Hero’s Journey® Foundation
Vitalization Training at Lifebridge Sanctuary
A Fresh Approach To Transformative Depth Processes
LOCK IN THE TRAINING DATES
November 12-16, 2025
January 14-18, 2026
March 18-22, 2026
5 DAYS
$1495 per session
All Inclusive
Deposit required
What Is Vitalization Training?
A Dynamic Synthesis of Facilitation Skills, Emergent Psychological Processes & The Hero’s Journey® Myth
Vitalization Work is a particular style of process facilitation that enlivens a person’s internal process.
What is needed to bring new life to a person’s internal world?
How do we work with deadened internal states of being?
What is needed to transform stuckness and deadness in our clients?
What makes the creation of new vitality possible, both for a practitioner and for their clients?
These are the types of questions that shape what we study and what we practice doing in the Vitalization Training Program. Certain clients need their practitioner to activate them, to awaken them into life.
What prior training or experience do I need to benefit from this training?
A psychology background and prior experience with counseling, psychotherapy, or other forms of process work are needed.
Who is Vitalization Training For?
Those practitioners who work consistently on a one-to-one basis with an individual’s internal states of being and their developmental processes, in a therapeutic or personal growth format.
It it for those who have a deep and lifelong yearning to enter into transformational encounters and processes.
What does ‘vitalization’ mean?
The term vitalization indicates a process by which an individual fosters their capacity for new possibilities and novel experiences. When we vitalize ourselves and another, we ‘ignite’ and enliven our internal processes, which comes about through a depth encounter with another person.
How does a vitalization process work?
Practitioners learn how to attend to and work with their own internal states of being while working with their client’s inner states of being. They learn how to both ‘tolerate un-enlivened states’ and ‘activate enlivening processes’ in one-to-one practice sessions.
What prior training or experience do I need to benefit from this training?
This training is designed for individuals who have a foundation in psychology, counseling, psychotherapy, or related fields involving deep process work. Prior experience facilitating or participating in emotionally intensive group work is important- the material builds upon core concepts and practices common to these disciplines.
While you don’t need to be a licensed professional, you should be familiar with the dynamics of inner work, the ethics of holding space, and the challenges that can arise in transformational group settings.
This ensures that all training participants are equipped to engage with the material in a grounded, skillful, and meaningful way.
Spaces in Nature
Nature abounds from walking trails to incredible views and thoughtful, interactive spaces like a stone Cretan Labyrinth, peaceful pond, fire circle, pavilions with seating, and more.
Community Learning
24 PARTICIPANTS
Two Staff
95 Acres of Nature
Past | Present | Future
Vitalization Training Content
The content that will be explored during this training year promises to be very interesting and engaging for the training group at large.
“The goal is not insight or understanding alone, but rather a transformation, a radical change in people’s nature as they come into contact with the frozen parts of themselves that are yearning to be reached, known and recognized – a change which is always a result of an interaction.”
Be Present | Deepen | Enliven In
Vitalization Training Logistics
Three training sessions a year:
November 12-16, 2025
January 14-18, 2026
March 18-22, 2026
Arrival: Wednesday – 4:00pm.
Departure: Sunday – 12:00 pm.
Enrollment is limited. To secure your space in the upcoming training year, make a $100 non-refundable registration fee.
Vitalization Training Format
A Dynamic Synthesis of Facilitation Skills, Emergent Psychological Processes & The Hero’s Journey® Myth
Each training day follows a consistent structure:
- Optional early morning hikes or indoor yoga sequences.
- Mornings begin at 9:30am, and are spent in large group, consisting of guided centering meditations, lectures by Michael on the topic for the day’s learning, group discussions on the presented material, and demo sessions if needed.
- Afternoons are used for rounds of one-to-one practice sessions, followed by an optional consultation/discussion of the session in group – or a break before dinner.
- Evenings consist of group integration of the day’s content and process. Opportunities are given to reflect on the significant moments of the day, and further our connections to one another. Ends by 9:00pm.
Be Present | Deepen | Enliven In
Required Readings
AWAKE. AWARE. ENLIVENED. ENGAGED.
Preparation readings are provided for each training week so that learners will be ready to gain the most benefit from this particular style of experiential training.
This is a particular discipline that takes some time to establish, but it makes all the difference in gaining a kind of practitioner’s mind that can tolerate uncertainty, and also trust the unfolding process.
These readings will be referenced throughout the training, as they are quite relevant to the unfolding processes that we will be exploring together.
They provide us with a most useful lens through which we can deepen our understanding and appreciation for how the practitioner’s own vitalized learning can profoundly assist the client’s vitalization process.
Vitalization Training Staff
A Dynamic Synthesis of Facilitation Skills, Emergent Psychological Processes & The Hero’s Journey® Myth
The Vitalization Training Program was created and designed by Michael Mervosh, as a follow up to the PsychoEnergetics (PSEN) Program
He is assisted in this new training group by Josef Beraha, who has been a part of the staff for the prior PSEN US Training Program, as well as with the Hero’s Journey Foundation.
Be Present | Deepen | Enliven In
Our new
Group Space
All of us at HJF are absolutely thrilled to be continuing and refining the very best of what we know about intensive group processes.
We are especially excited to be bringing this to our very new and very own Sanctuary space!
The Sanctuary’s main room will provide us with a rich variety of distinctive settings for our group processes.
The main group space offers quiet, privacy and spectacular views in the mornings and afternoons.
It also offers a particularly intimate setting for the evenings, allowing for more ritualized experiences and personal sharings.
We also have break-out areas for smaller group sharing, including CedarHeart Lodge – a beautiful stone-walled room with a fireplace, along with the Stone House Library for smaller group sharing.
The Light Filled Upper Room
The library group gathering space
Cedarheart Lodge Small Group Gathering Space
Courtyard Small Group Meeting Space
Cultivating Group
Presence and Purpose
By Providing Quality Training, Beauty, Expansiveness, Intimacy and Spaciousness
HJ Group Facilitation
@ Lifebridge Sanctuary
333 Mountain Rd, Rosendale, NY, 12472
90 minutes north of New York City
Hero’s Journey® Foundation
Have More Questions About This Workshop?
Email Anna Noack
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Hero’s Journey® Foundation at Lifebridge Sanctuary
333 Mountain Rd
Rosendale, NY, 12472