Awakened IFS-3

Moving toward Mastery
with Internal Family Systems

Awakened IFS-3 (AIFS-3) is an advanced six-month training that teaches you how to integrate IFS with other healing models, call upon spiritual resources for support, and work in liminal spaces.

It is for healing practitioners who have completed AIFS-2 and are experienced using IFS in their practice.

Through guided visualizations, experiential exercises, and pointing-out instructions, awake awareness will become a more stable state of being, powerfully impacting your practice.

As you move toward mastery, you become a vessel for Divine work where you are no longer the doer. You will trust your intuition and dance with the unknown.

IFS then becomes an effortless tool, fostering deeper client work where the client’s system lets you know how it wants to heal.

This course is a requirement to apply to become a certified Awakened IFS practitioner.

Note: The Institute for Healing and Awakening is not affiliated with the IFS Institute. We are, however, deeply indebted to IFS developer Richard C. Schwartz. His teachings have inspired us, and we are grateful for his generosity in sharing the model. Internal Family Systems and IFS are trademarks of the IFS Institute and used here with authorization.

Join us for a free informational webinar

Meet founders Guthrie Sayen and Barti Bourgault

Bring your questions about Awakened IFS-1

Thursday, January 21, 2027

12:00 - 1:00 PM Eastern Time (New York)

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AIFS-3 overview

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  • Module 1: Sep 23 - 24, 2027

    Module 2: Oct 21 - 22, 2027

    Module 3: Nov 18 - 19, 2027

    Module 4: Dec 16 - 17, 2027

    Module 5: Jan 13 - 14, 2028

    Module 6: Feb 10 - 11, 2028

  • $500 early bird savings through August 23, 2027. Tuition increases to $3,750 after that date. Payment plan available.

  • Two 15-minute breaks and one 60-minute break included.

  • 12 full-day classes on Zoom presented as six monthly two-day modules.

  • Interactive teaching, live demonstrations, Q&A, peer practice, 7.5 hours of group mentoring, guided meditations, a complete course manual, class recordings

  • Coaches, therapists, spiritual directors, dietitians, mindfulness teachers, bodyworkers, yoga instructors, and other healing practitioners.

    Students must have completed AIFS-2 to enroll.

  • To create a safe and intimate container that allows for vulnerability and healing, we limit the number of students to 36.

    Relationships among the cohort and with the trainers and mentors flourish. Community is created.

  • This training offers 40 CCEs (pending approval) from the International Coaching Federation.

What makes Awakened IFS-3 different?

This training supports you in allowing IFS to work through you as it continues to evolve. You are no longer the doer. You learn to hold the model lightly and surrender to its unfolding.

You practice from the state of awake awareness, following your client’s system as it shows you how it wants to heal and following IFS as it shows you how it wants to support that healing.

You gain trust working in liminal spaces, with spiritual beings, and with energies that may not be part of the client’s system.

Personally, you learn to access Self directly, connect to Spirit, and more consistently create and relate from Presence.

Professionally, you will become a conduit for Divine energy. Parts soften, internal systems reorganize, and IFS becomes an even more powerful tool for transformation.

  • [From personal healing to practitioner confidence]

    “IFS transformed my life, then Awakened IFS gave me the skills and confidence to do the same for others. I looked forward to each weekend, with its mix of masterful demos, step-by-step guidelines, group practice and community Q&A. I now can't unsee everyone's parts and the power of this methodology, and will be forever grateful to Guthrie, Barti, and the supporting team of experienced coaches who brought this to life."

    — Derek Haswell

  • [A grounding presence I can return to]

    “Guthrie creates and holds a beautiful space that allowed me to be vulnerable and open for healing and learning in a safe environment. His grounding presence and peaceful energy enabled me to access a deeper place within myself that now I am able to go back to in my daily life and also share the same openness and grounding presence with others on a personal and professional level.”

    — Fernanda Suarez

  • [Access to Heart-Courage and Embodied Confidence]

    “The approach to parts work that I learned from Guthrie and Barti is absolutely foundational to my own well-being and my ability to more fully show up to my life, my parenting and my calling in the world. It's helped me access more heart-courage and embodied confidence, as I know that I have an abundance of ways back to center -- back to my core Self and to my inner knowings. My gratitude for my time with them continues to unfold, as the gifts of the work continue to be revealed. “

    — Nicole Feola

  • [Coaching as a Doorway to Deeper Connection]

    "Guthrie’s approach is unique in that he doesn’t just master coaching techniques and skills, but uses them as a tool to deepen the connection with oneself, which becomes a powerful agent for healing and personal growth."

    — Dmitry Dumik

  • [Learning from Two Distinct, Complementary Teaching Styles]

    “Through Awakened IFS I have learned from demonstrations of the highest order from Guthrie and Barti. Guthrie with his creativity and Barti with her structure, the duo bring in different perspectives to the coaching process. To me this has been an incredible journey into what is deep compassionate presence.”

    — Rashish Sahasranama

  • [Anchoring in Something Beyond Fear and Survival]

    “By bringing curiosity and compassion to my internal family, new relationships could arise and a greater, gentler force was able to energize my being. I learned to anchor my deepest self in something beyond fear and survival; a healing force that resonates closer to love.”

    — Meditation Teacher and Coach, Kim Ruggiero, MA

To preserve the depth and intimacy of the training, enrollment is limited to 36 participants.

Enrollment opens January 2027.

Have questions? Email us to see if the training is right for you.

programs@healingandawakening.institute

What will I learn?

You will gain a deeper understanding of the IFS model itself — how it wants to evolve and be used within your specific offering. You will also learn how to:

  • Work in liminal realms — the transitional space between relative and absolute reality

  • Identify and release unattached burdens

  • Release current burdens acquired in past live

  • Call in spiritual resources (guides, angels, ancestors, deities, ascended masters, etc.)

  • Integrate IFS with other healing models (Polyvagal, Reichian patterns)

  • Connect protector strategies to health issues and support physical healing

  • Trust and rely upon your innate intuition

  • Stabilize in a compassionate, non-judgmental, and agenda-less Presence with more frequency and stability

What will I get?

  • Fluency in calling in spiritual support

  • A trust that the client’s system will show the way to healing — we are the students of their system

  • Confidence working in liminal spaces and other realms

  • An understanding of how parts can affect physical health

  • The freedom to integrate IFS into other modalities of healing

  • Courage being with what appears as dark energies

  • A community of lightworkers

  • Witness (and participate as a client) in live demonstrations of the full protocol

  • Group mentoring, peer practice, class recordings, and a comprehensive course manual to support your journey

  • A certificate of completion indicating you’ve earned 40 ICF-approved CCEs

Is this for me?

This training integrates spirituality and our connection to each other and the divine. You will experience what it’s like to sit in the practitioner’s seat fully Present — creating the conditions for healing and trusting the intelligence of the client’s system to lead the process.

You may be:

  • An experienced IFS practitioner that wants to explore the spiritual aspect of the model

  • Longing for an intimate community for evolving consciousness

Prerequisite:

You must have completed AIFS-2.

AIFS-3 is a prerequisite for the Awakened IFS certification training.

If you have doubts whether this training is for you, email us.

Support for your journey

Six live two-day modules

Learn live with Guthrie Sayen and Barti Bourgault. Experience meditations, clear teaching, demos, and Q&A.

AIFS-3 manual

Receive a comprehensive manual to help you integrate your learning.

Class recordings

All live sessions are recorded and can be watched afterward for up to 1 year.

7.5 hours of group mentoring

Mentors provide feedback on your skills according to the IFS protocol.

Certificate of completion plus 40 ICF CCEs

Format

Our two-day modules (Thu, Fri) will take place September 2027 - February 2028 (dates below). All classes are live on Zoom.

Each day:

  • We meet from 10:30 am – 5:00 pm Eastern Time (New York).

  • We take two 15-minute breaks and one 60-minute meal break.

Class days include mindfulness practices, teaching, demonstrations, debriefs, Q&A, peer practice, and mentoring.

Our goal is to provide a learning environment that is structured, open, inclusive, and energizing. Our community is connected, compassionate, and playful.

Your commitment

  • To receive the ICF CCEs, plan on attending at least 9, and preferably all 12 class days. Exceptions are given with instructor pre-approval.

  • For classes missed, watch the class recordings.

  • Keep pace with the assigned reading in the class manual.

  • Bring meditation and Presence into your daily life.

  • Meet with your practice partner(s) at least three times between classes.

Class dates/times

All classes are on Thursdays and Fridays running from 10:30 am – 5:00 pm Eastern Time (New York) on Zoom

Module 1: Sep 23 - 24, 2027

Module 2: Oct 21 - 22, 2027

Module 3: Nov 18 - 19, 2027

Module 4: Dec 16 - 17, 2027

Module 5: Jan 13 - 14, 2028

Module 6: Feb 10 - 11, 2028

Limited to 36 students.

Enrollment opens January 2027

Frequently asked questions

  • It is for practitioners who want to move toward mastery, bring Spiritual support into their work, and stabilize in awaken awareness.

  • Awakened IFS-2 is the prerequisite because not only do you need a strong foundation in IFS, but you also need access to awake awareness.

  • You'll deepen into Presence, which allows healing to unfold naturally. Our approach integrates Spirituality, relational resonance, and personal transformation with advanced skills, including working with guides, past lives, and unattached burdens. We will also introduce other models that are compatible with IFS.

  • Our offerings are not only professional trainings, they are personal development workshops in which you will be transformed.

    We help you step into the magic of Presence, where you are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole.

    From here, you can facilitate healing and awakening in others.

  • Yes. Every training combines guided meditations, interactive teaching, live demonstrations, discussions, supervision, and peer practice between sessions.

    All classes are live -- no prerecorded material.

  • Yes. Group mentoring with qualified mentors provides feedback in small practice groups. Our feedback is intended to have you feel more empowered and confident not only in using the IFS protocol but also in how you show up as a practitioner.

  • Students practice with their cohort peers in breakout rooms during class and with rotating assigned partners between monthly modules.

    You are also encouraged to apply your learning when working with clients.

  • Graduates are eligible to apply for the Awakened IFS certification program.

    You may also want to join one of our Awakened IFS consultation groups for supervision and peer support.

  • Graduates may refer to themselves as "Awakened IFS practitioners" or "IFS-informed practitioners."

    The Institute for Healing and Awakening is not affiliated with the IFS Institute, which has their own training programs and requirements for certification.

  • We ask that you attend at least 80% of live class time.

    Missing more than 20% requires approval. Missing more than 50% makes you ineligible for a certificate of completion and CCEs.

  • No partial completion credit is offered. Students unable to finish because of health or emergencies should contact us about joining a future cohort.

  • Our agreements are as follows:

    Maintain confidentiality. Anything you learn about another is treated as sacred and not to be shared without explicit permission. Recorded materials may not be shared outside the cohort.

    You have freedom of choice. Participate at the level that feels safe to you.

    You have the right to privacy. Share only what you want.

    Practice self-care. You are responsible for your own comfort. Ask for what you need.

  • Yes. We ask students to arrive on time, keep cameras on when possible, come to class prepared, respect the learning space, and honor the dignity and humanity of others.

  • We offer the option of enrolling with one half the tuition as a deposit. The balance is due one week prior to the second module. Payment must be current to attend the second module.

  • We have a limited number of scholarships for each training. They are awarded according to need on a first-come, first-served basis. Inquire here.

  • If you withdraw up to two weeks before the training starts you will receive a full refund less $150 cancellation fee. (This provides us time to fill your spot.)

    If you withdraw two weeks prior to the start of the training, you receive a 75% refund.

    If you withdraw after the first module but before the second, you receive a 75% refund.

    No refunds are provided after the second module.

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