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This week Michael Sanders lets us in on how his life completely changed after just three deep Ayahuasca journeys in the Amazon. Michael is a blockchain entrepreneur, an advocate of play, and the author of the best-selling Ayahuasca: An Executive's Enlightenment. Tune in to be totally inspired!What we talked about:The dark night of the soul that led Michael to AyahuascaMichael’s ayahuasca ceremony storytime from the AmazonHow Ayahuasca presented herself in the dreamspaceProfound lessons from the medicineHow Michael channeled his bestselling bookThe power of synchronicities on the spiritual pathEntrepreneurship, making money & spiritualityHow to play every day and live a liberated lifeGrowing a startup as a spiritual individualThe crossover between psychedelics & blockchainWhat is blockchain and how is it changing our world?Mentioned in the episode:Nihue Rao [Ayahuasca centre]Ayahuasca: An Executive's Enlightenment [Michael’s book]Horizon Blockchain GamesSkyweaverethEra painting👉Stay connected to Modern Psychedelics via ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Web⁠ 👉 Inspired to transform your life from the inside out, and integrate higher consciousness in your day to day life? ⁠Explore 1:1 Coaching with Lana ⁠or ⁠Apply Now⁠👉 ⁠FREE Intention Setting Journal for Psychedelic Experiences⁠👉⁠ Integration Journal to Help Make Sense of Your Journey⁠👉 ⁠Ceremony Checklist for Safe Plant Medicine Journeys⁠👉 ⁠Psychedelic Journey & Psychedelic Integration Playlist⁠👉Looking for daily integration support or a legal microdose option? Explore Kanna and use ⁠LANA for 10% off at Kanna Wellness⁠DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance.

This week, we are welcoming Lauren Taus to the table! Lauren is a beautiful heart-centered clinical psychotherapist. She works with ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Her wide range of experiences as a therapist, psychedelic practitioner, yoga teacher, and meditation guide provides her clients with a powerful healing experience. Lauren provided us with beautiful perspectives and teachings, such as "interrupting the default allows for a new mind." Listen for:Lauren’s journey with psychedelics and how she came into her work as a psychedelic-assisted psychotherapistWhy life is psychedelic without psychedelicsThe limitations of traditional talk therapyWhat is ketamine and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy?How psychedelics allow for a new way of thinking and resetting generational beliefs that proceed our lifetimeThe dark side of ketamine: abuse, addiction, and k-holesHow Lauren introduced her father into the world of psychedelics, who is also a medical doctorLauren’s unique approach to working with her clientsHow trauma gets stored in our bodies and how psychedelic may help release itThe common thread that connects psychedelics, therapy, yoga, and other healing modalitiesLauren’s take on integrationDetachment, healthy completions, and letting things go in a healthy wayHow to approach working with psychedelics with reverenceMentioned in the episode:MAPS MDMA training in IsraelMAPS Phase 3 trials with MDMATrauma InstituteRick DoblinAdele LafranceCarl Rogers👉Stay connected to Modern Psychedelics via ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Web⁠ 👉 Inspired to transform your life from the inside out, and integrate higher consciousness in your day to day life? ⁠Explore 1:1 Coaching with Lana ⁠or ⁠Apply Now⁠👉 ⁠FREE Intention Setting Journal for Psychedelic Experiences⁠👉⁠ Integration Journal to Help Make Sense of Your Journey⁠👉 ⁠Ceremony Checklist for Safe Plant Medicine Journeys⁠👉 ⁠Psychedelic Journey & Psychedelic Integration Playlist⁠👉Looking for daily integration support or a legal microdose option? Explore Kanna and use ⁠LANA for 10% off at Kanna Wellness⁠DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance.

Welcome back! Today we are talking about microdosing! This is a very popular topic and method of consuming psychedelics. In fact, microdosing a gentle entry into the world of psychedelics for many. Hit play to hear about our experience with microdosing in this short and sweet micro-episode! We chatted about: What is a microdose?What is a microdosing protocol?Who typically microdoses?How microdosing “lifted the veil” of depressionOur personal experiencesProductivity in relation to microdosingPrecautions for microdosing / the dark side of microdosingMicrodosing as a spiritual bypassMicrodosing while working with other medicinesMicrodosing as an integration toolHow to use these medicines intuitivelyMentioned in the episode:The Psychedelic Explorers Guide by James Fadiman [book]Fadiman protocolStamets StackIs microdosing a placebo? [article]You Are the Placebo by Dr. Joe Dispenza [book]More Microdosing Episodes on Modern Psychedelics:052 | Busting Microdosing Myths & Overcoming Your Fears 050 | Microdosing LSD: Finding FLOW During a Full Season of Life w/ Jenalle & Lana046 | Microdosing Psychedelics & Empowering Citizen Science w/ Dr. Jim Fadiman & Adam Bramlage038 | Paul Austin on Microdosing Psychedelics 201 & Psychedelic Integration CoachingLearn more about microdosing:The Third Wave's Ultimate Guide to MicrodosingA Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life by  Ayelet Waldma [book]The Science of Microdosing Psychedelics by Torsten Passie  [book]Microdosing Psychedelics by Paul Austin [book]👉Stay connected to Modern Psychedelics via ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Web⁠ 👉 Inspired to transform your life from the inside out, and integrate higher consciousness in your day to day life? ⁠Explore 1:1 Coaching with Lana ⁠or ⁠Apply Now⁠👉 ⁠FREE Intention Setting Journal for Psychedelic Experiences⁠👉⁠ Integration Journal to Help Make Sense of Your Journey⁠👉 ⁠Ceremony Checklist for Safe Plant Medicine Journeys⁠👉 ⁠Psychedelic Journey & Psychedelic Integration Playlist⁠👉Looking for daily integration support or a legal microdose option? Explore Kanna and use ⁠LANA for 10% off at Kanna Wellness⁠DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance.

Tricia is a remarkable woman with a powerful story of personal healing. She is a trained Iboga Provider who has been initiated by the Bwiti in Gabon, Africa. Iboga is a sacred and ancient medicine that grows indigenous only in Gabon. This episode is packed with information about this medicine, ancestral healing, and working with sacred medicines in a Western setting. Tricia’s journey becoming a facilitator of IbogaThe process of getting initiated by the BwitiWhat an Iboga ceremony experience is likeThe ancient traditions and rituals in the BwitiHow Bwiti view the Western world and illnessSustainability and black market issues around IbogaAncestral healing with IbogaMentioned in the episode:Psychedelic JourneysBlessings of the Forest [donate]Ancestral HeartWhere to find Tricia:Psychedelic JourneysPsychedelica Season 2 on Gaia@psychedelicjourneysAncestral Heart👉Stay connected to Modern Psychedelics via ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Web⁠ 👉 Inspired to transform your life from the inside out, and integrate higher consciousness in your day to day life? ⁠Explore 1:1 Coaching with Lana ⁠or ⁠Apply Now⁠👉 ⁠FREE Intention Setting Journal for Psychedelic Experiences⁠👉⁠ Integration Journal to Help Make Sense of Your Journey⁠👉 ⁠Ceremony Checklist for Safe Plant Medicine Journeys⁠👉 ⁠Psychedelic Journey & Psychedelic Integration Playlist⁠👉Looking for daily integration support or a legal microdose option? Explore Kanna and use ⁠LANA for 10% off at Kanna Wellness⁠DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance.

Welcome, Steve Rio! Steve is such an impressive human being: a social impact entrepreneur, transformational guide, and musician. Steve has focused his life's work on helping people realize their full potential and raise consciousness. In this episode, we explore the toad medicine (aka 5-MeO-DMT), where the psychedelic industry is heading, and profound ego-death experiences. Tune in for: Steve’s journey with psychedelics, consciousness, and opening a psychedelic retreat centerWhat is 5-MeO-DMT/toad medicine?Ethical issues around toad medicineSynthetic vs. organic psychedelicsThe unique rituals and protocols at Enfold Institute retreatsThe type of people commonly called to Steve’s retreatsSteve’s first experience with 5-MeO-DMT and how that lead to the development of their protocol at Enfold InstituteHow Steve and his wife came to curate their retreat approach at Enfold InstituteEgo death and “dying before you die”Advocating for bringing psychedelics to the market with reverence as they become mainstreamMentioned in the episode:My Full Review of Enfold Institute Check out episode 79 for my trip report at EnfoldAnd my second interview with Steve in 2024An Urgent Plea to Users of Psychedelics: Let’s consider a more ethical menu of plants and compounds (Article)Hamilton’s PharmacopiaConsciousness Medicine (book)Stan Grof's work (books) [1, 2, 3, 4]Where to find Steve:Enfold Institute Nature of Work @steverio@enfoldinstitute@natureofwork.co👉Stay connected to Modern Psychedelics via ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Web⁠ 👉 Inspired to transform your life from the inside out, and integrate higher consciousness in your day to day life? ⁠Explore 1:1 Coaching with Lana ⁠or ⁠Apply Now⁠👉 ⁠FREE Intention Setting Journal for Psychedelic Experiences⁠👉⁠ Integration Journal to Help Make Sense of Your Journey⁠👉 ⁠Ceremony Checklist for Safe Plant Medicine Journeys⁠👉 ⁠Psychedelic Journey & Psychedelic Integration Playlist⁠👉Looking for daily integration support or a legal microdose option? Explore Kanna and use ⁠LANA for 10% off at Kanna Wellness⁠DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance. 

Today Lana and Zoey are sharing all about how they integrate ayahuasca ceremonies. They take you through their entire process from preparing for the ceremony to integrating all the teachings and blessings. They give you some powerful tips for making the most out of each experience.In this episode we talk about:The process of preparing for an ayahuasca ceremony and the DietaAnchoring the day with a morning and evening routineHape as an integration toolMicrodosing psilocybin as an integration tool and being initiative about microdosingThe role of listening to music during integrationIntegrating new diet choices after messages received during a ceremonyStaying in contact with your medicine tribeTherapy and coaching as a supportListening to yourself and following your intuition while walking this pathBuilding trust with the UniverseHow our boundaries have changed since we started working with the plants👉Stay connected to Modern Psychedelics via ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Web⁠ 👉 Inspired to transform your life from the inside out, and integrate higher consciousness in your day to day life? ⁠Explore 1:1 Coaching with Lana ⁠or ⁠Apply Now⁠👉 ⁠FREE Intention Setting Journal for Psychedelic Experiences⁠👉⁠ Integration Journal to Help Make Sense of Your Journey⁠👉 ⁠Ceremony Checklist for Safe Plant Medicine Journeys⁠👉 ⁠Psychedelic Journey & Psychedelic Integration Playlist⁠👉Looking for daily integration support or a legal microdose option? Explore Kanna and use ⁠LANA for 10% off at Kanna Wellness⁠DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance. 

Welcome, Courtney Barnes from Barnes Caplan LLP to the podcast! Courtney is a passionate criminal justice and drug policy reform advocate. Courtney serves as State Policy Advisor for Decriminalize Nature, and has extensive experience drafting and helping to implement state and local policy change relating to the regulation of cannabis and the decriminalization of psychedelics. In this episode we talk about:Courtneys impressive accomplishments in the space of cannabis and psychedelic advocacyMistakes that happened with Cannabis and how cannabis is paving the way for psychedelicsThe primary issues that are most important for creating a future regulatory environment for psychedelicsEquitable access and equitable opportunityLegalization vs. DecriminalizationImportance of public knowledge and acceptance for the movement for psychedelicsWhy both the clinical therapeutic model and community access models will be beneficial upon legalizationHow Courtney got involved in decriminalizationDe-stigmatization around mental health with psychedelicsThe legality around microdosing and how to know if it’s legal in your countryLegal hurdles for psychedelicsWhy Courtney continues to fight for the legalization of psychedelicsHow you can get involved in policy reformMentioned in the episode:Barnes Caplan LLPMultidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)Decriminalize NatureOakland Community Healing InitiativeHeroic Hearts Project👉Stay connected to Modern Psychedelics via ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Web⁠  👉 Inspired to transform your life from the inside out, and integrate higher consciousness in your day to day life? ⁠Explore 1:1 Coaching with Lana ⁠or ⁠Apply Now⁠👉 ⁠FREE Intention Setting Journal for Psychedelic Experiences⁠👉⁠ Integration Journal to Help Make Sense of Your Journey⁠👉 ⁠Ceremony Checklist for Safe Plant Medicine Journeys⁠👉 ⁠Psychedelic Journey & Psychedelic Integration Playlist⁠👉Looking for daily integration support or a legal microdose option? Explore Kanna and use ⁠LANA for 10% off at Kanna Wellness⁠DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance. 

Welcome, Shelby and Madison from DoubleBlind Magazine to the podcast! Shelby and Madison are the co-founders of DoubleBlind - a print magazine, digital media outlet, and education platform at the forefront of the rapidly growing psychedelic movement! In this episode we talk about:How DoubleBlind Magazine came to beHow Shelby and Madison discover untold stories in psychedelicsSacred reciprocity and the DoubleBlind communityShelby and Madison’s journeys with psychedelics and their medicine of choiceHow psychedelics have aided Shelby and Madison’s healingDrinking Ayahuasca in Peru versus the United StatesThe therapeutic use of MDMAHow to “come out of the psychedelic closet”Some “out there” psychedelics and “deep-state psychonauts”Caution against positioning psychedelics as a panaceaMentioned in the episode:DoubleBlind MagazineICEERS: Non-profit OrganizationDoubleBlind Mag Issue 2DoubleBlind Mag Issue 4DoubleBlind Mag: Issue 5 (Coming out June 2021)DoubleBlind CoursesTemple of the Way of Light - Ayahuasca Retreat CentreThe Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby (Book)The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo (Book)Pablo Amaringo PrintsMultidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)Thank You Plant MedicinePsychedelic CommunitiesZoeys Sananga YouTube Video👉Stay connected to Modern Psychedelics via ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Web⁠  👉 Inspired to transform your life from the inside out, and integrate higher consciousness in your day to day life? ⁠Explore 1:1 Coaching with Lana ⁠or ⁠Apply Now⁠👉 ⁠FREE Intention Setting Journal for Psychedelic Experiences⁠👉⁠ Integration Journal to Help Make Sense of Your Journey⁠👉 ⁠Ceremony Checklist for Safe Plant Medicine Journeys⁠👉 ⁠Psychedelic Journey & Psychedelic Integration Playlist⁠👉Looking for daily integration support or a legal microdose option? Explore Kanna and use ⁠LANA for 10% off at Kanna Wellness⁠DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance. 

Today's episode is a very special story time. On Lana's 30th birthday, we took a journey with the Sacred mushroom that we will NEVER forget. In spirituality, people often say "we're all just walking each other home," and in this episode, we tell the story of how Zoey was guided back home to her star family.Psychedelics can open us up to higher realms of consciousness. Many, many, many people have experiences with higher-dimensional beings under psychedelics. We wanted to share this experience with you all because it was truly awakening in so many beautiful ways. We are always surrounded by a loving universe around us, including other entities from other places. We have learned that there is nothing to fear when it comes to one's personal awakening - whatever that may look like.If you are into aliens, higher dimensions, and astral travel, you will love this episode. Press play, starseed!In this episode we talk about:Lana’s journey of coming to a place of forgiveness and unconditional love for an exHow Zoey transformed Lana’s painful energyCo-healing the wounds from past relationshipsPortals to other dimensions openingPleiadians making contact with ZoeyZoey’s experience leaving her body to astral travel to the PleiadesWho are the Pleiadians?Zoey’s lifelong struggle with being a human being on EarthThe conditions that were divinely orchestrated in order for Zoey to astral travelThe journey of coming back to Earth/3D awarenessA glimpse into what life has been like since this life-altering experienceMentioned in the episode:The water cleansing songThe Master CleanseZoeys Master cleanse videos [1, 2, 3]Zoey’s Pleiadian and Starseed videos [1, 2]The chanting songBeauty in the BreakdownSananga eye dropsPleiadian entities👉Stay connected to Modern Psychedelics via ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Web⁠  👉 Inspired to transform your life from the inside out, and integrate higher consciousness in your day to day life? ⁠Explore 1:1 Coaching with Lana ⁠or ⁠Apply Now⁠👉 ⁠FREE Intention Setting Journal for Psychedelic Experiences⁠👉⁠ Integration Journal to Help Make Sense of Your Journey⁠👉 ⁠Ceremony Checklist for Safe Plant Medicine Journeys⁠👉 ⁠Psychedelic Journey & Psychedelic Integration Playlist⁠👉Looking for daily integration support or a legal microdose option? Explore Kanna and use ⁠LANA for 10% off at Kanna Wellness⁠DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance. 

Welcome, Manesh Girn - AKA The Psychedelic Scientist - to the podcast! Manesh is doing his Ph.D in Neuroscience with a focus on the Default Mode Network and Psychedelics! If you are ready to expand your understanding of psychedelic neuroscience, go ahead and press play. In this episode, we talk about:Manesh’s work with Robin Carhart-HarrisThe Default Mode Network and NeuroplasticityEgo dissolution and mystical experiencesThe lack of research in microdosing psychedelicsThe similarities and differences between the four classic psychedelicsExpectation effects around psychedelic experiencesThe complicated neuropharmacology of IbogaWhy Iboga and other psychedelics are so effective for treating addictionHow to measure mystical experiences in research“Second-generation psychedelics” without the tripThe call for philosophical openness in scienceNewtonian versus Quantum views on consciousnessPersonality changes from psychedelic useMentioned in the episode:Manesh’s YouTube channelManesh’s video on Default Mode NetworkResearch on meditation reducing activity in the Default Mode NetworkJohns Hopkins mystical experience study“Psychedelics without the trip” - Manesh’s video on second-generation psychedelics + the studiesPsychedelics as psychoplastogens studyMystical Experiences QuestionnaireMatthew Johnson’s research on the nature of consciousness and the “hard problem:” of consciousness [1, 2]Manesh’s research on psychedelics and creativityManesh’s research on Expanding the Scientific Study of Self-Experience with PsychedelicsManesh’s research on LSD flattens the functional hierarchy of the human brain👉Stay connected to Modern Psychedelics via ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Web⁠⁠  👉 Inspired to transform your life from the inside out, and integrate higher consciousness in your day to day life? ⁠⁠Explore 1:1 Coaching with Lana ⁠⁠or ⁠⁠Apply Now⁠⁠👉 ⁠⁠FREE Intention Setting Journal for Psychedelic Experiences⁠⁠👉⁠⁠ Integration Journal to Help Make Sense of Your Journey⁠⁠👉 ⁠⁠Ceremony Checklist for Safe Plant Medicine Journeys⁠⁠👉 ⁠⁠Psychedelic Journey & Psychedelic Integration Playlist⁠⁠👉Looking for daily integration support or a legal microdose option? Explore Kanna and use ⁠⁠LANA for 10% off at Kanna Wellness⁠⁠DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance.