Testimonials

"Being supported by Melanie in the depths of my grief has been transformative.

As someone relatively new to feeling sensations of deep grief, Melanie created a container held by her full humanity, resources from nature, and ancestral support that felt bigger than any of the grief I was moving through.

She holds a compassionate, warm, nonjudgmental container where everything feels allowed, and nothing feels “too big” to carry. Melanie has a way of connecting pieces of myself that I would have never thought to relate, which has led to alchemy and transformation towards so much more nourishment and ease, even within moments of difficulty. With Melanie’s support, I feel so much more resourced to meet the waves of grief as they occur in my day-to-day life, and I feel so much more equipped to meet them with compassion, care, and invitations towards sensations of more vibrancy and aliveness rather than shutdown or collapse. Melanie’s support has been a grounding presence in difficult times, and I am so grateful for our work together. I would highly recommend support from Melanie for anyone who wants to alchemize grief in a gentle, easeful way that creates lasting transformation."

-Rebecca Studer

"Grief, death, and my own mortality have been important topics in my personal and professional life for decades. It easily slips to the back burner.

Coming up on my 71st birthday in my 45th year of practice as a clinical psychologist helps bring it forward. This course welcomed me closer to this profound aspect of my existence in a wonderful new way. To garden, to follow, to hold grief awaiting the gifts, the harvest, to invite intimacy with it. Wow! This course created a safe space with skillful guides who helped me move beyond my experience of grief as something to be “processed” or resolved."

- Alan McFarland

Clinical psychologist in Springfield VA