Hi, I’m Michael.

I’m a Hakomi‑informed somatic coach and facilitator. My work supports deep individual sessions—where we explore shame, anger, expression, and authenticity—and executive and organizational coaching, where we bring the same care to leadership, relationship, and the patterns that shape teams.

Alongside my coaching practice, I teach entrepreneurship and leadership at the University of Colorado Boulder. My background as an entrepreneur and educator informs the way I work with people navigating complexity, pressure, and important decisions.

I work internationally with founders, facilitators, and development teams across different cultural contexts, experiences that continue to shape how I think about leadership, power, and relational dynamics.

My approach is grounded in mindfulness, movement, and the Hakomi method, and is also informed by contemplative practice and time spent in residential Zen training.

I also work from lived experience of nonlinear attention and learning. Because of that, I design sessions and materials with accessibility in mind, creating space for different ways of sensing, thinking, and knowing.

Across all of this, my focus is simple: creating environments where people feel safe enough to be honest and supported enough to explore their experience.

How we work

Our work begins by slowing down.

We bring mindful attention to sensation, impulse, and the subtle signals of your nervous system. From there we explore small, reversible experiments that help new possibilities emerge without force.

Consent stays active and the pace follows your system’s natural unfolding. Instead of fixing or pushing for change, we listen closely to what your system already knows and allow insight and movement to arise from there.

The process is gentle but often surprisingly practical. Many people leave sessions with clearer boundaries, new language for what they are experiencing, and a deeper sense of alignment between their inner experience and how they move through the world.

Sessions move slowly and respectfully. We track sensation, try small experiments, and follow your system’s intelligence rather than forcing change.

Get in touch

If you’re curious or wondering whether this work might be a fit, I’d be glad to hear from you.

I offer a free short intro call to explore fit. You don’t need the right words. Just begin where you are.