hi, i’m sam sessamen.
Here is what I would want to know about my meditation coach before jumping in!
What makes me qualified?
I’m a certified trauma therapist. Although as a meditation coach, I do not practice under my therapeutic license. This background, however, allows me to practice from a trauma informed space. I know how to quickly identify when someone is unregulated, anxious, uncomfortable. I pull from years of working with folks with high anxiety, trauma and dissociation.
My own meditation work! I spent years trying but “failing” at developing my own formal meditation practice. I finally found a meditation practice that stuck— because it was rooted in liberation! I follow the work of Lama Rod Owen who helped me understand that “doing my own work” was the foundation of liberation. As a social justice-oriented person, that was magic to my ears.
Who is my ideal client?
You’ve tried meditation before and did not enjoy it or thought you were bad at it.
You are struggling with the balance of taking care of yourself while being bombarded with oppressive actions and messaging from our current systems.
You want to find a sense of inner safety & liberation so you can show up for your family, friends and community.