Scott Merriam

Comprehensive Hakomi Mindfulness-based Somatic Psychotherapy Training

Sliding Scale

For many, spiritual and self-development is about striving to become a better version of yourself. Conventional approaches to coaching are often aimed at subtly or not-so-subtly supporting this fundamental striving. But from a nondual perspective, the harder you push yourself to become your ideal, the more you hide what you truly are from yourself.

Rather than striving toward an ideal or focusing on a problem to solve, Scott's approach is rooted in a deeper inquiry: who or what are you underneath all of your doing and striving to improve? We begin with the assumption that there is nothing to be fixed, because there is nothing fundamentally broken. And from this vantage point, we turn our attention toward what wants to emerge, rather than trying to impose some change from the top-down. Because embodied change is less about forcing transformation and more about creating the conditions for change to unfold on its own.

Scott’s presence is a healing balm and a gift. He is wildly insightful and has a profound gift of dancing others deeply into the mystery itself.” – Jane Weintraub

“Scott was totally present for me in a moment of real spiritual self-doubt and anxiety that I was too afraid to let anyone else in on. He could see and understand what I could barely explain, and that transformed the whole situation for me.” – Jasmine Stine