SPIRITUAL SOMATICS COACH

In this lifetime, Holland (she/her) expresses herself as a dreamer, a lover of beauty and play, a dancer, a listener, a forever student, a lover of plants and animals with an insatiable curiosity for life.

She hails from a white, lower-class, farming, and christian upbringing in what is now known as Western New York. Growing up on a farm, she spent a lot of time outside observing the natural rhythms and quirks of nature that has led her to explore those aspects in greater depth as an “adult”. Currently, she loves playing with herbs, dipping her toes into the vast ocean that is Ayurveda, and studying occult and esoteric principles.

Holland believes in balance, justice, self sovereignty, and the absolute necessity for darkness. She approaches this work with a light heartedness and sense of curiosity and empathy as she explores uncomfortable places with clients.

Recognizing that each person she meets holds a mirror to herself, she is eternally grateful to be doing this work alongside incredible humans.

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Jessica (she/they) was born into a white, middle class, Pentecostal family in Northwestern Vermont.

Jessica followed in the expectations of the church community and married at the age of 23 becoming the mother of seven children in the next 7 years. Jessica began to experience panic attacks in 2012 and started to question her lifelong practice of conservative Christianity. She left the church in 2015 to begin setting boundaries and creating space for herself in her own life.

While homeschooling her children, Jessica studied herbalism and aromatherapy. Jessica worked for several years as an herbalist and manager at Railyard Apothecary in Burlington, VT. In 2020 she was diagnosed with stage 2b breast cancer and received treatment in the first half of 2021. Shortly before her diagnosis she began working with Trish. Jessica also studies mediumship and is Reiki II attuned.

Jessica comes to this work with a capacity and comfort in holding space for difficult situations and an understanding that our darkness is an important part of our spiritual journeys, not something to be avoided, but rather walked through and held in love.

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Lisa (she/her) came to this work as part of her journey to reconnect with her emotions and body after decades of navigating life with an inadequate emotional vocabulary, attempting to cope through dissociation and compartmentalization, and self-medicating with alcohol and other substances.

She credits this work with allowing her to more deeply experience the full spectrum of emotions, enjoy a richer connection with loved ones, and appreciate the duality of us all simultaneously being a masterpiece and a work in progress. Approaching life from a place of love and non-judgement has become her guiding compass.

Her passion for wellness, or wholeness, includes a deep love for exploring relationships with food and connecting with folks who identify as having an addiction to sugar by bringing levity to conversations about/with the inner critic (who pretty much always has something to say about food choices).

Born into a white, able-bodied, middle-class family, Lisa navigates life with two of her biggest teachers - her teenagers - on the unceded lands of the Abenaki people in so-called Vermont.

Her favorite places are in the woods or by the water and feels honored and privileged to be part of this community of Edgewalkers and Heart Warriors.

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Nina (she/her) came to this coalition while she was attending college at Champlain College in Burlington, VT. Coming from a Cuban-Korean background and living internationally as well as in several different states as a young child, her work and outlook on life is informed by her experience of managing and balancing the different cultures inside and around her.

After several on-and-off attempts to manage her mental health through traditional talk-therapy, she realized that this model was not a fit for her. She found much more personal growth and understanding through spiritual somatic teachings and the supportive community of Transformative Consciousness which allowed her to address many of the root causes of her mental health struggles that conventional methods could not.

Now attending law school, Nina envisions incorporating spiritual anchoring and somatic tools into her future holistic lawyering practice.

When she is not stressed out about law school, she enjoys singing, playing guitar, fiction writing, clay-sculpting and dog mom-ing.

Nina views coaching as being an "unni" or an older (or younger) sister to hold space for those seeking to become better versions of themselves and wanting to be a part of something larger without the restraints of dogma, judgment, or hierarchy.

She is excited to support and work with newcomers and her goal is to pay forward the help and support she received from the wonderful TC coaches before her.

FOUNDER

Dr. Trish DeRocher (they/she) is a teacher, author, podcaster, and former academic turned energy worker.

In this lifetime Trish finds expression as a white, non-binary, queer, anti-racist educator, bridge-builder, frequency worker, and spiritual activist. Amongst other hats, Trish has completed trainings and certifications in Bhakti Yoga, Inner Alignment Coaching, Ayurveda, Biofield Tuning, Druidry, herbalism, Radical Dharma, and Somatic Abolitionism.

Trish is a firm believer that more equitable futures are possible only when we are each committed to realizing, and to helping each other become, our own best selves; when we transform sources of vulnerability into sources of strength; and when we plant the seeds of a more just world through our daily actions and relationships.