Hello,
I’m Alex Greene
As a bodyworker, somatic coach, educator, and nervous system therapist (and also a Zen priest), my passion is working with others to discover the wisdom and capacity that can be found by attending to one’s own embodied self.
In my early twenties, I spent three years living at a Zen monastery in Honolulu, Hawaii. When I began my formal training I received the instruction that “the meaning of life can be discovered through the refinement of breath and posture.” In the 21 years since, I have been on a mission to continually deepen my understanding of what this means, and how to support others to follow a similar path of self-discovery.
I use a variety of tools with my clients drawing from my diverse training in coaching, meditation, nervous system regulation, movement education, energy medicine, and more.
My goal is to empower people to discover their own capacity for healing, grounded embodiment, emotional self-understanding, and clear communication.
I have been fortunate to live and travel in many parts of the world, and I’m pleased to support people internationally through the recent acceleration of virtual work.
I currently live in Boulder, Colorado at the edge of the Rocky Mountains with my wife Vanessa Allard (also a somatic coach!), and our daughter, Lily.
my approach
I work with a collection of somatic modalities to support healing, growth, and self-discovery. Somatic Experiencing, TRE, and Safe & Sound Protocol can promote greater nervous system awareness and regulation. Internal Family Systems, NARM, and DARe relational coaching can help foster insight and clarity in our inner and outer relationships. Somatic movement education can help us extend our awareness and embodiment into functional applications in life. Our overarching coaching container offers a structured and supportive place to integrate these approaches.
“If you want to improve the world, start by making people feel safer.”
Credentials
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• Completed the Presence-Based® Coaching curriculum with Doug Silsbee and others
• Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
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• Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) following a 3-year Professional Training developed by Dr. Peter Levine
• Trained in Internal Family Systems with Derek Scott of IFS Canada and Cece Sykes of the IFS Institute
• Trained in NARM NeuroAffective Relational Model for developmental trauma with Larry Heller and others
• Trained in DARe - Dynamic Attachment Repatterning Experience with Diane Poole Heller and Alicen Halquist
• Trained in Brainspotting with Susan Pinco and Deborah Antinori
• Certified as a Safe and Sound Protocol® Provider - a listening therapy based on the polyvagal theory
• Global Certified Provider of TRE® Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises
• TRE® Certification Trainer
• Sexual Trauma Training with Ariel Giarretto
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• Year 1 of the Feldenkrais Training Academy in Seattle, WA, with Jeff Haller and others
• Presently in Year 3 of the Kelowna Feldenkrais Training with Julie Peck and others
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• Founder of Zen Integration Bodywork
• Certified Practitioner of Integral Bodywork® Structural Integration
• Certified Practitioner of Zen Bodytherapy® Structural Integration
• Trained in the John F. Barnes’ Myofascial Release Approach® with John Barnes and others
• Trained in Visceral Manipulation with the Barral Institute
• Graduate of the East-West Healing Arts Institute in Madison, WI – focus on eastern and western integrated approaches to therapeutic bodywork
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• Certified in Zero Balancing®, completing a mentorship program with David Laden
• Completed a 2-year training in energy medicine with Paul Ditscheitt, Madison WI
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• Faculty and former Board Member for the Institute for Zen Leadership
• Instructor and former Board Member for Chosei Zen
• 3-year monastic Zen training at the Chozen-ji Zen Dojo in Honolulu. Ordained as a Zen priest in 2008
Unsure of where to start?
To discuss what precisely aligns for you!
