In this podcast episode, guest Dream Mullick shares her transformative journey with sacred plant medicines and psychedelics. The conversation delves into the rapid expansion of the psychedelic ecosystem, drawing parallels to the internet era's impact on communities. Dream emphasizes the need for responsible usage, integration, and reverence for indigenous wisdom as these powerful tools become more accessible. She reflects on the delicate balance between embracing peak experiences and fostering sustainable growth through mindful integration. Listener's will be taken on a journey of embracing the mysteries of evolution, consciousness, and the interplay between progress and preservation. If you enjoyed this podcast episode, please consider leaving us a review, which is an amazing zero-cost way to support the creators of this podcast. Connect with Dream: https://www.dreammullick.com/ https://www.entheowheel.com/ ⁠Instagram⁠ Connect with Xochitl: ⁠⁠www.XochitlAshe.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Sign-up for Xochitl's Newsletter Thank you to our Sponsors: Teona Retreat Center (currently called Magical Medicine Journeys), offers legal psilocybin retreats in beautiful San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. ⁠⁠Podcast listeners can take $150 off their next retreat when they apply⁠⁠. Microdosify offers FREE community led support groups dedicated to helping you integrate your psychedelic experiences. Click on 'Get Support' to sign-up, and listen to the end of the podcast for a 10% off shop code. (00:00) Sacred Psychedelics (00:45) Who is Dream Mullick? (02:53) Opening sacred space (04:50) The psychedelic ecosystem (06:28) Connection between our human evolution and our plant teachers (09:50) The mapping of medicines through time (11:11) The quickening of psychedelics and other ancient technologies into mainstream culture (14:11) Buddhist microdosing traditions (17:39) Dream's path into the world of earth medicines (22:39) SPONSOR: Teona Retreats (23:32) SPONSOR: Microdosify (25:00) A personal story: Dream meets Rick Doblin at Burning Man (26:04) The creation of North Star Pledge (33:00) The light and the dark of the Mycelial Web (38:30) The paradox of being a soul visiting this world (40:16) A guided meditation to connect (45:04) How to connect with Dream (45:39) Viewer Zero-Cost Support: Leave us a review (46:20) SPONSOR Thank you: Microdosify - use code 'Sacred' for 10% off DISCLAIMER: All content provided by Xochitl Ashe is for education and harm reduction purposes only. Consider additional research to understand all risks and benefits before beginning a sacred medicine practice or ceremony. We do not condone the use of illegal substances; please verify legality in your region before beginning a plant or fungi medicine practice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sacredpsychedelics/message

In this episode, Xochitl and musician, East Forest, engage in a deep conversation about the transformative power of music, psychedelics, and ancestral healing. They discuss the importance of creating safe spaces and how it enables individuals to embrace play and thereby encounter expansion. The conversation touches on ancestral trauma, the role of indigenous perspectives in plant medicine work, and the process of making music as a tool for healing and transformation. If you enjoyed this podcast episode, please consider leaving us a review, which is an amazing zero-cost way to support the creators of this podcast. Connect with East Forest: www.EastForest.org Listen to East Forest's music Instagram Connect with Xochitl: www.XochitlAshe.com Instagram Sponsors: Thank you to our Sponsors, Teona Retreat Center (currently called Magical Medicine Journey) – offering legal psilocybin retreats in beautiful San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Podcast listeners can take $150 off their next retreat when they apply. (00:00) Sacred Psychedelics (00:45) Who is East Forest? (02:48) The overture: A beautiful beginning (04:35) Inviting more Indigenous voices into the psychedelic eco-system (09:16) The importance of visibility for Indigenous peoples (13:07) Sacred ancestry and its connection to plants, spirit, and the Earth (14:20) East Forest as Xochitl's Podcast Mentor (17:44) Psilocybin as a catalyst on East Forest's spiritual path (19:20) Opening Sacred Space (23:36) What the mushroom spirit has taught East Forest (25:35) It's all about the music (29:39) The lesson is practice (33:30) The laws of nature (35:13) The meaning behind the song "Can't Fall Out of Love" (36:46) The ancient code of plant medicines (39:19) Music inspired by mushrooms (47:37) Using plant medicines to heal ancestral trauma (49:58) Sponsor: Teona Retreats (currently called Magical Medicine Journeys) (51:01) Healing as a service to our ancestors are not incarnate (52:45) Inheriting ancestral blessings (54:48) Healing the ancestral burden of impatience (58:23) Ancestral blessing of ambition (01:01:31) The role of expansion and play in authenticity (01:07:07) Music as a psychedelic support tool (01:13:26) East Forest's upcoming mushroom documentary (01:17:01) East Forest's history of holding ceremony (01:21:21) East Forest's new album "Burn" with Peter Broderick (01:22:49) A final reminder: Just keep walking (01:23:40) Closing sacred space (01:24:44) Viewer Zero-Cost Support: Leave us a review DISCLAIMER: All content provided by Xochitl Ashe is for education and harm reduction purposes only. Consider additional research to understand all risks and benefits before beginning a sacred medicine practice or ceremony. We do not condone the use of illegal substances; please verify legality in your region. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sacredpsychedelics/message

In this powerful and insightful podcast episode, Ellen, a death doula, shares her journey with psychedelics and the profound connection between psychedelics and the end-of-life process. She discusses her mission to make psychedelic healing accessible to BIPOC folks and the Asian community. Ellen emphasizes the importance of honoring and acknowledging ancestral trauma and the severing from cultural roots experienced by many immigrants. She shares her personal experiences with grief and how psychedelics can help individuals confront and heal from their fears, particularly the fear of death. The conversation delves into the role of death doulas and how they provide companionship and support to individuals going through dying processes, both physical and spiritual. Ellen highlights the transformative power of the sacred mushroom and the lessons it teaches about living life fully and embracing the messy, unpredictable aspects of existence. The episode encourages listeners to confront their own fears around death and to have open conversations about this universal and natural process. If you enjoyed this podcast episode, please consider leaving us a review, which is an amazing zero-cost way to support the creators of this podcast. Connect with Ellen Wong: www.tripwithellen.com Instagram Connect with Xochitl: ⁠www.XochitlAshe.com⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ Sponsors: Thank you to our Sponsors, Teona Retreat Center (currently called Magical Medicine Journey) – offering legal psilocybin retreats in beautiful San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. ⁠Podcast listeners can take $150 off their next retreat when they apply⁠. (00:00) Sacred Psychedelics (00:45) Who is Ellen Wong? (01:43) Opening Sacred Space (05:11) The importance of psychedelic accessibility for the BIPOC, or global majority, community (07:05) Mother Root - A breathwork community for Asian women (10:12) The perception of psychedelics in the Asian community (13:33) Ellen's journey to becoming a psychedelic death doula (18:11) Western sanitization of the death process (19:20) The initiation of death and a doula's role in the process (22:20) Parallels between death and the Hero's Journey (25:15) Sponsors: Teona Retreat Center (currently called Magical Medicine Journeys) (26:15) The medicine of a grandmother's death (29:19) How Sacred Mushrooms support us in the death portal (34:00) All fear is the fear of death (38:54) Death as a great equalizer (40:36) A death doula's advice for befriending death (44:14) The medicine of intention and surrender (45:49) Learn how you can work with Ellen (47:46) Viewer Zero-Cost Support: Leave us a review --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sacredpsychedelics/message

In this potent and enlightening podcast interview, we are joined by Marisa Anita Reyes, a devoted medicine woman and musician, on a journey filled with joy, wisdom, and strength. This episode was recorded shortly before Marisa's passing, and Xochitl pays tribute to her as a cherished friend and spiritual guide. Marisa shares her experience of gracefully navigating life with metastatic breast cancer, revealing how the diagnosis brought her to new depths of self-discovery and healing. Throughout the conversation, Marisa and Xochitl reflect on the power of plant medicines, especially cacao, in fostering community, spiritual growth, and profound connections. They explore the importance of embracing grief and surrendering to the unknown, while honoring the potential of psychedelics to promote healing and unity. Marisa's music and journey continue to inspire and uplift, leaving a profound impact on those who have the privilege to hear her story. Listen to Marisa Reyes Medicine Music: Listen on Spotify Marisa's Instagram Resources mentioned in the episode: The smell of rain on dust: Grief and Praise by Martin Prechtel Connect with Xochitl: ⁠⁠www.XochitlAshe.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠ Sponsors: Thank you to our Sponsors, Teona Retreat Center (currently called Magical Medicine Journey) – offering legal psilocybin retreats in beautiful San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. ⁠⁠Podcast listeners can take $150 off their next retreat when they apply⁠⁠. (00:00) Sacred Psychedelics (00:45) An honoring of my best friend and teacher, Marisa Reyes (04:44) Introducing Marisa Reyes: an incredible medicine musician and creatrix (07:30) History of our opening song and prayer (09:00) Opening prayer and song sung by Marisa Reyes (11:31) Marisa's connection to the medicines (15:40) Marisa's journey of connection to medicines through her cancer diagnosis (17:51) Marisa's path to receiving songs (20:59) Not every plant, fungi, or medicine is for everyone (21:45) Asking for consent before working with sacred medicines (22:44) The future vision of the psychedelic ecosystem (25:58) The power of ceremony (28:04) The Mayan prophecy of the Eagle and Condor (32:00) The parallels between a journey with cancer and a journey with plant medicine (35:37) Cancer as an ally (40:23) Grief as an essential ingredient to the healing process (44:09) Marisa's advice for those on their own cancer journeys or supporting those on a cancer journey (46:31) The medicine of surrender (50:16) A closing song for the colibri (hummingbird) (53:25) Marisa's rockstar medicine woman name: Miquiztochtli (Death Rabbit) (54:13) Sponsors: Teona Retreat Center (currently called Magical Medicine Journeys) (55:28) Viewer Zero-Cost Support: Leave us a review --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sacredpsychedelics/message