What Is SMGI®
What Is SMGI®
“When survival softens, life expands—into health, connection, purpose, and spirit.” – Gina Vance
“When survival softens, life expands—into health, connection, purpose, and spirit.” – Gina Vance
“When survival softens, life expands—into health, connection, purpose, and spirit.” – Gina Vance
What is SMGI®
Many of the signals we struggle with—emotional reactivity, unwanted habits, or a vague sense of being “stuck”—are not problems to get rid of. They’re communications. Intelligent signals arising from parts of you that learned how to protect, adapt, or survive during times of stress or overwhelm.
Those signals will continue until they’re met where they live—in the subconscious and the body.
SMGI® gets you feeling more comfortable in your skin, more peaceful, confident and joyous.
SMGI® is a gentle process of connecting to the goodness in you, clearing away what’s not you, or no longer helps you; and returning your lost or disowned parts so the stress stops and you get recharged.
What is SMGI®
Many of the signals we struggle with—emotional reactivity, unwanted habits, or a vague sense of being “stuck”—are not problems to get rid of. They’re communications. Intelligent signals arising from parts of you that learned how to protect, adapt, or survive during times of stress or overwhelm.
Those signals will continue until they’re met where they live—in the subconscious and the body.
SMGI® gets you feeling more comfortable in your skin, more peaceful, confident and joyous.
SMGI® is a gentle process of connecting to the goodness in you, clearing away what’s not you, or no longer helps you; and returning your lost or disowned parts so the stress stops and you get recharged.
With SMGI® You Can
• Connect to your strengths to create your dreams • Clear inner clutter blocking your progress • Bring your lost parts back online and be free of the inner stressors sapping your strength• Connect to your strengths to create your dreams • Clear inner clutter blocking your progress • Bring your lost parts back online and be free of the inner stressors sapping your strength
With SMGI® You Can
• Connect to your strengths to create your dreams • Clear inner clutter blocking your progress • Bring your lost parts back online and be free of the inner stressors sapping your strength• Connect to your strengths to create your dreams • Clear inner clutter blocking your progress • Bring your lost parts back online and be free of the inner stressors sapping your strength
With SMGI® You Can
• Connect to your strengths to create your dreams • Clear inner clutter blocking your progress • Bring your lost parts back online and be free of the inner stressors sapping your strength• Connect to your strengths to create your dreams • Clear inner clutter blocking your progress • Bring your lost parts back online and be free of the inner stressors sapping your strength
What you’ll experience with SMGI®
Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® (SMGI®) makes it surprisingly easy to do just that. Through gentle, guided inner-world exploration, you can safely release energies and patterns that are no longer needed, or bring them into support and cooperation if they’re essential for your next step forward. Until then, these signals persist—not as punishment, but as guidance pointing toward what wants your attention.
This process is not about fixing yourself.
It’s about listening—skillfully, kindly, and effectively.
SMGI® helps you become clear, connected, and free:
free from the unconscious patterns driving discomfort, and free to be fully yourself. As the nervous system settles and inner relationships come into harmony, clarity returns, vitality increases, and choice replaces reaction.
Your capacity to heal and create is far greater than most of us were ever taught. Many people arrive at this work after trying countless approaches—and none of that was wasted. Each step prepared you to go deeper. SMGI® honors what you’ve already done and offers a way to work at the level where lasting change naturally occurs.
Both long-standing challenges and newer symptoms can shift with surprising ease through this method. Physical discomfort, emotional distress, and spiritual unease often soften as you meet the inner parts they’re coming from—discovering what they want, what they need, and how they’ve been trying to help… even when their efforts have felt painful or confusing.
SMGI® is an effective way to connect to sources of inner comfort, strength and wisdom, clear away inner burdens, and bring back your energy, vitality and sense of freedom.
What you’ll experience with SMGI®
Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® (SMGI®) makes it surprisingly easy to do just that. Through gentle, guided inner-world exploration, you can safely release energies and patterns that are no longer needed, or bring them into support and cooperation if they’re essential for your next step forward. Until then, these signals persist—not as punishment, but as guidance pointing toward what wants your attention.
This process is not about fixing yourself.
It’s about listening—skillfully, kindly, and effectively.
SMGI® helps you become clear, connected, and free:
free from the unconscious patterns driving discomfort, and free to be fully yourself. As the nervous system settles and inner relationships come into harmony, clarity returns, vitality increases, and choice replaces reaction.
Your capacity to heal and create is far greater than most of us were ever taught. Many people arrive at this work after trying countless approaches—and none of that was wasted. Each step prepared you to go deeper. SMGI® honors what you’ve already done and offers a way to work at the level where lasting change naturally occurs.
Both long-standing challenges and newer symptoms can shift with surprising ease through this method. Physical discomfort, emotional distress, and spiritual unease often soften as you meet the inner parts they’re coming from—discovering what they want, what they need, and how they’ve been trying to help… even when their efforts have felt painful or confusing.
SMGI® is an effective way to connect to sources of inner comfort, strength and wisdom, clear away inner burdens, and bring back your energy, vitality and sense of freedom.
“…this work draws out the power of your own Inner Wisdom from your subconscious – just slightly beneath the surface of your ordinary conscious awareness.” – Gina Vance
“…this work draws out the power of your own Inner Wisdom from your subconscious – just slightly beneath the surface of your ordinary conscious awareness.” – Gina Vance
“…this work draws out the power of your own Inner Wisdom from your subconscious – just slightly beneath the surface of your ordinary conscious awareness.” – Gina Vance
“…What I appreciate most is how deeply Gina honors the body’s wisdom, the imagination’s intelligence, and the sacred nature of the inner world. Her work builds upon the foundation of guided imagery and mind-body medicine, integrating somatic awareness, parts work, and subconscious exploration in a way that is elegant, intuitive, and I am sure profoundly effective.” – Martin L. Rossman MD, from the foreword to ‘Life Is Hard And Then You Fly’
“…What I appreciate most is how deeply Gina honors the body’s wisdom, the imagination’s intelligence, and the sacred nature of the inner world. Her work builds upon the foundation of guided imagery and mind-body medicine, integrating somatic awareness, parts work, and subconscious exploration in a way that is elegant, intuitive, and I am sure profoundly effective.” – Martin L. Rossman MD, from the foreword to ‘Life Is Hard And Then You Fly’
“…What I appreciate most is how deeply Gina honors the body’s wisdom, the imagination’s intelligence, and the sacred nature of the inner world. Her work builds upon the foundation of guided imagery and mind-body medicine, integrating somatic awareness, parts work, and subconscious exploration in a way that is elegant, intuitive, and I am sure profoundly effective.” – Martin L. Rossman MD, from the foreword to ‘Life Is Hard And Then You Fly’
…makes it easy to connect as deeply as you need to, to get free of old patterns, get connected to new capacities, and enjoy living in your body, on this earth, at this time!
You’ll notice certain things are different, better, and easier after each session. After a few sessions, others will start remarking on the change in you. We get many new clients that way! They want some too!
Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® is rooted in ancient wisdom and indigenous healing arts; validated by modern research and evidence-based healing methods. SMGI® has the power to free you from subconscious blocks and make your dreams accomplishable.
The SMGI® Process
Things that you may not even remember – or have dismissed as not important, have left imprints in the neural pathways deep inside your head brain, your heart brain and your belly brain! And you can clear these by meeting them where they are, inside you, with the help of a good SMGI® Guide.
Using the most helpful aspects of somatic parts work, inner child work, and guided imagery, you’ll be touched by the beauty you encounter within.
It includes the parts of shamanism, hypnosis, and mythology that make it easy to access the power of the subconscious in ways that are quickly, gently and profoundly healing.
The SMGI® Process
…makes it easy to connect as deeply as you need to, to get free of old patterns, get connected to new capacities, and enjoy living in your body, on this earth, at this time!
You’ll notice certain things are different, better, and easier after each session. After a few sessions, others will start remarking on the change in you. We get many new clients that way! They want some too!
Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® is rooted in ancient wisdom and indigenous healing arts; validated by modern research and evidence-based healing methods. SMGI® has the power to free you from subconscious blocks and make your dreams accomplishable.
Things that you may not even remember – or have dismissed as not important, have left imprints in the neural pathways deep inside your head brain, your heart brain and your belly brain! And you can clear these by meeting them where they are, inside you, with the help of a good SMGI® Guide.
Using the most helpful aspects of somatic parts work, inner child work, and guided imagery, you’ll be touched by the beauty you encounter within.
It includes the parts of shamanism, hypnosis, and mythology that make it easy to access the power of the subconscious in ways that are quickly, gently and profoundly healing.
SMGI® Does 3 Important Things
• Connects you to inner strengths • Clears inner obstacles between you and the life you’d love • Reconnects you to parts of your essential nature that you need, to move forward and create your dreams• Connects you to inner strengths • Clears inner obstacles between you and the life you’d love • Reconnects you to parts of your essential nature that you need, to move forward and create your dreams
SMGI® Does 3 Important Things
• Connects you to inner strengths • Clears inner obstacles between you and the life you’d love • Reconnects you to parts of your essential nature that you need, to move forward and create your dreams• Connects you to inner strengths • Clears inner obstacles between you and the life you’d love • Reconnects you to parts of your essential nature that you need, to move forward and create your dreams
SMGI® Does 3 Important Things
• Connects you to inner strengths • Clears inner obstacles between you and the life you’d love • Reconnects you to parts of your essential nature that you need, to move forward and create your dreams• Connects you to inner strengths • Clears inner obstacles between you and the life you’d love • Reconnects you to parts of your essential nature that you need, to move forward and create your dreams
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
With a combination of collaborative coaching and guided inner journeys, I show you how easy it can be to make the journey within to connect to strength and support, clear away undermining subconscious material, and reintegrate the lost or fragmented parts of yourself that are needed now for you to get what you want.
You’ll experience simple, yet powerful mind-body methods to connect to inner strengths, clear away inner obstacles, and reintegrate disconnected parts of self.
Each session is in-person, by phone, or via video conference, like Skype or FaceTime, or Zoom, and lasts approximately 90 minutes to 2 hours.
First session includes extensive interview and subconscious priming to prepare you for the next sessions of Interactive Inner Journeying and to clarify your desired results.
In subsequent sessions we review the organic changes you’ve noticed in your body, mind and life, and then you’ll be guided inward connect to your inner resources of beauty, strength, support and comfort. You’ll have an opportunity to clear some inner subconscious material that does not support your goals. And bring suffering or anxious parts of you into a new state of ease and calm.
The work is very deep and very effective, in part, because it’s so gentle, and builds at a pace that doesn’t take anything away from your operating system so-to-speak, without first making sure your systems are stable and strong enough to release unhelpful elements of your inner structure; making room for more of your natural strengths, talents and abilities to circulate in your systems and radiate in your life.
How many sessions always depends on the individual and the layers needed to be strengthened and cleared so the love, comfort and freedom can blossom bigger and fuller.
Most people work in sets of 3 or 6 sessions at a time, for as many times as feels right. If you’re not familiar with this work, you can experience an initial session, at the end of which you will know for certain if this work is for you, at this time.
We typically meet weekly, or every-other-week initially, and for those who desire continued support after completing substantial work together, monthly and bimonthly sessions can be scheduled.
The more you do, the more you get!
You’ll experience benefit in each session – even if you only have one. You’ll notice certain things are different, better and easier because of the time we’ve spent together. How do I know this? 20+ years of clients reporting it! And a few only came one time, but sent many other clients because of their life-changing experience!
» Each session lasts 90 minutes, up to 2 hours.
» Ideal spacing between sessions is 1-2 weeks.
» I work with people all over the word, in person, over the internet and sometimes by phone.
» Payment plans are available for 3 and 6 session packages via After Pay or PayPal.
The more you do, the more you get!
I do not participate in any insurance plans. Check with your carrier to learn of their criteria to reimburse you for this work. Upon request, I can email you a Statement with CPT Codes which you can then submit to your insurance company for reimbursement according to what your insurance carrier allows.
Some of my clients get reimbursed for the cost of our sessions, although we can’t guarantee that because of the wide range of insurance policies and coverage. The following are reimbursement codes:
Procedure Code: 90880
Diagnostic Code: (This will be the diagnosis from your medical professional)
Session Includes:
CPT 90880 Hypnotherapy
ICD-10-PCS (GZFZZZZ) Medical Hypnosis & Guided Imagery 80 min.
ICD-10-PCS (GZC9ZZZ) Biofeedback 15 min.
The gently powerful process in SMGI® provides two branches of support: 1) tools for effective nervous system calming on your own, outside our sessions, and 2) inner journeys of exploration and discovery where you can resolve the root cause of your suffering – sometimes in one fell swoop, other times incrementally over time.
Your experience being guided into your inner world with SMGI® is unique in how non-bossy, nonjudgmental, and spacious the experience is with a light hand from me, your guide.
There won’t be anything for you to get right or get wrong, as your experience will richly unfold and organically arise from within you.
Your Most Complete Inner Wisdom will bring you the most beneficial experience for you at the time of each session. I see this again and again.
What wants to be known to you, by You, and for you?
Experience this work and find out!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
With a combination of collaborative coaching and guided inner journeys, I show you how easy it can be to make the journey within to connect to strength and support, clear away undermining subconscious material, and reintegrate the lost or fragmented parts of yourself that are needed now for you to get what you want.
You’ll experience simple, yet powerful mind-body methods to connect to inner strengths, clear away inner obstacles, and reintegrate disconnected parts of self.
Each session is in-person, by phone, or via video conference, like Skype or FaceTime, or Zoom, and lasts approximately 90 minutes to 2 hours.
First session includes extensive interview and subconscious priming to prepare you for the next sessions of Interactive Inner Journeying and to clarify your desired results.
In subsequent sessions we review the organic changes you’ve noticed in your body, mind and life, and then you’ll be guided inward connect to your inner resources of beauty, strength, support and comfort. You’ll have an opportunity to clear some inner subconscious material that does not support your goals. And bring suffering or anxious parts of you into a new state of ease and calm.
The work is very deep and very effective, in part, because it’s so gentle, and builds at a pace that doesn’t take anything away from your operating system so-to-speak, without first making sure your systems are stable and strong enough to release unhelpful elements of your inner structure; making room for more of your natural strengths, talents and abilities to circulate in your systems and radiate in your life.
How many sessions always depends on the individual and the layers needed to be strengthened and cleared so the love, comfort and freedom can blossom bigger and fuller.
Most people work in sets of 3 or 6 sessions at a time, for as many times as feels right. If you’re not familiar with this work, you can experience an initial session, at the end of which you will know for certain if this work is for you, at this time.
We typically meet weekly, or every-other-week initially, and for those who desire continued support after completing substantial work together, monthly and bimonthly sessions can be scheduled.
The more you do, the more you get!
You’ll experience benefit in each session – even if you only have one. You’ll notice certain things are different, better and easier because of the time we’ve spent together. How do I know this? 20+ years of clients reporting it! And a few only came one time, but sent many other clients because of their life-changing experience!
» Each session lasts 90 minutes, up to 2 hours.
» Ideal spacing between sessions is 1-2 weeks.
» I work with people all over the word, in person, over the internet and sometimes by phone.
» Payment plans are available for 3 and 6 session packages via After Pay or PayPal.
The more you do, the more you get!
I do not participate in any insurance plans. Check with your carrier to learn of their criteria to reimburse you for this work. Upon request, I can email you a Statement with CPT Codes which you can then submit to your insurance company for reimbursement according to what your insurance carrier allows.
Some of my clients get reimbursed for the cost of our sessions, although we can’t guarantee that because of the wide range of insurance policies and coverage. The following are reimbursement codes:
Procedure Code: 90880
Diagnostic Code: (This will be the diagnosis from your medical professional)
Session Includes:
CPT 90880 Hypnotherapy
ICD-10-PCS (GZFZZZZ) Medical Hypnosis & Guided Imagery 80 min.
ICD-10-PCS (GZC9ZZZ) Biofeedback 15 min.
The gently powerful process in SMGI® provides two branches of support: 1) tools for effective nervous system calming on your own, outside our sessions, and 2) inner journeys of exploration and discovery where you can resolve the root cause of your suffering – sometimes in one fell swoop, other times incrementally over time.
Your experience being guided into your inner world with SMGI® is unique in how non-bossy, nonjudgmental, and spacious the experience is with a light hand from me, your guide.
There won’t be anything for you to get right or get wrong, as your experience will richly unfold and organically arise from within you.
Your Most Complete Inner Wisdom will bring you the most beneficial experience for you at the time of each session. I see this again and again.
What wants to be known to you, by You, and for you?
Experience this work and find out!
Testimonials: Grateful Voices
Testimonials: Grateful Voices
“Gina Vance is in a league all her own. Her bubbly, yet down to earth, completely relatable personality and energy was a gift to me at a time when I needed direction and connection. The Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery method she’s spent years perfecting is unique, direct, and cultivates profound change. Her combination of meditation, hypnotherapy, guided imagery, etc. is relaxing yet wildly powerful. I know she has led many clients to find the healing within themselves, and while this is fantastic, her true gift is that she is a teacher. She will teach you how to continuously heal yourself. There’s no greater gift! I found Gina at an exhausting time in my life. She helped me heal, she educated me about trauma and meditation and she empowered me to handle my own issues. I got all of this through her group classes – imagine what she’s capable of one-on-one! She is a truly diligent, empathetic, special person. I feel lucky to know her.” — Madison Elliott, Sausalito, CA
Testimonials: Grateful Voices
“Gina Vance is in a league all her own. Her bubbly, yet down to earth, completely relatable personality and energy was a gift to me at a time when I needed direction and connection. The Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery method she’s spent years perfecting is unique, direct, and cultivates profound change. Her combination of meditation, hypnotherapy, guided imagery, etc. is relaxing yet wildly powerful. I know she has led many clients to find the healing within themselves, and while this is fantastic, her true gift is that she is a teacher. She will teach you how to continuously heal yourself. There’s no greater gift! I found Gina at an exhausting time in my life. She helped me heal, she educated me about trauma and meditation and she empowered me to handle my own issues. I got all of this through her group classes – imagine what she’s capable of one-on-one! She is a truly diligent, empathetic, special person. I feel lucky to know her.” — Madison Elliott, Sausalito, CA
“Gina Vance is in a league all her own. Her bubbly, yet down to earth, completely relatable personality and energy was a gift to me at a time when I needed direction and connection. The Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery method she’s spent years perfecting is unique, direct, and cultivates profound change. Her combination of meditation, hypnotherapy, guided imagery, etc. is relaxing yet wildly powerful. I know she has led many clients to find the healing within themselves, and while this is fantastic, her true gift is that she is a teacher. She will teach you how to continuously heal yourself. There’s no greater gift! I found Gina at an exhausting time in my life. She helped me heal, she educated me about trauma and meditation and she empowered me to handle my own issues. I got all of this through her group classes – imagine what she’s capable of one-on-one! She is a truly diligent, empathetic, special person. I feel lucky to know her.” — Madison Elliott, Sausalito, CA
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