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Melissa Stangl holds a Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. After several years conducting brain and lung cancer research and gaining managerial experience across a wide range of businesses, her interests turned toward the healing power and responsible use of plant medicines and psychedelics, and working with the wisdom traditions and cultures that steward them. In 2015, she consciously chose to leave Corporate America and moved to live and work in the Amazon jungle. Melissa has since used her background in engineering, science, and management to help advance the plant medicine and psychedelic movements – first by managing a top-rated ayahuasca center in Peru, and now as Founding Partner and COO for Soltara Healing Center, an ayahuasca center working with Shipibo healers in Costa Rica and Peru, with a focus on integration. She is also Co-founder of the Soltara Community Platform, a conscious community platform centered around holistic healing and plant medicine preparation & integration.Melissa serves on the Advisory Board of the Elected Leaders Collective and collaborates with multiple organizations in the field through her work at Soltara, including the Chacruna Institute, Amazon Watch, the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative, Imperial College, Johns Hopkins, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Amazon Rainforest Conservancy, Heroic Hearts Projects, VETS Inc., and more recently, has been working with other centers in Costa Rica to form a national alliance of ayahuasca centers to support the implementation of frameworks for ethical standards, approaches, education, and political advocacy.She is passionate about using her technical, managerial, and problem-solving skills to help bridge the gap between the Western world and the incredible healing potential of plant medicines, their traditions, and a holistic approach to health.Episode Highlights▶ How Melissa went from the corporate world doing cancer research to finding her passion for ayahuasca ▶ The power of integration after using plant medicine▶ The work Melissa does at Soltara and the focus on integration▶ The importance of psychedelic-informed bodyworkers, holistic practitioners, or somatic therapists.▶ The challenges and realities of running a retreat center▶ Cultural sensitivity in psychedelic practices▶ Healers' perspectives on sharing medicine globally▶ The role of ayahuasca in global healing▶ The work Melissa does in her retreat center and what she has planned for the futureMelissa Stangl's Links & ResourcesWebsite: https://soltara.coInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/soltarahealingcenter/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soltarahealingcenter/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@soltaraTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soltarahealingcenterSoltara Plant Medicine + Holistic Healing Toolkit-Support your healing journey with frameworks, practical tools, plant medicine resources, and holistic practices you can incorporate into your everyday life:https://soltara-healing-center.ck.page/0ac9267848 Download Beth's free business trainings here: Integrating Psychedelics & Sacred Medicines Into a Transformational Business:https://bethaweinstein.com/psychedelics-in-businessClarity to Clients: Start & Grow a Transformational Coaching, Healing, Spiritual, or Psychedelic Business https://bethaweinstein.com/grow-your-spiritual-business ▶ Beth's Programs & Courses: https://bethaweinstein.com/services▶ Beth on Instagram: http://instagram.com/bethaweinstein▶ Beth Weinstein on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethw.nychttps://www.facebook.com/BethWeinsteinbiz▶ Join the free Psychedelics & Purpose Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PsychedelicsandSacredMedicines

Magic mushrooms, LSD, ayahuasca ceremonies, DMT,  ketamine: take a trip into the science and research of hallucinogens.  Renowned psychiatry professor and psychedelics researcher Dr. Charles Grob of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center sits down to talk about ethnobotanical origins of psychedelics, how much LSD is too much LSD, what juices are squirting in the brain when you're tripping out, who should NOT take psychedelics, talking to dead people, antidepressants and mushrooms, the murky history of psychedelic research, and future paths of study that may help the world. Next week, wall-to-wall listener questions and some tales from your internet dad's own  journey. Browse Dr. Grob's publications on ResearchGateBuy his book, Hallucinogens: A ReaderA donation was made to Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant MedicinesMore episode sources and linksSmologies (short, classroom-safe) episodesOther episodes you may enjoy: Oneirology (DREAMS), Mycology (FUNGI), Molecular Neurobiology (BRAIN CHEMICALS), Quantum Ontology (WHAT IS REAL?), Quasithanatology (NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES), Cosmology (THE UNIVERSE), Thanatology (DEATH & DYING), Radiology (X-RAY VISION), Scotohylology (DARK MATTER), Futurology (THE FUTURE)Sponsors of OlogiesTranscripts and bleeped episodesBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a monthOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, stickers, totes!Follow @Ologies on X and InstagramFollow @AlieWard on X and InstagramEditing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jacob ChaffeeManaging Director: Susan HaleScheduling Producer: Noel DilworthTranscripts by Aveline Malek Website by Kelly R. DwyerTheme song by Nick Thorburn

On today's episode, we have anthropologist  Bia LaBate (She/Her) join us for a educational conversation about queering psychedelic healing and activism. Together we talk about ripping out the gendered ribbons, the intersection of our bodily autonomy, and how queers throw the best parties. If you enjoyed today's podcast, then please subscribe, leave a review, or share this podcast with a friend! To learn more, head over to the website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.modernanarchypodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to support the long term sustainability of the podcast and connect deeper with the Modern Anarchy community, then join the movement at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Your support is what powers this work and the larger societal change we are creating! Join the community here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Looking to work with Nicole? Learn more here: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/pleasure-practice⁠⁠⁠ Transcript: https://www.modernanarchypodcast.com/post/162-queering-the-narrative-of-psychedelics-and-pleasure-with-bia-labate Intro and Outro Song: Wild Wild Woman by Your Smith Modern Anarchy Community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.modernanarchypodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/modernanarchypodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/user?u=54121384⁠⁠⁠ Bia's Community: Dr. Bia Labate is a queer Brazilian anthropologist and Executive Director of the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. Website: https://www.bialabate.net/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/labatebia/ Chacruna Websites: https://chacruna.net/ https://chacruna-iri.org/ https://chacruna-la.org/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/chacruna.institute/

Welcome to the Psychedelic Conversations Podcast! Episode 117: In this episode, Bia shared her profound insights into the historical, cultural, and sacred dimensions of psychedelics, emphasizing the importance of treating these substances with respect and understanding their deep roots in various indigenous cultures. She passionately discussed her commitment to psychedelic justice, promoting the visibility and voices of minority groups, and her efforts in safeguarding sacred plants and cultural traditions. Our conversation also delved into the commercialization of psychedelics and the necessity for a balanced approach that honors their origins and potential risks. Bia's work at the Chacruna Institute serves as a beacon for those interested in the intersection of plant medicine, social justice, and cultural preservation. For more insights and to connect with the profound work Bia is doing, check the links in our show notes. About Bia: Dr. Beatriz Caiuby Labate (Bia Labate) is a queer Brazilian anthropologist based in San Francisco. She has a Ph.D. in social anthropology from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. Her main areas of interest are the study of plant medicines, drug policy, shamanism, ritual, religion, and social justice. She is Executive Director of the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. She serves as Public Education and Culture Specialist at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), and Adjunct Faculty at the East-West Psychology Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). She is also Diversity, Culture, and Ethics Advisor at the Synthesis Institute. Additionally, she is a co-founder of the Interdisciplinary Group for Psychoactive Studies (NEIP) in Brazil and editor of its site. She is author, co-author, and co-editor of twenty-four books, two special-edition journals, and several peer-reviewed articles. Her Latest Book: Psychedelic Justice: Toward a Diverse and Equitable Psychedelic Culture https://amzn.eu/d/1NOkxFY Bia's Websites: - https://chacruna.net - https://bialabate.net - https://chacruna-iri.org - https://chacruna-la.org Connect with Bia: YouTube: https://youtube.com/@bialabate1591?si=yAnmGu9mlYqP8Bfw IG: https://www.instagram.com/labatebia?igsh=MWNjdW40MDM3Ymk2cA== LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bia-labate-8792a019a?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app Thank you so much for joining us! Psychedelic Conversations Podcast is designed to educate, inform, and expand awareness. For more information, please head over to https://www.psychedelicconversations.com Please share with your friends or leave a review so that we can reach more people and feel free to join us in our private Facebook group to keep the conversation going. https://www.facebook.com/groups/psychedelicconversations This show is for information purposes only, and is not intended to provide mental health or medical advice. About Susan Guner: Susan is a trained somatic, trauma-informed holistic psychotherapist with a mindfulness-based approach grounded in Transpersonal Psychology that focuses on holistic perspective through introspection, insight, and empathetic self-exploration to increase self-awareness, allowing the integration of the mind, body and spirit aspects of human experience in personal growth and development. Connect with Susan: Website: https://www.psychedelicconversations.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/susan.guner LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-guner/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/susanguner Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/susanguner Blog: https://susanguner.medium.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/susan-guner #PsychedelicConversations #SusanGuner #BiaLabate

This month, we spoke with Jordan Sloshower, MD, MSc, about an upcoming course titled Critical Perspectives on Knowledge Production in Psychedelic Science at Chacruna Institute in which he will be addressing some issues regarding psilocybin-assisted therapy. 

Are magic mushrooms poised to become the next big mental health med, and if so, who stands to benefit? Psychologist and Chacruna Institute co-founder Dr. Clancy Cavnar reframes today's psychedelic renaissance through the lens of social justice, queer liberation and Indigenous reciprocity. Along the way, we confront the ugly history of LSD conversion therapy, the wildly high cost of legal psilocybin therapy in Oregon and why it all comes back to patriarchy.Follow: IG | Twitter | TikTokJoin the Unladies' Room PatreonShop ~merch~Contact Multitude Productions for ad rates, etc.. . .Thank you to Hinge for sponsoring this episode! We all deserve to have more control over our dating experience and go on great dates. So download Hinge, and find someone worth deleting the app for: https://hin.ge/Unladylike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Are magic mushrooms poised to become the next big mental health med, and if so, who stands to benefit? Psychologist and Chacruna Institute co-founder Dr. Clancy Cavnar reframes today's psychedelic renaissance through the lens of social justice, queer liberation and Indigenous reciprocity. Along the way, we confront the ugly history of LSD conversion therapy, the wildly high cost of legal psilocybin therapy in Oregon and why it all comes back to patriarchy. Follow: IG | Twitter | TikTok Join the Unladies' Room Patreon Shop ~merch~ Contact Multitude Productions for ad rates, etc. . . . Thank you to Hinge for sponsoring this episode! We all deserve to have more control over our dating experience and go on great dates. So download Hinge, and find someone worth deleting the app for: https://hin.ge/Unladylike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The third and final episode of our Live from Psychedelic Science series focuses on culture. Our team interviewed eight speakers and exhibitors from the conference hailing from various walks of life. The episode kicks off with a psychedelics comedian and rolls into discussion with an experienced energy worker. Next we hear from two non-profit leaders whose organizations champion indigenous reciprocity and fund research to combat the opioid epidemic respectively. From there we engage with two students pursuing advanced science degrees while simultaneously working in the space. Winding down the episode, we hear from a psychedelics attorney focused on the non-profit sector. To close it out, we have HLI day one David Vaillencourt interviewing Co-Host of the show Dr. Nigam B. Arora. InterviewersNigam B. Arora, PhDAmber Wise, PhDCallie HoffmanNeil Ritter, PhDDavid Vaillencourt, MScIntervieweesSara Rose Siskind - Comedian and founder of Hello SciCom (3:23) Taylor Bratches, MFA - Energy worker at Agne and Soma and performing work study at SoundMind Institute (16:55) Lorien Chavez - Development and Operations Officer at Chacruna Institute (26:12) Anna Symonds, MA - Executive Director of The Etheridge Foundation (34:14) Victor Acero - Co-founder of Intercollegiate Psychedelics Network & Penn Psychedelics Collaborative (42:55) Ben Cyrulnik - Graduate student in psychoactive pharmaceutical investigation program at University of Wisconsin Madison (51:20) Victoria Litman, JD - Principal at Litman Law and adjunct professor at Roger Williams School of Law (57:30) Nigam B. Arora, PhD - Co-host at How to Launch an Industry, CEO at Aromarc Therapeutics (1:02:33) Credits:Cover art by Julia Boot. Podcast audio engineering by Joe Leonardo. Intro music by Buddha by Kontekst. Transition music by K. LOUK. Outro music by Bensounds.More at:howtolaunchanindustry.com

Do you ever feel trapped on the hamster wheel of never-ending healing, exhausted and burnt out from being pulled in by every sign you see…yet still hoping that THIS TIME, this time you've found the magic pill to make it all better? Or, do you feel that deep gut-churning embarrassment when you come across the latest ‘light language', manifest your destiny, psycho-spiritual new-age healing modality, so popular in today's social media, ‘spirituality as performance' culture? Thankfully, I have good news for you, because today's episode is all about Healing from Healing!Welcome to We Are Already Free, the podcast empowering down-to-earth seekers to remember that they are already free! I'm Nathan Maingard, empowering wordsmith, guide, and weirdo…and it's an honour to be here with you.This episode welcomes guest Adam Andros, the man behind Healing From Healing on IG, which casts a critical, skeptical & humorous gaze at Transformation & Healing Culture.Adam is a doctoral candidate in Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He's actively involved in the Medical Anthropology Research Center and the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute. Adam conducted over four years of research and fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he organized Ayahuasca workshops for shamanic and medical tourism. Currently, Adam is the director of therapeutics and integration at Rē Precision Health in Mexico, where he also facilitates preparation and integration processes. He assists clients in reframing healing using relational and creative approaches, with a secular, humanistic, and open-ended perspective.Listener Questionnaire PLUS Free Clarity & Freedom Session: https://alreadyfree.me/surveyLinks & Things:Healing From Healing on InstagramBOOK: Marshall Mcluhan - the medium is the messagePrevious guest Roaman's episode, where he plays his Kundalini songVideo of 'meditating' girl with camera (so cringe)John Hopkins palliative care psilocybin researchNathan's song Every LeafBell Hooks - authorBOOK: Viktor Frankl - man's search for meaningBecome a member on Patreon for bonuses, shoutouts, and more:This is a community-supported creation, thank you for making it possible. Plus, patrons get goodies!Become a Patreon member: BONUS video about meme creation with AdamPodcast shoutoutSupport podcast productionChat with listeners in a private communityMore patrons = less adsJoin the tribe, access the goodies and support the podcast at https://alreadyfree.me/patreonSupport yourself, the planet, and this podcast:These are affiliate links for companies I use and love. You don't pay any extra, and I get a little kickback. Thank youHeal yourself while supporting the sovereignty of indigenous peoples (use discount code...

www.swatisharma.cohttps://instagram.com/swati.lu?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==A media & music professional who's passionate about blending communications, digital strategy, and design to help professionals in psychedelics and wellness elevate their online presence.My expertise lies in developing solutions for founders and creators by leveraging a distinctive combination of communications, marketing, and branding for business development. Over the years, I've sharpened my skills in these areas to support businesses and help them thrive.My curiosity for the world of digital and broadcast media started 5 years ago while working as a radio host interviewing artists for my passion project, vitamin R on CJAM FM.This inspired me to start freelance writing in the psychedelics space, which transformed my life forever.Since then, I:* Became the Executive Director of* Psychedelic Spotlight and helped scale it into one of the largest online psychedelic publications* Have been featured by major psychedelic media platforms such as Psychedelics Today, Third Wave, Honeysuckle Magazine, Chacruna Institute and Microdose Insights* Launched my own media agency for psychedelic and wellness founders, creators, and professionals* Became an ambassador for WOC in psychedelic business* And much more.* I'm committed to advocacy work that ensures* POC and Indigenous individuals have a deserved seat at the psychedelics industry's table. My work will always be accessible for diverse and marginalized communities.* Think we're a good fit? If you're looking to up-level your online presence and grow your brand in the psychedelics and wellness spaces, let's connect.* Web: www.swatisharma.co* •* E-mail: swati@swatisharma.co

The first episode of our three part series, Live from Psychedelic Science, focuses on research. We interview five leaders in the field whose work runs the gamut from generating novel molecules to patient care. We kick off the episode with back to back chemist entrepreneurs who work at the cutting edge of psychedelic drug development. From there we hear from the psychedelics program manager at one of the world's largest medical research institutions. Next, we get an international perspective by engaging with Brazil's leading clinical researcher of ayahuasca, pure DMT, and ketamine. We close out the episode with an experienced integrative medicine doctor and patient advocate. InterviewersNigam B. Arora, PhDNeil Ritter, PhDIntervieweesAndrew Bartynski, PhD - VP of Operations at Alexander Shulgin Research Institute (2:58)Jackie von Salm, PhD - Co-founder and CSO at Psilera (14:31)Lauriane Sibileau, MSc - Program Manager at Center for Neuroscience of Psychedelics at Mass General Hospital (25:13)Nicole Galvão-Coelho, PhD - Professor of Physiology & Behavior at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte and Adjunct Professor at Western Sydney University (34:51)Harry McIlroy, MD - Integrative Medicine Doctor at BioReset Medical and Chair of the Board of Directors at Chacruna Institute (52:58) Credits:Cover art by Julia Boot. Podcast audio engineering by Joe Leonardo. Intro music by Buddha by Kontekst. Transition music by K. LOUK. Outro music by Bensounds.More at:howtolaunchanindustry.com

This post Psychedelic Science '23 episode of the podcast features an all new interview with Dr. Bia Labate. Bia's wisdom, passion and openess to keep psychedelic use rooted in not just science but also in the awarness that indigenous use has so much foundational knowledge to teach us is as inspiring as it is necessary. Zach and Bia take a journey on sacred culture, equality in access and the wisdom of our elders while keeping focus on the. modern psychedelic movement.  This is the first MAPS podcast episode after Psychedelic Science '23 and Zach reflects on his experience on the historic event in Denver.  Dr. Beatriz Caiuby Labate (Bia Labate) is a queer Brazilian anthropologist based in San Francisco. She has a Ph.D. in social anthropology from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. Her main areas of interest are the study of plant medicines, drug policy, shamanism, ritual, religion, and social justice. She is Executive Director of the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines and serves as Public Education and Culture Specialist at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). She is also Visiting Scholar at Naropa University's Center for Psychedelic Studies and Advisor at the Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition. Dr. Labate is a co-founder of the Interdisciplinary Group for Psychoactive Studies (NEIP) in Brazil and editor of its site. She is author, co-author, and co-editor of twenty-seven books, two special-edition journals, and several peer-reviewed

Hey everybody! Episode 113 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with my friends Brian James and Adam Aronovich. I met both of them when we all worked together at a big plant medicine center in the Peruvian Amazon. I interviewed both of them separately in previous episodes, Brian in episode 30 and Adam in episode 55, so you can check those out for a more in-depth look at them both. I have been impressed with both their abilities to speak out on more mainstream narratives that are happening in the psychedelic and plant-medicine movements. I think there are many narratives that gain traction and are not often questioned, and I respect both Brian and Adam for their ability to look at issues through different lenses to get closer to a wider truth. Two issues that I think that have been arising in this regard are the psychologizing of the plant-medicine world and the world at large. And the second is the over-emphasis on trauma. While both of these topics have validity and importance and a place in this work, they are but a part, and an over-emphasis on both can be an amputation of sorts of the wider use of plant-medicines and create downstream problems that many don't consider. So it was a real pleasure and a bit of an experiment having this panel. I think it went really well and we went pretty deep on these issues which I think are quite important topics. So I feel confident you all will get a lot out of this episode and the wisdom of Adam and Brian. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!This episode is sponsored by Real Mushrooms. As listeners, visit their website to enjoy a discount of 25% off your first order: https://www.realmushrooms.com/universe"Adam is a doctoral candidate focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College, where he is also a visiting student. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam facilitated workshops in the Peruvian Amazon and he regularly facilitates workshops in Mexico. He is also a process facilitator and integration support coach in private practice, the co-host of the upcoming podcast "Healing from the Healing Path", and the co-founder of Hidden Hand Media, a creative agency in the space of transformation and technology.” For more info about Adam and his work, visit: https://www.healingfromhealing.com“Brian James is a transformational coach, yoga teacher, musician and shamanic practitioner currently living Vancouver Island, Canada with his wife Debbie and their dog Kingston. A lifelong musician, artist, and curious seeker, Brian began exploring yoga and plant medicines over twenty-five years ago. After a crisis in his mid-thirties — burned out from his job in advertising and struggling with stress, anxiety and addiction — he began his own healing journey in earnest. He's spent the last decade learning from master teachers and exploring in greater depth the medicine paths of yoga, music, shamanism and psychology. He shares conversations with some of the teachers he's met on the Medicine Path Podcast and has written two books: Yoga & Plant Medicine, published in 2019, and Harmonic Movement, a vinyasa yoga practice manual.Since 2012, Brian has dedicated his life to sharing the healing power of yoga and music, and has taught around the world — from Shanghai, China to the heart of the Amazon jungle. He regularly teaches group classes and workshops and works 1-to-1 with individuals, helping them develop a personal practice and supporting them in recovering a sense of wholeness and freedom. “For more info about Brian and his work, visit: brianjames.caIf you enjoy the show, it would be a big help if you could share it with your own audiences via social media or word of mouth. And please Subscribe or Follow and if you can go on Apple Podcasts and leave a starred-rating and a short review. That would be super helpful with the algorithms and getting this show out to more people. Thank you in advance!For more information about me and my upcoming plant medicine retreats with my colleague Merav Artzi, visit my site at: https://www.NicotianaRustica.orgTo book an integration call with me, visit: https://jasongrechanik.setmore.comSupport this podcast on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/UniverseWithinDonate directly with PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/jasongrechanikMusic courtesy of: Nuno Moreno (end song). Visit: https://m.soundcloud.com/groove_a_zen_sound and https://nahira-ziwa.bandcamp.com/ And Stefan Kasapovski's Santero Project (intro song). Visit: https://spoti.fi/3y5Rd4Hhttps://www.facebook.com/UniverseWithinPodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/UniverseWithinPodcast

In a profoundly informative and thought-provoking episode, returning guest Ismail Lourido Ali considers how we can create spaces for people to safely explore themselves and their consciousness. Ismail's work to build an informed drug culture calls us to consider the ways we might prioritize balance and humility in conversations over moral judgment and cultural shame. Focusing on moving away from repression, the conversation weaves together nuanced ideas about pleasure, education, and societal structures. Ismail's approach to drug policy centers around finding spaciousness as an advocate, and making room for the growing body of knowledge around the uses, harms, and benefits of drugs. He invites listeners to dream of a conscious, compassionate, and safe world in which justice, peace, and balance are prioritized. How might the practices of harm-reduction and substance education expand to create a society that makes space for deep emotions, for crisis support, and for holistic healing? Ismail Lourido Ali, JD (he/him or they/them) is the Director of Policy & Advocacy at the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), has been personally utilizing psychedelics and other substances in celebratory & spiritual contexts for over fifteen years. Ismail works with, is formally affiliated with, or has served in leadership or board roles for numerous organizations in the drug policy reform ecosystem, including Alchemy Community Therapy Center (formerly Sage Institute), Psychedelic Bar Association, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Chacruna Institute, and the Ayahuasca Defense Fund.For an extended version of this episode, join our Patreon community at patreon.com/forthewildMusic by Santiago Cordoba, Public Access, and Camelia Jade. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.Support the show

Psychedelics and other mind-altering substances have been used for thousands of years across the world in religious, spiritual, celebratory, and healing contexts. Despite a half century of a "War on Drugs" in the United States, there has been a recent resurgence in public interest in ending drug prohibition and re-evaluating the roles these substances can play in modern society. What can our several-thousand year history with these substances teach us about how they can be used in a modern society? What legal & cultural frameworks can be used to increase access to these substances, and what are the potential downsides of these frameworks? Ismail Ali works daily developing and implementing the legal and policy strategies that will define the next several decades of psychedelic access, and joins Long Now in an evening of exploring the deep history of psychedelics and what role they can play in our future. Ismail Lourido Ali, JD (he/him or they/them) is the Director of Policy & Advocacy at the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), and has been personally utilizing psychedelics and other substances in celebratory & spiritual contexts for over fifteen years. Ismail works with, is formally affiliated with, or has served in leadership or board roles for numerous organizations in the drug policy reform ecosystem, including Alchemy Community Therapy Center (formerly Sage Institute), Psychedelic Bar Association, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Chacruna Institute, and the Ayahuasca Defense Fund.

Join us as we blend perspectives on modern medical research with valuable lessons learned through other ways of knowing. Dr. Bia Labate, executive director of Chacruna Institute, and Dr. Harry McIlroy, clinical director at BioReset Medical, help us dissect the many challenges of placebo controls when researching psychoactives. We further discuss educational offerings from Chacruna Institute specifically focused on methods of knowledge production in the psychedelics field. We close the episode by relating an attention grabbing article published in Nature, about a reduction in disruptive research, to psychedelics. Special thanks to the sponsor of this episode the American Psychedelic Practitioners Association. Episode's Group:Nigam B. Arora, PhD (moderator) Bia Labate, PhDHarry McIlroy, MDJahan Marcu, PhDToday's Game (2:57): Guess that Psychoactive PlantNews and Popular Literature (14:41): Perspectives and Educational Offerings on Psychedelics Research from Chacruna Institute Placebo Problems: Boundary Works in the Psychedelic Science Renaissance Course: Critical Perspectives on Knowledge Production in Psychedelic ScienceRapid Fire Science (44:47):Nature reports research and patents are becoming less disruptive over time, do psychedelics buck this trend?Credits:Cover art by Cleng Sumagaysay, Podcast audio engineering by Joe Leonardo. Intro music by Buddha by Kontekst. Transition music by K. LOUK. Outro music by Bensounds.More at:howtolaunchanindustry.com

Dr. Alex Belser has been a leader in the psychedelic research community for the last twenty years and is an editor of the new book, Queering Psychedelics: From Oppression to Liberation in Psychedelic Medicine.  In this episode we dicuss many of the topics covered in the book that explore the cross section of queer spirituality andpsychedlics. Dr. Belser was an investigator on clinical trials of psilocybin and MDMA to treat depression, anxiety and other issues. He serves as a psychologist and Co-Investigator at Yale and as the Chief Clinical Officer of Cybin where he leads their clinical programs in psychedelic therapeutics. He is also part of Chacruna Institute's Women, Gender Diversity, and Sexual Minorities Working Group.Some of the topics covered include: the ways pychadelic experiences are inherently queer, how folks can work with psychedelics for connecting with their truth and self acceptence, and the queerness of reclaiming our pleasure. Alex also shares some wild stories from the field as an investigator in psychedelic therapy clinical trials and Wil shares personal stories about his expeirences being the only queer person in psychadelic circles. Support the show

Adam Aronovich is a doctoral candidate at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC-URV) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. Adam spent over four years conducting research and extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he also facilitated Ayahuasca workshops in the context of shamanic and medical tourism. He is the creator of Healing from Healing, a social media platform that casts a critical, skeptical, and humorous gaze at Healing Culture. Adam is currently the director of therapy and integration for Rē Precision Health, a wellness centre in the Pacific Coast of Mexico. He also facilitates preparation and integration processes in private practice, helping clients reframe “Healing” within relational and recreative frameworks using a secular, humanistic, grounded, open-ended interpretive, and epistemic orientation. In this episode, we speak about applying Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry to mental health, examining our culture's dominant metaphysical assumptions, the dark side of psychedelics, the illusion of radical independence, and pathology-free psychedelic integration. 

Mangda Sengvanhpheng is an artist, healing practitioner, and the founder of BACII - a digital space that focuses on end-of-life topics such as loss, grief and death while providing services and offerings that renew our engagement to life. Her life and death work is guided by her Laotian last name, which means “the light of the full moon.” Mangda's work has been featured in Vogue, Brydie, NY Mag's Curbed, Chacruna Institute and more. https://bacii.co

As Colorado's Natural Medicine Health Act goes to voters, it's the perfect time to consider how powerful psychedelic molecules should enter mainstream consciousness. Today on Life is a Festival Ismail Lourido Ali, Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) explains the various pathways to legalization including the Decriminalization movement, medicalization, religious exception, and legal adult use. The first half of our conversation is dedicated to Ismail himself, whose life journey gives him a unique philosophy on ending prohibition and a toolkit for helping us get there. We open with Ismail's cultural identity and his spiritual journey from Islam to the rave scene. We discuss Izzy's exploration of queerness and gender identity and his work from Drug Policy Reform to becoming a lawyer for MAPS. Izzy clearly articulates the key paths to legalization and his philosophy around each. We discuss key pieces of legislation including California's SB 519, Colorado's Natural Medicine Health Act which goes to voters in this month, and Oregon's Bill 109 which will legalize and regulate adult use of psilocybin in that state. We conclude our conversation with an invitation to psychedelic entrepreneurs and Izzy's personal perspective on why Life is a Festival. As MAPS' Director of Policy and Advocacy, Ismail advocates to eliminate barriers to psychedelic therapy and research, develops and implements legal and policy strategy, and supports MAPS' governance, non-profit, and ethics work. Ismail earned his J.D. at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2016, after receiving his bachelor's in philosophy from California State University, Fresno. Ismail has previously worked for the ACLU of Northern California's Criminal Justice & Drug Policy Project, and Berkeley Law's International Human Rights Law Clinic. Ismail is licensed to practice law in the state of California, and is a founding board member of the Psychedelic Bar Association. He also currently serves on the board of the Sage Institute, contributes to Chacruna Institute's Council for the Protection of Sacred Plants, and participates on the advisory council for the Ayahuasca Defense Fund. Ismail is passionate about setting sustainable groundwork for a just, equitable, and generative post-prohibition world. Links: Izzy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sage_izzy/ Izzy Twitter: https://twitter.com/sage_izzy MAPS: https://maps.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MAPS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mapsnews/ Psychedelic Science 2023: https://psychedelicscience.org/ Psychedelic Bar Association: https://thepsychedelicbar.org/ Chacruna Institute: https://chacruna.net/ Sage Institute: https://sageinst.org/ MAPS analysis regarding Oregon's Measures 109 and 110 passed in Nov 2020. MAPS analysis regarding Colorado Proposition 122 MAPS analysis regarding our work on SB519 in CA to decriminalize the personal use of all psychedelics. Timestamps :09 - Blending cultural identities from religion to the rave scene :15 - Ismail's updated view on Islam, the way of peace :22 - Queerness and Izzy's personal gender conversation :33 - From drug policy reform advocate to lawyer for MAPS :40 - Experimenting with psychedelic legalization in different US States :52 - Paths to above ground use of psychedelics: Decriminalization :56 - Paths to above ground use of psychedelics: Medicalization :59 - Paths to above ground use of psychedelics: Religious Exemption 1:02 - Paths to above ground use of psychedelics: Adult Use 1:06 - California SB 519, Colorado's Natural Medicine Health Act, and Oregon Bill 109, 1:14 - Izzy's challenge to entrepreneurs who use psychedelics 1:20 - Life is a Festival

In this episode of the Plant Medicine Podcast, Adam Aronovich returns to discuss the phenomenon of psychedelic narcissism. Adam is a doctoral candidate at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam regularly facilitates workshops at the Temple of the Way of Light, a prestigious healing center in the Iquitos area. In this wide-ranging conversation, Adam unpacks some of the darker sides of the modern psychedelic movement, discussing the psychosocial dynamics around psychedelic use which can lead to things such as ego inflation, conspiratorial thinking, and narcissism. Adam recalls his own experiences slipping into messianic fantasies during a period of initial enthusiasm around psychedelic experiences. He views issues of alienation and lack of social support as being instrumental in leading to these types of delusions following profound spiritual experiences. While it is difficult to reach people who've slipped into psychedelic narcissism, Adam suggests that communal support is the best safeguard against these dangers and the most effective strategy for grounding people who've lost touch with reality. Drawing on his academic expertise, Adam distinguishes traditional uses of plant medicines from the Western paradigm for approaching psychedelics. He stresses the relational and communal aspects of the spiritual traditions which use psychedelics ceremonially. The pro-social aspects of these wisdom traditions, he claims, help safeguard against the traps of psychedelic narcissism and ego inflation, as there are established mechanisms for keeping people grounded following intense spiritual experiences.  Adam closes the discussion with an insightful analysis of modern gurus and self-proclaimed shamans. Adam encourages people to beware of deeply held spiritual fantasies, where a master can appear as more than human. Instead, he emphasizes that even skillful and well-intentioned healers are themselves nothing more than human beings, so there will always be imperfection and messiness. This does not, however, mean that impactful work cannot happen—in fact, this insight helps protect against the idolization of charismatic psychedelic personalities, which can lead to harmful experiences.   In this episode: Defining psychedelic narcissism Clinical vs colloquial understandings of narcissism The intersections of the psychedelic movement and conspiracy theories The importance of social and communal support for avoiding ego inflation following psychedelic or spiritual experiences How psychedelic experiences can actually deepen ego attachments and accentuate narcissistic tendencies The importance of humor in combating spiritual narcissism   Quotes: “Many of the underlying ideologies upon which Western cultures were built, like hyper-individualism and so on, kind of predispose us and prime us for certain aspects of narcissism.” [5:36] “Ego inflation, spiritual narcissism, messianic episodes—all of these are things that are fairly common within both people who are in some sort of spiritual or psychedelic path.” [12:17] “In traditional societies for the most part really there isn't such a thing as a self-proclaimed shaman. A person doesn't wake up one morning and is like ‘oh, I'm the shaman'—that's a title or a role or a recognition given to that person by the community.” [38:03] “The best measure of whether somebody is genuine and helpful is not whatever credentials or titles he assigns to himself, but rather what other people feel. So, you know, you will know a tree by its fruits.” [45:08] “Having these experiences by themselves does not necessarily mean spiritual growth or psychological development or any enhanced benefit if we're not constantly, painfully, mindful of how we actually integrate and embody those things in daily life over very long periods of time.” [54:29]   Links: Adam on Instagram Temple of the Way of Light Psychedelic Medicine Association Porangui

Have you found yourself caught up in a never-ending healing journey? Are you rushing from workshop to ceremony to retreat trying to peal all the layers of your existential onion? Maybe what you need is healing from your healing! Today on Life is a Festival, Adam Andros Aronovich, creator of “Healing From Healing” offers us levity and a much needed reprieve from our hyper-individualistic personal development. On the show we discuss the fundamental importance of community in healing work. We talk about diminishing returns in chasing peak experiences. We review the modern preoccupation with trauma, the hero's journey, and “cinematic epistemology.” Finally Adam helps us learn to serve with our full being without becoming narcissists and how joy and celebration are potent healing modalities. Adam is the creator of Healing from Healing, a social media platform that casts a critical, skeptical and humorous gaze at Healing Culture. He is a doctoral candidate at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC-URV) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. Adam spent more than four years conducting research and extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he also facilitated Ayahuasca workshops in the context of shamanic and medical tourism. Adam also facilitates preparation and integration processes in private practice, and helps clients reframe “Healing” within relational and recreative frameworks and a secular, humanistic, grounded and open-ended interpretive and epistemic orientation. Links Healing From Healing: https://healingfromhealing.com/ Healing From Healing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healingfromhealing/ Articles on Memory Wars and Recovered Memories: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1745691619862306 https://www.psypost.org/2014/08/memory-wars-scientific-evidence-repressed-memories-27571 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2011-30132-001 Timestamps :11 - Adam's research in the Amazon showed that ayahuasca healing was largely about community: Communitas :21 - Diminishing returns on perpetual peak experiences :31 - Preoccupation with trauma, memory wars, and narcissism :47 - Hero's Journey, celebrity culture and cinematic epistemology :55 - How to serve without becoming narcissistic | Transformation happens both inward and outward 1:07 - Joy and celebration as healing modalities

Many people consider ayahuasca “the queen” of psychedelic plant medicines – and few people know more about ayahuasca than the Brazilian anthropologist, Bia Labate. She has authored, co-authored or co-edited over twenty books about ayahuasca as well as other plant medicines, shamanism, ritual, religion and drug policy. The U.S.-based educational and advocacy organization she founded and directs, The Chacruna Institute of Psychedelic Plant Medicines, is an extraordinary resource on all these issues. Whether you're already experienced with ayahuasca or are thinking of trying it for the first time, this conversation will prove insightful.Bia and I discussed the varied uses of ayahuasca by indigenous peoples in the Amazon region, syncretic religions and the millions of people who have consumed it around the world in recent decades. We talked about its potential medical uses, the challenges and opportunities presented by “ayahuasca tourism,” and some of the controversies generated by groups that don't live up to the enlightened ideals typically associated with respectful use of plant medicines. And Bia offered her advice about making the most of one's ayahuasca experience while staying safe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ariel Clark is a wildly impressive woman. A cannabis and emerging medicine lawyer, she has been in the trenches of cannabis law and drug policy reform for over a decade. She's been dubbed one of the "most important women in cannabis," one of the "most powerful cannabis lawyers in the world," and a "cannabis leader who is shaping the cannabis industry" by numerous publications. Ariel founded her own firm Clark and Howell which is intentionally woman-owned and steered. Clark is a uniquely progressive mind. She's taking her expertise in the wild world of weed to the psychedelic and plant medicine industries as a founding board member of the Psychedelic Bar Association, member of the Council for the Protection of Sacred Plants AND as legal counsel to the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. If she sounds too good to be real, well - she is! And I'm so lucky to have sat down and talked with her, so get to listening already! Clark and Howell LLPPsychedelic Bar AssociationChacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines Council for the Protection of Sacred Plants

Cody blue speaks with indigenous elders and Ariel Clark, the top psychedelic attorney in the world to discuss indigenous injustice and how to change the law around psychedelic medicines. (Time stamps below) Ariel Clark is an attorney, activist, and co-founder of Clark Howell LLP, a women-steered law firm focused on cannabis, hemp and psychedelics. After practicing law at California Indian Legal Services, she started her own firm in 2010, to be of service to the plants and communities she is in deep connection with. Ariel is General Legal Counsel to Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines and member of Chacruna's Board of Directors. She has been involved in numerous drug policy, social equity and justice reform efforts in her life. Her organization affiliations have included the Psychedelic Bar Association, the LA Cannabis Task Force, and the California Native American Cannabis Association. She has been recognized by Rolling Stone as one of 18 “Women Shaping The Culture of Tomorrow” and Entrepreneur's “Top 100 Cannabis Leaders.” She is licensed in California; J.D., UC Berkeley School of Law (2005); B.A. in Religious Studies, University of Michigan (2000). Gray Wolf is an Elder from the Yoeme, and a friend of the Awakened Underground. Alfred is an Elder from the Cherokee and Muskogee, and is a friend of the Awakened Underground.  0:07 - Disclaimer 1:52 - The Dakota Access Pipeline 3:25 - Cody shoots a music video to raise awareness for Standing Rock and is attacked by the military, alongside Water Protectors and protestors 11:26 - Gray Wolf talks about the military attack, being tear gassed and looking for a place to die 14:41 - "The United States is a land of the law" 16:10 - Medicines and Spiritual practices being outlawed by the government  16:58 - Peyote 19:06 - There's not one way to do anything 20:33 - Alfred talks about The Awakened Underground Podcast 21:37 - Cody has no ego 22:57 - The Prophecy of the Condor and The Eagle 24:42 - Intro: Ariel Clark; the top psychedelic attorney in the country  25:41 - Ariel's story and walking the Red Road 34:28 - Turning deeply toward ourselves  44:16 - Interconnectedness 49:55 - Healing in nature and catharsis  51:48 - Nature is the best medicine 53:44 - How to have a direct communication with Spirit 54:54 - Ariel connects with researchers at MAPS, works with 5-MEO, Psilocybin, and MDMA 57:00 - The Ceremonial Container 57:57 - Integration and Feeling into it 1:03:30 - Sitting with Ayahuasca 1:12:59 - De-Colonization and Bio-Piracy  1:19:29 - Ism's are prisons for us all 1:23:52 - Law Reform 1:31:09 - Indigenous Reciprocity and Active Engagement, Chacruna Institutes Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas  1:43:52 - What happens in Oregon will inform what happens in other parts of the country  1:55:13 - Chacruna Institue  1:56:30 - Look up the North Star Pledge  1:58:47 - Remember who we truly are and love ourselves through it all  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam is a doctoral candidate in Anthropology and Communications at Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Catalonia, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and has spent close to 5 years living and working in the Peruvian Amazon, facilitating workshops and retreats while conducting extensive fieldwork and qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College, where he is currently a visiting student.  Adam is currently the Director of Therapy and Integration for Rē Precision Health, a retreat centre on the pacific coast of Mexico. When he is not facilitating workshops, Adam conducts preparation and integration sessions for individual clients and online groups, offering a unique approach to mental and emotional health that blends insights from Medical Anthropology and Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Art, Integrative and Existential Psychotherapy, Gabor Mate's Compassionate Inquiry (CI) psychotherapeutic approach and Traditional Plant Medicine, all rooted in a grounded relational framework that highlights the reciprocal and interdependent nature of our wellbeing. Adam is the co-founder and COO of Hidden Hand Media, a creative agency in the space of transformation and technology and a staff member and media associate of the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. Adam has lectured, spoken and presented work at many academic and professional conferences and congresses around the world and had his work has been featured in various media platforms and podcasts. Adam is also a good friend of mine, and I always enjoy chatting with him. In this episode we talk about Adam's newest project Healing From Healing. Healing from Healing is a generative space for healing and transformation that casts a critical, skeptical, humorous and compassionate gaze at Healing Culture and its ideological and political underpinnings while highlighting the relational, cultural and contextual aspects of what it means to be healthy and happy.    LISTEN: APPLE  | SPOTIFY | STITCHER | YOUTUBE If You Enjoy This Show Please Subscribe and Give Us a 5-Star Rating ★★★★★ and Review on Apple Podcasts |and also on Spotify. Become a Patron and get access to ad free, intro free unedited bonus episodes, early access releases, full video pods, the Dosadelic comedy show archives, merch, the inner sanctum discord, group zoom calls, + one on one time with me, and other rewards and goodies, and mush mush more. Only on Patreon.   Mikeadelic is Sponsored by: Waveblock: Enter Code MIKEADELIC for 20% off! https://bit.ly/3FGf6TA innovative WaveBlock™ Protect Stickers are laboratory-tested to deflect EMF waves away from the brain, reducing the harmful effects of radiation exposure up to 87%   Connect With Adam/ Healing From Healing:  Website: healingfromhealing.com Instagram: @healingfromhealing  Facebook: https://bit.ly/3DvLwAw Email: info@healingfromhealing.com   Connect With Mike: Website: https://bit.ly/2GqH7kX Men's group Experiences: website coming soon - for now email me Mikeadelicpod@gmail.com to stay in the loop for some epic brotherhood connection. (we also have a private mighty networks app) Book a free complimentary 1 on 1 Session w/me - http://bit.ly/3aJ0Yv6 Instagram: @mikeadelic_podcast The Inner Sanctum Substack: https://bit.ly/3K1u8Ge Email/ContactMe: https://bit.ly/2Dsv2v4 Facebook: https://bit.ly/2XCchg7 All My Links: https://linktr.ee/Mikeadelic

Ismail Lourido Ali, J.D. is the Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). Ismail advocates to eliminate barriers to psychedelic therapy and research, develops and implements legal and policy strategy, and supports MAPS' strategy, organizational development, and ethics work. Ismail is a founding Board member of the Psychedelic Bar Association and also presently serves on the Board of Directors for Sage Institute in the California Bay Area. Ismail advises, is formally affiliated with, or has served in leadership roles for numerous organizations in the drug policy reform ecosystem, including Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Chacruna Institute, and the Ayahuasca Defense Fund. In addition, Ismail works with clients on legal matters related to the religious use of psychedelics as sacrament. Together we talked about the remaining legal hurdles before MDMA-assisted therapy is FDA approved, why state legislatures (like Texas!) are beginning to experiment with psychedelic policy, why the DEA just Proposed Adding five more psychedelics to the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances, and much more. Great interview, great guy, so much to learn. . . . Coming soon at Esalen: Spring Equinox: Journey Through the Chakras With Sacred Sound & Wonder - March 21, 2022 - March 25, 2022 with Deva Munay. Sacred Sound & Wonder invites you to celebrate the first week of Spring as we find connection, levity, and light through the alchemy of crystal singing bowls and sound healing. Each day will include a blend of nourishing sound journeys, experiential activities, breathwork, movement, journaling, and group discussion. We welcome you to unwind, connect, and feel empowered to bring new practices home with you to restore your balance and connectivity to yourself and the world around you. Learn more and apply today at https://www.esalen.org/workshops/spring-equinox-journey-through-the-chakras-with-sacred-sound-wonder . . . Wild Pilgrimage: Backpacking Journey to Esalen (Integration Weekend for April 10-17 Wildtender Program) April 15, 2022- April 17, 2022 with Fletcher Tucker and Emily Linders Embark on an intentional wilderness journey through the sublime and seldom-traveled backcountry of Big Sur, concluding at the coastal grounds of Esalen. Among the fleeting gifts of Spring – free-flowing creeks, boundless wildflower fields and vibrant wildlife – immerse in the wild with an intimate cohort (up to twelve participants), practice awareness and community, and learn fundamental skills to feel at home on the earth. Learn more and apply at https://www.esalen.org/workshops/wild-pilgrimage-backpacking-journey-to-esalen-integration-weekend-for-april-10-17-wildtender-program

Dr. Beatriz Caiuby Labate (Bia Labate) has her core interests in the study of psychoactive substances, drug policies, shamanism, ritual, and religion. She is the author, co-author, and co-editor of seventeen books, one journal special edition, and several peer-reviewed articles. She is also the Executive Director of the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. The song featured in this episode is Magic Hits by Adrian Sutherland. Green Dreamer is a community-supported podcast and multimedia journal exploring our paths to collective healing, biocultural revitalization, and true abundance and wellness for all. Find our show notes and transcripts at GreenDreamer.com. Help us reach our Patreon goal: GreenDreamer.com/support.

As psychedelics become increasingly popular in the US and beyond, it's imperative that new businesses honor, protect, and profit-share with the indigenous communities who are stewards of these medicines. Today on the show, Jesse Hudson, Chief Legal Officer at Woven Science explains the recent policy paper from Woven's nonprofit El Puente which focuses on reparations, education, preservation, and inclusion for indigenous wisdom keepers. We begin with Jesse's early work with ICEERS' Ayahuasca Defense Fund (ADF) and the case for religious freedom. We discuss the importance of corporate social responsibility in psychedelic medicine and some examples of organizations which are doing it well. Jesse shares El Puente's recent policy paper including the four pillars of biocultural conservation, appellations of origin, regulatory sandboxes, and financial sharing. We conclude our conversation with the value for psychedelic businesses of preserving, protecting, and giving voice to indigenous communities. Jesse Hudson has worked in the psychedelic space for 15 years as a lawyer, consultant, and advisor for organizations including ICEERS' Ayahuasca Defense Fund, Chacruna Institute, Enthea Health, Sage Institute, Journey Colab, and Vine Ventures. He is Chief Legal Officer at Woven Science, where he leads the non-profit El Puente, which promotes access and benefit-sharing with indigenous peoples and holds 10% of Woven's equity. Links Woven Science El Puente El Puente Policy Paper (English) El Puente Discord Channel "El Puente: an impact DAO" on Medium Woven Science Twitter Ayahuasca Defense Fund (ADF) Contact jessie@woven.science Timestamps :17 - ICEERS and ayahuasca defense fund (ADF) :21 - Woven Science and ecosystem approach :26 - Ethics in psychedelic business :43 - El Puente's Four Pillars: Biocultural conservation, appellations of origin, regulatory sandboxes, and financial sharing. :56 - Taxation and regulation exemptions for indigenous communities 1:03 - Financial benefits sharing, mandates, and ethics

In 1955, a Mazatec shaman introduced a westerner to sacred mushrooms. That event has had tremendous ripple effects. In part 4 of our miniseries, we speak with Dr. Bia Labate about the deep indigenous roots of the psychedelic renaissance and what is missing from the western biomedical narrative around these powerful substances. (Artwork by Karina Muscarina for Chacruna Institute)

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This is the twelfth episode of Chacruna Dieta, the official Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines Weekly Digest Podcast, bringing you the latest news from Chacruna in the psychedelic space for the week of November 15th to November 20th, 2021: www.chacruna.net Hosted by Joseph Mays, Program Director for the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas (IRI): www.chacruna-iri.org Sacha Warmi: www.sachawarmi.org/en Chacruna Latinoamerica: https://chacruna-la.org/ Community Forums: https://www.crowdcast.io/chacruna Quote from Makuna: portrait of an Amazonian people, Kaj Århem Music by Naturalemc

This is the eleventh episode of Chacruna Dieta, the official Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines Weekly Digest Podcast, bringing you the latest news from Chacruna in the psychedelic space for the week of October 31st to November 6th, 2021: www.chacruna.net Hosted by Joseph Mays, Program Director for the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas (IRI): www.chacruna-iri.org Chacruna Latinoamerica: https://chacruna-la.org/ Community Forums: https://www.crowdcast.io/chacruna https://microdose.buzz/wonderland/miami/ - Wonderland conference https://bioneers.org/ - Bioneers: Save $30 on 3-day passes when you use code LASTCHANCE this weekend only: https://bit.ly/3pWNyEZ Quote from "Behind the looking glass: Amazonia and the contradictions of global consumption and production" by Miguel Alexiades, 2013 https://www.academia.edu/8924142/Alexiades_Miguel_2013_Behind_the_looking_glass_Amazonia_and_the_contradictions_of_global_consumption_and_production Music by Naturalemc

This is the tenth episode of Chacruna Dieta, the official Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines Weekly Digest Podcast, bringing you the latest news from Chacruna in the psychedelic space for the week of October 17th to October 23rd, 2021: www.chacruna.net Hosted by Joseph Mays, Program Director for the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas (IRI): www.chacruna-iri.org Chacruna Latinoamerica: https://chacruna-la.org/ Community Forums: https://www.crowdcast.io/chacruna Huni Kui flood relief: https://donate.welight.live/huni-kui-en Quote from "The Origins of Human Diet and Medicine" by Timothy Johns: https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/the-origins-of-human-diet-and-medicine Music by Naturalemc

This is the ninth episode of Chacruna Dieta, the official Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines Weekly Digest Podcast, bringing you the latest news from Chacruna in the psychedelic space for the week of October 10th to October 16th, 2021: www.chacruna.net Hosted by Joseph Mays, Program Director for the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas (IRI): www.chacruna-iri.org Psychedelic Therapy Podcast with Joseph Mays and Eamon Armstrong: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3wvlZyzSUIqCxqQiWg930h?si=fmuEtzhZQnycIJLNmGpZQg&dl_branch=1 Chacruna Latinoamerica video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5WyRfSB0y4&t=1s Navajo Water Project: https://www.navajowaterproject.org/?mc_cid=19501ae44e&mc_eid=a05bff20b9 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/14/defense-mother-earth-indigenous-leaders-occupy-bureau-indian-affairs Quote from "Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache" by Keith H. Basso Comca'ac water relief fund: https://www.airfunding.net/project/471089 (message iri@chacruna.net to donate directly to the Council of Elders in Punta Chueca) Music by Naturalemc

This is the eighth episode of Chacruna Dieta, the official Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines Weekly Digest Podcast, bringing you the latest news from Chacruna in the psychedelic space for the week of October 3rd to October 9th, 2021: www.chacruna.net Hosted by Joseph Mays, Program Director for the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas (IRI): www.chacruna-iri.org Psychedelic Therapy Podcast with Joseph Mays and Eamon Armstrong: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3wvlZyzSUIqCxqQiWg930h?si=fmuEtzhZQnycIJLNmGpZQg&dl_branch=1 How to Launch an Industry: https://www.marcu-arora.com/how-to-launch-an-industry/from-indigenous-to-fda Quote from "Custer Died For Your Sins" by Vine Deloria, Jr. Comca'ac water relief fund: https://www.airfunding.net/project/471089 (message iri@chacruna.net to donate directly to the Council of Elders in Punta Chueca) Music by Naturalemc

In this episode of HappyTalks, we interview Adam Aronovich and talk about his life, work and the differences in styles of treatments for mental health problems around the world. Adam is a doctoral candidate at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam facilitated workshops in the Peruvian Amazon and he regularly facilitates workshops in Mexico. He is also a process facilitator and integration support coach in private practice. Dr. Alice Fong is a naturopathic doctor, known as the “Virtual Stress Doc,” and she helps busy professionals break free from stress, anxiety, and burnout without having to quit their jobs using a 5-step holistic approach. She is the founder of Amour de Soi Wellness and her mission is to help people discover self-love and happiness. She has given several talks around the country for healthcare providers, corporations, women's conferences and for the general public. Donovon Jenson is a software engineer in the Bay Area and the founder of howtohappy.com. He is a Utah native who has long been interested in human development and health. He double majored in psychology and health policy, and graduated Magna Cum Laude through the Honors College at the University of Utah. How to Happy strives to provide thoughtful and actionable insights on living a happier life. We believe happiness is the result of self-awareness, balance and a positive mindset, among a myriad of other things. Our goal is to inspire you to see life through a new lens by adding strategies and exercises to your toolbox, then encouraging you to take action. We are all capable of being happier, let's work together to find the best pathways to get there. Together we're out to cause more happiness in the world! Adam Aronovich https://www.facebook.com/adamandros https://www.instagram.com/adamandros/ https://twitter.com/AdamAndros Dr. Alice Fong http://www.dralicefong.com https://www.facebook.com/DrAliceFong/ https://www.instagram.com/dralicefong/ https://twitter.com/DrAliceFong https://www.youtube.com/dralicefong https://ios.joinclubhouse.com/@dralicefong Donovon Jenson https://howtohappy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TheHowToHappy/ https://www.instagram.com/thehowtohappy/ https://twitter.com/TheHowToHappy https://www.youtube.com/HowtoHappy Michael Lira, Voice Actor Opening Credits Voice https://www.michaelapollolira.com/ Information on this video is provided for general educational purposes only and is not intended to constitute medical advice or counseling. #community #psychedelics --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/happytalks/support

This is the seventh episode of Chacruna Dieta, the official Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines Weekly Digest Podcast, bringing you the latest news from Chacruna in the psychedelic space for the week of September 26th to October 2nd, 2021: www.chacruna.net Hosted by Joseph Mays, Program Director for the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas (IRI): www.chacruna-iri.org Psychedelic Therapy Podcast with Joseph Mays and Eamon Armstrong: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3wvlZyzSUIqCxqQiWg930h?si=fmuEtzhZQnycIJLNmGpZQg&dl_branch=1 How to Launch an Industry: https://www.marcu-arora.com/how-to-launch-an-industry/from-indigenous-to-fda Quote from "The Songs of Trees" by David George Haskell Comca'ac water relief fund: https://www.airfunding.net/project/471089 (message iri@chacruna.net to donate directly to the Council of Elders in Punta Chueca) Music by Naturalemc

This is the sixth episode of Chacruna Dieta, the official Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines Weekly Digest Podcast, bringing you the latest news from Chacruna in the psychedelic space for the week of September 19th to September 25th, 2021. Hosted by Joseph Mays, Program Director for the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas (IRI): www.chacruna-iri.org Psychedelic Therapy Podcast with Joseph Mays and Eamon Armstrong: https://www.mayahealth.com/podcast/joseph-mays & https://open.spotify.com/episode/3wvlZyzSUIqCxqQiWg930h?si=fmuEtzhZQnycIJLNmGpZQg&dl_branch=1 Comca'ac water relief fund: https://www.airfunding.net/project/471089 (message iri@chacruna.net to donate directly to the Council of Elders in Punta Chueca) Music by Naturalemc

This is the fifth episode of Chacruna Dieta, the official Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines Weekly Digest Podcast, bringing you the latest news from Chacruna in the psychedelic space for the week of September 12th to September 18th, 2021. Hosted by Joseph Mays, Program Director for the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas (IRI): www.chacruna-iri.org Registration link for the Chacruna X Maya Health event on Wednesday, September 22nd: https://bit.ly/3meGfGU Comca'ac water relief fund: https://www.airfunding.net/project/471089 (message iri@chacruna.net to donate directly to the Council of Elders in Punta Chueca) Music by Naturalemc

This is the fourth episode of Chacruna Dieta, the official Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines Weekly Digest Podcast, bringing you the latest news from Chacruna in the psychedelic space for the week of September 5th to September 11th, 2021. Hosted by Joseph Mays, Program Director for the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas (IRI): www.chacruna-iri.org Registration link for the Chacruna X Maya Health event on Wednesday, September 22nd: https://bit.ly/3meGfGU Music by Naturalemc

This is the third episode of Chacruna Dieta, the official Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines Weekly Digest Podcast, bringing you the latest news from Chacruna in the psychedelic space for the week of August 29th to September 4th, 2021. Hosted by Joseph Mays, Program Director for the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas (IRI): www.chacruna-iri.org Registration link for the Chacruna X Maya Health event on Wednesday, September 22nd: https://bit.ly/3meGfGU Music by Naturalemc

This is the second episode of Chacruna Dieta, the official Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines Weekly Digest Podcast, bringing you the latest news from Chacruna in the psychedelic space for the week of August 22nd to August 28th, 2021. Hosted by Joseph Mays, Program Director for the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas (IRI): www.chacruna-iri.org Registration link for the Chacruna X Maya Health event on Wednesday, September 22nd: https://bit.ly/3meGfGU Music by Naturalemc

This is the first episode of the official Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines Weekly Digest Podcast, bringing you the latest news from Chacruna in the psychedelic space for the week of August 15 to August 21st, 2021. Hosted by Joseph Mays, Program Director for the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas (IRI): www.chacruna-iri.org Registration link for the Chacruna X Maya Health event on Wednesday, September 22nd: https://bit.ly/3meGfGU Music by Naturalemc

Adam Aronovich is a doctoral candidate at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is the Co-Founder and COO of Hidden Hand Media, and the Director of Therapy and Integration for Rē Precision Health. Adam is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam facilitated workshops in the Peruvian Amazon and he regularly facilitates workshops in Mexico. He is also a process facilitator and integration support coach in private practice. In his role as a workshop facilitator at the Temple of the Way of Light, an ayahuasca retreat center in the Amazon we met personally at the end of 2019. You'll hear Adam share some of the insights he has gained through his research, as well as personal experiences while working with different healing modalities like ayahuasca. A prevailing theme that emerges from his research is that the primary dimension of healing for most people is relational. We discuss the importance of the collective dimension of well-being, which is completely at odds with institutional approaches that focus only on the individual. And Adam explains why the healing process at a psychedelic retreat is a co-creative process that is shared rather than a passive process of becoming a consumer of a treatment that is handed to you. He describes how our stories and narratives influence our healing experience, which, according to his research, can be the biggest obstacle along a person's healing journey. On a more personal note, he shares how psychedelics have helped him with his own anxiety, enabling him to better contextualise whatever arises. You will also learn where most people in psychedelic work get stuck and how transgenerational trauma can affect our well-being. Finally, we talk about the reasons for our crisis of meaning in the Western world and how psychedelics can help to navigate a way between the needs of a system on the one hand and finding balance on one's own path on the other. I'm happy that Adam found the time to share his extensive knowledge on the topic with me. It brought back lots of memories and stories of my own first ayahuasca retreat in Peru where he served as a great facilitator and guide. To receive the latest episodes and updates on psychedelic retreats by mail every week, feel free to sign up for the newsletter. --------------------------------------- Connect with Adam on IG: @adamandros More about me: Coaching & Newsletter: https://www.alexanderfaubel.com Instagram: @alex_faubel @psychedelische_retreats

Episódio 04 das Notícias Psicodélicas da Semana, do Chacruna Latinoamérica Nesta edição temos: - Chamada de artigos para o Chacruna Latinoamérica - Artigos lançados no site do Chacruna Institute e do Chacruna Latinoamérica - Séries do Chacruna - Notícias dos blogs parceiros do Chacruna

Bia Labate is an anthropologist who specialises in the study of psychoactive substances, drug policy, shamanism, ritual and religion. She has a Ph.D. in social anthropology from the State University of Campinas in her native Brazil and is author, co-author and co-editor of over 20 books as well as many peer-reviewed articles. She has organised many important conferences in the psychedelic space and is the founder and chief executive of the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. She is also the Public Education and Culture Specialist at MAPS and is an adjunct faculty member of the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). Today we talk about many aspects of global psychedelic culture with a particular focus on Ayahuasca.

Notícias Psicodélicas da Semana – 3ª Edição - Eventos Chacruna - Artigos do Chacruna Institute e Chacruna Latinoamérica - O que está rolando em nossas redes sociais - Nossa Newsletter Chacruna Latinoamérica - Chamada de artigos para o Chacruna no Brasil e no México - Promoções do Chacruna

Where is psilocybin headed? Recent societal vindication of psilocybin and other psychedelic therapies are paving a prominent future for these substances, especially in psychiatric therapy. But how do we navigate this resurgence for the better? What conversations should be had, what questions should be asked, and who should we trust? These are big questions that will evolve with the industry. Today we welcome Ron Shore, who has spent years studying clinical applications for psychedelic therapy and collecting related data to initiate conversations around these important elements. Ron is a PhD candidate at Queens University who has spent years in the public health world. Ron offers a needed perspective on the growing economy of psilocybin and other entheogens. Topics Covered:Combining neuroscientific and traditional ceremonial settings for psychedelic healing spacesRevisiting psychedelic science with new understandings in neuroscience & psychiatry The importance of maintaining and respecting all cultural elements without cultural appropriationThe economy of psilocybin — what is it like now? How will it progress and what should we be aware of as the industry grows to ensure we uphold cultural and economic equality?Attempts to patent natural psychedelic substances such as ayahuasca Behind the scenes of psychedelic clinical trials and how we can improve by being more inclusiveObtaining funding for psychedelic researchSteps that industry leaders and influencers can take to be in their highest integrity while doing this workResources and thoughts on educating ourselves on the psychedelic historyPsilocybin and associated alkaloids of psilocybe mushrooms The current state of scientific literature on synthetic or ‘pure' psilocybin compared to the natural biomass of psilocybe mushroomsAnimal studies with psilocybinHow psychedelics influence your brain physiologically How consciousness is a ‘fruiting body', and therefore, a mushroom ;)Show Notes:Dimensions healing :https://dimensionshealing.com/Ron Shore's website: https://www.ronshore.ca/Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines: https://chacruna.netFrancoise Bourzat: https://francoisebourzat.com/Michael Pollan's books: https://michaelpollan.com/books/Landmark study on neurogenesis: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.06.008More articles: https://news.yale.edu/2021/07/05/psychedelic-spurs-growth-neural-connections-lost-depressionhttps://neurosciencenews.com/depression-dendrites-psilocybin-18856/Robin Carhart-Harris's publications on psilocybin & other psychedelics: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7_MD_w0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

This episode concludes Season 1 of the MAPS Canada Podcast. What better way to end our first season than with a very special guest, Dr. Erika Dyck. Erika is a Canadian Historian, Professor of History at the University of Saskatchewan, a Canadian Research Chair, and an editor with the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. Erika joins us for an interview with Jaipreet Mattu to discuss her 20 years of research on Canada's past with psychedelic psychiatry, the growing awareness of the role women played in the development of psychedelic therapy, Indigenous use of psychedelic plants and protecting their cultural rights, and lastly, the global future of psychedelic plant medicine. Erika's research focuses mainly on the history of medicine, health and social justice, and of course, the history of psychedelics in psychiatry. She's taught classes on the history of medicine and psychiatry, social justice and gender equality in medicine, and eugenics. She's also written on women's health in other aspects of Canadian health care. More recently, Erika's research focuses on women in the history of psychedelic psychiatry. She highlights the importance of thinking about the intersections of gender in psychedelics and incorporating new voices and discussions about gender considerations in the development of psychedelic therapy. Links: * Chachruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines (https://chacruna.net/) * Graphic Novel—"Wonder Drug: LSD in the Land of Living Skies” (https://btlbooks.com/book/wonder-drug) * MAPS Special Bulletin—Women and Psychedelics (https://maps.org/news/bulletin/articles/436-maps-bulletin-spring-2019-vol-29,-no-1/7697-maps-bulletin-spring-2019-vol-29,-no-1) * Women on Psychedelics (https://www.womenonpsychedelics.org/resources?fbclid=IwAR0Bqg-FAMGvcn0WeWDgD0Un4b2P1ot1i85MAcibEUhnw0VNXn4ESFkPUiM) * Société Psychédélique Française - Webinar ‘Gender, Women and Psychedelics' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byWcX6GZmr4) MAPS Canada is a registered non-profit; we rely on the generosity of our supporters to fund our life-changing research. Please visit mapscanada.org/donate to become a monthly donor or to make a one-time donation today! Feedback? Feel free to email us at: podcast@mapscanada.org This episode was produced and edited by Brendon Campbell. Original music and audio engineering by Andrew Illmann.

From the reassuring sound of our mother's heartbeat to our last breath, our lives are bounded by rhythm. In music, poetry, meditation, and prayer, rhythm is the trance that lets the spirit fly. In grounding us, it can free us. And it can sometimes become a dangerous drug, lulling us to sleep. In this episode Jason talks with anthropologist Bia Labate of Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines about the rhythms of ancient indigenous life and of life in the global north as they relate to the use of psychedelics for emotional and spiritual healing. There's a story by Jason about two brothers whose lives are out of sync. And a father-son musical collaboration (the second one this season) about rhythm as a refuge from doubt and self-destruction. Special thanks to Nicole Reed Caskey for the word of the episode, to Adil Sadak for the song production, to Emre Gots for the song of the episode (to which Jason added lyrics and vocals), and for the Clever Creature theme song, and to Nathan Gelgud for the episode art.

Hey everybody! Episode 55 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with my friend Adam Aronovich. Adam and I met in the Amazon jungle working at the plant medicine center, The Temple of the Way of Light, where he originally came down working on his doctoral thesis. He ended up living, studying, and working in the jungle for five years. I think Adam brings a really unique and important perspective to this work, being able to merge his academic work and observations with his time spent learning from plants and working as a facilitator with guests going through a ceremonial experience. This podcast ending up going quite long, over four hours, which I thought it may, but it's filled with a lot of insights, observations, and knowledge from Adam's time and life. It was a pleasure for me to catch up and converse with him and I think you all will gain a lot out of this episode. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!"Adam is a doctoral candidate focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College, where he is also a visiting student. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam facilitated workshops in the Peruvian Amazon and he regularly facilitates workshops in Mexico. He is also a process facilitator and integration support coach in private practice, the co-host of the upcoming podcast "Healing from the Healing Path", and the co-founder of Hidden Hand Media, a creative agency in the space of transformation and technology.”For more info about Adam and his work, visit: https://www.healingfromhealing.com and https://linktr.ee/adamandros and https://www.hiddenhandmedia.comThis episode of the show is sponsored by the Temple of the Way of Light. To learn more or sign up for a retreat, visit:https://templeofthewayoflight.org/Share the show, Subscribe or Follow, and if you can go on Apple Podcasts and leave a starred-rating and a short review. That would be super helpful with the algorithms and getting this show out to more people. Thank you in advance!For more information about me and my upcoming plant medicine retreats with my colleague Merav Artzi, visit my site at: https://www.NicotianaRustica.orgTo support this podcast on Patreon, visit: https://www.patreon.com/UniverseWithinTo donate directly with PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/jasongrechanikMusic courtesy of: Nuno Moreno (end song). Visit: https://m.soundcloud.com/groove_a_zen_sound and https://nahira-ziwa.bandcamp.com/ And Stefan Kasapovski's Santero Project (intro song). Visit: https://spoti.fi/3y5Rd4Hhttps://www.facebook.com/UniverseWithinPodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/UniverseWithinPodcast

For this bonus interview, we're joined by Canadian lawyer turned historian and journalist, Ross Crockford. Ross was the editor of Monday Magazine, an alternative weekly paper in Victoria, BC and has over two decades of experience researching Canada's past, present, and future with psychedelics. It was during his work as an editor that he discovered the work done by Dr. Abram Hoffer; he actually went on to interview Hoffer himself as well as several of his patients, along with many other early psychedelic pioneers. We'll be back on July 19th, with an episode featuring Canadian Historian, Dr. Erika Dyck. Erika joins us to discuss her research on Canada's history with psychedelics, the history of women and psychedelics, and some of the exciting projects she is collaborating on with individuals from around the world, alongside the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. This episode was produced and edited by Brendon Campbell. Original music and audio engineering by Andrew Illmann. MAPS Canada is a registered non-profit; we rely on the generosity of our supporters to fund our life-changing research. Please visit mapscanada.org/donate to become a monthly donor or to make a one-time donation today! Feedback? Feel free to email us at: podcast@mapscanada.org

Within mainstream Western psychiatry, mental health, wellbeing and affliction are often seen as mainly pertaining to imbalances within the individual, why care efforts often address the psychological and physiological dimensions of each person separately. In this podcast, we will explore the limitations of only taking such an overly individual approach to mental health, and seek complementary inspiration in alternative etiological, ontological and epistemological paradigms. To help us find ground in this vast terrain is the guest of this episode, Adam Aronovich. Adam has worked with alternatives to Western psychiatry and treatment in several ways. He is a PhD candidate at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili specialized in medical anthropology and cultural psychiatry. He is a member of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, and a member of the Medical Anthropological Research Center (MARC-URV) in Catalunya. The past four years he has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon on the therapeutic mechanisms of ayahuasca, while also working as Research Coordinator and Workshop Facilitator for the pioneering ayahuasca retreat centre in the Peruvian Amazon, named the Temple of the Way of Light. For those not familiar with psychedelics, ayahuasca is a psychoactive Amazonian plant brew which has long been used by indigenous people for healing purposes and which, alongside with other psychedelics such as psilocybin and LSD are now being heavily researched all over the globe because of their profound therapeutic potentials against a variety of ailments and general mental distress.We begin our conversation talking about the main contributions from cultural psychiatry and medical anthropology to views on and approaches to mental health. Adam tells about the necessity of looking at mental affliction as politically, socially, and historically embedded, and the need for critical engagement with the dominant way of pathologizing parts of the human experience within the Western medical establishment. We then move on to discussing some of the exciting findings from Adam's current PhD project, which presents mental wellbeing as first and foremost a question of connection and community. Adam introduces some elements of the healing tradition among the indigenous Shipibo people in Peru, and we talk about how we can learn from their different ways of approaching mental health and wellbeing, and what to be aware of in such a pursuit. Finally, we discuss how psychedelics can have both therapeutic and extra-therapeutic applications, and the need for a broad and contextually based engagement with the potentials of these substances for increasing wellbeing.We need to emphasise that this podcast in no way serves as an encouragement to engage in illegal activities, but serves an educational and informational purpose only. For more information on the current status of psychedelic research, stay tuned for future episodes from Regnfang or go to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (https://maps.org), the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/psychedelic-research-centre), the Centre for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at John Hopkins University (https://hopkinspsychedelic.org) or Center for Psykedelisk Dannelse og Dialog (http://psykedeliskdannelse.dk).We hope you enjoy the interview!Host: Sidsel MarieProduction: Heine VolderMusic: Victor Lange & Heine Volder

In this episode of the Plant Medicine Podcast, Adam Aronovich returns to discuss the phenomenon of psychedelic narcissism. Adam is a doctoral candidate at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam regularly facilitates workshops at the Temple of the Way of Light, a prestigious healing center in the Iquitos area. In this wide-ranging conversation, Adam unpacks some of the darker sides of the modern psychedelic movement, discussing the psychosocial dynamics around psychedelic use which can lead to things such as ego inflation, conspiratorial thinking, and narcissism. Adam recalls his own experiences slipping into messianic fantasies during a period of initial enthusiasm around psychedelic experiences. He views issues of alienation and lack of social support as being instrumental in leading to these types of delusions following profound spiritual experiences. While it is difficult to reach people who’ve slipped into psychedelic narcissism, Adam suggests that communal support is the best safeguard against these dangers and the most effective strategy for grounding people who’ve lost touch with reality. Drawing on his academic expertise, Adam distinguishes traditional uses of plant medicines from the Western paradigm for approaching psychedelics. He stresses the relational and communal aspects of the spiritual traditions which use psychedelics ceremonially. The pro-social aspects of these wisdom traditions, he claims, help safeguard against the traps of psychedelic narcissism and ego inflation, as there are established mechanisms for keeping people grounded following intense spiritual experiences.  Adam closes the discussion with an insightful analysis of modern gurus and self-proclaimed shamans. Adam encourages people to beware of deeply held spiritual fantasies, where a master can appear as more than human. Instead, he emphasizes that even skillful and well-intentioned healers are themselves nothing more than human beings, so there will always be imperfection and messiness. This does not, however, mean that impactful work cannot happen—in fact, this insight helps protect against the idolization of charismatic psychedelic personalities, which can lead to harmful experiences.   In this episode: Defining psychedelic narcissism Clinical vs coloquial understandings of narcissism The intersections of the psychedelic movement and conspiracy theories The importance of social and communal support for avoiding ego inflation following psychedelic or spiritual experiences How psychedelic experiences can actually deepen ego attachments and accentuate narcissistic tendencies The importance of humor in combating spiritual narcissism   Quotes: “Many of the underlying ideologies upon which Western cultures were built, like hyper-individualism and so on, kind of predispose us and prime us for certain aspects of narcissism.” [5:36] “Ego inflation, spiritual narcissism, messianic episodes—all of these are things that are fairly common within both people who are in some sort of spiritual or psychedelic path.” [12:17] “In traditional societies for the most part really there isn’t such a thing as a self-proclaimed shaman. A person doesn’t wake up one morning and is like ‘oh, I’m the shaman’—that’s a title or a role or a recognition given to that person by the community.” [38:03] “The best measure of whether somebody is genuine and helpful is not whatever credentials or titles he assigns to himself, but rather what other people feel. So, you know, you will know a tree by its fruits.” [45:08] “Having these experiences by themselves does not necessarily mean spiritual growth or psychological development or any enhanced benefit if we’re not constantly, painfully, mindful of how we actually integrate and embody those things in daily life over very long periods of time.” [54:29]   Links: Adam on Instagram Temple of the Way of Light Psychedelic Medicine Association Porangui

Adam is a doctoral candidate at the Universitat Rovira I Virgili in Spain, focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years, he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam facilitated workshops in the Peruvian Amazon and he regularly facilitates workshops in Mexico. He is also a process facilitator and integration support coach in private practice.

Dr. Diana Quinn, naturopathic physician, ceremonialist, and end of life doula comes on the show to talk about healing justice, nature, connection, language, and finding the way forward. Diana Quinn ND (she/her) is a licensed naturopathic doctor and healing justice practitioner specializing in integrative mental health, grief and end of life care, and decolonized healing modalities. A queer mestiza Xicana, her work centers Black, Indigenous, and people of color, and the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. She offers monthly psychedelic integration circles for BIPOC and queer folks, entheogenic support for individuals and groups, and psychedelic education for healthcare professionals. She is a member of the Psychedelic Medicine Association, the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, and the Queer Psychedelic Collective. For more information visit drdianaquinn.com and follow her on FB, IG and Twitter @drdianaquinn. Links: https://www.drdianaquinn.com/ https://www.healingbychoicedetroit.com/ https://www.drdianaquinn.com/healing-justice A Not-So-Brief History of the Healing Justice Movement by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: https://micemagazine.ca/issue-two/not-so-brief-personal-history-healing-justice-movement-2010%E2%80%932016 Susan Raffo on healing justice and disrupting the medical industrial complex: https://www.susanraffo.com/blog/healing-histories-disrupting-the-medical-industrial-complex-1 The history of healing justice movement: https://www.susanraffo.com/blog/healing-justice-at-the-us-social-forum-a-report-from-atlanta-detroit-and-beyond Robin Wall Kimmerer on the language of animacy: https://orionmagazine.org/article/robin-wall-kimmerer-language-animacy/ Free monthly integration circles: one for BIPOC, one for 2SLGBTQIA+ folks https://www.drdianaquinn.com/events

This week we're joined by Dr. Bia Labate, who has made studying psychedelic plants her career. We're exploring magic mushrooms, peyote, and ayahuasca, their traditional rituals, and where they originate from.This episode is for educational purposes only.Find the Chacruna Institute:https://www.facebook.com/chacruna.nethttps://twitter.com/chacruna_nethttps://www.instagram.com/chacruna.institute/https://chacruna.net/Follow Us:rInstagram: www.instagram.com/candicekayla/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/CandiceKayla Website: www.candicekayla.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sophia Rokhlin is an author, speaker and nonprofit organizer dedicated to supporting the conservation of indigenous wisdom and territories.She holds a BA in anthropology and religious studies from The New School and a M.Sc. in Ecological Economics from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She has worked with the Environmental Justice Atlas mapping grassroots activism related to commodity extraction in the Americas. Sophia is a Program Coordinator at the Chaikuni Institute, supporting reforestation and ayahuasca cultivation in the Peruvian Amazon. She is a co-author of When Plants Dream: Ayahuasca, Amazonian Shamanism and the Global Psychedelic Renaissance (Watkins, 2019), and sits in the Ayahuasca Community Committee for the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. Her research has been featured in publications including the New York Times and the BBC.Connect with Sophia:WebsiteBookAmazonian Wild ApothecaryWebsiteConnect with Jacob:InstagramFacebookWebsiteSupport AAA:ListenSubscribe / ReviewDonate PayPal / VenmoShop through our Amazon PortalSubscribe on PatreonMusic by Jacob Gossel / DPLV

Sophia is an ultra kind new friend and a wealth of information on plants, medicine and amazonian shamanism.  Topics touched : cultural whiplash, collaborations, her new book "When Plants Dream" , life in the amazon , sustainability &  ayahuasca tourism, critique vs cynicism, new rituals, romanticizing all things old, finding a connection to the land, walking barefoot, facing your own end level bosses and leveling up, why we should leave the shire, becoming the medicine vs becoming an evangelist, and how personal transformation = global transformation. Sophia places a mysterious seed into the Cosmic Time Capsule.  Sophia Rokhlin is an author, speaker and nonprofit organizer from New York City. She holds a BA in anthropology and religious studies from The New School and a MSc in Ecological Economics from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB). She is a Program Coordinator at The Chaikuni Institute and currently directs the sustainable ayahuasca cultivation program at The Temple of the Way of Light, a traditional plant medicine retreat center in the Peruvian Amazon. She is the co-author of When Plants Dream: Ayahuasca, Amazonian Shamanism and the Global Psychedelic Renaissance (Watkins, 2019) on the global spread of ayahuasca. She has worked with several psychedelic harm-reduction programs including KosmiCare, and serves as an advisor on the Ayahuasca Community Committee for the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. She is currently based in Peru. Follow Sophia www.sophiarokhlin.com @sophiarokhlin (twitter) @sophiarokhlin (instagram)