Ceremony & Sacrament
Niños
Course Description:
Ceremony & Sacrament: Niños is part of the Training of Ministers four semester coursework. Students will learn to work with all ceremonial, spiritual, psychological and somatic facets of the Niños. All aspects are covered from building a ceremonial container, to proper dosing and medical considerations, to preparation and integration, to ethical considerations. Please note that the previous learning agreements you signed at the beginning of Ceremony & Sacrament covers this course as well.
Registration:
Tuition for this course is $4000 plus a $1500 fee for required in-person intensives. You may register via the form below OR if you need to register for a payment plan, please sign up via this link.
Dates and Time Commitments for Spring 2026 Ceremony & Sacrament
All Zoom calls will take place from 12:00-3:00pm Eastern/9:00-12:00pmPacific. We will meet on Zoom on the following dates:
- February 4th
- February 18th
- Residential Weekend: February 26th-March 1st
- March 11th
- March 25th
- April 15th
- May 6th
- Residential Weekend: May 14-17th
The residential weekends will take place in the DC Metro Area.
A link to the course calendar is available here, and can be downloaded in iCal format here.
Participation Expectations
In joining this course, you agree:
- To plan to attend all training meetings, and you understand that you may miss no more than one weekend and one online class meeting to be eligible to move to the next phase of the training.
- To make up any work that you miss by working with other students, reviewing recordings, and writing a one page summary (for Zoom calls) and a two page summary (for training weekends) of what was missed. You may choose to contract with one of the faculty to review material.
- To prepare for all training meetings by reviewing the required materials before the meeting.
- To complete the required exchanges of 6 sessions with your fellow students before the end of the semester.
- To meet with your mentor monthly during the training.
- To meet with your minister/spiritual director/therapist/coach/guide at least every two weeks during the training.