Integration Coaching
Alchemy of the Shadow
Guided by Nielsen J. van Duijn
Integration Coach, Architect, and Founder of Chonon Nita
The Journey Into the Shadow
The shadow holds not only our pain, but also our power. Through compassionate inquiry and grounded reflection, Nielsen guides you to face the parts of yourself long left unseen, so that your full light may emerge.
Nielsen J. van Duijn
Nielsen J. van Duijn is a certified …..coach, architect, and lifelong student of transformation. As the founder of Chonon Nita, he is devoted to bringing people into balance with nature, their truth, and the sacred rhythms of life. His work bridges the inner and outer worlds, the structures we build and the lives we inhabit. Through Shadow Work coaching, Nielsen helps individuals navigate the hidden patterns that shape relationships, creativity, and purpose.
What Is Shadow Work
Shadow Work is the process of bringing unconscious aspects of the self into awareness. It invites us to meet fear, anger, grief, and shame with curiosity, not judgment transforming them into clarity and strength.
Themes: Awareness • Integration • Wholeness • Freedom
Shadow Work & Integration
Integration is where the real medicine takes root.
After experiences with plant medicines or deep ceremony, we are often left with profound insight, visions, emotions, or realizations that call us to live differently. The question becomes: how do we embody what we’ve seen?
Integration is the process of bringing those insights into everyday life, into how we speak, choose, relate, and create. It is the art of weaving the sacred back into the ordinary. Without integration, even the most beautiful experience can fade into memory; with integration, it becomes a catalyst for lasting transformation.
Shadow Work serves as a powerful companion to this process. It gives form to what the medicine reveals, helping you meet and understand the emotions, patterns, and stories that surface.
Through this work, you learn to walk with what was once hidden, bringing compassion and awareness to all parts of yourself. Nielsen offers a grounded space for this unfolding, supporting you to:
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Integrate the lessons of plant medicine into daily life.
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Recognize and work with the patterns illuminated by ceremony.
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Cultivate tools for emotional regulation, reflection, and embodied awareness.
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Bring your insights into action, in relationship, purpose, and creative expression.
Plant medicine opens the doorway.
Shadow Work helps you live what you discover on the other side.
Work With Nielsen
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1:1 Shadow Work Coaching (Online or In-Person)
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Couples Shadow Work Sessions
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Integration Support after Ceremony
Sessions are 75–90 minutes and held in a grounded, compassionate space. Each session meets you where you are, drawing from deep inquiry, somatic awareness, and reflective dialogue.
“In the shadow, we remember our strength.”
Connect
To inquire about sessions or integration coaching, please reach out:
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