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Integrative Healing
Practitioner Certification
A comprehensive professional training for licensed practitioners and healing-arts professionals ready to expand their scope, deepen their tools, and step into the growing field of integrative and psychedelic-assisted care.
Apply for the September 2026 Cohort
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis · Limited seats available
Built for
practitioners
like you
Therapists & Counselors
Naturopaths
Chiropractors
Yoga & Somatic Practitioners
Nurses
Teachers
Life & Health Coaches
Energy Workers
Social Workers
Functional Medicine Providers
Why This Certification
Your clients are already asking about plant medicine, breathwork, and integrative healing. This certification gives you the language, the science, and the ethical framework to meet them there.
The landscape of healing is shifting rapidly.
Psychedelic-assisted therapy is entering mainstream clinical practice. Patients want practitioners who can hold complexity — who understand the nervous system, the psyche, the body, and the spirit.
The Integrative Healing Practitioner Certification was designed specifically for knowledgeable professionals who are ready to lead in this emerging field with integrity, skill, and depth.
What you'll gain:
Expand your practice.
Deepen your impact.
Clinical Confidence
Understand the science of psychedelics, plant medicine, and altered states so you can speak to them fluently with clients and colleagues.
Expanded Modalities
Add breathwork, sound healing, herbal medicine, somatic work, and integration coaching to your existing practice.
Ethical Grounding
Navigate the legal landscape, consent protocols, and facilitator ethics with clarity — protecting you and the people you serve.
A Thriving Practice
Learn to build, market, and sustain a differentiated practice in the integrative health space — with real business foundations.
Community
Join a cohort of like-minded professionals across disciplines — therapists, physicians, somatic practitioners, and coaches learning together.
Professional Credential
Earn your Integrative Healing Practitioner Certification from Sage Soul, signaling your specialized training to clients and referral partners.
WELCOME
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THE CURRICULUM
Fourteen modules.
A full transformation.
Each module combines evidence-based science with embodied practice — designed for busy professionals who want both rigor and depth.
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Becoming an Integrative Healing Practitioner
Begin your journey by exploring what it means to become an integrative healing practitioner.
You will establish your intentions for the year, identify your current strengths and growth areas, learn how the certification works, understand scope of practice, meet your faculty and cohort, and begin developing your personal practitioner philosophy.
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Foundations of Traditional & Integrative Healing
Explore the history, philosophy, and evolution of healing traditions around the world.
You will examine how traditional wisdom and contemporary holistic practices can complement one another while developing cultural humility and respect for the lineages from which many healing practices originate.
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Psychedelic Science, Medicines & Altered States
Therapeutic Potential: Understand the role of psychedelics in treating mental health issues like depression, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction.
Risk Management: Learn strategies to mitigate the risks associated with psychedelic mental health treatments.
Ethics and Legalities: Learn the importance of ethical approaches and maintaining the utmost of integrity.
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Nutrition and Lifestyle
Holistic Nutrition Fundamentals: Understand the principles of holistic nutrition, exploring how nutrients affect body functions and overall health.
Dietary Patterns and Health Outcomes: Examine different dietary patterns such as Mediterranean, vegan, paleo, and ketogenic.
Lifestyle Integration: Learn practical strategies for integrating healthy eating habits into daily life, and the role of lifestyle factors such as sleep, exercise, and stress management in nutritional health.
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Coaching, Communication & Integration
Learn how to create conversations that support insight, growth, and meaningful change.
This module focuses on the core communication and coaching skills that help practitioners hold space without taking over another person's healing process.
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Trauma Awareness, Nervous System Regulation & Practitioner Presence
Develop an important understanding of trauma, nervous system regulation, and the importance of practitioner presence.
This module helps students recognize signs of activation, overwhelm, and dysregulation while learning how to create safer and more supportive environments.
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Plant Allies & Herbal Medicine
Develop a relationship with the healing traditions of herbal medicine and learn practical ways plants have historically been used to support wellbeing.
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Foundations of herbalism
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Herbal energetics
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Plant actions
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Materia medica
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Infusions
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Decoctions
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Tinctures
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Oils and salves
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Herbal teas
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Herbal safety
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Herb-drug considerations
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Ethical harvesting
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Building relationships with plants
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Energy Healing, Chakras & Illumination
Explore energetic healing traditions and the ways practitioners work with intention, presence, awareness, and subtle-energy frameworks.
You will explore:
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Energy healing principles
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The energetic body
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Chakra systems
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Grounding
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Clearing and balancing
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Practitioner boundaries
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Consent
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Visualization
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Energy hygiene
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Intention
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Ritual
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Ethical practice
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Mind-Body, Embodiment & Somatic Practices
Learn how healing and integration can occur through the body as well as through the mind.
This module introduces students to embodiment practices that support awareness, regulation, connection, and personal integration.
You will explore:
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Embodiment
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Meditation
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Mindfulness
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Somatic inquiry
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Body awareness
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Movement
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Integration through the body
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Sound Healing, Voice & Breathwork
Explore the use of sound, vibration, rhythm, voice, music, and breath to support relaxation, awareness, emotional expression, and altered states of consciousness.
You will explore:
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The science of sound
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Frequency and vibration
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Crystal singing bowls
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Metal bowls
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Drumming
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Rattles and chimes
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Music and therapeutic playlists
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Voice activation
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Toning and chanting
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Breathwork foundations
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Breathwork safety
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Designing sound and breath experiences
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Ethics, Safety, Boundaries & Harm Reduction
Develop the ethical foundation required for responsible practitioner work.
This module addresses the responsibilities that come with supporting others and emphasizes consent, safety, integrity, professional boundaries, and knowing when another professional is needed.
You will explore:
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Practitioner ethics
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Scope of practice
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Informed consent
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Confidentiality
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Professional boundaries
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Screening
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Contraindications
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Harm reduction
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Emergency planning
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Mental health and medical red flags
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Community Healing, Workshops, Retreats & Leadership
Learn how to create meaningful group experiences and healing communities.
Students explore the practical skills required to lead workshops, facilitate groups, and design transformational retreats.
You will explore:
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Community building
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Group facilitation
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Creating psychological safety
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Managing group dynamics
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Workshop design
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Retreat planning
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Programming and flow
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Venue selection
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Staffing
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Intake and registration
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Safety planning
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Building a Thriving Integrative Healing Practice
Turn your learning into a sustainable practice that reflects your gifts, values, and the people you feel called to serve.
You will explore:
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Defining your niche
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Identifying who you serve
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Your practitioner philosophy
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Creating services and packages
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Developing a signature offering
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Pricing
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Client journeys
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Intake systems
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Scheduling and payments
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Websites and online presence
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Social media
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Email marketing
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Community building
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Referrals and partnerships
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Workshops and retreats
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Ethical marketing
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Business sustainability
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Avoiding practitioner burnout
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Practicum, Integration & Certification
Bring everything together through hands-on practice, reflection, and professional integration.
This final phase allows you to demonstrate your growth, receive feedback, refine your practitioner identity, and develop a plan for the next stage of your work.
You may complete:
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Live practicum
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Peer facilitation
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Case studies
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Skills demonstrations
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A signature session or modality
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A workshop or retreat concept
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Ethics scenarios
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Final Practitioner Self-Assessment
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Practitioner philosophy
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Professional development plan
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Faculty and peer feedback
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Final capstone project
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Mastery Practicum Option
Take your learning beyond the classroom with our optional Mastery Practicum On-Site Experience.
This immersive, in-person practicum gives students a unique opportunity to practice what they have been learning throughout the Integrative Healing Practitioner Certification in a supportive, hands-on environment.
Rather than simply studying techniques, you will have dedicated space to facilitate, receive, observe, experiment, and refine your skills alongside fellow students and experienced practitioners.
It is an immersive learning experience that allows you to step away from everyday responsibilities and focus deeply on your development as a practitioner.
***The Mastery Practicum On-Site Experience is an optional addition to the Integrative Healing Practitioner Certification and is not included in the standard course tuition.
Participation requires an additional fee.
"I came in as a licensed therapist who felt something was missing. I left with an entirely new toolkit — and a new sense of what healing can look like."
Andrea C., Graduate
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
Everything you need to go deep.
The Integrative Healing Practitioner Certification includes expert-guided sessions across all ten modules plus a curated set of professional resources with a combined value of over $4,200.
Course Details
This course provides expert guided sessions through 10 modules of hand selected topics.
Exclusive Value-Added Items
As part of this course, you receive exclusive access to additional materials and experiences that enhance your learning journey. These include:
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Digital Resource Library (Value: $500) - A collection of e-books, research papers, and articles on psychedelic science and healing practices
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Personalized Mentorship Sessions (Value: $1500) - One-on-one sessions with Shelley DeMarco to deepen your understanding and skill.
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Community Forum Access (Value: $300) - An exclusive online community for support, discussion, and networking.
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Certification of Completion (Value: $200) - A professional certificate acknowledging your expertise and dedication.
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Post-Course Support Package (Value: $500) - Ongoing support and resources available post-completion.
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Access to a Community of Practitioners - Join an active community for ongoing support, networking, and collaboration.
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Continuous Learning Resources - Regular updates on materials and access to an extensive library of resources.
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Personalized Mentorship - One-on-one sessions with experienced instructors for personalized guidance.
Are You Ready to Transform?
Join us on this extraordinary journey to discover your inner healer. Whether you're seeking personal transformation or aspiring to guide others, the Sage Soul's The Healers' Ways Course is your pathway to a deeper understanding and practice of holistic healing.
Apply Today and Step Into a World of Healing, Growth, and Profound Transformation.
Total Value of Added Items: $4200
Cost of Course:
$3,995
Next Cohort Begins October, 2026
Meet The Team
Our educators are dedicated to sharing the nuances and subtleties that only come from years of experience. Whether it's the intricate methods of sound therapy, the transformative power of plant medicine, or the holistic integration of body, mind, and spirit, our instructors bring their lived experiences to the forefront of their teaching. This approach not only enriches the learning experience but also inspires and empowers participants to develop their unique healing styles.
At Sage Soul Academy, we believe that true healing comes from a deep connection to both theory and practice. Our program is designed to bridge this gap, providing participants with a comprehensive understanding and the practical tools they need to become effective healers.
If you are looking for a program that goes beyond traditional education and immerses you in the real-world application of the healing arts, The Integrative Healing Practitioner Certification is the perfect choice for you. Join us and learn from the best in the field, gaining the confidence and competence to transform lives through the power of the healing arts.
Shelley DeMarco
Founder, Sage Soul Academy | Lead Faculty
With more than three decades of experience in personal transformation and healing, Shelley DeMarco has devoted her life to helping others reconnect with themselves, navigate meaningful change, and create lives of greater purpose and possibility. Her journey began through 12-step recovery communities, where she supported family members and loved ones affected by addiction and developed a deep appreciation for the power of healing, self-awareness, and compassionate support.
Over the years, Shelley has integrated traditional therapeutic principles with holistic and experiential practices, including Internal Family Systems, psychedelic integration, sound healing, breathwork, embodiment, and transformational coaching. Her work bridges ancient wisdom and modern approaches to personal growth, creating supportive spaces where individuals can heal, expand, and step more fully into who they are meant to become.
Today, Shelley serves as a mentor, educator, and practitioner, supporting both clients and emerging healers as they deepen their own growth and develop the skills to compassionately support others.
Lauren Pokras, LCSW
Expressive Arts Catalyst and Holistic Life CoachConscious Movement Facilitator
Lauren’s extensive background in conscious dance, improvisational theater, creative arts, play therapy, and psychotherapy has shown her how spontaneous movement and intuitive artmaking can break through limiting beliefs and enhance mental and emotional well-being. She helps individuals channel creative energy, follow intuition, and embrace unique self-expression, fostering a sense of true belonging and self-compassion. Through retreats, workshops, and one-on-one sessions, Lauren creates spaces for soulful exploration and joyful participation in life. With her gentle guidance, individuals let go of judgment and control, tuning into the body’s deep wisdom and unlocking their capacity to heal, transform, and discover new possibilities.
Liz has a remarkable gift for helping people dig deep and make meaningful changes in their lives. Before becoming a certified psychedelic integration coach with Third Wave, she spent seventeen years as a creative director and team lead for fashion and wellness brands, gaining global experience and valuable insights from mentors and mentees. Through this journey, she discovered her innate ability to reflect others’ latent gifts back to them and has since honed her toolkit to help clients embody those gifts.
Liz specializes in guiding clients to create personalized integration practices that empower their growth. Her coaching is rooted in presence, compassion, and curiosity, drawing on mindfulness, depth psychology, shamanic wisdom, and spiritual archetypes.
Psychedelic Mentor & Integration Coach
Liz Chernett
Jennifer Winn
Throughout her life and career, Jennifer has been drawn to supporting others through the process of profound personal growth and transformation. Her passion is connecting people: to each other in community, and to their own inner wisdom by fully embracing and integrating all aspects of themselves.
She is an IFS practitioner, certified breathwork facilitator, and credentialed psychedelic facilitator and guide. With over 25 years of experience as an executive coach, she regularly draws on her many tools and extensive expertise from that world in her work with individuals who seek to explore their consciousness through expanded states of awareness, fostering a deeper connection with their true selves.
Executive Coach & Facilitator
Mark Muellner
Lead Faculty & Founder
Mark is a seasoned guide, mentor, and Ontological and Integration Coach specializing in holistic wellness and transformative healing. With a deep understanding that true health encompasses the emotional, spiritual, and physical, he has dedicated his life to empowering others on their journey to self-healing and peak wellbeing.
Mark's work is rooted in the synergistic power of sacred plant medicines, breathwork, and nature immersion — ancient practices that unlock deeper states of consciousness and activate the body's innate capacity for self-repair. He leads retreats in natural settings, helping individuals disconnect from modern distractions and reconnect with themselves and the earth.
As a psychedelic integration specialist, Mark supports clients in making lasting meaning from their experiences — translating profound insights into sustainable personal growth. Grounded in Ontological Coaching principles, he works at the level of being, helping people shift not just what they do, but who they are.
Adam Butler
Psychedelic Philosophy, Integration & Consciousness Exploration
Adam Butler is a psychedelic philosopher and passionate DMT psychonaut focusing on mental health, neuroplasticity, self-exploration, and the extreme limits of human potential and ability.
Combining an academically trained intellect, empathetic heart, and life-hardening experiences, Adam has found his niche in helping others overcome the fear associated with PTSD, depression, sexual repression, and addiction. By incorporating psychedelic compounds with deep meditation, lucid dreaming, and tantric practices he has changed from being an over worked, over-weight, stressed-out alcoholic asshole into a balanced, healthy, and sober friend and mentor to many.
His books Butler’s DMT Field: A Brief History, Step by Step Recipes, and Personal Experiences From a DMT Saturated Consciousness, Butler’s Psychedelic Integration Field Guide: Advice on Integrating Psychedelic Experiences, With Insights on Creating a Life Full of Love, Connection, and Purpose, and The Alchemist of Tears: A Photo Diary of My Psychedelic Trip Across America have quickly become helpful and trusted resources in the psychedelic space.
Danny Goler is an independent researcher who is known for his laser code- revealing experiment, and thought-provoking explorations of consciousness and the nature of reality, with a unique ability to bridge science, philosophy, and the spiritual pursuit. Danny engages audiences in deep conversations about reality and our place in it.
Danny is the founder of Code of Reality (COR), an interdisciplinary initiative that explores what he calls Cognitive Physics: the fertile territory where mind and matter meet. COR convenes scientists, philosophers, technologists, and indigenous wisdom-keepers in collaborative investigations designed to blur the line between observer and observed. By fostering dialogue across disciplines normally siloed from one another, COR serves as both a research hub and a cultural bridge, advancing a holistic science of consciousness that can thrive alongside mainstream physics.
Consciousness Research & the Nature of Reality
Danny Goler
Brandon Hope is a retired U.S. Army Green Beret who served for 23 years, including multiple combat deployments. His transition from military service led him into a deep exploration of meditation, psychedelic healing, and mind-body practices as pathways for integration and personal transformation.
Following a profound personal experience with ibogaine in 2023, Brandon devoted himself more fully to contemplative and energetic practices, including meditation, qigong, breathwork, and Medical Qigong. He also volunteers as a peer support mentor with Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS), supporting fellow veterans as they navigate psychedelic healing and the equally important work of integration that follows.
Brandon currently teaches meditation with The Wisdom Dojo and continues his study and practice of qigong and integrative healing. Drawing from both lived experience and years of disciplined practice, he teaches meditation and qigong as practical integration tools that can help individuals cultivate greater presence, embodiment, self-awareness, and connection following psychedelic and other transformative experiences.
Brandon Hope
Meditation, Qigong & Veteran Integration Mentor
Live Your Mission & Purpose
Learn Directly from Real-World Practitioners
While The Integrative Healing Practitioner Certification provides a strong foundation in the science, frameworks, and principles behind each modality, what truly sets this program apart is your access to experienced facilitators who are actively doing this work in the real world.
These are not just teachers—they are practitioners running thriving practices, guiding clients, and navigating the complexities of this field every day. You’ll have the rare opportunity to learn directly from their lived experience—their insights, their successes, and just as importantly, their challenges and lessons learned along the way. This kind of mentorship offers a level of depth and practicality that simply can’t be found in books or theory alone. It’s real, it’s honest, and it’s absolutely invaluable as you step into your own path as a healer.
Discover how to safely and effectively facilitate profound experiences, integrating ancient wisdom with modern therapeutic practices. Whether through sound healing, mindfulness, breathwork, energy healing, or guided psychedelic journeys, you'll learn how to hold sacred space, support deep integration, and witness extraordinary transformations.
Becoming certified with Sage Soul Academy offers unique benefits, including being featured in our newsletter and podcast to expand your reach. You'll also become part of our trusted referral network, helping you launch and grow your healing business with confidence.
Join Shelley DeMarco and the Sage Soul community, as we journey together to heal ourselves and guide others toward lasting change and authentic well-being.
Apply For Your Spot Today!
For a limited time, take advantage of Early Bird Registration!
Your Exclusive Value Package :
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"Integrated: Beyond the Journey" 8-week Course (Value: $375)
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Complimentary Monthly 1-on-1 Coaching Session (60 minutes) (Value: $350/month)
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"My Ultimate Life Playbook" (Value: $47)
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Guided Meditations Library (Value: $67)
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12 Months of Pre-registration and Special Savings on Retreats and Mastery Workshops (Value: $1900)
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Virtual Transformation Breathwork Session (Value: $150)
Enroll now and begin your transformative journey in the world of healing arts ✨