Dr. Michael Ryoshin Sapiro
Slow down to the pace of your own nature, attune to what’s true beneath the noise, and remember the self that has been waiting just beneath your conditioning.
Release outdated patterns, reconnect with the truth of your heart’s intelligence, and step into the life you were always meant to live.
There comes a moment when the life you’ve been living no longer feels like your own…
The choices, expectations, and beliefs you’ve unconsciously adopted over time begin to feel suffocating and too small for who you’re becoming.
Beneath the noise of what you’ve been told you “should” be, something deeper calls out…
… the quiet rhythm of your own heart, urging you to remember the truth of who you are and that yours was not meant to be an ordinary life.
Fortunately, this isn’t a journey you have to navigate alone.
In this transformative 7-week live video course, clinical psychologist Dr. Michael Ryoshin Sapiro will guide you into awakening your authentic potential.
When you step out of the rush of expectation, achievement, and old patterns, something remarkable becomes possible…
By gently attuning to the pace of nature — to your heart, your psyche, and the unseen world — the noise of conditioning begins to soften, so you can hear the deeper intelligence that has been guiding you all along.
Through an experiential blend of psychology, spirituality, and noetic science, Dr. Mike, a Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, will bring you into a transformative space of remembering.
As you unravel the conditioning and adopted beliefs that have shaped your choices, you’ll meet those old stories with compassion and transform them into a foundation for your most aligned, liberated future.
During your time together, you’ll discover that true transformation doesn’t happen by striving to become someone new — but by remembering and embodying the fullness of who you already are.
You’ll examine the masks you’ve become comfortable wearing by exploring the 3 Steps to Authenticity and participating in a Patchwork Persona exercise in order to identify what was never truly you to begin with.
Additionally, through a powerful and illuminating Limiting Belief Genogram exercise and mental time travel meditations, you’ll connect with the past and future versions of yourself to uncover what has been inherited through your lineage — and how to begin designing your future with true alignment as your focus.
Dr. Mike’s teachings are rooted in decades of research and experience as a clinical psychologist, psychedelic psychotherapist, and Zen monk.
Participants describe his work as life-changing — offering profound moments of clarity where time slowed, inner knowing surfaced, and a sense of authentic self came alive.
Together, you’ll explore the subtle conversations between the soul and the cosmos in order to notice how old identities, survival strategies, and inherited beliefs no longer need to control your choices.
Instead of pushing to become someone new, you’ll begin to feel the steady emergence of who you already are: whole, wise, and deeply attuned to your own inner guidance.
His work bridges the rigor of science with the expansiveness of spirituality — guiding individuals to awaken to their truest potential while remaining deeply grounded in their body and the present moment.
This course is an invitation to step beyond the limits of your conditioning and into the possibility of your own becoming.
It’s a journey of remembering that your future is not something you have to chase, but something that unfolds naturally when you align your mind, heart, and actions with the truth of who you are.
If you’ve been feeling a deep desire to speak your truth with courage, live from your deepest values, and cultivate a felt sense of belonging within yourself and the world around you...
... then this is the course for you.
During this illuminating 7-week journey, you’ll:
- Recognize the patterns, habits, and inherited stories that have shaped your life, and begin releasing what no longer serves your highest expression
- Explore “Truth Medicine” and the 3 Simple Truths to discover why speaking and living your truth is essential to genuine wellbeing and inner freedom
- Learn the 3 stages of integration and explore the “Ecosystem of Change,” a framework for cultivating the support structures that allow your authentic self to thrive
- Practice mental time travel and unconditional love — bringing healing to your younger self while receiving wisdom from your future self through experiential meditation and guided reflection
- Complete a Limiting Belief Genogram exercise to uncover inherited patterns
- Explore the C.O.S.T Stance — how curiosity, openness, surrender, and trust form the base for transformation
- Slow down to the pace of nature — cultivating inner spaciousness and attuning to the guidance of the heart, the psyche, and the cosmos
- Engage in Futuremaking practices to connect with your most embodied, wise, and playful future self — and bring that energy into your life now
- Discover how to embody your truth — translating insight into action, and enacting your most authentic self in your body, relationships, and daily choices
- Apply the 3 stages of Integration — reflection, building, and practicing
Each week builds upon the last — from understanding the impact of your conditioning, to awakening your creative potential, to grounding your insights into an embodied, thriving life.
Through meditative practices, psychological exploration, and heart-centered dialogue, you’ll be supported in cultivating the awareness and confidence to live with authenticity, clarity, and compassion.
By the end of this course, you’ll have experienced the power of Futuremaking firsthand — learning not just how to imagine the life you desire, but how to live it, one authentic moment at a time.
What You’ll Discover in These 7 Modules
In this 7-week transformational course, Dr. Mike will guide you through the skills and competencies you’ll need to redesign your life to align with your true heart’s desires.
Join the Livestream — or Stream Later to Watch at Your Convenience
You’ll connect with Dr. Mike and experience his teachings through livestreaming video via any connected device. This connection is easy to use and will enhance the impact of Dr. Mike’s transmissions. Can’t make it live? After each class, you can stream the video and audio recordings to enjoy anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Course Sessions 2026-01-06 1:00:00 pm.
This course will feature LIVE teachings, interactive sessions, experiential practices, and Q&A with Dr. Mike. Each session will build harmoniously upon the previous ones, so you’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you’ll need to reconnect with your authenticity and true potential.
Module 1: Setting the Foundation for Change & Awakening the Next You (2026-01-06 1:00:00 pm)
In this opening session, you’ll begin the journey of awakening to your fullest potential by exploring where you’ve been, where you are, and where your heart is guiding you next.
Through a reflective meditative process and foundational teachings, you’ll discover how to recognize the patterns that shape your life, the desires that call you forward, and the conditions that keep you from thriving.
You’ll be introduced to core principles and practices that will support your growth throughout the course, and begin cultivating the inner and outer environment needed to feel safe, curious, and open to transformation.
During this class, you’ll:
- Discover the foundational practices and principles of the course, including the 3 Simple Truths, Futuremaking, the 3 Steps to Authenticity, the Ecosystem of Change, Patchwork Persona, and Truth Medicine
- Experience a deep guided meditation exploring moments of challenge and triumph across your life
- Explore the C.O.S.T Stance — how curiosity, openness, surrender, and trust form the base for engaging in this transformational journey, and for exploring who you are and who you are meant to be
- Establish the Truth Medicine community and shared group intentions
- Envision what a limitless, heart-led life could feel like
- Receive reflective assignments to integrate and prepare for the next session
Module 2: Uncovering Inherited Patterns & Habits That Block Authenticity (2026-01-13 1:00:00 pm)
This week, you’ll deepen your understanding of what it truly means to live an authentic life — one that reflects who you are beneath conditioning and expectation.
You’ll explore the 3 Steps to Authenticity, a process for recognizing misalignment, reconnecting with your heart’s voice, and learning to enact your truth in the world — as well as discover inherited beliefs that keep you limited and stuck.
You’ll begin identifying the ways programming and habit shape your choices, and discover the empowerment that comes from choosing differently.
Through meditation, reflection, and shared discussion, you’ll gain the clarity and confidence to live more in alignment with your inner truth.
During this class, you’ll:
- Participate in an Inner Awareness meditation practice to slow down and listen within
- Explore the 3 Steps to Authenticity in depth — recognizing conditioning, creating space for the heart and cosmos, and enacting authentic embodiment
- Complete a Limiting Belief Genogram exercise to uncover inherited patterns
- Discuss the meaning of embodiment and what it looks like to live authentically
- Begin exploring the concept of the “Patchwork Persona”
- Receive growth-oriented assignments to continue the work between sessions
Module 3: Healing the Patchwork Persona & Reclaiming Wholeness (2026-01-20 1:00:00 pm)
In this module, you’ll explore the “Patchwork Persona” — the collection of beliefs, judgments, and roles adopted from others that shape how we present ourselves to the world.
You’ll examine how these learned patterns create misalignment and distance us from our truth, and begin the process of releasing the false narratives that no longer serve you.
Through tender self-reflection and creative exploration, you’ll reconnect with the younger parts of yourself that learned to survive by adapting, and offer them compassion and freedom to evolve into authenticity.
During this class, you’ll:
- Engage in a compassion-based meditation to meet your inner child with gentleness
- Participate in the “Patchwork Persona” drawing exercise to visualize and release false identities
- Review and discuss insights from your homework and prior reflections
- Explore the emotional and psychological cost of living through others’ definitions of who you are
- Receive practices to nurture self-acceptance and ongoing integration
Module 4: Design Your Future Through Mental Time Travel (2026-01-27 1:00:00 pm)
This session introduces the practice of “Futuremaking,” a process rooted in research on mental time travel, hope, and unconditional love in order to uncover what is possible for you in your future.
You’ll discover how to create a meaningful relationship with your future self — one that can support the healing of past wounds and the strengthening of your present, while also seeing visions of the future previously unimaginable to the wounded self.
By bringing compassion and love to your most vulnerable moments, you’ll begin building confidence in your capacity to care for yourself across time.
This work invites a profound sense of continuity, trust, and possibility as you remember that you’ve always had your own back.
During this class, you’ll:
- Learn about the Iroquois “Longbody” teaching that connects the past, present, and future
- Experience a guided meditation to practice mental time travel and self-directed compassion
- Explore how hope and unconditional love can transform trauma and expand potential
- Engage in a Futuremaking activity to connect with your future self
- Expand your connection to your own lineage and sense of self by creating an open line of communication between past, present and future
- Strengthen your sense of continuity and inner trust across time
Module 5: Embracing Mysticism to Hear the Cosmic Wisdom of the Psyche (2026-02-03 1:00:00 pm)
This week, you’ll learn to slow down to the natural pace of life so that deeper guidance can emerge.
Through stillness, imagination, and embodied listening, you’ll reconnect with the wisdom of psyche and cosmos — the inner and outer forces that continually shape your unfolding.
You’ll explore how dreams, symbols, and intuitive images reveal meaning and direction, and how to cultivate awe and presence as everyday spiritual practices.
This module helps you rediscover the wonder of being alive and the vitality that comes from truly being present.
During this class, you’ll:
- Practice slowing down to listen deeply to psyche and cosmos
- Participate in a guided meditation to uncover your symbolic “treasure box”
- Explore the messages of psyche through dreams, visions, and imagination
- Learn practices of devotion and consistency that deepen your relationship to guidance
- Discuss how to apply mysticism in daily life through presence and awareness of the present moment
- Reflect on how awe and wonder restore vitality and connection to life
Module 6: How to Build a Sustainable Inner Ecosystem to Integrate Change (2026-02-10 1:00:00 pm)
You’ll begin integrating everything you’ve learned so far. Integration is where transformation becomes lasting — where insight becomes practice and practice becomes a way of life.
You’ll learn the 3 stages of integration and explore the “Ecosystem of Change,” a framework for cultivating the support structures that allow your authentic self to thrive.
You’ll design practical ways to weave your new awareness into your relationships, habits, and daily rhythms so that your growth is sustained long after the course ends.
During this class, you’ll:
- Learn and apply the 3 stages of Integration — Reflection, Building, and Practicing
- Participate in the “Ecosystem of Change” exercise to design your personal support system in order to create sustainable changes and new behaviors
- Explore the Art of Curating activities that reflect your new way of being
- Identify and release what no longer supports your growth
- Strengthen your commitment to sustained transformation through daily practice
- Receive integration assignments to anchor these changes in your life
Module 7: Embodying the Art of Living Deeply Model (2026-02-17 1:00:00 pm)
This final session brings together everything you’ve learned by inviting you to embody and enact your future self now.
Through guided embodiment and visualization practices, you’ll step into the qualities and presence of the person you’re becoming — one who moves through life with clarity, compassion, and purpose.
You’ll explore what it feels like to live as your most authentic self in the body, heart, and world, and commit to carrying this way of being forward.
Together, we’ll close our shared journey with reflection, celebration, and community intention.
During this final class, you’ll:
- Explore The Living Deeply model developed by Cassandra Vieten, Tina Amorok, and Marilyn Mandala Schlitz as taught by Vieten and Sapiro
- Participate in embodiment exercises that help you “try on” and feel into your future self
- Reflect on the qualities and habits of your most authentic life
- Join in a commitment and closing ceremony with your Truth Medicine community
- Celebrate your growth and set intentions for living deeply beyond the course
SPECIAL BONUS OFFER
In addition to Dr. Mike’s transformative 7-module course, you’ll receive this special bonus offering to complement the course and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
Patchwork Persona
PDF Excerpt From the Book, Truth Medicine, by Dr. Michael Ryoshin Sapiro
This chapter explores the “Patchwork Persona” — the collection of roles, masks, and adaptations we create to meet the expectations of family, culture, and community. It reveals how these personas, once protective, eventually confine us and lead to a life lived out of alignment with our true nature. Through gentle inquiry and illuminating examples, you’ll discover how these patterns form and why they persist. Most importantly, this excerpt offers a path back to authenticity — inviting you to reclaim the parts of yourself you’ve long kept hidden and to begin living from a place of wholeness.
A.C.O.R.N.S.
PDF Guide From Dr. Michael Ryoshin Sapiro
The A.C.O.R.N.S. model (Awareness, Calm, Open-Hearted, Reflect, Now What?, Skillful Action) offers a practical and compassionate framework for navigating moments of stress, overwhelm, and emotional reactivity. Instead of slipping into old patterns or impulsive responses, this approach guides you to pause, check in, and understand what’s truly happening inside. By identifying your feelings and needs before acting, you create space for clarity, healthier choices, and more effective communication. Over time, this simple yet powerful practice strengthens emotional regulation and supports more connected, intentional relationships — with yourself and others.
What People Are Saying About Dr. Michael Ryoshin Sapiro…
— Cassandra Vieten, PhD, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences: “Michael Conveys Information With Deep Heart, Authenticity, and Humor”
— Todd Niesen: “I’m Finally Living the Life I Was Hoping to Live”
— Janessa White: “I’ve Learned What It Is That I Need Within Myself to Feel Secure and Loved and Seen”
Captain, Medical Corps, USN (Ret)
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, UCSF
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Join fellow students and practitioners to support and inspire each other as you integrate the teachings and practices Dr. Michael Ryoshin Sapiro will share in this powerful program.
You’ll join an international community on the leading edge of manifesting a world grounded in the principles of cooperation, harmony, and reverence for all of life.
Here’s What You’ll Receive
Seven 90-Minute Class Sessions With Dr. Michael Ryoshin Sapiro
Experience a unique opportunity to be mentored by and learn from Dr. Michael Ryoshin Sapiro, clinical psychologist, and fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences — from the comfort of your own home. Each class session includes a livestreaming video option and will guide you to redesign your life to align with your true heart’s desires. Course sessions are on 2026-01-06 1:00:00 pm.
Seven Video Recordings of Class Sessions
After each class, the video will be available for you to stream in a high-quality format. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can watch anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Seven Audio Recordings of Class Sessions
After each class, the audio will be available for you to stream. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can listen anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
Seven Transcripts of Class Sessions
You’ll also receive the entire class transcription after each session is completed. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
Seven 30-Minute Interactive Group Practice Sessions
With live class attendance, there will be a 30-minute optional interactive practice session directly following each class. You’ll be placed in an intimate group with several other participants on the Zoom call to interact, share, and do additional practices to help you further integrate the weekly lessons. Practice sessions are not recorded for playback; if you’re unable to attend the live sessions, the online community group allows you to connect with each other and find alternative times to interact.
Interactive Exercises and Questions for Each Lesson
Between class sessions, you’ll have the option of completing related exercises, practicing new tools, and answering questions to accelerate your learning and integrate each week’s lesson.
Online Community
Our exclusive online community is the perfect place to continue your discovery process after each class. Here, you can continue the discussion about your course materials and interact with your fellow students to take your exploration to an even deeper level.
An Unprecedented Opportunity to Join the Online Course, Truth Medicine
We feel honored that Dr. Michael Ryoshin Sapiro has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive LIVE online course. This is a unique opportunity to interact directly with a clinical psychologist and fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences whose powerful insights and pioneering work are helping us heal and awaken ourselves and our world.
If you’re serious about redesigning your future to align with your authentic truth, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones, and our world to take this one-of-a-kind program.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your own evolution, click the register button below to reserve your space now.
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About Dr. Michael Ryoshin Sapiro
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Michael Ryoshin Sapiro, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, ordained Zen Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and researcher, and author of Truth Medicine: Healing and Living Authentically through Psychedelic Psychotherapy.
He is a Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and is a co-host for global mental health summits put on by Wisdom for Life, landing in over 70 countries, and reaching hundreds of thousands of people. He is featured in a documentary by Brandon Kapelow called An Act of Service on ketamine treatment for first responders featured by The New York Times. Dr. Sapiro works extensively within the special operations community and with first responders in the field and on calls.
Dr. Sapiro completed his postdoctoral fellowship in advanced psychology at the Boise VA Medical Center, where he specialized in rural health, PTSD, and combat trauma. He appears often on podcasts, and teaches internationally on the art and science of transformation, expanded human capabilities, self-care, and nondual meditation for personal and community growth.
His work, which integrates meditation practices, psychology, noetic sciences, and social justice, is dedicated to personal awakening for the sake of collective and planetary transformation.
Dr. Sapiro was the host of the syndicated radio show, Radio Awakened: Exploring the Furthest Reaches of Human Potential, produced at KRBX in Boise, Idaho. He is also the integrative psychologist at the Boise Ketamine Clinic.