About Me

My role is to accompany you as you discover, through your own direct experience, the innate wholeness that has always been present within you.

I came to this work out of personal necessity. Like many people, I spent years searching outside myself for lasting peace and freedom, treating myself as a problem to be solved and my pain as something to be gotten rid of. I eventually discovered that the deeper invitation is to turn inward to meet myself exactly as I am.

With the support of some gifted teachers and colleagues, I discovered that when we learn to relate differently to our inner world, a shift takes place. The parts that once seemed like obstacles reveal themselves as intelligent responses to life's experiences, carrying both pain and wisdom. From that relationship, a growing sense of self-acceptance, inner freedom, and love has emerged.

That lived experience is the foundation of how I work with others.

I have been studying, practicing and facilitating somatic coaching sessions since 2021.

I live in Grass Valley, California. The beauty of the Sierra Nevada mountains is deeply woven into my experience and nourishes my practice.

Coaching Education & Certification

Alongside this professional training, many years of personal practice in awareness-based contemplative traditions continue to shape and deepen the way I accompany others.

Michael Skoyles outdoors with a Sierra Nevada backdrop.
Contemplative location at Deer Creek in the Sierra Nevada.