Apprenticing with Presence
The sacred is not elsewhere. It is found in our willingness to return to what is.
Apprenticing with presence is an ongoing practice of listening to life and allowing it to teach us. It means paying attention to our bodies, minds, and spirits, becoming curious about familiar patterns, and staying open to what we don't yet understand.
Through one-to-one guidance, retreats, and practitioner support, I offer space to explore together. Meditation, inquiry, and somatic practice help us meet ourselves, our relationships, and everyday life with greater curiosity and care.
Living in Relationship to What Is
How do we meet life when it doesn't follow our plans? Can we stay present with uncertainty, listen to what hurts, and let ourselves be touched by what we cannot control?
Together, we explore our relationship with life as it is, including the places where we resist, hold tightly, or turn away. As we bring curiosity and care to these places, new possibilities for responding can emerge.
Love says: ‘I am everything’. Wisdom says: ‘I am nothing’. Between the two my life flows.
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Awakening
An opening beyond familiar ways of seeing.
Through meditation, inquiry, psychedelics, or life itself, the stories we have lived by may begin to loosen. An opening can be sudden or gradual, bringing clarity, wonder, grief, or questions we cannot yet answer.
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Presence
Staying available to what is here.
A thought, a sensation, an emotion, an impulse to turn away. Presence invites us to notice how we meet our experience. Even a moment of pause can make room for a different response.
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Embodiment
Listening to the body.
Our bodies carry sensations, impulses, and familiar patterns of tension and protection. We approach these with patience, learning to recognize a need for rest, sense a boundary, or stay connected to ourselves when something feels difficult.
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Relationship
Meeting ourselves through connection.
Our relationships reveal where we are open and where we protect ourselves. They invite us to listen closely, express our needs, navigate conflict, repair a hurt, and allow ourselves to be known.
Ways to Work with Me
1:1 Guidance
Space to explore a life transition, a familiar pattern, or a profound experience. Through conversation, inquiry, and somatic practice, we listen closely to what's unfolding and how you want to meet it.
Explore 1:1 guidancePractitioner Support
Support for those who hold space for others. Mentorship for facilitators, coaches, and guides to explore questions, challenges, and their own experience of the work, with a particular focus on 5-MeO-DMT.
Explore practitioner supportRetreats & Gatherings
Time to step out of familiar routines and listen more deeply. Explore private and group retreats, meditation, and breathwork, with opportunities for both personal inquiry and shared practice.
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About Michelle
My work grows out of a longstanding curiosity about how we meet ourselves and life more fully. Meditation, inquiry, and somatic practice have shaped both my personal life and the way I accompany others.
I'm interested in how we live what we come to understand, in our relationships, in difficult moments, and in the ordinary rhythms of a day. I offer space to slow down, listen closely, and explore questions that may not have easy answers.
My background spans 1:1 guidance, contemplative practice, facilitation, and psychedelic support. I've helped nurture the Wisdom 2.0 Conference for nearly two decades and spent two years training coaches at the Psychedelic Coaching Institute.
Today, I serve as an integration specialist and retreat leader at Tandava in Mexico, where my work includes serving 5-MeO-DMT. Alongside this, I work privately with individuals, groups, and practitioners.
In Their Words
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Tandava Retreat ParticipantMichelle didn't ask me to become a better version of myself. She invited me to get honest about what was getting in the way. Her fierce compassion and steady presence helped me go to the places I usually avoid. That's where things started to shift.
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Chris Retired Paramedic and Emergency NurseFrom the first time we spoke, I knew I was in the best hands with Michelle. Her care continued throughout the retreat and integration, and I felt she was truly invested in my wellbeing.
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Victoria Wueschner Co-Founder & President, The F.I.V.E. InstituteMichelle brings a rare depth of preparation and heartfelt dedication to her work with 5-MeO-DMT. Her decades of experience in coaching, facilitation, and contemplative practice are reflected in the care she brings to each participant at Tandava.
Awakening may happen in an instant. Learning to live from it is the apprenticeship.
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