Show notes
Shante is a Black & Indigenous psilocybin advocate and educator. She has a background in Eastern Woodlands edible and medicinal plants as well as entheogenic plants and fungi. She combines the two studies to explore the synergistic relationships and effects of herbal medicine. Shante also serves as a DEI consultant who specializes in integrating considerations for BIPOC and working class into entheogenic medicine and psychedelic healing. In This Episode:
- Shante shares her origins story from being a professional track and field athlete to being an educator and now a psilocybin advocate.
- Shante speaks about her Abenaki and Creole ancestry and how finding out about her indigenous roots helped her connect deeper to herself and the land.
- How her curiosity for nature, plants, and the world around her has led to her becoming an herbalist.
- How her connection to plants and deep personal shadow work, led her to explore psilocybin and entheogenic mushrooms.
- Shante’s personal entheogenic practice and how she creates a safe container for her personal journey.
- How BIPOC and other marginalized groups exist within the entheogenic space, and how to make this form of healing accessible.
- The stigma and stereotype within BIPOC communities have led the industry to use entheogens versus psychedelics.
- How the conversations around entheogen that celebrities are having with the public influence mainstream opinion, inclusivity, and access.
- Do mushrooms have an affiliation with a lineage?
- How you can begin your healing journey by microdosing.
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- Recommended Reading for Plant Medicine & Entheogens
- Psilocybin Gardens, free grow guide
- Intentional Microdosing: a processing + integration workbook
- Upcoming Event: Microdosing Summit September 2022
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