About Geoff Cox | Healing Arts

Meet Geoff

Coach & Healer

I am a leadership and embodiment coach, conflict mediator, somatic trauma bodyworker, and meditation teacher. Originally trained as an acupuncturist and certified as an Integral Professional Coach™, I have spent the last decade studying adult development, interpersonal neurobiology, holistic medicine, somatically-oriented trauma resolution, spiritual development, human attachment, and the science of resilience. I currently work in Charlottesville and coach clients around the world over Zoom.

Teacher & Facilitator

Certified Integral Professional Coach™
Certified Integral Facilitator™
Certified in Level III "Healing the Vagus System" Bodywork with Janet Evergreen
Certified Conflict Mediator
Certificate in Level III Parts Work with Leadership That Works
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (in training)
Certificate in Somatics, Trauma, & Resilience - Strozzi Institue
Training in "Somatic Dialogue: Relationship Attunement & Attachment" with Janet Evergreen
Developmental Coaching Mastermind with Rob McNamara
Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.)
Qi Gong and Meditation Teacher
Certificate in Zapchen Somatics
Social Meditation Facilitator Trainer
Certificate in SFMA (Selective Functional Movement Assessment)
Certified Personal Trainer (National Academy of Sports Medicine)

I am currently a lead facilitator for Trauma & Somatics Practitioner Training and Embodying Somatics. I have taught mindful communication and embodied leadership at the University of Virginia for the past eight years. While at UVA I created and facilitated three courses: "Meditation Peer Leadership," "Mindful Facilitation & Leadership," and "Nature & Mindfulness." I also teach Qi Gong classes and lead workshops and retreats on mindfulness and emotional resilience for UVA students, faculty, and staff.

I am a certified Integral Facilitator™ who leads retreats and workshops about embodied leadership, trauma-informed meditation, mindful communication, and conflict transformation around the country. I also train facilitators around the country in leading a practice called Social Meditation, which explores bringing the wisdom of the meditative traditions into how we create relationships and culture. I trained in a Tibetan Buddhist Lineage for over 15 years and have taught in that tradition for six years.

Where I Stand

In this time of climate crisis, social instability, and economic inequality, we need radical whole-systems change. We have a crisis of connection on every level, and it is clear that many of our systems and structures are not compatible with humans thriving or even surviving on this earth. In college, I studied climate change and global development and did research on vanishing old-growth forests, dying coral reefs, and the impacts of free-market neoliberalism on human communities. My studies and lived experience have made me passionate about supporting the social movements around the world advancing climate justice and enacting the kinds of community and systems change that we need the most in the world.