Bringing Indigenous healing science to the world
Documenting an effective Indigenous-rooted healing practice addresses mental health disparities in diverse communities — while modeling culturally humble practice that honors non-Western ways of knowing
The first empirical study of the Sacred Dream Healing Process, after years of community-based Indigenous practice, is now documented for the global research table. A 15-year lineage, finally in research
Sacred Dream helps participants access their ancestral knowledge and wisdom — becoming deeply aware of the Spirit within. It is designed to restore our connection to mind, body, and spirit in the journey that we offer.
First documented study of it’s kind
This is the first empirical study ever conducted on the Sacred Dream Healing Process — a landmark moment for Indigenous healing research. Co-founder and PsyD candidate Marisol Wolf is documenting the study as her doctoral dissertation at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS).
The mixed-methods study plans to follow 14 participants through the complete 14-session process. Using both validated quantitative instruments and qualitative phenomenological interviews, the study will measure outcomes across the four dimensions: Mind, Body, Environment and Spirit.
This research bridges psychoanalytic and Indigenous epistemologies — drawing on Bionian negative capability, Jungian active imagination, and Rogerian conditions for growth while honoring Indigenous concepts of Spirit, ancestral wisdom, and relational healing.
When we restore balance within ourselves, we become vessels for collective healing and the reclamation of Indigenous ecologies of love — and now, for the first time, that healing is captured in data.
Taking our findings to the world
Sacred Dream has been invited to present our research findings at the International Network of Indigenous Health, Knowledge & Development (INIHKD) Reclaiming Indigenous Ecologies of Love for Future Generations 2026 conference — one of the only international gatherings centering Indigenous healing knowledge and intergenerational wellbeing. By applying Ancestral wisdom, we gain clarity and new perspectives.
This is a historic moment: bringing the first empirical documentation of the Sacred Dream Healing Process to an international Indigenous gathering in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Our findings will reach healers, researchers, and Indigenous leaders across the Pacific, Aotearoa New Zealand, and beyond.
We are also in conversation with mental health professionals and Māori practitioners in New Zealand whose work closely mirrors our own. This trip will allow us to visit and begin building a formal bridge between our communities — connecting the Sacred Dream lineage to the living traditions of Aotearoa.
To get our four-person, Indigenous-led team from Alaska and California to the Cook Islands and New Zealand, we need your support. Every contribution honors the participants who trusted us with their stories — and proves that Indigenous healing knowledge belongs at the international research table.
