For those who adapted themselves out of their own lives and want to feel, choose, and move from their center again.
What This Work Is
Presence-based coaching is a grounded, relational practice where we sit with what’s actually happening in your body and attention. We slow down enough to feel what’s real, name what’s true, and let your system reorganize around clarity instead of adaptation.
It’s not therapy.
It’s not performance.
It’s the practice of coming back into contact with yourself.
Why People Come
Often they’ve spent years living in ways that made them disappear:
• orienting entirely to others
• muted emotional range
• a quiet body that no longer signals desire or direction
• difficulty knowing what they want
• relationships shaped by adaptation instead of authenticity
• feeling disconnected, flattened, or numb
• losing agency under stress or intimacy
This work gives you space to feel yourself again without collapsing or performing.
What Changes
When your system begins to come back online, things open:
• breath returns
• movement returns
• desire returns
• boundaries feel possible
• clarity shows up in real time
• you can choose what you want
• you can protect what matters
• you can move toward what feels right
• you can meet others from your center
The shift is functional and felt, not conceptual.
Ways to Work Together
1:1 Presence Work
For regaining clarity, sensation, direction, and agency.
75 minutes — $236 (sliding scale)
In-Person Sessions (NYC Only)
Presence-based coaching in your home or chosen environment. Small groups (2-6) encouraged.
120 – 180 minutes — $500 (sliding scale)
About Me
For a long time, I lived in a way that made me disappear. I oriented entirely to others, my emotional range flattened, and my body went quiet. I couldn’t feel what I wanted or what was mine. The return came slowly through presence, breath, and the courage to move toward what felt right.
This work is the way I now support others through their own return.
Sliding Scale & Respect
All my offerings are sliding scale.
Paying the full rate supports the sustainability of the work.
Paying less is welcome when needed—no justification required.
Your first session carries even less expectation to meet the full rate.
Begin Here
If you’re curious, start with an intro session.
We’ll sit together, feel what’s real, and see if the work resonates.
Michael Tong Presence-Based Coaching 