Luminary Devoted to Cultivating Harmony on Earth

Education and Professional Background

I have a degree in Intercultural Psychology and Expressive Arts from Naropa University and was Certified as a Nonviolent Communication Trainer. I am a Somatic Counselor, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist, Community Collaboration Facilitator, Visionary Artist, Author, and Founder of the Triuna Society - dedicated to cultivating spiritual, ecological, and relational harmony.

My training includes: Somatic Trauma Release, Adult Attachment Couples Coaching, Expressive Arts Therapies, Pre and Perinatal Psychology, Interpersonal Mediation, Sociocracy Whole Systems Governance, Restorative Justice, Contact Improvisation, “The Work” of Byron Katie, Life Purpose Coaching, Healing Collective with Thomas Hubl, Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, and Heart based Meditation.

As a Nonviolent Communication Trainer I have facilitated trainings in schools with parents, teachers and children, held staff trainings for Non-profit Organizations, offered workshops at festivals, spoken at conferences, and led numerous community courses and workshops with various focuses.

Projects with Youth: I have collaborated in developing various innovative non-profit programs for youth including a residential home for teen girls, a restorative justice program, highschool peer support program, a girls self-empowerment program, social change projects in high schools, and a process painting course of teen girls.

My Counselling work has included: domestic violence awareness groups in schools, family mediation, Somatic Trauma Healing with individuals, and sessions and retreats for couples, and Sexual Trauma Healing Circles.

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

Event Highlights: I gave workshops at the “FIC Intentional Communities Conference” in California, facilitated sessions at the “Global Summit: Women, Power, Money & Politics,” in San Fransisco, was part of leading opening ceremonies at the "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, I grew determined to find inner freedom and dove into a deep journey of inner healing. I immersed myself in practices for healing trauma, cultivating conscious embodiment, relating compassionately, and building community.  I have courageously transformed the painful imprints from a complexity of severe traumas and health crises into a quality of kind character and depth of presence that people tell me is both an inspiration to witness and a catalyst for their healing journey.  With an enduring commitment to meeting life with an open heart, I have gone directly into the depths of shame, powerlessness, anger, terror and depression to unearth the roots. Embracing adversity as gateways for greater love, I have developed a profound compassion for humanity.

For over 25 years I have worked in the fields of Compassionate Communication, Social Services, Therapeutic Bodywork, Relationship Counseling, Expressive Arts and Group Collaboration.  I have cultivated a depth of embodied awareness that is integral to my work supporting harmony within individuals, couples, and groups. I have an intuitive way of illuminating unresolved trauma beneath people’s pain/conflict, facilitating clear insight, and encouraging compassionate empowerment. I listen to people with loving kindness, see their divinity, and believe in their gifts.

I offer my gifts with devotional love. I am commonly appreciated for embodying the essence of compassion. People say they feel the grace of my empathic heart, find peace in my presence, and that I inspire them in how I live with integrity and move through life from the heart.

Creative Nature

I grew up in the forests of British Columbia, Canada and found solace going out into the woods to be with the tree beings. Artistically, painting and dancing have been second nature to me since early childhood. I started ballet when she was four, and in my early teens I became passionate about modern. Dance has been an essential creative expression for me throughout my life. As a teenager I deisgned and created elaborate clothing, costumes, jewlery, and sculpture pieces.

As a visionary painter I have exhibited my paintings in the US and Canada and have led courses in authentic expression through painting. As a dance performance artist I performed with a dance theatre troupe at theatres and festivals, and acted as artistic director of events. I built my own art studio when I was 25. I enjoy seeing beauty and had a show of my photography of maple leaves.

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

Some of my joys... 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 in our journey towards realizing our divine nature and a harmonious existence on earth. I savor feeling the spectrum of being joyfully embodied.

What people are saying

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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