Our Mission
Sacred Bridge is a 501(c)(3) religious nonprofit dedicated to assisting and guiding the spiritual growth and psychological development of its members in reaching their highest human potential as sovereign, self-aware, whole individuals, so they may form and contribute to healthy families and community, and impact society at large with compassionate service. We teach and support individuals to come into right relationship of respect and harmony with the Earth and one another.
Sacred Bridge helps individuals and communities cultivate healthy, balanced wholeness and true maturity through intentional living, personal healing and earth-honoring practice. We offer accessible pathways to wellbeing and harmony, with oneself, one another and the Earth, grounded in integrity, respect, loving relatedness and healthy humility.
Our Roots
Sacred Bridge was established in September 2021 in Berkeley, California, formalizing work that began in 2008, when founder Jen Poole entered several commitments of decades-long apprenticeships with master teachers of ancient earth-based wisdom traditions. These are lifelong commitments, fulfilled according to the traditional asks of each lineage, that carry the blessing of Indigenous Elders to offer personal healing and connection with the Earth in the way it is passed down.
Sacred Bridge exists to bring these lineages forward responsibly, with reverence for the teachers, traditions and communities who entrusted them to us.
Three Teachers
- Ernesto Garcia, master tabaquero, Iquitos, Peru
- Don Augustin Machacca Flores, Q’ero elder and pampamisayoq, Cusco, Peru
- Jennifer Welwood, Stanford-trained therapist and meditation master
Five Woven Traditions
- Tantric Buddhist psychology and subtle-body practices
- Expanded states work and Western psychology for insight and healing
- Daoist tantra and energy cultivation
- Q’ero Andean cosmology of sacred reciprocity
- Amazonian plant medicine dietas and dreamwork
Our Founder
Jen Poole founded Sacred Bridge in Berkeley, California in 2021. Since 2008, she has walked a path of decades-long apprenticeships with master teachers of ancient earth-based wisdom traditions, carrying the blessing of Indigenous Elders to offer personal healing and connection with the Earth in the way it is passed down.
Communities We Serve
- Individuals healing from trauma, stress or disconnection, seeking grounded, embodied paths to wellbeing
- Spiritual seekers drawn to ancestral, earth-honoring and contemplative practice as a way of life
- Leaders who have an impact on individuals and communities, seeking quality support in leading from a place of integrity, self-responsibility and care
- Individuals facing financial barriers to quality counseling, community retreats and ceremonial support
To connect with Sacred Bridge, email sacredbridge108@gmail.com.
