Mindfulness and Psychedelics

OTHERS ONLINE COURSES

BMed Global Psychedelic Assisted Therapy

Spiritual Competency in Psychotherapy

ONLINE COURSE

DATE: Recorded on demand

6 MEETINGS OF 2H

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WORKING MIRACLES: INTEGRATING MINDFULNESS AND PSYCHEDELICS

  • Galia Tanay
  • DATE: recorded on demand
  • Online
  • Spanish | English
  • 6 meetings of 2h
  • Price, 100 €

This course is an experiential and theoretical journey which aspires to create a deep synthesis between mindfulness and compassion practices and psychedelic states.

The course will be grounded in personal practice and will present students with theories, philosophies and practices for this challenging integration. An emphasis will be placed on critical thinking and dialogical approaches.

Students will gain a basic understanding of the leading mindfulness-based approaches which are being used in psychedelic research today, and potential shared mechanisms of recovery and growth which we can cultivate as individuals and as a society.

GOALS:

By Participating in this course students are expected to:

  • Gain an understanding of the practice of mindfulness and the practical pathways for the integration of mindfulness into our daily life.
  • Learn about the professional field of mindfulness-based modalities and their application to psychedelic therapy and research.
  • Develop an integrative theoretical framework through which we can discuss altered states and its role in recovery and transformation processes.
  • Undergo a meaningful group process that allows for deep experiential insight into the mechanisms of compassion and interbeing.
  • Find a deeper integration between our own practices of contemplative traditions and the use of psychedelics.
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN?

In this course students will get an introduction of 6 online modules, which can be additionally complemented with a residential workshop in Spain.

Coming home to the present: introduction to mindfulness

  • Introduction to the field of mindfulness the development and assimilation of these new approaches to contemporary mental health, their theoretical foundations and practical applications.
  • What is mindfulness?
  • Towards consent based practices
  • Buddhist roots and the challenges of medicalization.
  • Existing treatment modalities - MBSR, MBCT, DBT, ACT
  • Authoritarian vs. Dialogical approaches
  • Introduction to personal mindfulness practice

Going beyond: psychedelics and altered states

  • Mysteries of the psychedelic landscapes. We will examine critically existing views on psychedelics and look at the fascinating intersection between mindfulness and psychedelic substances.
  • Mapping the mind - phenomenology of altered states
  • The history of integrating meditation and psychedelics
  • Private and cultural Set and setting and the construction of psychedelic experiences.
  • The necessity of community
  • The real dangers of psychedelics
  • Psychedelic practices - opening to the weird

No mud No lotus: the transformative power of compassion

  • We will look deeply at suffering and the possible reactions to it.
  • We will explore our habitual patterns of responding to pain and difficulties, and deconstruct the internalized voices we learned throughout our lives from our families and society at large.
  • The practice of compassion and self-compassion
  • The circle of care
  • The happiness trap
  • Psychedelics and compassion - meeting our demons

Liberating the mind: ACT with psychedelics

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy, one of the leading treatment modalities applied in psychedelic therapy and research
  • The hexagon of psychological flexibility - introduction to the model of ACT
  • Avoidance and its importance in psychedelics and mindfulness
  • Cognitive fusion and de-fusion
  • From insight to practice - values and committed action

Effects of psychedelics and mindfulness-based practices on our perception of self and offer alternative ways to look at this multi-facets phenomenon.

  • We will discuss the idea of interbeing and practice ways to open to this experience.
  • Neuroplasticity, learning theories and the popular views on the self.
  • The problem with the conceptual self
  • Getting out of the prison of repetition
  • Making space for change
  • Spiritual emergencies and the unmaking of self

Finding our song: the journey of integration

  • We will explore our personal process of integration of mindfulness, compassion and psychedelics.
  • We will discuss the challenges that arise on the path and the traps that tend to appear.
  • We will gain skillfulness in integration
  • Teachers, beings and truths - beneficials ways to relate to our experiences.
  • From answers to questions, from pathology to recovery.
  • The temptation of power.
  • Freedom from the known
  • Bringing it all home - reflections for our personnel practice
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FACILITATOR

Dr. Galia Tanay

Dr. Galia Tanay is a student of various ancient ways and a teacher on the path of freedom. Galia spent many years in deep traditional Buddhist practice and had been teaching intensive meditation retreats for the past decade. Galia is a certified Yoga teacher who teaches Yoga therapy and emphasizes the body in all awareness practices. For the past 14 years, Galia had been working intensively with psychedelics, mainly Ayahuasca and psilocybin mushrooms, deepening and learning personally as well as accompanying others on these journeys. She holds a PhD in Psychology and for many years had worked with suffering individuals as well as taught and trained therapists in academic and non-academic programs. Galia is a vocal artist and a writer who believes that freedom is a form of art and creativity is necessary for our coming home to our being.

Frequently Asked Questions

This course is aimed at all those who are interested in deepening their knowledge of somatics and psychedelics. They aspire to find tools to deepen both their personal and professional practice.

The online course starts on February 16, 2023. The face-to-face course starts on April 14, 2023.
The course will be in English with simultaneous translation into Spanish.

The duration of the course is two and a half months.

Yes, the course is online, you can access the course from anywhere in the world.

The course materials will be available forever. This includes the episodes and the transcript of the content.

We recommend that you dedicate one hour per day per week to study in depth the didactic material provided by the teacher.

The price of the online course for residents in Europe is 200 €.
For residents in Latin America it is adjusted to the minimum wage of the country, please consult info@bmedglobal.com.

Yes, they are two different instances but only if you take the online course you will have access to apply for the in-person retreat.

 

 

Send us an email to bmedglobal@gmail.com or WhatsApp +34 658 46 4708.

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