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Sacred Shadow School

Emotional Healing, Shadow Work, Soul-rooted Self-study

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Shadow work is Soul work.

In a world that rewards perfection and silence, Sacred Shadow School offers a home for your emotional truth. This is a space where your grief, shame, and inner wounds are not something to fix but something to honor.

Inside this school, you’ll learn to process grief as sacred initiation, reparent your inner child, set boundaries without guilt, alchemize shame into authentic self-expression, and anchor your nervous system in truth not trauma. This is deep work that is liberating and empowering.

Learn How this Work is Held

Sacred Shadow School is a space for emotional integration and self-study, held with care and intention.

This work isn’t about fixing yourself or pushing for transformation. It’s about understanding what you carry, honoring your emotional truth, and choosing your next steps at your own pace.

Meet your Guide

Dr. Sanaa Jaman | Shadow Worker • Writer • Yoga Teacher

Dr. Sanaa Jaman is the founder of Sacred Shadows School and a guide for those ready to turn inward and reclaim the parts of themselves they've been taught to hide. A shadow worker, writer, and yoga teacher, Sanaa helps others navigate the complexities of grief, shame, emotional wounds, and personal rebirth with compassion and depth.

Blending yogic wisdom, somatic practices, and shadow work, she creates powerful spaces for transformation, where pain becomes power, shame becomes sovereignty, and fear becomes self-trust.

Her teachings are grounded in lived experience and emotional truth, inviting you to stop performing your healing and start embodying it.

Through her work, what you once hid becomes what heals you. She walks beside you not as someone who has all the answers but as someone who’s done the work, held the grief, and returned to tell the story.

Welcome to the path.

Choose Your Next Path

There are a few ways people enter this work.

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Containers

Sacred community spaces to meet your shadows: grief, shame, anger, fear and move through them with compassion, truth, and intention.

They are designed for those ready to reclaim disowned parts of themselves, break free from old patterns, and be witnessed without judgment.

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Guided Journals

Through weekly prompts, reflections, and somatic practices, each journal invites you to explore your emotional landscape with compassion and curiosity.

These journals are more than just pages, they’re sacred tools for integration, truth-telling, and deep inner healing.

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Retreats

Sacred Shadow retreats offer intentional spaces for emotional integration, reflection, and rest. These gatherings slow the nervous system and create room to meet what is often carried quietly or rushed past.

Through guided inquiry and embodied practices, participants are supported in reconnecting with themselves at their own pace.

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1:1 Guidance

This eight-week, one-to-one container offers personalized support for emotional integration through an ongoing, attentive relationship.

We examine the roots of patterns, reactions, and relational dynamics to understand what quietly shapes how you show up, rather than seeking quick change.

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Where the Work Becomes Lived

This short film offers a glimpse into our Sacred Shadows retreat in Peru; not through highlights or performance but through the voices of those who entered the work fully and with honesty. What you’ll hear are lived reflections shared in real time: moments of truth-telling, emotional release and the quiet recognizition that comes from being witnessed without needing to explain or impress.

These testimonies speak not only to what unfolded during ceremonies and workshops but to what continued afterward. The integration that followed, the choices made differently, the way participants learned to stay present with themselves once they returned home. Together, these reflections reflect the intention behind Sacred Shadow spaces: to create environments rooted in safety, depth and accountability where real change is supported not as a moment, but as an ongoing way of living.

Sacred Shares

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    Reclaiming My Voice, Trusting My Path

    "Working with Dr. Sanaa Jaman has been truly transformational. I found a safe space to be fully myself, vulnerable, honest, and seen without judgment. Through our sessions, I’ve learned to trust my intuition, process fear and anxiety with compassion, and show up more confidently in every area of my life, from my doctoral journey to my relationships. Sanaa’s guidance helped me reclaim my voice, honor my sensitivity, and believe in my path. 10/10 recommend."

    — Khadijah Jack

    Multiple 1:1 guidance containers

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    Grateful for the Shift

    “How do you describe someone who has removed the restrictions from your thinking? I am here to offer testimony to the value Sanàa’s mentorship has brought into my life. That’s the other challenge, how do you quantify a paradigm shift? Sanàa challenged me to look inward. The impact of her pouring into herself is immeasurable. That practice speaks to softness in the way she deals with you, patience with your growth; I am grateful to The Most High for her. “

    — Jamil Abdullah

    Multiple 1:1 guidance containers & retreats

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    Deeper Than I Ever Expected

    “I’ve been challenged to go deeper than I ever imagined. Through Sanaa’s retreats and 1:1 mentoring, I’ve unlearned limiting beliefs, faced my shadows, and grown in confidence. Her support has helped me release attachments, navigate spiritual confusion, and embrace my journey with more clarity and compassion. Mentoring with Sanaa feels like tough love wrapped in divine light and I’m so grateful for the transformation ."

    — Kenisha Beresford

    1:1 Guidance container & multiple retreats

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    Rooted in Growth and Purpose

    “Before I began coaching with Dr. Sanaa, I felt lost in my business and in myself. Her mentorship helped me grow not only professionally, but personally, emotionally, and spiritually. Each year working with her, I’ve felt more grounded and aligned in my purpose. The tools and teachings she shared allowed me to plant the seeds I needed to truly thrive. My success is deeply connected to her guidance, and I’m forever grateful.”

    — Felicia Hall

    1:1 Guidance container & multiple retreats

Connect with Sacred Shadow School

Ready to begin your shadow work journey or have a question about our offerings? This form goes directly to Sanaa. Messages are read personally and responded to with intention. Please allow a few days for a reply.