Micah Doverd

Hi, I'm Micah, and I hope I have the chance to be of service to you. I am an advisor to Acraya, and responsible (alongside Dr. Allen Bittaker and Severin Geser) for the development of its facilitator network and standards. I'm also a dark retreat facilitator myself.

My greatest passion in life is supporting people like you in remembering your fundamentally joyful true nature, and the inherent peace and fulfillment that is available to *all *of us in each moment.

I support my clients in dropping their conditioned patterns and coping strategies so they can meet their deepest needs with compassion, tenderness, and care, and then go beyond the cycle of seeking and disappointment into the profound, life-altering fulfillment and joy of being their most authentic self.

If all that sounds abstract, I help my clients to rest in the simplicity of Being.

With over a decade of meditative and contemplative experience, countless hours of meditation, months in silent meditation retreat, and weeks in darkness, my approach is rooted in the wisdom of non-dual traditions, the compassion of self-acceptance, and the simplicity of unconditional love.

EXPERIENCE & CREDENTIALS
My background includes extensive study at Hridaya Yoga, The Hermitage, Luminous Awareness Institute (2 Year Online and in-Person Training with deep focus on the attachment system and 5 Personality Patterns), Completion of the Transcend Trauma-Informed Coaching Certification Program, 2+ Years of Curriculum and Leadership Training at Landmark Worldwide, and much more.

DARK RETREAT PHILOSOPHY
In the dark, we meet ourselves. The parts we've pushed away, the feelings we haven't been willing to feel, and even the fundamental nature of our own consciousness. If we can surrender to this profound process, we shed who and what we are not, enabling the utterly unique, "true" expression of ourselves to shine through. That is the essence of beauty -- and joy.