A: Beginners are warmly welcomed. You will be guided step-by-step through the foundational skills.  Those with previous experience often discover new depth, confidence, and ways of receiving information through this approach.

A: Yes, learning the how to receive information is an important foundation of the training. You'll learn to recognize information through your different senses, follow threads, ask questions, and practice discerning and verifying what you receive.

Throughout the Journey, you'll practice with your own animals and classmates' animals, giving you many opportunities for real feedback and validation in addition learning steps to verify information without another person’s feedback.

A: All of your practice with classmates' animals is done remotely, without needing to be physically present with the animal. This gives you direct experience developing communication that isn't dependent on physical proximity.  And, practice with your own animals is mostly in the physical. So you get practice with both ways of connecting.

A: You do not need to see yourself as artistic or creative to participate or have a deep experience with the creativity portions.  In fact, you don't need to feel like you have a creative bone in your body!

The Sacred Bowl experiences are about listening, exploring, and discovering creativity as another language of communication—not artistic performance. You'll be guided step-by-step through the process.

A: You are strongly encouraged to attend live whenever possible for the continuity, community, and deepest experience of the Journey.

All classes are recorded, so if you need to miss a class, you can stay connected and up to date with the training.  You can also return to the material anytime.

A: This Training & Mentoring Program gives you extensive experience developing and practicing animal communication skills. If you already work professionally with animals, you may find many ways to deepen and integrate these skills into your existing work.

Creating a professional animal communication business involves an additional range of skills and is beyond the scope of this program. If you want support starting a professional practice, Sandy also offers 1:1 Mentorship as well as an Animal Communication Business Foundations Program.

A: You’ll have full access to all class recordings, and you can email questions to Sandy to be addressed during the live classes.

For practicing with animals, Sandy will also help connect international participants to form a Practice Pod so you can practice live together.

A: There is no required number of practice hours beyond participating in the program. You'll receive suggestions for weaving the skills, techniques, and practices into your daily life so they can become increasingly natural.

Some participants choose to spend 1–3 hours a week or more practicing outside of class. How much time you devote is ultimately your personal choice.

A:  You do not need to currently have your own animal to participate.  We’ve had people participate after an animal has passed over either recently or a long time ago. They have had an especially healing and informative time through the program.