Muna Al-Sheikh

Services: Spiritual & Mental Wellbeing/Meditative Practices/Trauma-informed Yoga/ Social and Peace Activism/ Community Organizing/ Envisioning a Just Loving World

About: Muna considers herself a spiritual seeker first and foremost. Her full time job is seeking and praying to the Beloved and to the Sacred in life and in all beings. 

She was born in the United Arab Emirates, raised sunni Muslim in Jordan to Palestinian parents. She decided to journey to the USA in 2008 alone as an international student pursuing higher degrees in mental and spiritual counseling, yet what she was deeply seeking was getting outside her comfort zone of cultural, social, spiritual and religious upbringing, trying to open her mind and heart to what she did not know.

Her spiritual and personal journey led her to unexpected twists and turns, diverse and transforming events, as she was challenged to question her biases and conditioned thinking. She now lives in California with her American husband, who was raised in the Indian Sufi tradition, from Christian and Jewish lineages. She loves cooking, hosting, hiking, learning new things and is passionate about improv comedy, music and singing. 

Muna’s approach in counseling is heart and somatic centered in non linear ways ; deepening the listening to the heart’s wisdom and to foundational values. It draws on diverse contemplative techniques from many spiritual traditions she studied and still practices. She invites others to alchemize the connection between mind-heart-body and spirit.  Her tools are mostly about inner faith assessment, multi-dimensional systems re-evaluation, deep spiritual inquiry, somatic practices, and heart contemplation on the relationship with the Divine/Allah/God. She is also a certified 500hr yoga teacher training in trauma resilience, Ayurveda, mindfulness and interpersonal neurobiology. 

If you feel to connect, her email address is munaalsheikh@gmail.com

Leia Tamraz

Leia Tamraz is a Professional Coach, Energy Leadership Index - Master Practitioner and the founder of The Universal Coaches LLC.

Coming from a Middle Eastern culture, Leia has had the chance to gain experience from working with people from different cultures, which has raised awareness during her journey.

Her main vision is to embrace Acceptance, the one thing that makes humanity live in harmony, starting from helping individuals elevate their awareness. As time passes, nothing remains constant; everything around us is changing, and so we need to adapt to change.

Transitioning coaching services come into play where it is needed to deal with change, regardless of where the change is occurring. Whether it is gaining or losing someone or something, a change of perception or belief, as a coach, Leia partners with her clients, empowers them, explores their energy levels, triggers, and blocks, and helps them to adapt, accept, and become more conscious.

For Leia, a crucial community and cultural subject related to change and transitioning have been kept unspoken for many people, concerning LGBTQ+ individuals and their families, cultural judgment, rejection, separation, and many more factors affecting LGBTQ+ individuals and their families. Whether it is the LGBTQ+ individual, a family member, or both, Leia is keen to empower you and help you through the transitioning process.

Leia’s email is leia@theuniversalcoaches.net.

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