Level 0
Sat Nam
Self-Leadership Training
Remembrance & Foundational Awareness for the Aspiring Facilitator
Initiation into the Transcendence School
Level 0 – Sat Nam is the essential starting point for anyone who intends to eventually train as a facilitator or integration practitioner.
The Sanskrit expression Sat Nam means “True Name” — the recognition of one’s essential identity beyond roles, conditioning, trauma, and narrative.
This retreat is not about constructing a new identity. It is about remembering what is present before identity.
“Before You Can Guide Others, You Must Understand Yourself”
Level 0 The Foundation
Effective facilitators are not defined primarily by the methods they use, but by their presence, awareness, and capacity to remain grounded while others move through intense emotional or psychological experiences.
The foundation for Self-Leadership:
- Recognize identification with thoughts and emotions
- Differentiate awareness from mental content
- Develop internal observation
- Stabilize the nervous system
- Build embodied presence
Without this foundation, deeper psychological exploration becomes unstable or conceptual.
Level 0 creates the foundation.
Methodology Framework
This retreat training follows the core methodology of the school:
Participants begin learning how to:
Observe their own psychological and emotional patterns
Develop nervous system regulation through breath and body awareness
Cultivate presence and attention
Recognize internal reactivity and projection
Stay centered during uncertainty or emotional activation
These capacities form the core competencies required for holding space in therapeutic, ceremonial, or transformational environments.
Core Practices in Level 0
Throughout the retreat, participants engage in:
Daily Embodied Practices
- Yoga (grounding & interoceptive awareness)
- Pranayama (autonomic regulation)
- Meditation (observer development)
Experiential Workshops
- Identity & identification
- Internal patterns and protective structures
- Deep work and integration
- Introduction to the Tree of Life (psychological model)
Regulation & Integration
- Sound healing and sound bath sessions
- Structured integration circles
- Somatic awareness exercises
Ceremonial Processes
- Shamanic ceremonies
- Introspection sessions
Ceremonies are embedded within a psychological and integration framework.
Retreat Structure
Thursday Afternoon – Sunday Afternoon
Each day follows a structured rhythm:
- Morning embodiment & breathwork
- Experiential teaching
- Meditation practice
- Integration space
- Evening sound or ceremonial container
Our Team
Anthony Tatekawa
Facilitator
Founder of the Transcendent Institute. Psychologist specialized in integrative psychotherapy and yoga certified teacher.
Sergiu
Corbu
Musician
Professional musician focused on immersive music performance of transformative events.
Farah
Diva
Facilitator
MD specialized in Chinese and Ayurvedic Medicine. Facilitator and trainer of the Transcendent Institute.
Alex
Axinte
Facilitator
Shamanic medicine facilitator and musician.
Anca
Martin
Facilitator
Facilitator, retreat leader and sound healing specialist.
Level 0 Program Schedule
Thursday Afternoon – Sunday Afternoon
Thursday
Holding Space
Purpose
Safety, Regulation & Shared Language
Establish safety, understanding embodiment and self awareness.
Theme: Safety, Regulation & Shared Language:
Arrival & orientation | Opening circle and Preparation workshop | Opening sound healing session
Friday
Grounding & Identity
Morning
Workshops with Farah
Yoga (stability & grounding) | Pranayama (regulation) | Meditation: observing thought and emotion
Midday
Teaching
Somatic awareness exercises (Somatic Voice Practice) | Group integration
Afternoon
Workshop with Anthony
Transcendent Psychology Workshop: What is identification?
Introduction to inner architecture
Evening
Sound healing and night ceremony with Anthony, Corbu and Alex
Purpose
Direct experiential insight into identity structures.
Saturday
Awareness & Remembrance
Morning
Workshops with Farah
Integration circle | Gentle pranayama | Meditation
Midday
Teaching with Anthony
Transcendent Psychology Workshop on Self Leadership | Group integration
Afternoon
San Pedro Ceremony (or second ceremonial process depending on context) | Sound healing attunement with Anca.
Evening
Last night ceremony
Purpose
Expansion of awareness and heart-centered connection.
Sunday
Integration & Direction
Morning
Workshops with Farah and Anthony
Grounding yoga | Pranayama for integration | Silent meditation
Midday
Integration circle | Introduction to Level I — Insight
Closing
Q&A | Next steps
Purpose
Expansion of awareness and heart-centered connection.
Upcoming Event
Romania
23–26 April 2026
Format
4-Day Immersive
Duration
40 Hours
Language
English &
Romanian
Type
Personal Process
Training
This Orientation Cohort serves as the professional entry point into the 300-hour pathway.
Focus Areas
Nervous system regulation through yoga & breath
Practical disidentification tools
Foundations of self-leadership
Introduction to developmental levels
Sound-based regulation
Preparation for Level I — Insight
Investment
20 hours training · Printed materials · Certificate of Participation · Accomodation and vegetarian optional meals included.
Travel fees not included.
Certification: Participation Certificate — Level 0 (20 Hours).
Completion allows progression into Level I — Insight