Business and Life Coach in Portland with Ashley Dahl

What is Mindfulness-Based Coaching?

I help people and organizations bring full expression to their creative potential, while also supporting them to skillfully meet life with care.

Rooted in Buddhist principles, mindfulness-based coaching recognizes our innate capacities for compassionate wisdom, as well as the interconnected nature of life. A mindful alignment of your purpose, values and presence becomes the basis for energizing and guiding transformational change.

PURPOSE Honor your purpose by expressing your mission and passions in the world.

VALUES Live your values by actively demonstrating what most matters to you.

PRESENCE Embody presence by nurturing compassionate awareness, from the inside out.

Coaching for Small Businesses

Supporting small businesses that love what they make or offer, and are ready to experience their full creative potential.

Coaching for Leaders

Supporting leaders called to make a difference and guide through innovative, compassionate and embodied presence.

Coaching for Individuals

Partnering with people who know they have a great deal to share, even if they presently feel stuck or lost.

“Drawing from 20+ years of studies in the Vipassana tradition of Buddhism (a.k.a. Insight Meditation), my aim is to honor each client’s unique ways of contributing to the world, and to support them in kindly releasing habits and thought patterns that hinder those capacities.” – Ashley Dahl, MSW, CMT-P

Mindfulness Mentoring Packages

I offer one-on-one guidance in both mindfulness meditation and nature meditation. Whether you’re just beginning to explore meditation, deepening your practice, or wanting to apply mindfulness in more areas of life, mentoring can be a wonderful support.

Personal

These packages are for people who would like to:

Grow a sustainable meditation or nature practice
More deeply connect with and be resourced by the natural world
Refresh (or resurrect) a practice
Boost emotional & physical resiliency
Reduce distractibility, strengthen concentration
Apply mindfulness to challenging situations & relationships
Embody mindfulness in more facets of life
Nurture a kinder relationship, and inner dialogue, with oneself
Reduce stress & effectively regulate emotions
Weave principles of non-violent communication into difficult conversations
Support a medical or therapeutic treatment plan with complimentary practices

Health and Wellness Professionals

Designed for therapists, yoga professionals and other wellness providers seeking to:

Integrate mindfulness meditation into self-care routines
Turn to the natural world to calm, replenish and feel joy
Mitigate compassion fatigue
Integrate non-violent communication principles into client and colleague communication
Partner with clients from a compassionate & embodied presence
Learn simple mindfulness and meditation techniques that can be weaved into work with individuals and groups
Respond to professional challenges, rather than react
Apply mindfulness to business and professional ethics

(Learn more about mindfulness-based resiliency trainings specifically for health and wellness professionals here.)

Leadership

These packages help professionals:

Grow a personal meditation and/or nature practice
Deepen one’s natural wisdom and capacity for perspective
Lead from an embodied, compassionate & powerful presence
Reduce distractibility, strengthen concentration
Lower stress & effectively regulate emotions
Release unhelpful habits & conditioning
Foster steadiness of mind, increasing capacity to respond rather than react
Cultivate healthy boundaries & work-life balance
Effectively communicate with compassion & skillfulness
Integrate principles of non-violent communication into the workplace
Learn work-friendly mindfulness techniques
Apply mindfulness to challenging situations, relationships & professional ethics

(Learn more about bringing mindfulness to your place of work here.)

Mentoring can be held in-person in Portland and by phone or video chat anywhere. Single (twenty and fifty-minute) consultations also available. All packages for individuals, and health professionals who serve underserved populations, are available on a sliding scale. Contact Ashley to schedule or learn more.

Heart at Work

Good for business, people & communities.

Based on current trends, Americans on average will spend more than 90,000 hours of their lives working. As many people and employers increasingly appreciate, that is too many hours to take for granted. Mindfulness can help. Heart at Work is a special program bringing mindfulness to businesses, workspaces and leadership teams.

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There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.

– Rumi

Uncanny Ability

Ashley has an uncanny ability to not only understand an organization’s mission and identity, but to glean even its more subtle, unspoken sensibilities. In her work with Northwest Film Forum, she was instrumental in creating public experiences that truly exemplify its spirit. I’ve never worked with anyone who made the process and end result so natural and effortless.

Peter Lucas, Independent Curator & ArtistPeter Lucas

Practical, Wise & Calming

I always look forward to Tuesday meditations with Ashley. In my business, which is sometimes around-the-clock busy, she’s taught me how to find balance no matter where I am. Her guided meditation sessions are very practical, wise, and calming. I find I can use much of what she teaches us each week in my daily life. The world is a happier and more peaceful place because of Ashley’s soothing presence and constant encouragement to find the breath.

Jill Murphy Long, Writer/Director/Producer

Empowering

I was almost ready to give-up on my business when I had an inspiring conversation with Ashley. After talking with Ashley the first time, I came away with a new sense of hope and possibility. From our ongoing work together I was able to gain more confidence in myself, grow my business and make enormous changes in both my personal and professional life. She is non-judgmental, holds a calm equanimity around the joys and challenges of making change, and is very perceptive. She helped me identify and clarify what I wanted and together we came up with a concrete path to get there. Working with Ashley was one of the most empowering things I did for my life this year.

Teresa Williams, Psychotherapist & PoetTeresa Williams

Perspective

Though I’m new to meditation, I felt immediately comfortable joining the mindfulness group led by Ashley Dahl. I learned to let the world and the pressures of work slip away as I focused on my breath. Our weekly sessions helped me to relax and to gain perspective on my life. I highly recommend meditating with Ashley!

Kerry Seed

Support, Know-How & Kindness

Ashley helped me make a seemingly overwhelming task doable. Her inquiries allowed me to come up with my own answers. As an entrepreneur who worked alone, it was incredibly comforting to have Ashley on my side – to hold me accountable and be a sounding board, to provide guidance and help me stay focused. I didn’t feel alone as I navigated tricky territory, practically or emotionally. Ashley encouraged me to think broadly about work/life balance and take steps to create “a whole life I’m in love with.” I am so grateful to have had her in my corner with abundant support, practical know-how and kindness.

Sarah Isakson, Writer

Presence

In her presence alone, Ashley is able to hold a peaceful space conducive for people to explore and experience meditation. This capacity of hers to be present with students, combined with her knowledge of meditation and mindfulness, reflects her passion and dedication. Having a teacher like her has been an enlightening experience.

Marianne Holm

Razor Sharp

Ashley has the uncanny ability to help me bring focus and direction in the face of my swirling, sometimes chaotically energetic life. Each time I work with her I feel as though I have a serious leg-up on my path. She is funny, smart, compassionate and kind, with a razor-sharp mind.

Sally Carley, Yoga Therapist & InstructorSally Carley

Stillness & Vibrancy

Ashley is one of the most compassionate and principled individuals I’ve worked with. She makes mindfulness and meditation accessible and welcoming, regardless of one’s previous experience. Her passion and presence bring stillness and vibrancy to any room. Her openness and non-judgmental attitude are as refreshing as they are contagious. I consider Ashley a personal spiritual mentor; an incredibly skillful teacher and grounded muse in a world threatened by constant noise and distraction.

Scott Werley, Lead DesignerRazorfrog Web Design

Founder Ashley Dahl, MSW, CMT-P

A champion of compassionate self-awareness, Ashley possesses a keen ability to infuse mindfulness into daily life and relationships. She brings humor and a presence of calm thoughtfulness as she blends the teachings of wisdom traditions and science with modern culture. Ashley earned her Masters in Social Work from the University of Washington.She has been practicing meditation in the vipassana (insight) tradition for over 20 years. Ashley is an accredited Mindfulness Teacher through the Mindfulness Training Institute and certified through International Mindfulness Teachers Association. She also completed a year-long apprenticeship Teacher Training with Mark Coleman focused on bringing contemplative practices into nature and the wilderness.

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