Deep Living Lab
We envision a world where all human beings awaken to their inherent wholeness and create ripples of life-affirming engagement.
We offer transformative spaces and practices that explore and reflect the inner terrain through the Four Sacred Portals, to awaken our capacity for love and to meet the challenges of our time.
We’re honored to share offerings rooted in the work of Roxanne Howe-Murphy, our co-founder, developed in collaboration with the Deep Living
Collective, and brought
to life in community.
The Board of Directors
Roxanne Howe-Murphy
Emeritus Board Member | Co-Founder
Through over 25 years of writing, teaching, mentoring, and coaching, Roxanne(she/her) has oriented people around the earth to their innate wholeness and deep belonging within the web of life. As founder of a pioneering coaching school and co-founder of the Lab, her work has been recognized for being both profoundly transformative and eminently practical, courageous, and deeply compassionate. She feels privileged to collaborate with the talented and inspiring Lab collective.
Roxanne and her husband were drawn to northern New Mexico after more than 25 years on the coast south of San Francisco. Following an early chapter in Taos, they make their home in Santa Fe, on the unceded Tewa land of Oghá P’o'oge—“White Shell Water Place.” A student of animal communication and the inner life, Roxanne is continually nourished by the accessible “Isness” and wild beauty of the high desert and expansive skies. You might find her hiking, attending performances that range from classical to boldly contemporary, delighting in the intriguing and diverse expressions of the artistic spirit, or at home with their ragdoll cat, Gracie.
Irma Velasquez
Board Co-Chair | Co-Founder | Facilitator
As a mother, educator, nonprofit leader, artist, author and life coach, Irma became passionate about exploring the common threads that connect us to ourselves and our communities. Building the capacity for presence has been at the core of her inner work for the past twenty years. This practice has guided her as a parent of a special needs young man and a leader in the fields of education and non-profit management. She values the power of collectively sharing our inner experiences with others as a way to heal ourselves and our world.
Her memoir Fish Dreams, A Mothers Journey from Curing Her Son's Autism to Loving Him as He Is, was published in 2022.
Jeff Boudro
Board Co-Chair
Jeff Boudro (he/him) has served as Executive Director of Power & Systems, Inc. since 2017. An expert practitioner of Barry Oshry’s work for over 30 years, he is a Power Lab graduate and Expert Certified in all Power + Systems workshops. Jeff has extensive experience helping diverse, global organizations strengthen leadership at all levels, build robust cultures, and accelerate their key initiatives. Known for his energetic leadership and dynamic facilitation, he brings a proven track record of unlocking the full, positive potential of people and organizations.
The work of the Deep Living Lab is compelling to Jeff because of the way it helps people to be better connected to their purpose, to each other, and to the world. "The river needs to take the risk of entering the ocean because only then will fear disappear, because that's where the river will know it's not about disappearing into the ocean, but of becoming the ocean." Kahlil Gibran
Jeff lives with his wife and daughter in Massachusetts, the native lands of the Wampanoag. He thrives on being outdoors and photographing nature in all weather preferably while engaging in an activity involving handlebars.
Susan Hansch
Board Member
Susan has had the honor and fulfillment to work in public service for the State of California at the California Coastal Commission in leadership roles doing environmental and coastal management work for almost 47 years until her retirement in December of 2020. As a naturally curious person and a lifelong learner, Susan seeks out trainings that will enhance her personal and professional skills and support her life exploration. In 2010, she discovered the Enneagram through Roxanne Howe-Murphy, which led to her becoming a Certified Enneagram Professional with the International Enneagram Association and a Certified Professional Enneagram Teacher. She also completed the Deep Coaching Institute Coaching Certification Program in 2013. Susan further enhanced her coaching by training at the Strozzi Institute for Somatics, becoming a certified Somatic Coach in 2024, and starting their advanced "Train the Trainer" program in 2025. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and has a private life and leadership coaching practice. Susan is grateful to serve on the Deep Living Lab Board, collaborating and learning from the team to support their transformative offerings.
Susan lives in Half Moon Bay, California, with her husband, and their daughter and her partner live nearby.
Deep Living Lab Team
Soleil Blackwell
Offerings | Operations | Facilitator
Soleil (she/they) is the author of, Decolonizing the Body: Healing, Body-Centered Practices for Women of Color to Reclaim Confidence, Dignity & Self Worth (New Harbinger 2023). As an accomplished somatic practitioner committed to personal and collective liberation, her work weaves spiritual and embodied practices for anchoring in our inherent “enoughness” and healing intergenerational wounds.
"Being a part of the Deep Living Lab team fills me with immense joy and purpose. I firmly believe that healing our inner divides is a fundamental step towards healing the divides we see in the world around us. I feel privileged to do work that allows me to align my efforts with my core values of nurturing community, cultivating a sense of belonging, and honoring our inherent worth.”
Soleil lives in San Francisco, CA, the native land of the Ohlone/Ramaytush, where she enjoys going to dance classes, learning about the depths of the inner world, and taking walks on the beach with her partner and their rescue Pittie/ Blue Healer.
Gina Bower
Visibility & Communications
Gina (she/her) is committed to communicating Deep Living Lab’s mission with integrity, authenticity, and heart. Rooted in a background of professional photography and soulful writing, she was drawn to Deep Living Lab’s culture of truly living its values. Gina collaborates with our thoughtful team to translate and ground the sometimes mysterious dimensions of our work into words and visuals.
“With a lifelong curiosity to connect with myself, others, and the human experience on a deeper level, the Deep Living Approach continues to reveal pivotal insights on my journey of well-being I didn't know were missing. I feel my expanded capacities to sit with discomfort, surrender with trust, and live with greater honesty."
Gina is based in Madison, Wisconsin, the native land of the Ho Chunk, Sauk, Fox, and Kickapoo, and finds growth and inspiration in the everyday adventures of young family life with her partner and three kids. She loves dancing, creating, community singing, and sitting on the earth.
Monica Canfield-Lenfest
Visibility & Communications
Monica (sher/her) sees personal transformation as a key ingredient to building a more just and compassionate world. With two decades of experience working with nonprofit and mission-driven organizations, she brings a range of skills in strategic communications, event design and facilitation, and program development. She has been called to social and environmental justice as well as inner resilience work, and sees these as deeply intertwined. In addition to her work with Deep Living Lab, Monica is a clairvoyant coach and intuitive healer who reconnects clients to their deeper wisdom through imagery and curiosity.
“Deep Living Lab’s mission is so deeply aligned with my own work to create impact from my inner healing in the outer world. In these tumultuous times, returning to presence is a fundamental practice to navigating change and showing up to do what is ours to do. Fortunately, we don’t have to do this alone. This work continues to change me and I am so grateful to practice with the Deep Living Lab community."
Monica lives in Sebastopol, California, on Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo lands, where she enjoys engaging with an eclectic intergenerational community. She enjoys dance and yoga, community organizing, spending time with family, and exploring the natural world.
Ivy Kilpatrick
Operations Admin
As an artist, Ivy (she/her) brings her creativity and tenacity to the role of Operations Coordinator. With her years of experience in leadership, project management, and organization, Ivy ensures Deep Living Lab’s functionality through skillful communication and collaboration. She holds a personal alignment with the values of the Lab and has a passion for exploring the human condition with the hopes of fostering collective healing and liberation.
Ivy lives in Atlanta, Georgia, the Native land of Mvskoke (Muscogee). Beyond her work at Deep Living Lab, she is an actor, dancer/choreographer, and performing artist. After eight years of teaching dance, she is newly committing to Co-Stewarding the Chrysalis Process, an inward exploration of the Lab’s mission, vision, and impact, alongside Monica Canfield-Lenfest.
Deep Living Collaborators
M Baxley
Community Leader | Artist | Entrepreneur
Pamela Johnson
Facilitator | Coach
Pamela (she/her) is a Certified Archetypal Consultant, ICF-Certified Coach, and faculty and senior mentor at the Caroline Myss Educational Institute (CMED). Drawing on decades of work with the Enneagram, Soul Archetypes, and archetypal wisdom, she guides individuals in discovering their inner wisdom, deepening courage, and awakening their gifts. Pamela's compassionate presence helps people explore the full landscape of who they are and step into the complete authority of their own lives.
Ella Shaw & Dominik Vinko of Open Flame
Visual Artists & Storytellers
Open Flame is a two-person film and design studio creating thoughtful visual work for brands, organizations, non-profits, educators, artists, and immersive projects. We help turn meaningful ideas into stories people can feel and remember. Our work includes video production, creative direction, design, visibility and visual storytelling, always shaped through close collaboration and a clear sense of purpose. We’re drawn to projects with depth: work that carries something human, communicates something real, and leaves a lasting impression without needing to be loud.
Manas Collective
Bridging Science, Spirituality, & Nature
The Manas Collective is a community organization dedicated to fostering a healthy lifestyle by integrating diverse ideas. It creates a nurturing environment where people can learn from each other, developing a holistic approach to healing and overall wellness. By bringing together individuals from various spiritual and healing backgrounds, the collective not only aids those in need of holistic healing but also promotes mutual learning and growth. Our mission is to bridge science, spirituality, and nature for growth, health, and well-being by offering guided experiences and online resources.
Samuel Schindler
Facilitator | Coach
Samuel is a Personal Development/Life Coach with certifications and training from the Deep Coaching Institute, The Narrative Enneagram, and the Diamond Approach. His heartfelt interest is to support, guide and accompany you into your unique experiences of Presence – True Nature/Spirit itself as You – often perceived as a palpably felt ‘isness.’
Samuel employs body–based inquiry practices to guide you into greater contact with your immediate, felt experiences of sensation, feeling and quiet mind knowing to discover hidden truths, uncover obstacles to growth and access your inner guidance. His coaching draws on depth of personal and professional life experiences including teaching, training and employee coaching in culturally diverse settings.
He holds this work as one of awakening together, discovering truth and guidance within the coaching dynamic as the consciousness of both coach and client impacts each one and the other.
What Participants Say About Deep Living Lab
“I feel like I'm beginning to see myself through brand new eyes.
- Alvina
"I really appreciated hearing other people's stories and how they were applying the work in the context of their lives."
- DLL Participant