Awakening 2025
Fourth Annual
4908 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90042
October 2–4, 2025
What to Expect in 2025
1000+ Participants
47+ Speakers
15 Live Psychedelic Music Performances
Exquisite Vegetarian & Vegan Cuisine
VIP Reception & After-Party
Psychedelic Ceremonies
Healing Workshops
Activation Lounge
Call Bree for Booth Opportunities 818-578-9420
Complimentary VIP Gift Bags
Vendors
Live Music
Educational Seminars
Celebrity Guests
After-Party Investment Forum
Activation Lounge
Networking
Art Gallery
Awakening 2025 is a convergence of the world’s leading experts in psychedelics.
You will have the opportunity to learn from the foremost researchers. healers. scientists. therapists. practitioners. activists. and thought leaders.
Join us and celebrate the Psychedelic Renaissance! Hear from over 50+ leading experts in the field about how psychedelics can change your mind, change your life. and change the world.
Discover the potential of plant medicine and psychedelics-including magic mushrooms, ayahuasca, ibogaine, DMT, cannabis, and MOMA-and learn how they are being used to treat a variety of mental and physical conditions.
Find out for yourself how psychedelics successfully address the current epidemic of mental health issues including depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, pain, autism, OCD, and a variety of other psychological problems.
Learn from the health professionals who have facilitated countless successful breakthrough therapeutic sessions with the use of psychedelics and discover which of these substances might be right for you or someone you know. At Awakening 2024, you will learn how and where to begin your explorations into psychedelic healing.
This Year’s Agenda
THURSDAY 10/2
10am-9pm • Workshops & Ceremonies
6pm-9pm • VIP Speaker Media Reception
FRIDAY 10/3
10am-6pm • Conference
10am-9pm • Exhibits
10am-9pm • Workshops & Ceremonies
SATURDAY 10/4
10am-6pm • Conference
10am-9pm • Exhibits
10am-9pm • Workshops & Ceremonies
SUNDAY 10/5
12pm-5pm • VIP After-Party
2025 Speakers Include:
Ketamine Coach
Anna Krishtal is a hypnotherapist and psychedelic preparation coach who teaches people how to work with their subconscious mind so psychedelics lead to real, lasting change. After a chaotic first journey took her four years to integrate, she became passionate about educating others on how preparation shapes the entire experience. Through step-by-step protocols and subconscious tools, she helps clients approach ketamine and other psychedelics with clarity and confidence. She hosts Ketamine Connections, the only podcast dedicated to ketamine healing. Learn more or connect at annakrishtal.com
Ketamine Coach
Anna Krishtal is a hypnotherapist and psychedelic preparation coach who teaches people how to work with their subconscious mind so psychedelics lead to real, lasting change. After a chaotic first journey took her four years to integrate, she became passionate about educating others on how preparation shapes the entire experience. Through step-by-step protocols and subconscious tools, she helps clients approach ketamine and other psychedelics with clarity and confidence. She hosts Ketamine Connections, the only podcast dedicated to ketamine healing. Learn more or connect at annakrishtal.com
Founder, Agricola Farms & Facilitator
Dr. Natasha Khallouf is a multi-dimensional guide, clinician, and farmer who can be found at church on the dance floor. Through her integrative medical clinic in Northern California and her medicinal herb & flower farm, Agricola, she weaves traditional healing, plant wisdom, and body based practices into every day life. Natasha invites people to breathe deeply, move consciously, and remember how to sit with the plants opening space for healing, connection, and expanded states of awareness.
www.drkhallouf.com
@drkhallouf/@agricolaflower
Founder-Agricola Farms & Facilitator
Dr. Natasha Khallouf is a multi-dimensional guide, clinician, and farmer who can be found at church on the dance floor. Through her integrative medical clinic in Northern California and her medicinal herb & flower farm, Agricola, she weaves traditional healing, plant wisdom, and body based practices into every day life. Natasha invites people to breathe deeply, move consciously, and remember how to sit with the plants opening space for healing, connection, and expanded states of awareness.
www.drkhallouf.com
@drkhallouf/@agricolaflower
Althete, World Champion, Psychedelic Researcher
Mark “The Shark” Irwin is a former Bare Knuckle Boxing World Champion and a three-time BKB Hall of Fame Award winner, known for his grit, resilience, and unshakable spirit. In a legendary moment of mind-body connection, he famously won the Bare Knuckle Boxing world championship while under the influence of over 7 grams of psilocybin mushrooms.
Today, Mark has turned his focus to healing and advocacy. He works with a nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to reversing the effects of traumatic brain injuries through psychedelic-assisted research and therapy. His journey from fighter to healer embodies the profound transformation possible through plant medicine and purpose-driven work.
Althete, World Champion, Psychedelic Researcher
Mark “The Shark” Irwin is a former Bare Knuckle Boxing World Champion and a three-time BKB Hall of Fame Award winner, known for his grit, resilience, and unshakable spirit. In a legendary moment of mind-body connection, he famously won the Bare Knuckle Boxing world championship while under the influence of over 7 grams of psilocybin mushrooms.
Today, Mark has turned his focus to healing and advocacy. He works with a nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to reversing the effects of traumatic brain injuries through psychedelic-assisted research and therapy. His journey from fighter to healer embodies the profound transformation possible through plant medicine and purpose-driven work.
Founder & CEO MUSHMAPS
Nick Desrosiers is the Founder & CEO of MUSHMAPS, where he leads efforts to myceliate access to psychedelic medicine and alternative health products through education, transparency, and collaboration. Guided by a deep reverence for psychedelics, personal autonomy, and holistic wellness, his work bridges professional expertise and personal entheogenic exploration. With 11 years in CPG and e-commerce, an MBA, and a background in exercise physiology and nutrition, Nick has led R&D, product management, and business development across food, beverage, and wellness industries. As an avid proponent of cognitive liberty, he aims to help create a future that allows everyone to heal without stigma.
www.linkedin.com/in/nick-desros
mushmaps.com
Founder & CEO MUSHMAPS
Nick Desrosiers is the Founder & CEO of MUSHMAPS, where he leads efforts to myceliate access to psychedelic medicine and alternative health products through education, transparency, and collaboration. Guided by a deep reverence for psychedelics, personal autonomy, and holistic wellness, his work bridges professional expertise and personal entheogenic exploration. With 11 years in CPG and e-commerce, an MBA, and a background in exercise physiology and nutrition, Nick has led R&D, product management, and business development across food, beverage, and wellness industries. As an avid proponent of cognitive liberty, he aims to help create a future that allows everyone to heal without stigma.
www.linkedin.com/in/nick-desros
mushmaps.com
Priestess and Founder-Temple of Eden
Suzi Kalypso is a passionate advocate for the decriminalization and sacramental use of entheogenic medicines, particularly 5-MeO-DMT (Bufo). As the Priestess and founder of the Temple of Eden, a nonprofit entheogenic church in Los Angeles, she offers group and private ceremonies, facilitator training, harm-reduction seminars, community healing events, and free integration support. Drawing from her own journey of trauma, recovery, and transformation, Suzi guides others through shadow work and “dark night of the soul” experiences from an astrological and spiritual perspective. Dedicated to awakening the Divine Feminine and Masculine, she envisions a hopeful future through the healing power of sacred medicines.
www.thetempleofeden.com
Info@thetempleofeden.com
310-912-0490
Instagram: @thetempleofeden
Priestess and Founder-Temple of Eden
Suzi Kalypso is a passionate advocate for the decriminalization and sacramental use of entheogenic medicines, particularly 5-MeO-DMT (Bufo). As the Priestess and founder of the Temple of Eden, a nonprofit entheogenic church in Los Angeles, she offers group and private ceremonies, facilitator training, harm-reduction seminars, community healing events, and free integration support. Drawing from her own journey of trauma, recovery, and transformation, Suzi guides others through shadow work and “dark night of the soul” experiences from an astrological and spiritual perspective. Dedicated to awakening the Divine Feminine and Masculine, she envisions a hopeful future through the healing power of sacred medicines.
www.thetempleofeden.com
Info@thetempleofeden.com
310-912-0490
Instagram: @thetempleofeden
Xaman
Shaun began his healing journey with conventional methods like counseling, NLP and Yoga. His life and healing journey took a profound leap forward in his first weekend of Ayahuasca Ceremony and continued to do so with all of the plant-based medicines he was blessed in working with for many years following.
His numerous travels to the Amazon jungle & his intensive dietas with Master Plant teachers have enabled him to learn from the plant spirits directly and have taught him the Sacred ways of the indigenous tribes. Shaun’s heart-centered work is offered with the intention of helping our families & community at-large to heal and honor our interconnectedness to all Beings.
shaun@divineguidance.me
Xaman
Shaun began his healing journey with conventional methods like counseling, NLP and Yoga. His life and healing journey took a profound leap forward in his first weekend of Ayahuasca Ceremony and continued to do so with all of the plant-based medicines he was blessed in working with for many years following.
His numerous travels to the Amazon jungle & his intensive dietas with Master Plant teachers have enabled him to learn from the plant spirits directly and have taught him the Sacred ways of the indigenous tribes. Shaun’s heart-centered work is offered with the intention of helping our families & community at-large to heal and honor our interconnectedness to all Beings.
shaun@divineguidance.me
Thursday
Clarity Room
10:00 – 11:50 AM
Breathwork Workshop
Speaker: Melissa Terese
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3:00 – 4:50 PM
Create Your Own Sacred Psychedelic Art: Experiential Workshop
Speakers: Kat Angelica (Founder HeARTsong Wellness)
Insight Room
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Harmonic Light
Speaker: Reid Godshaw
Portal Room
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Hapé Ceremony
Speaker: Samson Love
• • •
1:00 – 2:50 PM
Introduction to Becoming a Professional Psychedelic Facilitator
Speakers: Paul Karasik, Loretta Gold
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3:00 – 4:50 PM
Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy: Integrating with Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Nature Informed Therapy
Speaker: Mary Tobon
Conference Room
11:00 – 11:50 AM
How to Run a Successful Psychedelic Business
Speakers: Teresa Kearney, Adam O’Neill
• • •
1:00 – 1:50 PM
Bridging SSRIs and Psychedelics: New Perspective on Mental Health
Speaker: Atara
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3:00 – 4:50 PM
Capital Raising 101 for Your Psychedelic Business
Speaker: Paul Wigdor (CEO Awakening Capital)
Friday
Clarity Room
9:00 AM – 12:50 PM
Kambo Ceremony
Speaker: Wolf Purnananda
• • •
1:00 – 2:50 PM
Amanita Workshop
Speaker: Speakers: Christian Rassmussen (CEO/Owner-MN Nice Botanicals) & Erik Casano
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3:00 – 3:50 PM
Secrets of Psychedelic Facilitation
Speaker: Aaron Chi
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5:00 – 5:50 PM
How to Build Your Personal Brand in the Psychedelic Movement
Speaker: Aluna Lua
• • •
6:00 – 6:50 PM
Breaking the Stigma of Psychedelic Therapy for First Responders
Speaker: Mike Bochey
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7:00 – 8:00 PM
Breaking the Stigma of Psychedelic Therapy for First Responders
Speaker: Dr. Sanjay Manchanda (CEO Neuromatrix)
Insight Room
10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Harmonic Light
Speaker: Reid Godshaw
Portal Room
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Hapé Ceremony
Speaker: Aluna Lua
• • •
12:00 – 12:50 PM
Sananga Ceremony
Speaker: Aluna Lua
• • •
1:00 PM – 1:50 PM
The Medicine You Carry: Living the Teachings Beyond Ceremony
Speakers: Najib Saab (Founder 963 Tribe)
• • •
2:00 – 2:50 PM
Heart Awakening: A Cacao Ceremony
Speaker: Luz Rios
• • •
3:00 – 3:50 PM
Mapacho Ceremony
Speaker: Aluna Lua
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4:00 – 4:50 PM (Backyard)
Psychedelic Cannabis Meditation
Speaker: Skye Weaver
Psychedelic Cannabis Meditation Sponsored By:
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5:00 – 5:50 PM
Practices for Successful Psychedelic Integration Coaching
Speaker: Patrick Harbula
• • •
6:00 – 6:50 PM
Experience the Power of Subtle Frequencies
Speaker: Timmi Jandro
Conference Room
12:00 – 12:50 PM
The Microdose Summit
Moderator: Matthew Dunehoo
Speakers: Emiko Hara, Kyle Stewart
• • •
1:00 – 1:50 PM
Discovering the Unlimited Potential of LSD
Moderator: Matthew Dunehoo
Speakers: Patrick Harbula, Kyle Stewart
• • •
2:00 – 2:50 PM
Exploring MDMA Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
Moderator: Avens O’Brien
Speakers: Jaz, Ally Perkins AMFT CNTP
• • •
3:00 – 3:50 PM
Creating a Successful Psychedelic Business
Moderator: Matthew Ritchey
Speakers: Paul Wigdor, Teresa Kearney, Kat Walsh
• • •
4:00 – 4:50 PM
Psychedelics & Technology
Moderator: Aaron Chi
Speakers: Drew Ali, Sabba Nazhand, Dr. Sanjay Manchanda PhD
• • •
5:00 – 5:50 PM
Achieving Supernatural Performance with Psychedelics
Moderator: Sky Karasik
Speaker: Mark Irwin, Giorgio Gomez
• • •
6:00 – 6:50 PM
Women in Psychedelics
Moderator: Sky Karasik
Speakers: Guzel Gjenasaj, Heather Mack
• • •
7:00 – 7:50 PM
Tapping the Incredible Healing Power of Cannabis
Moderator: Rob Sanchez
Speakers: Skye Weaver, Scott Von Heldt, Tunean Rice
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8:30 – 9:00 PM
Awaken Through Vibration
Speaker: Paul Norlen, Wen Love
Main Hall
10:00 – 10:30 AM
Keynote: Unlocking the Secrets of Psychedelics
Speaker: Paul Karasik
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10:40 – 11:00 AM
Keynote: The Future of Psychedelics and AI
Speaker: Mark Kohl
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11:00 – 11:50 AM
The History and Future of Psychedelics: From Underground LSD to Artificial Intelligence
Speaker: Leonard Pickard
• • •
12:00 – 12:50 PM
Malia Carvalho & Pontea
• • •
1:00 – 1:50 PM
Gypsy Nights
• • •
2:00 – 2:50 PM
Melissa Ladybug
• • •
3:00 – 3:50 AM
Milo Gonzalez
• • •
4:00 – 4:50 AM
Paul Karasik
• • •
5:00 – 5:50 AM
Sam Sharman
• • •
6:00 – 6:50 AM
Mendeleyev
• • •
7:00 – 7:50 AM
Danny & the Crystal Visions
• • •
8:00 – 8:50 AM
Harmonic Ascension
Saturday
Clarity Room
9:00 – 11:50 AM
Kambo Ceremony
Speaker: Jimmy Castillo
• • •
12:00 – 12:50 PM
Sananga Ceremony
Speaker: Juanita Romano
• • •
1:00 – 1:50 PM
Fractals and the Mind: Visual Phenomena and Psychedelic Consciousness
Speaker: Rebecca Neisler (Psychedelic Researcher)
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2:00 – 2:50 PM
Holding the Dialectic: Psychedelics and 12-Step Recovery
Speaker: Dr. David Wiss
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3:00 – 3:50 PM
Unlocking the Subconscious: Harnessing Hypnotic Language for Psychedelic Integration
Speaker: Anna Krishtal (Ketamine Coach)
• • •
5:00 – 5:50 PM
Sacred Trust: The Three Pillars of Integrity in Psychedelic Work
Speaker: Cam Kashani, Amber Mahoney
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6:00 – 6:50 PM
Creating a Psychedelic Community to Your Support Lifestyle
Moderator: Dekker Dreyer
Speaker: Pete Sessa, Magic Mike
Insight Room
10:00 AM – 10:50 PM
Healing Relational Trauma After Expanded States
Speaker: Jennifer Rudich Ginsberg, LCSW, CSAT
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11:00 AM – 12:50 PM
Superconscious Intuitive Visioning Workshop
Speaker: Tommy Sobel (Intuition Coach and Coach to Healers)
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The Flight Within: Somatic Breath, Movement & Microdosing
Speaker: Adrienne Bawa
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3:00 – 3:50 PM
Candle Magic and Limpia Ceremony
Speaker: Liz Cano (Bruja and Spiritual Guide)
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Sound & Light Experience
Speaker: Angelina Duran (Somatic Embodiment Practitioner)
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6:00 – 7:00 PM
Breathe to Awaken
Speakers: Dr. Natasha Khallouf (Founder, Agricola Farms), Natalie Tran Sauliere (Co-Founder & Chief Steeping Officer, Bu Tea Den)
Portal Room
10:00 – 10:50 AM
Psychedelic Work with LGBTQ Clients
Speaker: Ryan Letts
• • •
11:00 – 11:50 AM
The Hidden Curriculum of Integration
Speaker: Miranda Milbauer (Strategic Advisor, Psychedelic Qualitative Researcher)
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12:00 – 12:50 PM
Hapé Ceremony
Speaker: Samson Love
• • •
1:00 – 1:50 PM
Heart Awakening: A Cacao Ceremony
Speaker: Luz Rios
• • •
2:00 – 2:50 PM
Psychedelic Tantra
Speaker: Zipporah (Tantra Therapist & Cannabis Coach)
• • •
3:00 – 3:50 PM
Hapé Ceremony
Speaker: Samson Love
• • •
4:00 – 5:50 PM
Plant Medicine Masterclass
Speaker: Shaun Ranko Meraya
• • •
6:00 – 6:50 PM
Mapacho Ceremony
Speaker: Juanita Romano
12 Superconscious Intuitive Visioning Workshop
Conference Room
10:00 – 10:50 AM
How to Prepare for a Psychedelic Experience
Moderator: Aluna Lua
Speakers: Falcon Stephan, Anna Krishtal, Avens O’Brien
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11:00 – 11:50 AM
Powerful Psychedelics You Can Use Legally
Moderator: Rob Sanchez
Speakers: Christian Rasmussen, Judd Weiss, Heather Mack
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12:00 – 12:50 PM
The Art and Science of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Moderator: Rachel Rettman
Speakers: Ektha Aggarwal, Dr. Suraiya Rahman MD, Rachelle Sawyer
• • •
1:00 – 1:50 PM
DMT: The God Molecule
Moderator: Shaun Ranko Mereya
Speakers: Simone Schulz, Suzi Kalypso, Jimmy Castillo
• • •
2:00 – 2:50 PM
Beyond Shrooms: Metocin, and What’s Next in Psychedelics
Keynote Speaker: Judd Weiss
• • •
3:00 – 3:50 PM
Ayahuasca: The Mother of Personal Transformation
Moderator: Dekker Dreyer
Speakers: Shaun Ranko Meraya, Danny Santos, Wolf Purnananda
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4:00 – 4:50 PM
Integration Panel: Secrets for Integrating Psychedelic Experience in Your Life
Moderator: Patrick Harbula
Speakers: Dr. Howard Lipp, Nick Desrosiers, Audrey DeWitt
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5:00 – 5:50 PM
Paths to Peace: Psychedelic Perspectives on Dying and Living Fully
Moderator: Christine Caldwell
Panelists: Thais Salles Araujo (MD, Palliative Care Physician, Ketamine Practitioner), Mary Telliano (End of Life Doula, Psychedelic Facilitator, Educator), Arlene Tjoaran (Cancer Survivor, Participant: the psilocybin retreat for cancer survivors in Portland, OR)
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6:00 – 6:30 PM
Understanding Psychedelics Through Ancient Hermetic Wisdom
Keynote Speaker: Rob Sanchez
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6:40 – 7:10 PM
AI, Spirit and the Path of Integration
Keynote Speaker: Sabba Nazhand (Founder & CEO, Safar)
• • •
7:30 – 8:30 PM
Awaken Through Vibration
Speaker: Paul Norlen, Wen Love
Main Hall
12:00 – 12:50 PM
Jaguar
• • •
1:00 – 1:50 PM
Oly
• • •
2:00 – 2:50 PM
Greg in Good Company
• • •
3:00 – 3:50 PM
Milo Gonzalez
• • •
4:00 – 4:50 AM
Maya McLean
• • •
5:00 – 5:50 AM
Raina Key
• • •
6:00 – 6:50 AM
Porla Dia
• • •
7:00 – 7:50 AM
Greg in Good Company
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8:00 – 8:50 AM
Oly
Awakening 2025
fourth annual
4908 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90042
October 2–4, 2025
