Jason Hanson spent 20 years as a successful software engineer, agile coach and systems architect before leaving tech to fulfill their life’s purpose as a visual artist and transformation coach. Jason’s enlightenment journey began in November 2008, in a dusty pickup on an empty highway in East Texas. Their wife and first love Lisa had given them a hard copy of Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now twice; they’d thrown out the first and lost the second. The third copy was in CD form, and in a fit of boredom they plucked disc one into the dash, and received Tolle’s message like a bolt of lightning from above. Upon their return, Jason started both therapy and Al-anon meetings for the first time in their life.
In 2013, Lisa lost her life to alcoholism. Jason’s determination to ensure that both they and their son Julien would rise through personal loss and devastation led them to pursue personal interests more fully, creating space for certifications in yoga (including a 30-day stay at an ashram in Mysore, India), meditation, coaching and tantra while maintaining their career in software. In 2019, Jason’s life path once again detoured while on the road. This time it was a head-on collision between Jason’s motorcycle and a van, leaving Jason with a severe concussion, two broken wrists, a broken leg, a broken clavicle and, in a divine wink from the universe, a bruised scrotum. Jason never returned to tech.
Jason works with brave, bold individuals who are ready to do their deep work without the necessity of a near-death experience like his own. Jason is also a life-long artist, you can see their work here.
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Certifications
Level 2 Coaching Certification, Certified 15 Commitments Coach, The Conscious Leadership Group
Teachers: Deb Katz
Coaching Certification, Certified 15 Commitments Coach, The Conscious Leadership Group
Teachers: Diana Chapman and Jim Dethmer
The Urban Tantra Professional Training Program Graduate Practitioner
Teachers: Barbara Carrellas
Certified Hendricks Big Leap Coach, The Hendricks Institute, Ojai, CA.
Teachers: Dr. Katie Hendricks and Dr. Gay Hendricks
Certified Diversity FaciliTrainer (CDFT)™, NCCJ, St. Louis, MO
Certified Yoga Teacher (YTT200), Samyak Yoga, Mysore, India
28-day residential program.
Teachers: Yogacharya Arvind, Yogacharya Rakesh
Certified SAFe Agilist, Scaled Agile, Inc.
Certified Scrum Master, Scrum.org, Boston, MA.
Teacher Ken Schwaber
What Clients are Saying
In six sessions with Jason I accomplished what I had not been able to over the years using other modalities of healing. When I started with them, I was caught up thinking I was forever destined to be subject to my fears and disconnected from my own body. They were fantastic at providing non-judgemental yet challenging feedback, provided effective tools to gain self-insight in what I was struggling with , and provided the space for me to accomplish not only my stated goals but what I truly wanted to achieve in my life. I leave these sessions feeling whole, joyful and confident in a way I did not before, and will always be grateful for Jason's impact on me.
—Kali
In one night, I found more movement than in years of traditional therapy and self-exploration.
—Willow
I have been able to easefully and lovingly step into my own power, allowing my sexual energy to inform and renegotiate my own relationship to masculinity.
—Michael N.
I have done a lot of therapy over the years in a traditional setting. This new offering is something that really inspired some deep feelings in me that I have not felt in many years.
—Courtney G.
It helped me to identify different feelings and emotions manifesting in different ways in my brain, body, and heart. It definitely crystallized some patterns and self-perceptions that I may not have discovered through more traditional methods.
—FT
During my coaching sessions with Jason, I get to explore my edges and lean lovingly into the unknown. There is space for big feelings and I have the sense that all of me is welcome. Jason has an incredible ability to listen and gently cut through to the essence of what is being said. I leave each session feeling more clear, loved and expansive.
—Onella Schmidt
I have spent the last year learning with Jason in the Conscious Leadership Coaching Certification program. As a learning partner, Jason has coached me many times and I can honestly say that his coaching has had a profound impact on my life. Jason's ability to hold space, apply loving pressure, and ask insightful questions is outstanding. I am inspired by Jason and how he integrates his passion into his coaching. I highly recommend him as a transformation coach.
—Robert Craven
During this session, I got a piece of myself back that had been missing for a long time.
—mo
For the first time in my life, I’m actually excited about the next chapters of my career. Jason has a talent for tapping into your true feelings by approaching every session with curiosity, non-judgment and openness. I’ve learned how to better manage my own stress, challenging family situations and confrontations at work in a healthy and strengthening way. I’ve learned to listen to my breath and identify when my body is telling me both “YES!” and “NO”. The wisdom I’ve gained from my meetings with Jason has been life-changing and eye-opening in nearly every aspect of my life.
—Stephanie Cane
I’ve uncovered unconscious beliefs and behaviors and changed to see myself and others with more kindness and compassion, increased awareness, and diminished judgment. He has aided me with new and more efficient ways to communicate that build connection and trust.
—Ken DeVaughn
I felt held, accepted, and at the end, peaceful. This experience of accompanied vulnerability lent itself to so much trust, that I felt myself let go of the outcome of how the end product would be. Jason stayed connected with me throughout the creation process, checking in, and clearly contracting on what worked for both of us, but I did not see the portrait in process at all until it was delivered. I ADORE IT.
—Silvana Bacigalupo
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