Life Coaching
Sessions can include:
My Body Awareness Life Coaching Approach:
With over thirty years of training and performing in theatre and dance, I have cultivated body awareness in tandem with confrontations with ego and personal choices. The ego’s challenges of doing attached to “better than” or “not good enough” can structure and/or stifle action. Somatic practices, bodywork of various forms, and psycho-therapeutic counseling have helped to unlock my body’s patterns, tensions, apprehensions, goals, and next steps. In my life, I have always found grounding in the body by allowing connection to conscious physical practices and the intuitive processes of the body are an essential starting point to recognize and engage challenges and questions about the unfolding path.
Combining my graduate degrees in Mythological Studies with an Emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and Theatre: Contemporary Performance from Naropa University, I have an understanding of culture’s influence on our personal psyches and how the body expresses our personal relationships to self and other. I ground my sessions with a Jungian-based consideration of the psyche and a Buddhist contemplative approach to mindfulness. I funnel these approaches through the training techniques of performance to expand the toolkit for how to engage in the world as an expressive human being creative along life’s path.
Please feel free to contact me to set-up a free phone consultation to outline your ideas for a session or sessions. Sessions can happen at home or in a private studio. I look forward to the exploration and time together.
Reviews:
"Through working with Jason, I slowly became comfortable with several aspects of dating that I had always been aware of but wasn't really comfortable talking about. The more time we spent together, the more open I became in my thinking and in my conversation. Now, I'm wondering what was so hard about it all. My change happened gradually in large part, I think, because Jason had a plan in mind, and he executed it masterfully. He is patient, never pushed me too hard, and had no problem re-focusing our conversation if need be. He is wise beyond his years."
Scott, San Francisco, 2017
"I worked with Jason for only a short time, but I found him to be a patient, intuitive, and warm person. I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I arrived and was intrigued and surprised when we began to focus in on the voice. As a dancer, I often think of how so many people never fully experience their body, never really feel what all their body is capable of. So it was incredible to come to the realization through the vocal exercises that my voice is a part of my body as well, and had been widely neglected. Jason helped me begin the process of working through a barrier I didn't even realize I had. It was an eye-opening experience!"
Tayler, San Francisco, 2017
"I worked with Jason for over a year as a life coach; we largely worked on processing how I could get more into my body and handling trauma and stress. Jason is an old soul and a natural healer. Patient, understanding and open, Jason is very intelligent and able to handle any issue and always seemed to have just the right response to a worry. He greatly helped me process several issues connected to trauma and shame of my body. I am a much happier person as a result of the work we have done. Apart from the therapeutic discussions, Jason and I worked on mindfulness and relaxation techniques, mostly mild yoga. Jason was patient with this aspect, and handled the build up to the more advance stuff well. The session design was always what my body, and soul, needed. He was really good at explaining what exactly I was supposed to do. I keep up with many of the techniques that Jason has showed me. Honestly, my body hasn’t felt this good in years because of the work Jason has done. He has very warm and comforting hands; Jason's touch is highly responsive. He uses just the right sort and right amount of pressure to provide the relaxation the body needs. I highly recommend Jason to other clients. He is truly a special soul."
Mitch, Chicago, 2016
- Relaxation and mindfulness techniques to slow down, notice thought patterns and their manifestation in movement.
- Exploring movement patterns to broaden physical choices and dynamics of physical presence.
- Vocal work to deepen breath connectivity, expand voice range, and sound into non-traditional expressions of the voice.
- Dialogue about personal goals and choices and release the physical tensions or patterns associated with these endeavors.
- Engage your body and voice outside of regular gym or exercise routines.
- Find a place and time to breathe, move, sound, and relax during the week or month for YOU.
My Body Awareness Life Coaching Approach:
With over thirty years of training and performing in theatre and dance, I have cultivated body awareness in tandem with confrontations with ego and personal choices. The ego’s challenges of doing attached to “better than” or “not good enough” can structure and/or stifle action. Somatic practices, bodywork of various forms, and psycho-therapeutic counseling have helped to unlock my body’s patterns, tensions, apprehensions, goals, and next steps. In my life, I have always found grounding in the body by allowing connection to conscious physical practices and the intuitive processes of the body are an essential starting point to recognize and engage challenges and questions about the unfolding path.
Combining my graduate degrees in Mythological Studies with an Emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and Theatre: Contemporary Performance from Naropa University, I have an understanding of culture’s influence on our personal psyches and how the body expresses our personal relationships to self and other. I ground my sessions with a Jungian-based consideration of the psyche and a Buddhist contemplative approach to mindfulness. I funnel these approaches through the training techniques of performance to expand the toolkit for how to engage in the world as an expressive human being creative along life’s path.
Please feel free to contact me to set-up a free phone consultation to outline your ideas for a session or sessions. Sessions can happen at home or in a private studio. I look forward to the exploration and time together.
Reviews:
"Through working with Jason, I slowly became comfortable with several aspects of dating that I had always been aware of but wasn't really comfortable talking about. The more time we spent together, the more open I became in my thinking and in my conversation. Now, I'm wondering what was so hard about it all. My change happened gradually in large part, I think, because Jason had a plan in mind, and he executed it masterfully. He is patient, never pushed me too hard, and had no problem re-focusing our conversation if need be. He is wise beyond his years."
Scott, San Francisco, 2017
"I worked with Jason for only a short time, but I found him to be a patient, intuitive, and warm person. I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I arrived and was intrigued and surprised when we began to focus in on the voice. As a dancer, I often think of how so many people never fully experience their body, never really feel what all their body is capable of. So it was incredible to come to the realization through the vocal exercises that my voice is a part of my body as well, and had been widely neglected. Jason helped me begin the process of working through a barrier I didn't even realize I had. It was an eye-opening experience!"
Tayler, San Francisco, 2017
"I worked with Jason for over a year as a life coach; we largely worked on processing how I could get more into my body and handling trauma and stress. Jason is an old soul and a natural healer. Patient, understanding and open, Jason is very intelligent and able to handle any issue and always seemed to have just the right response to a worry. He greatly helped me process several issues connected to trauma and shame of my body. I am a much happier person as a result of the work we have done. Apart from the therapeutic discussions, Jason and I worked on mindfulness and relaxation techniques, mostly mild yoga. Jason was patient with this aspect, and handled the build up to the more advance stuff well. The session design was always what my body, and soul, needed. He was really good at explaining what exactly I was supposed to do. I keep up with many of the techniques that Jason has showed me. Honestly, my body hasn’t felt this good in years because of the work Jason has done. He has very warm and comforting hands; Jason's touch is highly responsive. He uses just the right sort and right amount of pressure to provide the relaxation the body needs. I highly recommend Jason to other clients. He is truly a special soul."
Mitch, Chicago, 2016