Private Guidance

Guidance that meets you where you are.

One-on-one with Doc Hershey or Sarah Jane Forman. The teaching that ends suffering, met where you stand. Real practice. Real support. Real change.

1:1
Private Sessions
50 min
Per Session
24/7
Telegram Access
Applied Practice
The Promise

You came here for answers. What you will receive is practice.

Insight is easy. Application is the work. Private Guidance is where the teaching becomes the life you are actually living.

01 — Inquiry

The question that frees you.

Direct, personal pointing into the nature of awareness itself. The teaching that has ended suffering for centuries, brought into your specific life.

02 — Integration

What gets in the way.

The recurring patterns. The inherited stories. The quiet contractions you keep collapsing into. Named, examined, walked through.

03 — Presence

The practice itself.

Meditation, breath, and embodied inquiry. The contemplative tools used by teachers across traditions — taught directly, suited to you.

Programs

Three depths. One direction.

Every path includes private one-on-one access to your teacher. The depth of support is what changes.

Single Session

The Conversation

A single 50-minute session. Ideal for a specific question, a moment of stuck-ness, or to feel the work before you commit.

$150
One-time. No commitment.
  • One 50-minute private session
  • Pre-session intake
  • Practice notes after the call
  • No ongoing commitment
Book a Session
Most Chosen
Biweekly

The Rhythm

A consistent practice with real support between sessions. The depth of biweekly work is where transformation actually lives.

$275/mo
Founding rate. Save $25 monthly.
  • Two 50-minute sessions per month
  • Telegram coaching between sessions
  • Personalized practice support
  • Resource library access
  • Priority scheduling
Begin Together
Weekly

The Deep Work

Weekly sessions for those ready to move quickly. The full method, applied at speed, with daily access to your teacher.

$395/mo
Founding rate. Save $205 monthly.
  1. Four 50-minute sessions per month
  2. Ongoing Telegram check-ins
  3. Customized practice protocol
  4. Priority scheduling
  5. Direct text access
Begin Together

— Each teacher holds a small private roster by design. —

Your Teachers

Two teachers. One method.

You choose who leads your practice, or we match you based on what you are working with.

Photo of Doc Hershey
Co-Founder · Teacher

Dr. Christopher Doc Hershey

Military veteran and lifelong student of the contemplative traditions. Two decades of leadership and a teaching lineage rooted in Buddhist and Advaita nondual wisdom. Former White House policy official.

What you receive with Doc
  • Direct nondual pointing in the Advaita and Tibetan lineages
  • Habit architecture and identity-level inquiry
  • Contemplative practice grounded in two decades of personal sitting
Photo of Sarah Jane Forman
Co-Founder · Teacher

Sarah Jane Forman

Attorney, entrepreneur, and founder of The Alchemy of Transformation. Brings the rigor of high-stakes professional life and deep contemplative practice across multiple wisdom traditions.

What you receive with Sarah Jane
  • Embodied inquiry and integration of professional and inner life
  • Feminine alchemical work and emotional integration
  • Practical wisdom for relationships, motherhood, and identity
The Process

How we begin.

Clean onboarding. From conversation to practice within a week.

01

The welcome.

A 30-minute conversation. We learn what is moving in you. You learn how we work. No pressure, no pitch.

02

The match.

You choose Doc, Sarah Jane, or let us route you. A brief intake form so we arrive at session one ready.

03

The cadence.

Sessions begin. Your Telegram channel opens. The work moves out of the call and into your daily life.

04

The practice.

The teaching becomes lived experience. Not a state to attain. The recognition of what you already are.

Self-Paced Companions

Tools for the path.

The books, magazine, and podcast that ground your private guidance work. Yours to keep, work with, and return to.

The Walking Path Series
Four-Book Series

The Walking Path

The complete devotional series on the path that ends suffering. Written to be read slowly. Returned to often.

$97 · all four · digital + print
Explore the Series
Free Your Mind Magazine
Weekly Magazine

Free Your Mind

Weekly reflections, real practices, and the teachings that actually work. The editorial home of SageWork.

Free · subscribe anytime
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The Container Podcast
Podcast

The Container

Conversations on awakening, practice, and the end of suffering. With Doc, Sarah Jane, and guest teachers.

Free · all platforms
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The SageWork Ecosystem

Everything here is connected.

Private Guidance is one doorway. Your practice opens into the wider SageWork world.

Limited Availability · Now Accepting

The teaching is direct. The practice is yours.

Apply for a Welcome Call. Thirty minutes. No cost. No pressure. We respond within 48 hours to schedule.

Schedule your first conversation