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SUMMARY:Rev. Konrad Ryushin Marchaj: Zen\, Psychedelics & the Path of Awakening
DESCRIPTION:After registering below\, you will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom meeting link. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this intimate and engaging talk\, Ryushin will draw from decades of Zen practice and teaching\, along with his personal exploration of psychedelic medicines as sacred sacraments\, to explore where these two paths meet.  \n\n\n\nHe’ll reflect on how Buddhist wisdom and psychedelic experience can inform one another\, opening new ways of understanding the mind\, awakening\, suffering\, and what it means to live with greater awareness\, compassion\, and freedom. \n\n\n\nTogether\, we’ll explore how these ancient teachings and profound experiences can help us recognize conditioned patterns\, deepen our understanding of ourselves\, and bring greater wisdom and presence into everyday life. Ryushin brings a rare perspective that bridges traditional Zen practice with firsthand experience of psychedelic states. \n\n\n\nCome join the conversation\, bring your questions\, and connect with our community as we explore what can emerge when Zen\, psychedelics\, and the work of integration come together. \n\n\n\nBio:Rev. Konrad Ryushin Marchaj is a Zen priest in the tradition of Zen Buddhism and a dharma heir of the late John Daido Loori\, Roshi. Formerly the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery in the Catskill Mountains of New York\, \n\n\n\nBorn in Warsaw\, Poland\, he immigrated to the United States in 1967. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Yale University in 1976 and a medical degree from Albany Medical College in 1980. \n\n\n\nRyushin began practicing Buddhism in 1983 and entered full-time residential training at Zen Mountain Monastery in 1992. During his tenure as abbot and director of operations\, he also collaborated with liberal arts educators to integrate contemplative practices into higher education. \n\n\n\nSince 2014\, he has been deeply engaged in exploring ayahuasca ceremonies within diverse traditions\, guided by several teachers. Integrating his medical and psychiatric background with decades of Buddhist training\, Ryushin brings a compassionate\, insightful\, and down-to-earth approach to teaching. \n\n\n\n*************************************************************************** \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*************************************************************************** \n\n\n\nDisclaimer:Our group exists to provide education and harm reduction and foster a supportive\, heart-centered community. Our group does not offer medical advice\, therapy\, or psychedelic substances. Also\, our events do not condone or facilitate the taking of illegal drugs.
URL:https://psychedelicadvocacy.org/event/zen-teacher-ryushin-marchaj-zen-and-psychedelics/
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SUMMARY:Robert Falconer: IFS\, Psychedelics\, Healing & Spirit
DESCRIPTION:After registering below\, you will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom meeting link.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for an open and wide-ranging conversation with Robert “Bob” Falconer\, author\, teacher\, and longtime practitioner of Internal Family Systems (IFS). \n\n\n\nFor nearly two decades\, Bob has devoted himself extensively to IFS\, studying and working alongside its founder\, Richard Schwartz. Together they co-authored Many Minds\, One Self. Bob is also the author of The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems\, Porous Mind\, and Spirit Possession\, When You’re Going Through Hell…Keep Going\, and his newest book\, Spirit\, which draws from years of his personal dialogues with Spirit. \n\n\n\nOur conversation will explore some of the territory that has shaped Bob’s life and work—including IFS\, psychedelics\, healing\, spirituality\, and his evolving understanding of Spirit. \n\n\n\nRather than a formal presentation\, this will be an opportunity to spend time with Bob\, hear about his journey and latest work\, and explore where psychology\, psychedelic experience\, and spirituality meet. \n\n\n\nBio:In 2023\, Bob published his book on IFS and unattached burdens\, The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems\, Porous Mind\, and Spirit Possession\, and it quickly became a best-seller in its category. Prior to that\, he co-authored Many Minds\, One Self (2017) with Richard Schwartz\, and since then he has published When You’re Going Through Hell …Keep Going (2024)\, and his latest book\, Spirit (2025)\, a summary of many of the journals of his daily dialogues with Spirit. \n\n\n\nFor the past 20 years or so\, Bob has devoted himself full-time to IFS work (Internal Family Systems Therapy). In that time he has completed all levels of IFS training offered\, and has been a program assistant more than 18 times. \n\n\n\n*************************************************************************** \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*************************************************************************** \n\n\n\nDisclaimer:Our group exists to provide education and harm reduction and foster a supportive\, heart-centered community. Our group does not offer medical advice\, therapy\, or psychedelic substances. Also\, our events do not condone or facilitate the taking of illegal drugs.
URL:https://psychedelicadvocacy.org/event/robert-falconer-ifs-psychedelics-healing-spirit/
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SUMMARY:A Meditation on Death: Letting Go to Live More Fully
DESCRIPTION:After registering below\, you will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom meeting link.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Julia and Bill for a 25-minute guided Death Meditation\, a gentle and meaningful practice of letting go that invites us to explore our relationship with death—and\, in doing so\, discover a deeper appreciation for the life we are living now. The meditation will be followed by an open Q&A and conversation. \n\n\n\nRather than approaching death as something to fear or avoid\, this practice uses imagination and contemplation to explore the process of letting go—of our relationships\, surroundings\, bodies\, senses\, and ultimately the identities we have constructed throughout our lives. \n\n\n\nFor those who have had profound psychedelic experiences\, this territory may feel familiar. Psychedelics can sometimes bring experiences of ego dissolution\, loss of a familiar sense of identity\, or a feeling of egolessness. The Death Meditation offers another contemplative way of exploring what it can mean to loosen our attachment to who we believe ourselves to be—and to meet that letting go with curiosity and openness. \n\n\n\nDrawing inspiration from Buddhist teachings on mortality and impermanence\, as well as traditions of symbolic death\, transformation\, and rebirth found across cultures\, the meditation invites us to deepen our appreciation for the preciousness and fragility of life. \n\n\n\nThe intention is to cultivate presence\, appreciation\, acceptance\, and openness. By contemplating death and the letting go of identity\, we may discover a renewed capacity to be more fully present for the life we are living now. \n\n\n\nFacilitators:Julia Star has been working with psychedelic-assisted therapy for over thirty years. She finds the model of finding answers to life’s challenges through the plant medicines to be the most effective and heart-opening path towards personal freedom. \n\n\n\nBill Wagg has practiced Buddhism for nearly 50 years\, a path that has taken him from Tibetan monasteries in India to decades of study\, retreat\, and meditation. He spent 18 months studying at a Tibetan monastery under the esteemed Kalu Rinpoche\, along with six months making pilgrimages to Bodhgaya and other important Buddhist sites throughout India. \n\n\n\nRooted in the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism\, he has received teachings from many respected teachers\, including the Dalai Lama\, Mingyur Rinpoche\, and Tai Situ Rinpoche.  \n\n\n\nDespite a lifetime of practice\, Bill brings a wonderfully humble perspective to Buddhism—he often says it takes a long time to truly understand these teachings\, and he suspects he may still have a few lifetimes to go. \n\n\n\n\n\n*************************************************************************** \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*************************************************************************** \n\n\n\nDisclaimer:Our group exists to provide education and harm reduction and foster a supportive\, heart-centered community. Our group does not offer medical advice\, therapy\, or psychedelic substances. Also\, our events do not condone or facilitate the taking of illegal drugs.
URL:https://psychedelicadvocacy.org/event/meditation-on-death-letting-go/
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SUMMARY:Psychedelic Sharing & Integration Circle: Many Medicines\, Many Journeys
DESCRIPTION:After registering below\, you will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom meeting link.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis gathering is centered on sharing our psychedelic experiences with one another. \n\n\n\nIf you’re able to have a personal or ceremonial psychedelic experience in the week—or even just a few days—before our circle\, we invite you to come while the experience is still fresh in your mind\, your body\, and your being. \n\n\n\nThere can be something especially powerful about speaking from that freshness—sharing not only the story of what happened\, but something of the felt experience itself\, allowing it to come alive again and be transmitted through the telling. \n\n\n\nPsychedelic experiences can be profound\, beautiful\, challenging\, mysterious\, or difficult to put into words. We’ve found that something meaningful can happen when we have the opportunity to tell the story of an experience while others simply listen. Sharing can help us remember\, reflect\, integrate\, and sometimes discover aspects of the experience that we hadn’t fully recognized on our own. \n\n\n\nWe welcome experiences with psilocybin\, LSD\, MDMA\, ayahuasca\, 5-MeO-DMT\, ketamine\, and other psychedelics. Whether your experience was recent or happened some time ago\, you’re invited to bring whatever feels alive and meaningful for you. \n\n\n\nFacilitators:This gathering is hosted by Peter Schubert\, an end-of-life doula and devoted participant in plant medicine practices\, together with Pamela Wood and Henry Passot\, Co-Founders of the Psychedelic Advocacy Network. \n\n\n\n\n\n*************************************************************************** \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*************************************************************************** \n\n\n\nDisclaimer:Our group exists to provide education and harm reduction and foster a supportive\, heart-centered community. Our group does not offer medical advice\, therapy\, or psychedelic substances. Also\, our events do not condone or facilitate the taking of illegal drugs.
URL:https://psychedelicadvocacy.org/event/5-meo-dmt-integration-sharing-circle-2/
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SUMMARY:Psychedelics\, Presence & Integration: A Conversation with Author Dr. John Prendergast
DESCRIPTION:After registering below\, you will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom meeting link.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt the Psychedelic Advocacy Network\, we’re always exploring ways to help people thoughtfully integrate the insights gained through psychedelic experiences. We’re delighted to welcome spiritual teacher and author Dr. John Prendergast for a special evening of reflection and conversation. \n\n\n\nDrawing from his three acclaimed books\, In Touch\, The Deep Heart\, and Your Deepest Ground. John will share practical wisdom on embodied awareness\, presence\, transpersonal psychology\, shadow work\, and the role of the body in healing and awakening. His work offers a grounded\, compassionate approach to integrating profound experiences into everyday life. \n\n\n\nFollowing John’s presentation\, we’ll open the conversation for questions and discussion. Whether you’re interested in psychedelic integration\, meditation\, psychotherapy\, or living with greater authenticity and ease\, we invite you to join us for what promises to be a rich and engaging evening. \n\n\n\nWant to go deeper? Visit John’s website to learn more about Your Deepest Ground and his other books. \n\n\n\nBio: \n\n\n\nDr. John Prendergast is a spiritual teacher\, retired psychotherapist\, former adjunct professor of psychology\, and author of the books In Touch\, The Deep Heart\, and Your Deepest Ground. \n\n\n\nHis work has inspired thousands of people to cultivate greater presence\, embodied awareness\, and compassionate living through the integration of psychology and contemplative wisdom. \n\n\n\n*************************************************************************** \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*************************************************************************** \n\n\n\nDisclaimer:Our group exists to provide education and harm reduction and foster a supportive\, heart-centered community. Our group does not offer medical advice\, therapy\, or psychedelic substances. Also\, our events do not condone or facilitate the taking of illegal drugs.
URL:https://psychedelicadvocacy.org/event/psychedelics-author-dr-john-prendergast/
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