Sacred Centers
PROFESSIONAL Certification
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The Sacred Centers Certification Program (SCCP) offers a guided pathway of thorough chakra study and personal growth. It trains individuals in a thorough understanding and application of the chakra model for personal and professional development. SCCP empowers spiritual catalysts to carry this work into the world. Graduates of SCCP translate the chakra model into diverse professional settings in the service of healing and awakening.
Professional Certification provides training for professionals to expand expertise, develop mastery, and apply this material to their scope of practice. Students complete the basic courses from the Co-Heart curriculum and choose a specialization track: Sacred Centers Teacher or Sacred Centers Healer. Students will confer with the Certification Coordinator concerning foundational training required, such as yoga teacher training for the teacher track, or psychotherapy training for the healing track. Choosing one track does not exclude a student from studying in other tracks.
Do you feel called?
Do the chakras speak to you as a life-affirming, transformational path? Do you feel that your work with others would be enhanced by using the chakra model? Do you wish to find a path of service that integrates the spiritual with the practical, speaks to both mind and body, and offers profound guidance to others? Are you a yoga teacher, psychotherapist, or other kind of healer that wishes to take your work to a new level? Then we invite you to join us!
We invite you to become a Certified:
Sacred Centers Teachers have the ability to carry this work into the world and teach the core curriculum on their own. Graduates receive comprehensive lesson plans on CD for teaching Sacred Centers courses. This requires the ability to teach yoga asanas and pranayama, conduct guided meditations, handle group energy effectively, conduct basic ceremonies, be well versed in the material and able to communicate it effectively to others. Sacred Centers Teachers are expected to walk their talk and conduct themselves in a manner that reflects well on the work – in mind, body, and spirit. Prerequisites for the Teacher Track include competency to teach yoga asanas through certification in an approved yoga teacher training or suitable equivalent at the 200-hour level.
Sacred Centers Healers are skilled and effective practitioners who integrate the chakra system into their healing modalities as psychotherapists, bodyworkers, energyworkers, and healers of all kinds. Graduates learn to work with clients using disciplines that span body, mind, and spirit, within their existing scope of practice. Students immerse themselves in both Sacred Centers and other relevant trainings.
How Will You Benefit:
Sacred Centers Graduates integrate their learning into their professional lives as yoga teachers, psychotherapists, bodyworkers, and coaches. Graduates can advertise their practices on our referral page, list their classes under graduate events, and publish articles on the website. In addition, each student becomes part of an ongoing community of Sacred Centers Co-Hearts, connected through periodic conference calls, meetings, and collaboration on projects. This powerful connection to the Sacred Centers community deepens students’ engagement with the chakra model, assists them in their unfolding mission in the world, and provides an opportunity for inspiring and empowering each other.
Benefits and Special Privileges for Professional Certification Students:
NOTE: Special privileges are for certification students that have paid the $500 program fee in full. Every Professional Certification Student is a Co-Heart.
- Receive initial and ongoing personal guidance throughout the program
- Priority consideration to assist in Sacred Centers courses, which also allows you to attend the workshop for FREE!
- Join our Certification Forum to ask questions to other fellow Co-Hearts
- Get 15% off all Sacred Centers products
- Already taken a class and want to take it again? Receive 50% off the next time you retake a Sacred Centers hosted teleclass or workshop!
- Get connected with a buddy to stay on track!
Special Privileges for Professional Certification Students!
Must be paid in full.
- Get bonus gifts!
- Receive 50% off all teleclasses hosted by Sacred Centers
Sacred Centers Professional Graduate Student Benefits
Graduates can…
- Advertise their practices on our referral page
- List their classes under graduate events
- Publish articles on the Sacred Centers website
Teacher Track graduates…
- Receive a beautiful 105-page PDF download of the Sacred Centers Teacher Manual
- Get referrals from Anodea for teaching workshops
Completing the Sacred Centers Certification Program is an organic process that offers profound personal growth. As you integrate the wide range of learning and wisdom of the chakras into your own inner development, your ability to teach and guide others grows exponentially. Expect to be transformed!
Application & Payment Process:
Sacred Centers courses lead to Co-Heart and Professional Certification, are sponsored by exceptional learning institutions around the world, and are given at different times and locations throughout the year. Students begin certification through an application process and proceed at a pace that suits their location, finances, and professional needs.
Application
Prospective students begin by filling out an application with a one-time $59 fee.
- Submit the Professional Certification Professional Application Online
If you prefer to use regular mail, please download your application: - Download Professional Certification Application: PDF Format
- Send your completed application and a check written to Sacred Centers to:
Sacred Centers
P.O. Box 2008
Novato, CA 94948
Payments
$59 Application Fee Payment
Due at the time your application is submitted. Applications will NOT be processed without application fee.
$500 Program Fee Payment
Once application is submited, the Sacred Centers Certification Coordinator will contact you to discuss your plan. If you are accepted into the program, the Certification Program fee is $500 or choose to pay $24/month for 2-years/24-months payment plan.
- Pay $500 Program fee – ONLINE. Why pay in full? Special privileges are ONLY for certification students that have paid the $500 fee in full.– OR –
- Pay $24/month for 2-years – a 24-month payment plan.
We look forward to getting to know you better and taking this marvelous journey of healing and awakening together. If you have any questions, want to find out about new opportunities or ask about a payment plan: Please Contact Nini Gridley, our Certification Coordinator.
Want to discuss Sacred Centers Certification? Contact our SC Coordinator!
General Information: Pertinent to all Specializations
When a student is complete with their enrollment materials, the Program Coordinator will contact them to set up an initial session. This will include learning about the program’s offerings, classes, requirements, as well as focusing on a student’s learning goals. It is potentially a good time for asking questions, setting intentions, receiving guidance and focus. Within 1-2 months of enrolling, students will be given an opportunity to join a Co-Heart Kin-dom, a small group of students who are moving through the program approximately at the same time and rate as they are. This will provide support, co-learning, personal and professional growth and potential collaboration. In addition, Sacred Centers will be offering regularly scheduled tele-classes for students to deepen their learning.
Required for all:
I. Completion of Co-Heart Requirements (Introductory Level)
Must complete the following courses:
- 101– SEVEN WINDOWS TO THE SOUL: Basic Chakra Weekend**
- 102– ENERGY AWARENESS: Awaken Your Untapped Mind or suitable equivalent
- 103– PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CHAKRAS: Chakra Awakening (7 day intensive)
- 104– CREATING ON PURPOSE! Manifestation through the Chakras (3 day)
**You can also choose to take 7 Keys to Transformation or 7 Month Chakra Awakening Intensive: Opening the Windows to the Soul instead of taking 101 – SEVEN WINDOWS TO THE SOUL – Basic Chakra Weekend
Course fees vary according to the sponsoring institution, but generally compare in price to workshops of a similar nature. Students complete courses one by one at the locations most accessible to them. Books and materials vary and are the responsibility of the student.
Schedule and Location of classes
Reading requirements
Reading of Wheels of Life and listening to The Chakra System audio CD set
II. Completion of Yoga Certification
- Yoga teacher certification from approved school (at least 200-hours)
III. Sacred Centers Teacher Requirements (Professional Level):
Must complete the following courses:
- 201- Chakra Yoga Teacher Training
- 202- Guiding the Journey: Facilitating Transformative Experiences
- Demonstrate ability to teach material
IV. Reading Requirements (Teacher Track – Professional Level):
- Eastern Body, Western Mind by Anodea Judith
- Chakra Balancing Kit by Anodea Judith
- Serpent Power by Arthur Avalon
- Exploring Chakras by Susan Shumsky
- Layayoga by Goswami
- Hands of Light by Barbara Brennan
V. Additional General Requirements:
- Assisting at Seven Windows to the Soul
- Assist one other class of your choice
- Reading assignments as appropriate
- Supervision where appropriate
- Attend at least one IMMERSION
- Special project of original work (see below for details)
- Finances up-to-date
VI. Special Project:
A special project is required of all Certification students in order to graduate. Each student’s special project should combine his/her unique passion and interests with the Sacred Centers material in a way that enhances an understanding of both. A special project can be research, case studies, class plans, a creative endeavor, such as music or art, or anything else that is approved of by a student’s advisor.
The project needs to:
- Show original thinking
- Enhance the body of knowledge about chakras and/or energy dynamics/yoga/character structures.
- Have the ability to be shared amongst other students (video tapes or recordings are acceptable)
Click here for more details: Sacred Centers Special Project
Required for all:
I. Completion of Co-Heart Requirements (Introductory Level)
Must complete the following courses:
- 101– SEVEN WINDOWS TO THE SOUL: Basic Chakra Weekend**
- 102– ENERGY AWARENESS: Awaken Your Untapped Mind or suitable equivalent
- 103– PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CHAKRAS: Chakra Awakening (7 day intensive)
- 104– CREATING ON PURPOSE! Manifestation through the Chakras (3 day)
**You can also choose to take 7 Keys to Transformation or 7 Month Chakra Awakening Intensive: Opening the Windows to the Soul instead of taking 101 – SEVEN WINDOWS TO THE SOUL – Basic Chakra Weekend
Course fees vary according to the sponsoring institution, but generally compare in price to workshops of a similar nature. Students complete courses one by one at the locations most accessible to them. Books and materials vary and are the responsibility of the student.
Schedule and Location of classes
Reading requirements
Reading of Wheels of Life and listening to The Chakra System audio CD set
II. Sacred Centers Healer Requirements (Professional Level):
Must complete the following courses:
- 301 -TECHNIQUES OF MIND-BODY INTEGRATION: Level 1 (24 – 30 Class hours)
- 302 – MIND-BODY CHAKRA THERAPY: Level 2 (24 – 30 Class hours)
- 303 – SUPERVISION: At least four sessions of supervision with approved Sacred Centers staff or graduate. More if deemed necessary. Write up of three case studies.
III.Completion of at least one of the following classes::
- 300 – INTRO TO CHAKRA THERAPY: Awakening and Healing the Energy Body (New York Open Center calls this workshop – Chakra Therapy Training)
- 305 – ENERGY AWARENESS II: Living the Energy World (18 Class hours)
- 306 – EXPLORING PSYCHE & SOMA: Creative & Healing States of Consciousness (14 Class hours)
- 307 – SACRED LEADERSHIP (14 Class hours)
- 308 – ENERGY AWARENESS III: CLEARING ENERGY (18 Class hours)
- 309 – ONLNE THERAPY PRACTICUM
IV. Reading Requirements (Healer Track – Professional Level):
- Eastern Body, Western Mind by Anodea Judith
- Chakra Balancing Kit by Anodea Judith
- Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
- Emotional Anatomy by Stanley Keleman
- Bioenergetics by Alexander Lowen
- Core Energetics by John Pierrakos
V. Additional General Requirements:
- Assisting at Seven Windows to the Soul
- Assist one other class of your choice
- Reading assignments as appropriate
- Supervision where appropriate
- Attend at least one IMMERSION
- Special project of original work (see below for details)
- Finances up-to-date
VI. Special Project:
A special project is required of all Certification students in order to graduate. Each student’s special project should combine his/her unique passion and interests with the Sacred Centers material in a way that enhances an understanding of both. A special project can be research, case studies, class plans, a creative endeavor, such as music or art, or anything else that is approved of by a student’s advisor.
The project needs to:
- Show original thinking
- Enhance the body of knowledge about chakras and/or energy dynamics/yoga/character structures.
- Have the ability to be shared amongst other students (video tapes or recordings are acceptable)
Click here for more details on Sacred Centers Special Project