than push or pull to produce outcomes.
You are ready to empower your dreams and let go of habits that hold you back.
You are ready to experience lasting change that unfolds from deep within.
You are ready to witness how mystery flows in and through your own life.
WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING:
“I would highly recommend working with Teresa as a Soul Based coach. I went into the process with an open mind and not knowing exactly what the outcome would be. I was intrigued by the process and thought it would be a great opportunity to step out of my comfort zone. What unfolded over the three weeks was beyond what I had imagined! The imagery and process in the sessions guided the rest of my weeks and have set me up with a renewed sense of positivity about the future. Teresa’s coaching helped me gain a sense of trust in myself and an excitement for all the upcoming possibilities around me. I am grateful I tried it out! ”
“I’ve experienced several Soul-based Coaching sessions with Teresa, all of which impacted me deeply. She provided powerful witnessing and skillful guidance to support the unfolding of inner visions which came forward with remarkable vividness and were deeply felt. Each vision has enriched me, deepened my sense of meaning, and helped me come closer to what my heart aches for, what I’m enlivened by, and how I want to experience love. They reaffirmed both the aliveness of my inner world and an understanding that it’s voice is always present to offer gifts...if I am willing to listen.
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“Soul Coaching was a refreshing change from standard therapy that I have experienced in the past. The sessions tapped into a spiritual connection that I often forget to access, and offered tools that deepened and transformed the work to an even more meaningful level. The outcomes of the sessions were extremely valuable and I see the benefit in scheduling sessions before challenging events or times that I may need additional support.”
“What was most meaningful about the work for me was the chance to get to know my soul’s own desire more deeply and clearly, without someone interpreting at all what is shared and brought forth.”