About
About
About
“Peace, clarity, confidence, and comfort are common outcomes of this work.” – Gina Vance
“Peace, clarity, confidence, and comfort are common outcomes of this work.” – Gina Vance
“Peace, clarity, confidence, and comfort are common outcomes of this work.”
– Gina Vance

About My Life’s Work: A Life Devoted to Inner Journey Work
My life’s work was born not from theory, but from lived experience.
I’m a mind-body mentor and inner journey guide for coaches, clinicians, creatives, and agents of change—people who feel called to help transform the world for the better, and who know that real change begins within. Through my writing, speaking, consulting, and teaching, I share simple, practical ways to work with the mind-body connection for stress relief, healing, creativity, and meaningful life change.
Like many who are drawn to this work, my path was shaped by adversity. What I learned—first as a seeker, then as a practitioner—is that the body and subconscious are not obstacles to overcome, but profound allies when approached with curiosity, safety, and respect. That understanding became the foundation of everything I teach.
As the founder and director of a premier integrative wellness center, I brought together a diverse community of integrative, holistic, and functional medicine practitioners. Alongside serving clients, I mentored exceptional wellness professionals in growing sustainable, profitable, and autonomous practices—supporting them not just clinically, but as whole humans with a calling to serve.
My training spans both rigor and intuition. I’ve studied with the medical doctors who founded the Center for Mind-Body Medicine and the Academy for Guided Imagery, trained with Mindful Schools, and learned alongside shamans and master healers—some grounded in clinical research, others guided by ancient, instinctual wisdom. Each teacher helped refine my understanding of how healing truly happens: not by force, but by listening deeply to the inner world.
I’m a graduate of the Academy for Guided Imagery and the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, and I hold certifications as a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Alchemical Hypnotherapist, Inner Guidance Life Coach, and Mind-Body Skills Advanced Professional. I’m also the creator of Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® (SMGI®)—a gentle yet powerful, root-cause-resolving method that integrates imagery, somatic awareness, subconscious exploration, and inner-world guidance.
At its heart, SMGI® is about restoring access to what was never truly lost: our innate wisdom, resilience, and capacity to heal. My work invites people back into relationship with themselves—so they can live with greater freedom, authenticity, and purpose, and bring their unique gifts forward into a world that needs them.
About My Life’s Work: A Life Devoted to Inner Journey Work
My life’s work was born not from theory, but from lived experience.
I’m a mind-body mentor and inner journey guide for coaches, clinicians, creatives, and agents of change—people who feel called to help transform the world for the better, and who know that real change begins within. Through my writing, speaking, consulting, and teaching, I share simple, practical ways to work with the mind-body connection for stress relief, healing, creativity, and meaningful life change.
Like many who are drawn to this work, my path was shaped by adversity. What I learned—first as a seeker, then as a practitioner—is that the body and subconscious are not obstacles to overcome, but profound allies when approached with curiosity, safety, and respect. That understanding became the foundation of everything I teach.
As the founder and director of a premier integrative wellness center, I brought together a diverse community of integrative, holistic, and functional medicine practitioners. Alongside serving clients, I mentored exceptional wellness professionals in growing sustainable, profitable, and autonomous practices—supporting them not just clinically, but as whole humans with a calling to serve.
My training spans both rigor and intuition. I’ve studied with the medical doctors who founded the Center for Mind-Body Medicine and the Academy for Guided Imagery, trained with Mindful Schools, and learned alongside shamans and master healers—some grounded in clinical research, others guided by ancient, instinctual wisdom. Each teacher helped refine my understanding of how healing truly happens: not by force, but by listening deeply to the inner world.
I’m a graduate of the Academy for Guided Imagery and the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, and I hold certifications as a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Alchemical Hypnotherapist, Inner Guidance Life Coach, and Mind-Body Skills Advanced Professional. I’m also the creator of Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® (SMGI®)—a gentle yet powerful, root-cause-resolving method that integrates imagery, somatic awareness, subconscious exploration, and inner-world guidance.
At its heart, SMGI® is about restoring access to what was never truly lost: our innate wisdom, resilience, and capacity to heal. My work invites people back into relationship with themselves—so they can live with greater freedom, authenticity, and purpose, and bring their unique gifts forward into a world that needs them.
About My Life’s Work: A Life Devoted to Inner Journey Work
My life’s work was born not from theory, but from lived experience.
I’m a mind-body mentor and inner journey guide for coaches, clinicians, creatives, and agents of change—people who feel called to help transform the world for the better, and who know that real change begins within. Through my writing, speaking, consulting, and teaching, I share simple, practical ways to work with the mind-body connection for stress relief, healing, creativity, and meaningful life change.
Like many who are drawn to this work, my path was shaped by adversity. What I learned—first as a seeker, then as a practitioner—is that the body and subconscious are not obstacles to overcome, but profound allies when approached with curiosity, safety, and respect. That understanding became the foundation of everything I teach.
As the founder and director of a premier integrative wellness center, I brought together a diverse community of integrative, holistic, and functional medicine practitioners. Alongside serving clients, I mentored exceptional wellness professionals in growing sustainable, profitable, and autonomous practices—supporting them not just clinically, but as whole humans with a calling to serve.
My training spans both rigor and intuition. I’ve studied with the medical doctors who founded the Center for Mind-Body Medicine and the Academy for Guided Imagery, trained with Mindful Schools, and learned alongside shamans and master healers—some grounded in clinical research, others guided by ancient, instinctual wisdom. Each teacher helped refine my understanding of how healing truly happens: not by force, but by listening deeply to the inner world.
I’m a graduate of the Academy for Guided Imagery and the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, and I hold certifications as a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Alchemical Hypnotherapist, Inner Guidance Life Coach, and Mind-Body Skills Advanced Professional. I’m also the creator of Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® (SMGI®)—a gentle yet powerful, root-cause-resolving method that integrates imagery, somatic awareness, subconscious exploration, and inner-world guidance.
At its heart, SMGI® is about restoring access to what was never truly lost: our innate wisdom, resilience, and capacity to heal. My work invites people back into relationship with themselves—so they can live with greater freedom, authenticity, and purpose, and bring their unique gifts forward into a world that needs them.

“Gina Vance is one of the top mind/body practitioners in the world – and known for her incredibly transformative, effective work with deep healing, trauma and self-discovery. Join her for a unique, richly rewarding voyage into your inner-self!” – Kayse Gehret, Founder of Soulstice Mind + Body Spa, Sausalito, CA

“Gina Vance is one of the top mind/body practitioners in the world – and known for her incredibly transformative, effective work with deep healing, trauma and self-discovery. Join her for a unique, richly rewarding voyage into your inner-self!” – Kayse Gehret, Founder of Soulstice Mind + Body Spa, Sausalito, CA

You can read more about my story and this method in my book:
Life is Hard And Then You Fly: How Your Nine Instinctive Responses Can Turn Pain into Purpose Through the Revolutionary Power of SMGI®

“Gina Vance is one of the top mind/body practitioners in the world – and known for her incredibly transformative, effective work with deep healing, trauma and self-discovery. Join her for a unique, richly rewarding voyage into your inner-self!” – Kayse Gehret, Founder of Soulstice Mind + Body Spa, Sausalito, CA
You can read more about my story and this method in my book:
Life is Hard And Then You Fly: How Your Nine Instinctive Responses Can Turn Pain into Purpose Through the Revolutionary Power of SMGI®
Read more about my story and this method in my book:
Life is Hard And Then You Fly: How Your Nine Instinctive Responses Can Turn Pain into Purpose Through the Revolutionary Power of SMGI®


Together with what I know to be heroic souls on healing journeys or, ‘clients’, I’ve developed a uniquely transformative blend of mind-body tools to relieve stress, pain and anxiety; change unwanted habits, and feel peaceful, confident and empowered.
My experience in life, love and business building, brings power to my work helping high achievers reach beyond their limits. The combination of my academic training, technical training, and soul-knowledge, enriches the power of our work to catalyze recovery for trauma survivors; educators, helping-professionals and clinicians. These experiences of how easy it can be to connect to the power within, leaves you with mind-body skills that are easy to incorporate into your life and work.
These mind-body tools support the transition between your life as it has been and the new life you want to create, in ways that access and utilize your own unique genius; in service to your unique mission and purpose.

Together with what I know to be heroic souls on healing journeys or, ‘clients’, I’ve developed a uniquely transformative blend of mind-body tools to relieve stress, pain and anxiety; change unwanted habits, and feel peaceful, confident and empowered.
My experience in life, love and business building, brings power to my work helping high achievers reach beyond their limits. The combination of my academic training, technical training, and soul-knowledge, enriches the power of our work to catalyze recovery for trauma survivors; educators, helping-professionals and clinicians. These experiences of how easy it can be to connect to the power within, leaves you with mind-body skills that are easy to incorporate into your life and work.
These mind-body tools support the transition between your life as it has been and the new life you want to create, in ways that access and utilize your own unique genius; in service to your unique mission and purpose.

Together with what I know to be heroic souls on healing journeys or, ‘clients’, I’ve developed a uniquely transformative blend of mind-body tools to relieve stress, pain and anxiety; change unwanted habits, and feel peaceful, confident and empowered.
My experience in life, love and business building, brings power to my work helping high achievers reach beyond their limits. The combination of my academic training, technical training, and soul-knowledge, enriches the power of our work to catalyze recovery for trauma survivors; educators, helping-professionals and clinicians. These experiences of how easy it can be to connect to the power within, leaves you with mind-body skills that are easy to incorporate into your life and work.
These mind-body tools support the transition between your life as it has been and the new life you want to create, in ways that access and utilize your own unique genius; in service to your unique mission and purpose.
Testimonials: Grateful Voices
“Pain became the path that led me home to myself.” – Gina Vance
Testimonials: Grateful Voices
“Pain became the path that led me home to myself.” – Gina Vance
“Pain became the path that led me home to myself.” – Gina Vance
Testimonials: Grateful Voices

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