About This Event:
The Flying Sage is excited to bring you yet another insightful and thought-provoking Expansion Seminar. This month’s seminar will be focused on the intersection of neuroscience, psychedelics, and mental health, and we are excited to welcome a diverse panel of experts in this field to share their knowledge and insights.
Our panelists include Manesh Girn, a neuroscientist researching the effects of psychedelics on the brain ; Mark Haden, a public policy consultant and author with a focus on drug policy reform; Deovn Christie, a clinical psychologist specializing in psychedelic-assisted therapy ; and Zohra Shahalimi, a quantum shamanic healer.
How does neuroscience explain the effects of psychedelic substances on the brain, and how can this knowledge be used to develop new treatments for mental health disorders?
What role do psychedelic experiences play in shaping our sense of self, and how might this be harnessed to promote mental wellness?
What are some of the challenges and opportunities in conducting research on psychedelics and mental health, and how can we address these?
How does somatic therapy intersect with neuroscience and what we know about trauma?
What does interpersonal neurobiology have to do with psychedelic healing?
These are just a few of the types of questions we will be discussing during this event.
This event will be hosted at the beautiful Nemesis Coffee and ticket purchases include free coffee and delicious pastries. We will also be doing a special prize giveaway for those in attendance. We look forward to having you join us! Come prepared to have your perceptions ignited and expanded as we explore this exciting and rapidly-evolving field.
Schedule:
6:30 - 7:00pm - Social & Mingle
7:00 - 8:20pm - Panel Discussion
8:20 - 9:00pm - Q/A Period
9:00 - 9:30pm - Social & Mingle
About Our Speakers:
Mark Haden
Mark Haden is a major figure in the field of psychedelic medicines, with a long list of past and present activities and responsibilities in this field. Among—and beyond—these, he is the Clinical Supervisor for the Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Program at Qi Integrated Health and the Vice President of Business Development at Clearmind Medicine. Mark served as the Executive Director for MAPS Canada for 10 years and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health. Mark has published numerous articles in respected Journals, has presented at conferences and training events in many countries, and was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013 for drug policy reform work. Mark also has a well-deserved reputation as an exciting speaker who never fails to engage and surprise audiences.
Devon Christie
Dr. Devon Christie is a medical doctor, functional medicine practitioner, and registered counsellor with a focused practice in chronic pain and mental health. She is a MAPS-certified MDMA therapist, having served as an investigator and research therapist in a MAPS phase-3 crossover study for PTSD. Her ongoing research in MDMA-assisted therapy involves its potential for chronic pain. Devon delivers ketamine-assisted psychotherapy at Numinus, where she also serves as Senior Lead of Psychedelic Programs, developing and implementing both treatment and therapist training programs.
Dr. Devon's background includes extensive training in mindfulness, both personally through more than 20 years of practice, and professionally through Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher certification. Her interest in trauma resolution led her to training and certification in Relational Somatic Therapy, and recently she completed training in Level 1 Internal Family Systems. Her current private psychotherapy practice blends these two frameworks. Devon is passionate about broadening the modern healthcare paradigm to encompass trauma-informed approaches that incorporate scientific advances in our bio-psycho-social understanding of illness and wellness - a holistic view that most traditional systems have long emphasized. She sees careful integration of psychedelic-assisted therapies as part of this movement.
Devon is also passionate about educating future psychedelic therapists on ethics and trauma-informed, mindfulness and embodiment-based skills. She teaches for Numinus, Vital, the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), the Integrative Psychiatry Institute (IPI), and the ATMA Foundation Psychedelic Therapy programs.
Manesh Girn
Manesh is in the latter stages of obtaining his PhD in Neuroscience at McGill University and has been lead or co-author on over a dozen scientific publications and book chapters on topics including psychedelics and the default-mode network. He is currently conducting research on the brain mechanisms underlying psychedelic drugs in collaboration with Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris and other leaders in psychedelic science, and will joining Dr. Carhart-Harris at UCSF in August 2023 as a postdoctoral psychedelic neuroscientist. Manesh is also Chief Research Officer at the Canadian psychedelic bioscience company EntheoTech Bioscience, and runs a YouTube channel and Instagram page called The Psychedelic Scientist - where he discusses the latest topics in psychedelic science in an easy to understand, but non-superficial, form.
Zohra Shahalimi
Zohra (Venus) is a Shaman, Quantum Shamanic Healer, Holy Fire III Reiki Master/teacher, Yogi, meditation guide and teacher. She is a Kundalini yoga practitioner and has lead and guided many yoga and breath work workshops during her medicine retreats. She has studied yogic remedies for alchemical healing in India. Now studying craniosacral therapy as an addition to her practice to support her clients. She credits the depth of her healing to sacred plant medicines. " My own personal healing would not have been possible without plant medicine". Zohra was born to Father side Sufi elders. Her grandfather was a sufi elder and uncle (father side) a healer many travelled distance to see and receive healing. Her grandmother (mother side) indigenous of northern, Afghanistan, which were Mongolian decent through silk road. (Original shaman's are known to have come from Mongolia). Zohra is an alchemical healer and shaman. Her shamanic practices are based on the south American shamanic teachers the amazon and the Andes. Her teachers are mostly from south America (Peru). She uses traditional shamanic healing modalities, sacred medicine ceremonies, among many other tools to heal, and clear her clients energy field. Her intention is to align them to their purpose and bring holistic health, peace, resolve and joy in their lives.
Zohra (Venus) has psychology and philosophy background and 23 years of personal shadow work experience. Through seeking to heal herself from depression, PTSD and many deep life long traumas, she realized the next chapter of her life will be helping others heal. It is then, that she left her 22 year long film career as an artist and a successful international award winning Costume Designer to be a full time healer and serve to assist others in need of healing and on the spiritual path.
Her work is all guided by the spirit of medicine and the divine. She continues her shamanic studies with the amazonian medicine healers/teachers and the elders of Andean mountain medicines in Peru.
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