The Sacred Shadow Team
Sacred Shadow is brought to life by a small, intentional team of collaborators who care deeply about the spaces we create and the people we hold within them.
Each person involved brings their own lived experience, professional background, and unique lens to the work. Together, we share a commitment to building environments that are thoughtful, grounded, and supportive of real exploration.
This isn’t about perfection or performance. It’s about presence, care, and creating a container where people feel safe enough to meet themselves honestly.
Katie Ward
Katie Ward is the founder of Body Mind Soul Productions and the visionary behind Sacred Shadow. Her work centers around creating intentional, immersive experiences that invite people into deeper connection with their bodies, their awareness, and themselves.
With a background in functional movement and a passion for embodied education, Katie brings a grounded, real-world approach to spaces that often feel abstract or out of reach.
Her work is rooted in the belief that meaningful transformation happens through presence, curiosity, and a willingness to explore both the light and the shadow.
Nicole Sartini
Nicole Sartini, M.Ed., LPCC, IMHP is a therapist, founder, and movement builder working to reshape how health care operates. She co-founded Bridge Counseling and Wellness, an award-winning integrative practice, and founded the Mental Health Insurance Reform Task Force, a national coalition advocating for ethical reform and expanded access to care.
Nicole challenges systems driven by profit and extraction, using her voice to advocate for mutuality, respect, and meaningful systemic change. She is currently developing the People’s Solidarity Fund Healthcare Cooperative, a community-led alternative to traditional insurance models.
Her work is rooted in honoring “inconvenient” emotions as powerful inner guidance, empowering individuals to embrace truth, authenticity, and full self-expression over silence or compliance.
Jenny Dedrick
Jenny Dedrick is a holistic coach and breathwork facilitator who creates grounded, supportive spaces for nervous system regulation, emotional clarity, and whole-person healing. With 10+ years of experience, she weaves breathwork, body awareness, and holistic coaching to help people slow down, reconnect, and come home to themselves.
Christi Scoccola
Christi Scoccola is the creator and facilitator of Divine Drumming, offering intuitive, immersive experiences that work with the auric field, individual chakras, and the energy of the space as a whole.
She is a certified Usui Reiki practitioner, women’s circle weaver, and retreat leader, known for creating deeply intimate and supportive environments. Christi brings a nurturing, intuitive presence to her work, shaped by her experience as an early childhood educator and mother of three.
She regularly collaborates on retreats and events throughout the Louisville and Oldham County areas, and offers private sessions including Reiki, drum journeys, and drum washing.
Dr. Monica Hurt
Dr. Monica Hurt is a Doctor of Integrative Health, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a certified psychedelic‑assisted psychotherapist, and an AASECT‑trained sex therapist. She owns a private practice and ketamine clinic in Louisville, KY, where she specializes in trauma‑informed care, somatic healing, and shamanic‑informed approaches to transformation.
Her work bridges psychology, neurobiology, and embodied healing to support women in midlife transitions, trauma recovery, and expanded states of consciousness. Her current research focuses on the effectiveness of ketamine and HRT in perimenopausal and menopausal women.
Kendall Perkins
Kendall is the Executive Director at Valaterra Retreat Center, where she plays an integral role in maintaining the space and supporting the experiences held within it. She has a deep appreciation for collaboration and is passionate about supporting local practitioners and facilitators in bringing their work to life.
She also helps organize the Valaterra Healing Initiative, an intimate collective of healing practitioners who gather to support one another and their communities through conversation, connection, and shared insight.
Kendall brings a grounded, supportive presence to everything she’s part of, helping to create an environment where both practitioners and participants feel welcomed and held.