“The Way of the Psychonaut: Stanislavsky Grof’s Journey of Consciousness. At the movie screening during PS 23 conference.
One of our awesome MAPS teachers Marcela
Ot’alora. She was a lead therapist with MAPS and was our trainer in learning to facilitate MDMA therapy.
Joseph was a our MAPS MDMA trainer and led or
cohort where Fabiana and I met in 2021 in class together.
Had a great time at the Flaming Lips concert
with my Netherlands friend Fabiana, her first American concert was a blast!
One of my main influences in my professional
work is Stan Grof truly a living legend for his early studies with LSD and it’s effects on the psyche. Noted psychiatrist, author, researcher, and pioneer of transpersonal psychology, was born in 1931 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. I got to meet one of my heroes and teachers.
Alex Grey is an American visual artist, author,
teacher known for creating spiritual and psychedelic paintings.
Allyson Grey is an artist and expresses in her paintings an essential worldview consisting of three root components: Chaos, Order, and Secret Writing.
An influential part of my journey was reading
this bestselling book from 2018 by Michael Pollan- How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence.
Got to hear from Andrew Huberman and the popular
Huberman Lab podcast. An American neuroscientist at Stanford University School of Medicine and his contributions to brain development, brain plasticity, and neural regeneration and repair.
Wisdom Keeper Belinda Eriacho, MPH, MT Founder
of Kaalogii, LLC, The Church of the Eagle and the Condor, Sound Mind Institute, and Naropa University. She is a Divine Keeper of wisdom and author of many articles related to Native American and Psychedelic Assisted therapy. What a joy to be in her presence.
Mary Cosimano, LMSW, has been working with the
JOHNS Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research. A heart felt and brilliant teacher.
Merete Christiansen is the Associate Director
of Zendo Project and works with MAPS.
Cesar Marin owner of Cultivating Wisdom and
friend who is a great connector of people and Microdosing thought leader.
Bessel van der Kolk, MD-Bestselling and Trauma
Research Studies, author of The Body Keeps The Score. Had a full day workshop with him on Psychodrama and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy, excellent education experience and discussions.