Let’s work together!
“This is a great moment, when you see, however distant, the goal of your wandering. The thing which has been living in your imagination suddenly becomes a part of the tangible world. It matters not how many ranges, rivers, or parching dusty ways may lie between you: it is yours now and forever.”
Freya Stark
There are so many ways we could work together!
Here’s some ideas:
Coaching Session
Working with your intentions, desires, dreams and visions. This is a process of uncovering and tapping into your own innate wisdom. It’s not advising. You are the driver, I have the tools. Being coached is a really great way to reconnect with your authentic self and to make shifts that bring you into alignment. Appropriate for small or large intentions.
Feng Shui Consultation
Working with one area of your home, one area of your life, or the whole house. Feng Shui is one of the 8 branches of Tao. It’s an ancient Chinese practice of arranging buildings, objects, and space in a way that creates harmony, balance, and is in harmony with nature. Feng Shui means “the way of wind and water”. It’s all about bringing natural flow into your space and life. Using Feng Shui I’ll evaluate your living or working space, assessing its energy flow, layout, and design. We’ll explore your goals, challenges, and aspirations and using Feng Shui, make adjustments that support you and your dreams and visions. Your vision could be as simple as wanting more energy - to wanting a partner or new career. Here are some additional benefits of Feng Shui: Create a space you love; Attract opportunities; Bring clarity to indecision; Clear negative energies; Clear clutter and create spaciousness; Support transitions in life; Claim and clear a space after remodel or move; Adjust space after divorce or death
Five Elements Session
A session based on Five Element Theory (another branch of Tao). The Five Elements are a creative cycle - moving through Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water in a circular motion, each of these elements have a quality that feeds or controls another. When everything’s moving through the cycle smoothly there’s balance, energy, motivation, rest, clarity, you’re in a state of flow. I use this tool to help determine the choices and activities that will bring balance back into your life. Using the Five Elements questionnaire to determine where there’s imbalance, we’ll explore the Five Elements as they relate to your current situation, and come up with solutions for restoring equilibrium. There’s an optional art making component to this work if creativity is one of your desires.
Sound Healing
Experience the healing vibration of sound. Sound Healing can alleviate stress, bring balance and calm into the body and mind, healing our energetic system.
Values Session
Values are found in how you invest your time, energy, and focus. Oftentimes, stuck on autopilot you can become disconnected from your personal values, while living out the values of your family, culture, or society. Using coaching tools, I assist you in uncovering your own values. As your values become conscious, you can begin to make choices and take actions that are in alignment with your personal values. Luckily values can be accessed immediately, at any moment. Don’t need something to happen first, the water to be the right temperature, someone to give you permission, the stars to align…This can be a life changing process. There’s an optional art making component to this work, especially useful if creativity is one of your values.
1:1 Kundalini Yoga
A personalized Kundalini Yoga session based on your current needs and desires. During this session you’ll experience movement, breath work and mantra - all of which can be integrated into a daily practice.
Photostylist
30+ years design experience. Accessories, Beauty, Clothing, Home, Props, Toys. You can check out my portfolio under the Photostylist tab.
What Clients Are Saying
5 Elements:
“With Chrystina, I discovered new wisdom about the unfolding of a project according to the 5 elements. How to give care and nurture each phase once understood where I was at. Oh yes! A very cluttered space, reflecting my cluttered mind, result of a depleted “metal”, echo of a prolific “wood” . Our meeting gave me the energetic impulse to clear out my space and it really uplifted my spirit! I highly recommand Chrystina. She shares a hearfelt and deep listening, fleshy juicy solutions and metaphors to embody our life flow at home.” - Sabine
“My 5 elements session with Chrystina felt both easy and empowering. The conversation was comfortable and flowing, she cued into things that I tend to struggle with and pulled them forward with grace, making goals and new patterns seem simply achievable, exciting. Having a clear and affirming statement to hold onto about who I am and what I want has been powerful, defining that intention has freed up space for me to embody it. I had read some about the 5 elements and related traits beforehand, but with Chrystina I understood how I held these with new depth, especially where in the cycle I needed to slow down and how I could allow myself to do that. Many gems from this brief but full meeting have been with me daily since; physical objects on my altar, tapping, the impact of small gestures and efforts. I am grateful to Chrystina for her generosity, insite, and intensely warm energy.” -Anna
Feng Shui:
“I found your recommendations extremely helpful AND hopeful. You are so compassionate and supportive. Our conversation and your recommendations left me feeling energized and inspired. I felt very stuck prior to your visit. The language and concepts you discussed resonated with me and how I see the world. I was so touched by how non-judgmental you are and so kind.” - S.L.
“Chrystina has given us a bunch creative ways to improve our home. We were energetically stuck. She patiently learned and listened to our respective needs, analyzed the five elements for us and came up with simple but effective ideas to improve the energy in our house. Our condo is very space limited, so it was essential to get Chrystina’s insight into making each part of our place used to its greatest potential. Her calm, gentle manner was re-assuring and helped put us at ease for the changes that were to follow. It was amazing to experience the new energy by just moving the dinner table from one wall to another. We feel very honored and blessed that she has shared her many talents with us.” - Julia and Lars
“I'd bought and had been living in a townhome for a year before I reached out to Chrystina. I needed help feeling at home in the space and didn't even really have any idea of what my 'lifestyle' was or what I wanted it to be. Chrystina planned two hours for our initial consultation where she came to my home to scope out my space, set up my ba gua, and go over my five elements profile. Chrystina had a deep understanding of the five elements and how they interact to create balance or disharmony. She used this to explain the principles of Feng Shui and how I could use them to set up my space, but the most important skills she shared were how to develop intuition about how I want to FEEL in the space. She was a wellspring of tips and tricks for how to be intentional about creating internal as well as external harmony. She had immediate ideas of how to make the entryway inviting, how to arrange the bedroom for the best sleep, and how to best utilize some awkward corners. Now I'm quite happy finding out what the space is telling me and in no rush to make it look like someone else's idea of home. Thank you, Chrystina!” -James
Coaching:
“Thank you, Chrystina! I always feel very comfortable discussing the biggest challenges of my life with you, and so happy that you are helping me guide through the path to my goals. I appreciate your bringing so much of your positive energy and excitement to each of our sessions.” - Nobue
“Chrystina is the best. I have worked with a lot of coaches and she is by far my favorite. She is incredibly easy and fun to talk to which makes her coaching incredibly effective. I feel comfortable sharing whatever may come up! She asks thoughtful questions and uses creative tools that always offer me new insights. I walk away from each session feeling lighter. I highly highly recommend anyone to work with her!” - Maggie
"I have been working with Chrystina for many months now and I love how every time I discover something new about myself that gives me clarity on my path to a happier version of myself. Chrystina provides a safe space that is free of judgement where you can be yourself and explore yourself in new ways." - Heike
"Chrystina is a great listener who leads gently and with curiosity. Over the many times that I worked with Chrystina, I felt seen in an open, spacious, and non-judgemental way. Working with Chrystina is a joy, plus she has a great sense of humor!" - Ana
"Coach C. helps me question my assumptions, and reflect on personal mythologies that lead to negative self talk and habituated and mal adaptive modes of thinking, behavior, and speech. She's also a nice person to talk to." - Cory
Values Session (Retreat):
“I’m so thankful for this retreat and have been integrating quite a few discovered and re-discovered values. I’m also taking time to work on my value deck today.” - J.V.
“Since returning, I’ve tackled some mountainous home improvement projects and have been hard at work bringing BEAUTY and CALM into our home. The retreat helped me clarify some goals.” - J.H.
“Such an expanding and deeply adventurous retreat.” - R.C.
“What I loved about this retreat: The food! Healthy and delicious. Small size - gave me more comfort and the ability to connect with all the wonderful folks! Having space for alone time. Amazing yoga instruction and sound baths. Not too far of a drive. Puppy to play with. Things I didn’t love - nothing comes to mind.” - P.M.
Photostyling:
“Chrystina is an expert stylist in every sense of the term. She takes the time to thoroughly understand each clients' needs and produces precise and artistic work. She's a problem solver, drawing on years of experience and quick thinking. And maybe best of all, she's a joy to work with! Whenever Chrystina styles for us, we always end the week with stellar results and leave the studio smiling. Consider yourself very lucky if you get the chance to work with her – I always do!” - Brenda Manthe
“I love working with Chrystina! Working with her is an experience where organization, collaboration, and creativity come together with ease and efficiency. Chrystina's easy to work with style and exceptional talent results in best in class quality for overall product & brand integrity. Working with Chrystina is a joy!” - Mary Maguire
“Chrystina is an extremely talented stylist! As a wardrobe and lay down stylist, she brings an expert eye in her knowledge of how fabrics lay and work in different lighting scenarios which is a great compliment to the 'style' she brings to a job. Christina's talent is easy to identify by the speed at which she is able to accomplish her work. If that wasn't enough, she always brings a smile and positive attitude to photo set! I'd also hire Chrystina to style or remodel my house if I had one! She has great vision for layout, design, the flow of a space, and mixing different materials and textures. Chrystina's a jem!” - Brigette Lynch