Classes

  • Group Facilitation as Ceremony: Ceremonial Design & Spaceholding Skills (4 hours)


    For thousands of years, entheogenic plant medicines have been utilized in human cultures for personal and collective healing within group ceremonial contexts. Rooting ourselves in indigenous, eco-centric, and animistic worldviews, we will explore the intentional use of psilocybin mushrooms and other plant teachers for the purpose of healing. Together, we will seek to answer the question: How can we create group psychedelic experiences that support health, are authentic for our time, place, and culture, and which honor indigenous peoples and the web of life? 


    As a course participant, you will:

    • Immerse yourself in a supportive, collaborative learning environment

    • Explore holistic worldviews and their relevance for plant medicine facilitation

    • Deepen your relationship with the plant medicines you work with, as well as your spiritual resources

    • Learn about basic ceremonial formats, and design your own authentic ceremonial structure

    • Practice spaceholding skills designed to maintain both the physical and energetic integrity and safety of the ceremonial container

  • This professional development course focuses on multicultural considerations and understandings of working with psychedelics in addiction recovery. It offers a client centered approach informed by a holistic perspective that brings in the relationship between addiction recovery and psychedelics.  

    We will explore different models of addiction, their underlying assumptions, and discuss how they perpetuate oppression and marginalization of BIPOC communities.  BIPOC communities are overrepresented in the criminal justice system based on drug related crimes.  The consequences of drug use and addiction unfairly impact communities of color in ways that collude with existing systems of oppression and marginalization.  Communities of color are under diagnosed in mental health disorders increasing the risk of self-medication using substances that can lead to addictive use and dependency.  Psychedelic medicines have been shown to reduce the impact of race related trauma therefore increasing potential for successful addiction treatment.

    A variety of practical approaches and applications will be offered to assist participants to creatively develop their own ways to attend to preparation and integration for their clients who have decided to seek a psychedelic experience to aid their recovery.  Psychedelic preparation and integration includes working with people before and after the psychedelic experience, independently of that experience regardless of whether the provider is involved in that experience or not. 

  • This course examines ethical considerations that impact the overall and long-term experience of clients who receive psilocybin-assisted facilitation.  It reviews current research on ethical issues, and harm reduction interventions in psychedelic-assisted therapy practices. It offers a review of ethical anthropocentric and biocentric perspectives on working with psychedelic medicines. It also reviews current Oregon law for facilitators.

Singing Circles

We gather regularly to come together and sing a variety of songs in a relaxed communal setting, often focusing on improvisation, shared vocal exploration, and building connecting through our voice and music.  No prior sining experience is necessary.  We are lead by Veronica Vargas, who will guide the group through warm-ups, song selections, and incorporates elements of call-and-response and spontaneous harmony creation.  The intentions of this group is to foster a sense of community and creative expression through shared singing.

Foraging Adventures

We gather and head on a nature adventure to forage for mushrooms. On these excursions, people will learn how to identify different types of wild mushrooms, distinguish between edible and poisonous varieties, understand habitat preferences, practice proper harvesting techniques that includes proper cleaning, storing and cooking of the mushrooms found.  The day will be guided by a knowledgeable instructor in a PNW forest.     

Psilocybin Facilitation 

    Our licensed facilitators will work closely with you and the mushrooms at a service center.  This is a collaborative process, relying on the inner healing  intelligence of the individual, the wisdom of the mushroom, and scared and intentional space holding of the facilitator.  Please contact us to get a list of our community members who are licensed facilitators in the state of Oregon.