EDUCATION + TRAINING
Selected Workshops Offered
EXPLORING THE ENERGETIC AND PSYCHEDELIC ALCHEMY OF POWER EXCHANGE FOR QUEER BIPOC FOLX
Within a Kink/BDSM context, power exchange can be deeply healing and liberating. In fact, it can be a fully psychedelic experience. The altered states of consciousness that are often inherent as a part of a dominant/submissive relationship or scene invite deep exploration of our connection to embodied liberation. In this interactive breakout session, we will explore how non-ordinary states of consciousness offer an opportunity to deeply explore our relationship to power, including our primal and shadow parts. We will discuss how Kink and its psychedelic elements can be a path towards freedom. We will have the opportunity to experience where power lives in the energy body and how we embody and alchemize that power as we move towards personal sovereignty and collective liberation.
PSYCHEDELIC ASSISTED THERAPY WITH QUEER + TRANS/GNC COMMUNTIES
Psychedelic experiences can be healing and liberatory for queer and trans/GNC individuals and communities. As facilitators of these experiences it is critical to have the knowledge, skills, and empowerment based approach to support queer folks in their experience. There can be vulnerability in allowing oneself to be present with the material that arises during non-ordinary states of consciousness. From preparation through integration, moving in intentional, affirming, and informed ways can make a world of difference. A way that cisheteropatriarchy impacts us all is by reinforcing a disconnection from our bodies and ourselves as sexual beings. As facilitators of these healing experiences, it is imperative that we are doing our own psychological and emotional work to combat, dismantle, and heal from our own participation in oppression, bias, prejudice and discrimination. We are all impacted by the effects of a society that privileges white, cisgender, heterosexual, and able bodied people. In this training, we will explore ways to create affirming and liberatory psychedelic healing spaces for queer folx.
I have been an invited educator in the following Psychedelic Facilitation Training Programs
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Naropa University Center for Psychedelic Studies (Core Faculty, Lead Educator and Mentor)
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Alma Institute (Lead Educator)
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SoundMind Institute (Recurring Invited Faculty)
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Integrate Evolve (Lead Educator)
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IPI Integrative Psychiatry Institute (Invited Faculty)