Join us in person for Psychedelics & the Story: a Psychedelic Preparation Storytelling Workshop with filmmaker and storyteller Mareesa Stertz!

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

7 PM - 8:15 PM (EST)

Location: 370 Lexington Avenue, Suite 500

Suggested Donation: $22 ( No one will be turned away from lack of funds)

What role does story play in our struggles? And how can story work prepare us for and help us integrate a psychedelic journey? In this talk and workshop, you will take inventory of your beliefs, goals, and life's experiences and work  - as to familiarize yourself with the content in your conscious mind- so that you are primed to dive into your next journey with a focus and new tools that will empower you to tell a new story.  

Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of the impact our beliefs and stories have on reinforcing our struggles, the role our early experiences have on current circumstances, and tools to help shift those old stories both in and outside of psychedelic journeys..

This workshop is great for anyone seeking to understand themselves better, those looking to take stock of the wisdom of their lives, and those looking to step into being the heroes of their own journey.

Mareesa Stertz is a filmmaker, storyteller, community organizer, and Kundalini Yoga teacher. She is a co-founder at Lucid News and the producer and host of the documentary series The Healing Powers (of Psychedelics and Other Mindful Practices) currently streaming on Gaia TV. She has shared her stories of working with psychedelics on stages internationally as well as in educational settings for the Synthesis Psilocybin Practitioner Training Program and currently teaches storytelling workshops at retreats, as online courses, and for psychedelic preparation and integration.

She is passionate about using story to illuminate the powerful transformation that comes from navigating trauma, and her work is heavily informed by her own journey of personal growth which has taken her all around the world, filming with the curanderos of Peru to the holy men of India. She is currently in the development of a one-woman play that celebrates the adventure in healing and is in pre-production on a documentary on re-writing our own programs as guided by Iboga.  You can see her first feature-length film "Damanhur, the Documentary" on the intentional spiritual community, on Gaia TV.