Education and Professional Background

Melody has a degree in Intercultural Psychology and Expressive Arts from Naropa University, is a Certified Nonviolent Communication Trainer, a Somatic Counselor, and Certified Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist.

Her training includes: Adult Attachment Couples Work, Life Purpose Coaching, Pre and Perinatal Psychology, Expressive Arts Therapies, Contact Improvisation, Somatic Trauma Release, Interpersonal Mediation, Sociocracy, Restorative Justice, “The Work” of Byron Katie, Integral Yoga, and Meditation.

As a Nonviolent Communication Trainer she has facilitated trainings in schools with parents, teachers and children, held staff trainings for organizations, offered workshops at festivals, spoken at conferences, and led numerous community courses.

Service Projects: She has collaborated in developing various innovative non-profit programs for youth including a residential home for teen girls, a restorative justice program, a girls self-empowerment program, and social change projects in high schools.

As a Counselor she has offered domestic violence awareness groups in schools, family mediation, Somatic Trauma Healing with individuals, and sessions and retreats for Couples.

As a Community Facilitator she has led: visioning and decision-making meetings for intentional communities, interpersonal mediation for Non-profit leadership teams, and workshops for women’s empowerment programs in Canada, USA, Mexico and Ecuador.

Event Highlights: She has given workshops at the “FIC Intentional Communities Conference”, and facilitated sessions at the “Global Summit: Women, Power, Money & Politics.” She was part of leading opening ceremonies at "Water Women Festival" in Ecuador, and the "Shambhala Music Festival" in British Columbia.

Gifts and Life Story

Facing a life-shattering crisis at 19 years old, Melody grew determined to find inner freedom and dove into a deep journey of inner healing. She immersed herself in practices for healing trauma, cultivating conscious embodiment, relating compassionately, and building community.  She has courageously transmuted the pain from a myriad of traumatic experiences and health crises into a quality of character and depth of presence that is both an inspiration to witness and a catalyst for others’ healing journey.  With an enduring commitment to meeting life with an open heart, she has traversed the depths of shame, powerlessness, anger, terror and depression. Embracing adversity as gateways for greater love, she has developed a profound compassion for humanity.

For 25 years Melody has worked in the fields of Compassionate Communication, Social Services, Relationship Counseling, and Therapeutic Bodywork.  She has cultivated a depth of embodied awareness and integrated wisdom that shines through in her work supporting harmony within individuals, couples, and groups. Melody has an intuitive way of illuminating unresolved trauma beneath people’s pain/conflict, and encouraging compassionate empowerment. She embraces people with love, sees their divinity and believes in their gifts.

Melody Lucian embodies the essence of compassion and offers her gifts with love.  People experience the grace of her empathic heart and find peace in her presence. Melody is an inspiration in how she lives with integrity and moves through life from the heart.

Creative Nature

Melody grew up in the forests of British Columbia, Canada and found solace playing in the trees. Artistically, painting and dancing have been second nature to Melody since early childhood.  She is a visionary painter, dance performance artist, singer, and seamstress. She has exhibited her paintings in the US and Canada, led courses in authentic expression through painting, performed with a dance theatre troupe at theatres and festivals, and acted as artistic director of events.

Melody is gestating a performance piece and workshop to bring in to high schools titled "Sex. Power. Love." Her intent is to bring compassionate awareness to the cycles of trauma between the sexes, and offer tools for cultivating empathy and harmony in intimate relationships.

 

"I love lying on the earth in lush forests, the smell of plants after a rain, watching the sunlight through the leaves, the feel of barefeet dancing on a woodfloor, laughter of friends, heartfelt embraces, a baby falling asleep on my chest, creative community gatherings, and deep authentic sharing about the richness of our human experiences. I savor feeling the spectrum of being joyfully alive."

What people are saying about Melody

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courage

“My central experience of Melody is her clarity of heart.  She has grown the skills to tenderly yet fiercely examine what wants to grow, what wants to thrive.  Melody has consistently demonstrated the courage to go beyond habits that might keep her heart small.  Safe, strong, committed, and joyful are words that reflect how I experience her.  She is successful as a facilitator because she mixes the wisdom of her heart with highly effective practices that invite sustainable growth.”

David McKenzie, Medical Intuitive

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compassion

"I know few people who exemplify more than Melody the truth that, the quality of person we become is the most important contribution to others' lives. I have so much respect for the choice she makes anew every day to live her life courageously, compassionately, and consciously."

Jill Hatch, Youth Program Supervisor

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trust

"Melody has the medicine the world needs right now. People need to feel connected to their purpose, to know that what they are doing is contributing to the world, and feel a sense of trust and alignment with those they are working with. Melody has the tools that make that possible."

Eli Mead, Osteopath

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healer

“Melody is a true healer to the ones who choose to wake. She is here to spread her words of love and bring forth spirit to this earth. The gift Melody shares is like no other. I am so honored to have met her. I don’t even know where to begin with it comes to my gratitude toward her.”

Star Stafford, Perfomance Artist