Awakening 2025 Saturday Program

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YORK MANOR • 4908 York Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90042

October 2–4, 2025

PROGRAM of EVENTS

Saturday, Oct 4, 2025

Clarity Room

9:00 AM – 11:50 AM

Kambo Ceremony

Kambo is a traditional Amazonian medicine derived from the secretion of the Phyllomedusa bicolor tree frog. Used for centuries by indigenous tribes, Kambo is applied through small points on the skin, allowing the peptides to enter the lymphatic system. The experience is an intense physical and energetic cleanse that can purge toxins, clear stagnation, and reset the nervous system. Many report increased clarity, vitality, and resilience after working with Kambo. Beyond its physical effects, Kambo is regarded as a spiritual ally that helps release emotional blockages and prepare the body and mind for deeper healing and transformation.

Speaker: Jimmy Castillo

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12:00 – 12:50 PM

Sananga Ceremony

Sananga is commonly made from the roots and bark of Tabernaemontana undulata, a shrub which is found in Brazil and other South American countries. The bark and root is ground into a very fine powder and then extracted into a juice.This sacred and powerful medicine is used to treat and prevent ocular diseases such as glaucoma, cataracts, farsightedness, nearsightedness and even blindness.
Sananga is mostly utilized by the tribes found in the Amazon region to sharpen their night vision while hunting, however, sananga does more than that.This powerful eye drop has a healing power that is more spiritual than physical, and has the capacity to increase insight in the minds of those who use it.

Speaker: Shaun Ranko Meraya

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1:00 – 1:50 PM

Fractals and the Mind: Visual Phenomena and Psychedelic Consciousness

Why do psychedelic states often reveal intricate fractals, shifting patterns, and vibrant visions? This workshop offers a digestible introduction to the neuroscience of psychedelics, focusing on how they alter perception and pattern recognition. Drawing on psychology and neuroscience, Rebecca Neisler unpacks what happens in the brain during a psychedelic experience, its therapeutic modalities, and what fractal imagery and other visual phenomena may reveal about consciousness itself. Participants will gain accessible insights into the brain mechanisms behind psychedelic vision while reflecting on the broader implications for creativity, spirituality, and human experience.

Speaker: Rebecca Neisler (Psychedelic Researcher)

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2:00 – 2:50 PM

Holding the Dialectic: Psychedelics and 12-Step Recovery

Two transformative healing cultures are converging, whether traditionalists like it or not. Dr. David Wiss—recovery revolutionary and mental health scientist—examines the unstoppable integration of psychedelic medicine into recovery landscapes. With mounting evidence for trauma healing and growing acceptance among treatment providers, the old either/or paradigm is crumbling. Learn why holding both truths simultaneously isn’t just possible but necessary, and how stigma-driven resistance ultimately harms those seeking relief from suffering.

Speaker: Dr. David Wiss

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3:00 – 3:50 PM

Unlocking the Subconscious: Harnessing Hypnotic Language for Psychedelic Integration

The subconscious mind drives 95% of our thoughts, habits, and identity, and yet most people don’t know how to access it for lasting change. This workshop takes the mystery out of the subconscious with a crash course in what it is and why it matters. From there, you’ll learn how to use subconscious language to turn psychedelic insights into embodied transformation, with clear rules and practical tools you can apply in preparation, the messy middle, and lifelong integration.

Speaker: Anna Krishtal (Ketamine Coach)

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5:00 – 5:50 PM

Sacred Trust: The Three Pillars of Integrity in Psychedelic Work

In an era of rapid psychedelic commercialization, the foundational principle of integrity often gets overshadowed by profit motives. This workshop explores the three critical pillars that ensure safe, ethical psychedelic work: integrity of the medicine itself, integrity of the facilitator, and integrity of the container or setting. Cam Kashani, SSD and Amber Mahoney, MA will address the dangerous rise of “pop shamanism” and under-qualified practitioners who risk participants’ psychological and spiritual wellbeing. Through practical frameworks and real-world examples, attendees will learn to identify, cultivate, and maintain the highest standards of integrity in their psychedelic practice or participation.

Speaker: Cam Kashani, Amber Mahoney

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6:00 – 6:50 PM

Creating a Psychedelic Community to Your Support Lifestyle

Psychedelic awakening provides insights into our lives, how we are living, what’s working and what’s not. This new heightened awareness inspires us to integrate our experience and make changes in our lives. We amend and delete activities and relationships that are no longer serving us. Community provides us with the support we need in this transformative process. Discover the wide variety of psychedelic communities that are available and proven strategies for starting your own.

Moderator: Dekker Dreyer

Speaker: Pete Sessa

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Insight Room

10:00 AM – 10:50 PM

Healing Relational Trauma After Expanded States

Psychedelic and expanded-state experiences can open us to powerful release, but the deepest work begins when we return to our relationships. In this experiential workshop, Jennifer shares practical tools for grounding, co-regulation, and intimacy repair. Drawing from her original frameworks, Embracing Aloneness and The King’s Path, participants will learn to move beyond catharsis into embodied integration, sustainable connection, and relational healing.

Speaker: Jennifer Rudich Ginsberg, LCSW, CSAT

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11:00 AM – 12:50 PM

Superconscious Intuitive Visioning Workshop

Everyone is psychic. We’ll prove it together. Facilitated by intuition coach Tommy Sobel, you’ll be guided into a deep meditative state and witness someone’s future. By the end of this workshop, you’ll turn a group of strangers into new meaningful connections, and come away more connected to your true power than ever before!

Speaker: Tommy Sobel (Intuition Coach and Coach to Healers)

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1:00 – 1:50 PM

The Flight Within: Somatic Breath, Movement & Microdosing

We invite participants into a sanctuary of embodied awakening. Guided by Adrienne Bawa, holistic nurse and founder of Sound Bird Healing, this workshop explores how microdosing, breathwork, and somatic movement become pathways to integration and co-creation. Through intentional breath, energy flow, and mindful body practices, participants will discover tools to release stagnation, regulate the nervous system, and expand awareness—cultivating harmony within and beyond the psychedelic journey.

Speaker: Adrienne Bawa

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3:00 – 3:50 PM

Candle Magic and Limpia Ceremony

A transformative spiritual experience using candle magic to cleanse, align, and empower. Participants begin with a Salt Circle Release to unblock energy paths and release heavy energies. Guided plant medicine cleansing (limpia) clears the physical body. A chakra-clearing meditation opens and aligns energy centers, followed by breathwork and subtle movement, channeling energy into the unlit candle to fill it with intention. The journey closes with a grounding tea ceremony. No experience needed — just presence, focus, and an open heart.

Speaker: Liz Cano (Bruja and Spiritual Guide)

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4:30 – 6:00 PM

Sound & Light Experience

Enter a sacred space where ancient wisdom meets modern technology. This multi-sensory journey blends the vibrational medicine of sound with the Pandora Star entrainment light—a gateway to expanded states of consciousness.
With eyes closed, awaken your third eye as this psychedelic flickering light guides you into deep meditation, activating the pineal gland and dissolving limiting patterns. Immersed in a healing sound bath, you’ll be carried into profound relaxation, energetic renewal, and spiritual awakening.

Speaker: Angelina Duran (Somatic Embodiment Practitioner)

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6:00 – 7:00 PM

Breathe to Awaken

Join for a powerful breathwork journey that blends somatic practice, traditional healing, and gentle guidance to open the body, calm the nervous system, and expand awareness. Participants will leave feeling grounded, clear, and connected to themselves, each other, and the living world around them.

Geared for:
*People curious about using breath as a tool for emotional release, nervous-system regulation, and expanded states of awareness.
* Anyone seeking connection to themselves, community, and the living world through conscious breathing.

Following the session, guests will be invited to enjoy curated teas from Bu Tea Den-crafted to ground the body and extend the sense of calm connection in breathwork.

Speakers: Dr. Natasha Khallouf (Founder, Agricola Farms) Natalie Tran Sauliere (Co-Founder & Chief Steeping Officer, Bu Tea Den)

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Portal Room

10:00 – 10:50 AM

Psychedelic Work with LGBTQ Clients

In the psychedelic and coaching space, we will encounter a diverse group of folks, including members of the LGBTQ community. Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of the most updated nomenclature and definitions — which is where this workshop comes in! It’s imperative as people in the psychedelic space to understand the client’s background, where they might be coming from, and current vocabulary to meet them where they are. This interactive workshop is aimed to overview updated terminology in a neutral way, better understand why LGBTQ clients might come to psychedelics, and answer difficult and tender questions in an open and nonjudgmental environment.

Speaker: Ryan Letts

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11:00 – 11:50 AM

The Hidden Curriculum of Integration

This workshop invites participants to explore the knowledge frameworks they unconsciously rely on in their engagement with psychedelic work. Through guided reflection and dialogue, participants will examine how unconscious epistemic biases influence integration practices. Framed within broader ontological shifts occurring across health, science, and spirituality, the session highlights how personal transformation is deeply entangled with collective, systemic reconfigurations of what it means.

Speaker: Miranda Milbauer (Strategic Advisor, Psychedelic Qualitative Researcher)

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12:00 – 12:50 PM

Hapé Ceremony

Rapé or Hape is the preparation of powdered medicinal herbs, often with a tobacco base. Hapé is typically made with mapacho – Hapé elicits a feeling of alertness and elevation that surpasses most other natural plant-based effects.
The effects of hapé are experienced rapidly and intensely because the powdered snuff is administered through the nose. The practice of consuming powdered plant medicines through the nose is much more ancient than we realized (dating from the pre-Columbian days) and was first observed among the Brazilian indigenous tribes. Attend this session and experience this powerful medicine.

Speaker: Samson Love

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1:00 – 1:50 PM

Heart Awakening: A Cacao Ceremony

This gathering harnesses ceremonial cacao’s heart-opening medicine to guide you into deep soulful reconnection. Through ancestral ritual, guided meditation and intention setting, we create space to soften emotional armor, access intuitive clarity and restore inner balance.
For seekers and sensitive souls craving mindful connection, this ceremony meets you where you are, whether new to plant medicine or deepening your practice. Come awaken your heart’s wisdom in community.

Speaker: Luz Rios

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2:00 – 2:50 PM

Psychedelic Tantra

Join this immersive experience designed to awaken life-force energy, release emotional blocks, and activate higher states of consciousness through ritual, breath, tribal jungle beats, and embodied practice. Participants will walk away with tools to reconnect with their bodies, harness kundalini energy, and access clarity, creativity, and expanded states of love.

Speaker: Zipporah (Tantra Therapist & Cannabis Coach)

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3:00 – 3:50 PM

Hapé Ceremony

Speaker: Samson Love

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4:00 – 5:50 PM

Plant Medicine Masterclass

Experience the Plant Medicines of the Amazon. Join us to receive a sacred tobacco paste, a shamanic snuff, a magically medicinal mouth spray and healing eye drops for your 3rd eye. These medicines will open up all of your senses, ground you and connect you to your deeper self. In this Ceremony you will be cleansed physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. These medicines are gateways to the spirit realm and true healing.
The tobacco paste will ground you and enhance your openness and connection to spirit while cleansing un-serving energies. The shamanic snuff decalcifies the pineal gland, opening it up to help light your path. The mouth spray is fantastic for the entire digestive tract from entry to exit and is also anti-inflammatory, anti-parasitic, anti-fungal. The eye drops will help rewire energetic stagnation and un-serving patterns in your body so that you can respond to life from your full Being rather than react to it. Join us for a unique experience and root into these sacred plants with us.

Speaker: Shaun Ranko Meraya

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6:00 – 6:50 PM

Mapacho Ceremony

Attend this workshop and learn about how to use Mapacho to heal and to create a deeper connection with our soul. Nicotiana rustica, also known as Mapacho, is the original medicine of South America, where it has been part of shamanic rituals for centuries. It is considered a sacred plant teacher who is able to heal a man on all levels. It is therefore treated with the utmost respect and its use in various ceremonies is highly structured and conscious.
Who should attend this workshop: Facilitators and initiate.

Speaker: Shaun Ranko Meraya

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Speakers, Leaders & Performers

in order of appearance

Jimmy Castillo

Juanita Romano

Dr. David Wiss

Shaun Ranko Meraya

Dekker Dreyer

Pete Sessa

Ryan Letts

Samson Love

Luz Rios

Aluna Lua

Jeremy Falcon Stephan

Anna Krishtal

Avens O’Brien

Christian Rasmussen

Judd Weiss

Rachel Rettman

Ektha Aggarwal

Dr. Suraiya Rahman, MD

Rachelle Sawyer

Simone Schulz

Suzi Kalypso

Wolf Purnananda

Patrick Harbula

Nick Desrosiers

Miranda Milbauer

Christine Caldwell

Thais Salles Araujo, MD

Mary Telliano

Arlene Tjoaran

Rob Sanchez

Wen Love

Paul Norlen

Oly

Greg in Good Company

Milo Gonzalez

Paul Karasik

Conference Room

10:00 AM – 10:50 AM

How to Prepare for a Psychedelic Experience

Unlike many other medications and drugs, to receive the full benefits from the psychedelic experience requires substantial preparations. Indigenous people refer to the preparation process as a dieta. This dieta includes a variety of practices that prepare us physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Learn both traditional and modern techniques that will have a dramatic effect on the quality of your healing experience with psychedelics.

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

There are a variety of plant medicine substances that are both legal and powerful. Attend this session and learn about three of the most effective plant medicines: Kambo, Amanita Muscaria, and Aya Bliss, an Ayahuasca micro-dose. Discover ways you can use these legal plant medicines to connect with deeper parts of yourself, clear trauma, and to receive guidance. These are substances that can assist and accelerate in your healing journey.

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

Developed in the 1960s as an anesthetic, Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) has since been an effective and scientifically proven approach to achieving mental health and relieving chronic pain. Ketamine is a legal psychedelic that has proven to be transformative in providing relief for individuals suffering from depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD, and addiction. Therapists using KAP will discuss the clinical research and the variety of approaches available. Hear real stories of transformation and healing.

Moderator: Rachel Rettman

Speakers: Ektha Aggarwal, Dr. Suraiya Rahman MD, Rachelle Sawyer

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1:00 — 1:50 PM

DMT: The God Molecule

DMT, or the spirit or God molecule, has a profound effect on human consciousness. DMT, or its chemical name N, N-Dimethyltryptamine, is a psychedelic drug found throughout nature. The experience lasts from 5-15 minutes. Research has shown that DMT may be helpful in addiction, depression, and anxiety disorders, as well as, long-lasting positive effects on mood, creativity, and overall well-being. Learn how DMT offers healing and a personal encounter with Spirit.

Moderator: Shaun Ranko Meraya

Speakers: Simone Schulz, Suzi Kalypso, Jimmy Castillo

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2:00 — 2:50 PM

Keynote: Beyond Shrooms — Metocin, and What’s Next in Psychedelics

As much as we love shrooms, Metocin is a superior alternative for 7 reasons.
This keynote will explore psilocybin and psilocin, the explosion of unscheduled analog compounds on the market, and why Metocin is about to lead a rapidly rising wave of meaningful psychedelic access.
We’ll also discuss the legal landscape in pursuit of access to powerfully positive compounds.
The time has come when those who do no harm should not feel the need to hide.

Speaker: Judd Weiss

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3:00 — 3:50 PM

Ayahuasca: The Mother of Personal Transformation

Ayahuasca has been used for thousands of years for personal transformation and healing physically, emotionally, and spiritually. The drink that is made by combining the bark and stem of Banisteriopsis caapi and other botanical ingredients. Ayahuasca has been touted by such celebrities as Jim Carrey, Sting, Prince Harry, Aaron Rogers, and Miley Cyrus and has been proven to be beneficial in treating PTSD, addiction, depression, anxiety, and depression.

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

Psychedelics possess the potential to change your life. The only way to unlock that potential is to integrate the knowledge and healing into your daily life. Integration is both an art and a science and requires attention and planning. This panel of experts offer strategies and techniques to ensure the insights, breakthroughs, and the healing potential during your session is realized as more peace, joy, and health in your life. Be prepared to take notes.

Moderator: Patrick Harbula

Speakers: Nick Desrosiers, Audrey DeWitt, Miranda Milbauer

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5:00 — 5:50 PM

Paths to Peace: Psychedelic Perspectives on Dying and Living Fully

Join moderator Christine Caldwell and a diverse panel—a palliative care physician, an end-of-life doula and psychedelic facilitator, and a cancer survivor who attended the first psilocybin retreat for cancer survivors in Portland, OR—as they share personal and professional perspectives on how psychedelics can bring comfort, insight, and peace to those facing serious illness. Together, they’ll explore psilocybin, MDMA, 5-MeO-DMT, and ketamine as tools for easing fear, deepening connection, and opening space for meaning.

Moderator: Christine Caldwell (Founder/Executive Director, End of Life Psychedelic Care)

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 first psilocybin retreat for cancer survivors in Portland, OR)

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6:00 — 6:30 PM

Keynote: Understanding Psychedelics Through Ancient Hermetic Widsom

Hermetic philosophy offers an ancient, practical toolkit for making sense of psychedelic experiences, beyond the science. This session explores core concepts like direct knowing (gnosis), the divine mind (nous), cosmic correspondence (“as above, so below”), and the unity of opposites (coincidentia oppositorum) to give you clear language and grounding for your journeys. As psychedelics face growing pressures from commercialization, embracing symbolic frameworks is essential to preserve their transformative power. If you’ve ever had a trip you couldn’t explain, this session gives you the words. If you’ve ever glimpsed something bigger, this framework helps you explore it.

Speaker: Rob Sanchez

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6:40 — 7:10 PM

Keynote: AI, Spirit and the path of integration

In this talk, we explore the ancient practice of integration. Making meaning after transformative experiences is being reimagined in the modern age. We’ll examine the neuroscience behind integration, why community and nature are essential anchors, and how AI can be used not to replace the human experience but to deepen it. This is a conversation about reclaiming connection, agency, and ritual in an increasingly fragmented world.

Speaker: Sabba Nazhand (Founder & CEO, Safar)

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7:30 – 8:30 PM

Awaken Through Vibration

Step into a portal of sound, where vibration meets intention, and consciousness expands. Paul and Wen invite you on a deeply immersive soundbath journey designed to harmonize the nervous system, awaken inner visions, and support psychedelic integration.
Through the healing tones of singing bowls, chimes, gongs, and intuitive vocal transmissions, this sound experience becomes a sacred space for deep rest, emotional release, and heart-centered connection. Whether you’re floating in stillness or traveling through inner landscapes, allow the sound to guide you gently home to your essence.
Come as you are. Let the sound carry you.
Please bring a yoga mat, blanket, pillow or anything you’d like to be comfortable.

Speakers: Wen Love, Paul Norlen

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