personalised guidance for deeper presence in daily life
Meditation & Mindfulness Coaching
What comes to mind when you see the words “meditation” and “mindfulness”? What do you notice about your relationship with these words, and the actions they represent, in this moment?
Has that relationship gone stale, awkward, distant, conflicted?
Has meditation become something you feel that you “should” do, rather than something that feels genuinely meaningful and helpful to have as a part of your life?
I offer 1:1 support, on an ongoing basis, for you who want to develop, maintain, or restart a personal practice for increasing presence and awareness in daily life. It does not need to look like sitting on a cushion or following your breath, unless that is what helps you be most present. Part of our work together may intentionally involve exploring what “mindfulness” means to you, and expanding our ideas of what counts as “meditation”.
We will find out together what type and rhythm of practice work for you — what is enjoyable, meaningful, sustainable, and can be integrated seamlessly into your life
Embodying deep presence as a way of life
Some things we can work on
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Finding your unique way
Exploring forms of mindfulness practice beyond sitting meditation…
…in movement, in nature, in conversation, through art and visual imagery, and more
Identifying approaches that work best for your specific mind, body, cultural and spiritual background
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Bringing it into daily life
Learning to notice and work with moments of rushing, distraction, reactivity and overwhelm
Exploring ways to be more present in everyday activities
Practising staying present with both self and other in social interaction and conversation
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Building consistency
Creating a realistic and sustainable personal practice rhythm
Having someone alongside you as your cheerleader and accountability partner
Using sessions for reflection, accountability and adjustment — not “homework compliance”
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Returning to practice
Reigniting a meditation practice that has become stale or “lost the spark”
Coming back into a rhythm after a long break, major life changes or schedule disruptions
Integration support after returning from longer meditative retreats
How my approach is different
I joined my first meditation class at age 13, and it immediately became my favourite hobby. At age 18 I travelled to Plum Village to discern the possibility of monastic ordination. I had a stable and regular meditation practice learned through Chinese and Buddhist traditions long before encountering the western clinical definition of “mindfulness”.
Thich Nhat Hanh taught “mindfulness” as a quality of presence and attention that we can practice embodying in every situation in daily life. Have you ever thought that doing the dishes could be a meditation, too?
Over the years, my meditation practice naturally expanded to a wide variety of forms beyond sitting on a cushion. I learned many more practices, such as Forest Therapy and Authentic Relating, which do not describe themselves as “meditation”, but are — deep down — methods for becoming more present and aware of what is here now.
Not everyone finds it helpful to sit still, focus on the breath, or close the eyes. Not everyone feels comfortable being given instructions to do something with their mind or body. I meet you where you’re at, and we start our work together by asking these questions:
What is your relationship to presence? When or where in your life do you feel most present? What helps you be more present? What does NOT help?
Try a guided meditation
When guiding meditations and meditative practices in general, I take care to keep my language simple, open, sensory, relational, and non-directive. This is perhaps easier to show than to tell. Here is a guided meditation you can try for yourself — it was completely unscripted and improvised in the moment. It may give you a sense of what an improvised guided meditation in a live session might be like.
More examples are available here:
Practical details
What happens in a session?
Every session is different, and shaped around your needs. We may talk about your current practice (whether that is specific exercises, your relationship with “being present” in general, or anything in between), including what is working well, what is getting in the way, as well as identifying any deeper values, motivations and commitments that are relevant to your practice.
We may also do one or more practices together, which can take a large variety of forms — and is always chosen collaboratively. It can be me guiding a meditation with my voice. It can also potentially involve: entering a different pace and quality of conversation, going outdoors, moving the body, engaging in creative expression, “body doubling” to get “chores” done — in a different way than what you might be used to.
When, where, how much, etc
We can meet online or in-person in Oslo.
In the first meeting, it is most ideal to be indoors, in your own private space (if online) or in my studio. In regular ongoing sessions, the location itself can optionally be a part of what we work with. You join from the location of your choice, or we agree beforehand to meet at one in-person. How can I practice being more present while walking and talking in a park? Sitting in a cafe? In traffic? In my corporate office?
Because progress in this type of work requires consistency over time, it is recommended to commit to a period of meeting regularly (weekly or biweekly) rather than one-off, ad-hoc sessions. An ongoing coaching relationship includes the offer of text-based support and accountability check-ins between sessions.
Currently my hourly rate is 50€ or 600 NOK and a single session is 60 minutes long. Other possibilities can be negotiated.
Curious to explore further? Schedule a free initial meeting to see if this is a good fit and how I can best support you 🪷
FAQs
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Mindfulness coaching is personalised 1:1 support for developing a meditation or mindfulness practice that fits your unique mind, body, cultural background, spiritual orientation, and life situation.
It is a bit like taking private lessons with a yoga teacher, as a supplement or alternative to joining group classes, following recordings, and practising independently.
We can explore formal seated meditation, everyday mindfulness, embodied and sensory practices, social and relational presence, nature-based practices, and much more — everything is tailored to you.
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In the sense of: closing your eyes, staying still, being quiet, actively working on staying focused on an object — not at all. I like to begin sessions with a few minutes of this in order to help us arrive, but if you have another way, I am very open to it.
In general, there is no “have to” doing anything in my sessions :)
Many of my methods are movement-based and interactive, and we can mostly stay in that realm if this is your preference.
The main goal of mindfulness practice is an embodied capacity for deeper presence and awareness, and traditional seated meditation is one of many ways to get there.
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All skill levels are welcome, including if you have never done anything “meditative” in your whole life.
For advanced practitioners especially, I practice meeting you, and myself — in Beginner’s Mind. If you are feeling curious about stepping into a teaching or leadership capacity as the next stage of your practice, we can also use our time together to explore that.
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No problem. We’ll start with getting to know what your wants, needs, goals and motivations are — as well as what meditative activities you have already tried which did not work for you. Most likely, there are still lots of things we can try, that might be able to support you to cultivate deeper presence and awareness in the areas of your life that matter — some of which may not have been obvious, some of which you might already be doing.
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Yes, this is the core of what I offer — integrating and embodying mindfulness as a way of life. Being present and aware while sitting on the meditation cushion or an otherwise “dedicated practice session” is, in many cases, the easy part. The purpose of regular, dedicated practice sessions is to help us build stronger “presence muscles” in daily life.
We can also practice mindfulness intentionally while walking, being outside, in nature, while having a conversation, while engaging in a creative activity, doing chores, and more. Some of this can be “homework” between sessions, as well as experimented with together in sessions.
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It is very common to feel disoriented and many kinds of uncomfortable when returning to “regular life” from an extended period dedicated to contemplative or spiritual practice. The disorientation is often compounded if this regular life involves going to a corporate job or living in a large city.
It can be helpful to receive some extra support in the first few weeks from someone who has been through it many times themselves, and gets what it is like.
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No, sometimes a one-off meeting makes the most sense, that is up to you to decide.
If you have pre-paid a series of sessions and find out halfway that we are not a good fit, or that you got what you needed and want to stop, I will happily refund you the rest.
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Mindfulness coaching is about supporting your growth as a practitioner. My role in this context is primarily educational rather than therapeutic.
I do not provide clinical treatment, including mindfulness-based treatments, for diagnosed or suspected mental health disorders.