COACHING

Through somatic practices and shadow work, we'll support you in trusting your body's wisdom, transform your struggles into allies, and reclaim the wholeness that's been waiting beneath the surface.

ways we can work together

  • individual sessions

    One on one coaching is a creative, dynamic collaboration where whatever arises in the present moment is welcomed. Sessions typically last 60-75 minutes and may include, movement, tracking sensations in your body, working with symbols, or exploring the voices and energies of different parts/archetypes.

    We meet you as you are, working with whatever bodymind is ready to explore - creating the conditions for transformation to occur. Sessions honor your body's wisdom and timing, moving at the organic pace of your system without forcing outcomes.

    Sessions: $70-$100 sliding scale. Honor what is true for your situation and choose what works for you.

  • group offerings

    Coming soon, Synchrosoma® Shadow Stalking

    This course transforms your relationship with shadow through somatic integration practices that support soul evolution and purpose.

    “The Synchrosoma® Method of Shadow Work involves deep underworld explorations through the portal of Soma, our energy body and seat of the soul. Those parts of our shadowy behavior or shadowy past that we thought were “bad” become allies through integration.” Melissa Meader

    Details Coming Soon

  • getting started

    I invite you to reach out via email to start a conversation about working together.

    I offer a complimentary consultation call where we can explore whether this work feels aligned for you, discuss your intentions, and address any questions you might have.

Book a free consultation

Testimonials

  • Working with Maria has been a revelation, in the truest sense of the word. She has helped me reframe, revisit, and rekindle my sense of self. She literally reminded me who I am through her use of archetypes and her encouraging reflections on her perception of my authentic self, which were unerringly true and fitting.

    Maria is clearly gifted and intuitive, and her kindness and openness to letting a process go where it needs to makes her a nimble and flexible guide. There were many times that I left a session feeling bolstered and built up, stronger than I'd felt in a long time.

  • Through the work I have been doing with Maria, I have become aware of parts of myself that I have been turning away from, cutting off even. I am learning to acknowledge and even welcome these voices in, as a part of my larger whole self.

    I am building a voice of compassion, self love and acceptance; where before there was self criticism, now there is a breath and then an internal listening. These powerful new practices of self awareness and self acceptance are what I am developing, and they will no doubt change my life trajectory

  • Maria has been a catalyst to a most introspective and empowering journey. Her loving presence and pure intention is felt throughout the challenges and joys of my somatic healing. I am beginning to reclaim my untended feelings, desires and gifts.

    Maria guides me with her earthly and otherworldly wisdom by offering me practical tools that help me get out of my head and fall in love with all parts that make me up.

  • As a guide on this journey, Maria is a remarkably attuned and creative collaborator. I have felt deeply held and supported by the compassionate and intuitive space she embodies and always leave our sessions better equipped to meet whatever arises with courage, curiosity and love. Doing this work with her has been profoundly transformative.

FAQs

  • Soma is our embodied experience—the living body as energy body and seat of the soul. It includes our sensations, how we orient in space and time, and it's the portal connecting us to one another, to the web of life, and to Source.

    Somatic coaching works with the wisdom of the body and the obsessive/thinking mind. Rather than focusing primarily on thoughts and analysis, we include bodily sensations, breath, movement, sound, images, and autonomic responses as sources of information and healing. This approach recognizes that patterns are stored in the body, and lasting transformation happens through embodied experience rather than mental understanding alone.

  • Each session is unique and follows what your bodymind is ready to explore. We might work with movement, tracking sensations, imagery, or exploring archetypal energies.

    We can work on an acute issue that's showing up in your life or provide ongoing support for longer-term changes and patterns. Sessions honor your body's wisdom and timing, whether you're addressing something immediate or embarking on deeper transformation work.

    My role is to attune to and hold space for however you're showing up in each moment, including honoring your protective responses rather than trying to override them.

  • Shadow work is learning to turn toward the repressed, rejected aspects of ourselves—the "others”. Together, we consciously explore and retrieve the traumatized and rejected parts. As we welcome them home, they become allies in our evolving transformation.

  • Archetypes are universal patterns of human experience that we all carry—like the Caregiver, the Rebel, or the Critic. In our work, we explore both your personal archetypal patterns and broader universal ones. Sometimes we get stuck identifying with one pattern or completely reject others. Archetypal work helps you develop a conscious relationship with these different energies within and around you, and includes working with symbols, images, or metaphors that arise naturally in your process.

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