Psychedelic Practitioner Core Training

Drawing from the metaphor that "practitioners are instruments in service to the mushroom," in this lecture, Dr. Anja Loizaga-Velder presents insights from nearly three decades of psychedelic work alongside indigenous healers, focusing on the characteristics she believes are paramount for guiding others through non-ordinary states of consciousness.

Anja Loizaga-Velder, Ph.D., is a German-Mexican clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. She has been investigating the therapeutic potential of the ritual use of psychedelic plants for over 25 years in collaboration with indigenous healers. Dr. Loizaga-Velder earned a doctorate in medical psychology from Heidelberg University in Germany and wrote her doctoral dissertation on the therapeutic uses of ayahuasca in addiction treatment. Dr. Loizaga-Velder is a founding member and director of research and psychotherapy at the Nierika Institute for Intercultural Medicine in Mexico. She is also an adjunct professor and researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where she researches the therapeutic potential of psychedelics in intercultural therapeutic settings.