Marion Segal

Marion (Ruta) Segal has been cultivating communities from a young age, having grown up as an only child in a single-parent household within a communist society. This upbringing instilled in her the values of interdependence, vulnerability, creativity, and resilience. She learned to gather people naturally, fostering spaces of belonging and inclusion in creative ways. After moving to NYC and then the SF Bay area, she felt inspired to dedicate herself to weaving meaningful connections and communities.

In addition to her work as a community builder, Marion is a healer and visual artist. Her work is deeply guided by the indigenous wisdom of the Mexican/ Mazatec, West African/ Dagara and Lakota cultures, via her teachers - Julieta Cazimiro, Malidoma Somé and Lewis Mehl-Madrona. She also approaches her work through the lens of the Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and lineage held by Anam Tubten.

You can find her “1:1” offerings here and her art here.

Marion is certified in Creative Arts Therapy from the New School University in NYC and holds MA from CIIS in San Francisco. She has been in the healing profession since 2007, and was the founder of Creative Pier, the first healing arts studio in NYC.

Her ongoing studies, training and certifications include the Hakomi method, Somatic Experiencing, Hypnotherapy and Narrative Healing, Bioenergy Balancing, Sound Healing, Nonviolent Communication, Relational Somatic Healing, and Reiki. She is currently a PhD candidate researching community restoration with creativity, mindfulness and loving-kindness. As a teacher, healer, artist, and storyteller, Marion embraces a deep love for people and the natural world.

Jackie Bloom

Jackie is an Integrative Family and Relational Coach and is a relationally focused Occupational Therapist. She enjoys translating and applying macrocosmic concepts and principles to support client's lived experiences and embodied wisdom, all while remaining grounded in context and interdependence.

Jackie works with people of all ages, guided by the vast and rich fields of interpersonal neurobiology, autonomic physiology, emergent strategy, sensory integration, panpsychism, dynamic systems theory, quantum theory, anthropology, and her boundless seeking heart.

Tracy James coaches at the intersection of shamanism, leadership, eco-sentience, and mindful embodiment. For over 20 years, Tracy has integrated ancient and modern approaches into the Nature-based somatic coaching methodology she terms Elemental Energetics™.

Tracy has lived in the Amazon jungle in Peru and carries deep knowledge of northern Amazonian indigenous plant medicine practices and has 15 years experience supporting journeyers in psychedelic integration. Learn more about Tracy's work and about joining her in plant spirit initiation practices at www.livingelemental.com

What others say about Marion’s work

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  • I love and appreciate Marion for her integrity. She is a patient and truly professional facilitator. Her wisdom, depth and wealth of knowledge is clear in any offering that she weaves and the learning is equally powerful. Her approach is refreshing, so real and needed in today’s evolving world.

    Tess Amidan, PhD. Holistic Psychologist @tessamidan

  • Marion is one of the most attuned and relational facilitators I've experienced! Her approach is both gentle and deep. Get ready to enter a loving, magical, and transformative field in her events!

    Marie Thouin, PhD, dating & relationship coach @ Love InSight 

  • Marion's events bring me such joy! Her energy nurtures creativity and play, plus her depth and sensitivity invite a profound connection with self, source, and the group. She has a way of weaving together people and practices that result in healing and transformation, and I always leave feeling seen and nourished at a soul level.

    Pauline R, Embodiment Coach @paulineromas.love

  • Marion is a skillful, deep, compassionate facilitator and leader. She exemplifies the qualities of gentle humility, fearless courage, and the unbounded heart. She is an amazing space holder for community and her light shines brightly into the world.

    Albert Wong, PhD, Founder, @Somatopia

  • Marion has a talent for creating engaging events where people who don't know one another may enjoy a soul enriching activity together. I have attended several of her "new moon" rituals where we have set intentions for the next lunar cycle, made art together, and shared food in a companionable atmosphere.

    Victoria Anderson, Therapist and Guide

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