Depth
Work that stacks
Not a longer menu. Fewer resets. More continuity. What you learn in one season still holds when life squeezes again.
Where we are pointed
Not a launch timeline. A direction.
Deeper work with people who return. Longer arcs. Training only for practitioners who can hold the depth without selling a softer story.
What is next for Lost in the Astral? Longer arcs with people who return, not a new slogan every quarter. Programs that stack on what you already faced with us instead of resetting at zero. The 9-Self platform deepening as more people work with it. Comparative study formalized so the scholarship inside the practice can be read, not just felt.
We are not scaling by softening the work. If a growth step thins the mirror or dulls the honesty, it does not ship. The dates are not the point. The bar is.
Long game
Growth that does not flatten the work.
Deeper programs. People who stay through more than one hard season. When we are ready, training that hands the standard forward without turning into a certificate mill. The room stays small on purpose. The bench gets serious on purpose. Nothing ships because the calendar says it should.
Where we are pointed
Four directions. No dates.
Order will sort itself as the work allows. These are commitments to where we are going, not promises about when we arrive. If any of them dilutes the practice, we will say so plainly and rework them. Some may never ship.
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A real home for SRP.
Spiritual, religious, and philosophical pastoral counseling with room to breathe. Omnist in practice, not as a sticker. Serious conversation across traditions without pretending they are all the same. Available with either of us.
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Events end to end.
Ceremonies and gatherings planned, officiated, and day-of as one piece of work. Fewer handoffs. Fewer "someone else's problem" moments when the room is full. Travel where the scope earns it.
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The study, written down.
Fifty plus years of comparative work between us, documented so the scholarship behind a session can be read in daylight. Books, papers, and field notes, stress-tested before any of it becomes language we hand to anyone else.
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This work inside higher education.
Where it fits. Honest pattern reading, choice, and embodied awareness taught as rigor, not as a trend module bolted onto a syllabus. With institutions willing to hold a standard for more than one semester.
The bar
Three rules we hold every new layer to.
Before anything ships, it gets the same scrutiny as the first visit did. If it weakens the work, it does not stay in the plan.
Coherence
One family of work
Personal, business, and events stay distinct where they should, and stop pretending they are unrelated when a life does not split that cleanly.
Standard
Cut what softens it
If it dulls the mirror, loosens the language, or trades clarity for comfort, it does not stay in the plan. The calendar is not the point. The bar is.
No shortcuts
The future we want is simple to say and hard to hold: people leave with something they can use when the room is quiet, not a story that only sounds good on the way to the car.
Scott & Kacie Hinojosa
Next step
If this direction fits you, say so plainly.
Client, collaborator, or institution. We read what you send. Use contact when you are ready to talk without a script.