In this course, students will meet monthly in small groups led by a senior Minister of the Congregation and receive support and mentorship as they build their ministry.
Upon enrolling, you will be brought to a Google Form to select your preferences for this semester's Group.
This semester the schedule will be as follows:
- Love's Group: Monthly on the 2nd Monday from 5-7p PT / 6-8p MT / 8-10p ET
- Aidan's Group: Monthly on the 3rd Tuesday from 5-7p PT / 6-8 MT / 8-10 ET
- Pierre's Group: Monthly on the 1st Thursday from 9-11a PT / 10a-12p MT / 12-2p ET
- Cindy's Group: Monthly on the 1st Tuesday from 3-5p PT / 4-6p MT / 6-8p ET
- Mike's Group: Monthly on the 3rd Wednesday from 10-12p PT / 11-1p MT / 1-3p ET
Cindy Storman
Cindy has over 25 years of facilitating healing and spiritual growth for those seeking to go deeper and express their highest truth and potential. As a guide and spiritual counselor Cindy uses psychedelic medicines to help her clients work through challenges and aspirations in order to help them create a more meaningful and authentic life. She not only guides people through the deep dive experiences but also guides people through a 30 Day Microdosing Protocol. She has been teaching Yoga and meditation since 1999 and is also a certified Thai massage therapist. In 2016 she received her Master Certification in Intuition Medicine®. All of these modalities allow her to create a unique space for preparation, integration and deep healing.
Mike Fowler
Based in Brooklyn, NY, Mike has been in practice with sacrament for three years, personally engaged in the work since 2018, and has been working with people one-on-one since about then as well, initially as a coach, later as a somatic counselor, and still later as a minister. Mike received training as a coach, in Hakomi, Tamura Method (called InterSoma, now), Relational Somatic Healing, Thai bodywork, and has a fair bit of experience as a meditator. Outside of that, Mike is a writer and has been regularly involved with men’s work for many years, and have a regular ongoing personal study of the wisdom traditions, psychology, spirituality, and systems theory. Before all that Mike was a software engineer.
For more about Mike visit https://stillwithin.us
Pierre Bouchard
Pierre Bouchard is a Lead Facilitator and Trainer at Sacred Practices, Licensed Professional Counselor with a private practice in Boulder, and Licensed Minister. He is also a former professional vinyl DJ.
With extensive training in Hakomi and other somatic modalities, Pierre brings a deeply embodied approach to trauma healing. His work bridges the therapeutic and spiritual realms, honoring both psychological healing and transpersonal experiences. A graduate of Naropa University's Contemplative Psychotherapy program, Pierre has extensive experience with expanded states work, leading individual and group sessions, and maintaining a ketamine-assisted psychotherapy practice.
Aidan Zane
Aidan (Bridge 2024) completed his medicine work training in 2019 and has been supervising medicine and psychotherapy trainees for 3 years. His further trainings are wide and various but include 1 year working at Polaris Insight Center, MAPS training, yearly mentoring visits with Mazatec curanderos since 2022. He has also been working as a psychotherapist since 2015 and trained as Buddhist Chaplin in 2010. He is an SEP (Somatic Experiencing), NARM Master Practitioner, trained sound and voice healer, dream worker, and values anchoring the work in supportive cultural/spiritual tradition for which he has most knowledge of Buddhist and Christian variants. Having lived and worked 10 countries, his approach is open and curious valuing both particularity and essence. His style as a supervisor is supportive, but encouraging you in the growth of your safe and effective praxis and understanding through a balance of validation and inquiry.
Love Mercury
Love Mercury is one of the Lead Facilitators and Trainers for Sacred Practice's Minister in Training program. Her journey to self discovery began at an early age. She took her healing into her own hands and traveled around the world to study the ancient wisdom of folklore, prayers, Thai massage, and natural ways to heal the body. Her path organically grew into becoming a Holistic Health Practitioner where she launched four healing centers that she managed for over a decade. These healing centers specialized in women's health and included offerings such as massage, meditation, spiritual counseling, ritual teaching, and empowering women to build better relationships with their bodies.
Other Courses Offered this Summer & Fall
If you still have required areas of your curriculum plan that need to fulfilled, please see the courses below.