ConnectIONS Live!
Join Dr. Michael Sapiro, for a special ConnectIONS live on May 27th as he shares his experiential presentation on ketamine-assisted therapy. In times when isolation and feeling separated are at an all-time high, we need experiences that elicit profound growth through noetic experiences, and target healing and transformation of body, mind, spirit, community, and planet. Ketamine-assisted therapy provides us with a safe and highly effective modality for increasing wellbeing, and for the relief of treatment-resistant depression, chronic pain, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and a variety of other mental and physical disorders. During the Ketamine experience, people report deep states of relaxation and heightened awareness, mindfulness and self-acceptance, antidepressant effects, out-of-body and dissociative experiences, a nondual sense of Beingness, and increased insights about who we are spiritually. The Ketamine experience is a noetic one, in that the material of the psyche is revealed, the spirit world opened, and the nondual field of awakened awareness contains it all.
Mainstreaming Mysticism: Ketamine-Assisted Therapy and Noetic Experiences
Friday May 27th
11am-12:15pm PDT
Please register even if you can’t attend live and you’ll receive an email with a link to the recording.
In this experiential presentation, Dr. Sapiro bridges science, psychology, and spirituality as he explores and explains how Ketamine can be used as a tool to bring mysticism to the public, and into the medical and healing fields. Ketamine therapy works on three levels: physiological, psychological, and spiritual and you will have a chance to participate in a meditation that brings all three domains into focus. For Dr. Sapiro, this is our nature and our work: to know we are that which is beyond time and space, the formless loving Source from which all arises and returns, is the ultimate lesson of this medicine. He believes we are both the Mystery itself and the conditions that arise within it; that we are both the Universe, and a very unique, personalized expression of the Universe learning about Itself while living through us.
SPEAKER
Michael Sapiro, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, psychedelic-assisted therapist, transformational coach, writer, meditation teacher and researcher, and former Buddhist monk. He is MAPS trained, is on faculty at Esalen Institute, is a Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and is core faculty in the Psychedelic’s Today Vital psychedelic certification program. He recently completed a study on time travel, hope, and love with Dr. Julia Mossbridge of The Institute for Love and Time. Dr. Sapiro teaches nationally on the art and science of transformation, expanded human capabilities, and futuremaking. He is the integrative psychologist at the Boise Ketamine Clinic where he offers Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (individual KAP and group KAT) sessions, and is an integrative coach and consultant with VETS Solutions, Seal Future Foundation, and Sabot Foundation, helping former Navy Seals and other special operations team members recover from combat exposure with psychedelic-assisted therapy. He also works therapeutically with first responders (police, SWAT, and Fire). He hosted a syndicated radio program on expanded human potential called Radio Awakened out of KRBX now found on Soundcloud. His work is dedicated to personal awakening for the sake of collective and planetary transformation. He can be found at michaelsapiro.com.
Christopher M. Bache, Ph.D. is professor emeritus in the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University where he taught for 33 years. He is also adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Emeritus Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and on the Advisory Council of Grof Legacy Training. Chris’ passion has been the study of the philosophical implications of nonordinary states of consciousness, particularly psychedelic states. An award winning teacher and international speaker, Chris has written four books: Lifecycles – a study of reincarnation in light of contemporary consciousness research; Dark Night, Early Dawn – a pioneering work in psychedelic philosophy and collective consciousness; The Living Classroom, an exploration of collective fields of consciousness in teaching; and LSD and the Mind of the Universe, the story of his 20 year journey with LSD.
David Lukoff, PhD is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Sofia University in Palo Alto, CA and a licensed psychologist in California whose work focuses on spiritual issues and mental health. He is author of 80 articles and chapters and is co-author of the DSM-IV and DSM-5 category Religious or Spiritual Problem, and he recently founded the Spiritual Competency Academy to provide training for mental health professionals in spiritual competency, loss, grief, death, recovery, and spiritual crises.
Fredy “Puma” Quispe Singona was born in 1980 in Chinchero a small Village in Cusco. He was trained by his grandfather, Don Maximo, in the mastery of Andean ceremonies and rituals since he was a very young boy. As a spiritual leader both in his own community of Chinchero, international gatherings and spiritual journeys he has a passion for the teachings of his people, and a profound respect for the global awakening Human Consciousness. He has attended and facilitated numerous international gatherings of spiritual leaders and young leaders with YES (Youth for Environmental Sanity).
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Claudia Welss is a citizen scientist and Board Chairman of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Her collaboration with IONS began in the 90s when former IONS President Willis Harman invited her to join a five-year “Peace-building Through Business” inquiry at the Fetzer Institute. She’s on the boards of 
Alan Briskin, PhD, is a pioneer in the field of organizational learning and leadership development. He has been working with executives, managers, and teams for over 35 years as a coach and consultant, specializing in systems change and collective wisdom. Alan’s work is distinguished by his attention to the conditions that allow for change and innovation. He estimates spending over 10,000 hours in conversations, 1-1 and in small teams, with managers and executives addressing change processes and their role in it. He has held retainer relationships with multiple organizations for consecutive periods of 10 years or longer, including Lucasfilm, Goi Peace Foundation, Sutter Health, and Kaiser Permanente. Co-founder of the Collective Wisdom Initiative, he has written or co-authored five books, including the award winning The Power of Collective Wisdom, Daily Miracles, and The Stirring of Soul in the Workplace.
Ina Gjikondi is currently the Director of Executive Education & Coaching at the George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership. In this capacity she runs the day-to-day operations for the Open Enrollment & Coaching Programs and customized offerings of the government clients, which include leadership development work and executive coaching. In addition, she does outreach and develops new strategic partnerships. Ina is an organizational development professional and an ICF Certified Coach. In her work she integrates a variety of approaches and nuances in leadership development, training design and delivery, inspired and grounded by different schools of thought and wisdom in the world. She has experience working in multicultural environments and believes in the power of the language as an orientation to life, change and growth. Her experience with leadership development and coaching has been primarily within the public sector with leaders across the organization, both at the federal and the local level. Prior to that Ina worked with various international and local nonprofits in Albania, her home country.
Claudia Welss is Board Chairman of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and the lead citizen scientist for the 
Claire Lachance serves as the CEO of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, leading a team of world-renowned scientists and experiential program professionals. Prior to joining IONS in 2016, Claire was founder and president of Inspiration Quest, Inc. where she led the delivery of comprehensive management consulting services to hundreds of nonprofit organizations, foundations, public agencies, and social entrepreneurs. Earlier in her career, Claire held executive positions at Pacific Bell and MetLife. She earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA magna cum laude in Economics from Tufts University.
Helané Wahbeh, ND, MCR, is the Director of Research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Wahbeh is clinically trained as a naturopathic physician and research trained with a Master of Clinical Research and two post-doctoral research fellowships. She has published on and spoken internationally about her studies on complementary and alternative medicine, mind-body medicine, extended human capacities, stress, posttraumatic stress disorder and their relationships to physiology, health, and healing. Dr. Wahbeh is especially known for her research around — and noetic approach to — channeling.
Dean Radin, MS, PhD, is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Associated Distinguished Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Before joining the research staff at IONS in 2001, he held appointments at AT&T Bell Labs, Princeton University, University of Edinburgh, and SRI International. Dr. Radin is author or coauthor of hundreds of technical articles, some 125 peer-reviewed journal articles, four dozen book chapters, and four best-selling, popular books. He has given over 600 invited presentations and interviews for government, military, business, scientific, and other groups around the world.
Michael Sapiro, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, Dharma teacher, meditation researcher, and former Buddhist monk. He is on faculty at 
Michael Jawer has been examining emotion, personality, and anomalous experience for the past 20 years. He blogs for Psychology Today and his work has appeared in Spirituality & Health, Aeon, Nautilus, Scientific American, and Advances in Mind-Body Medicine. He has spoken to groups including the American Psychological Association, the Society for Consciousness Studies, the Scientific and Medical Network, the Rhine Research Center, the New York Open Center, and the Jung Society of Washington. He has also lectured at the University of Maryland, Georgetown University, Drexel University, and University of Virginia. Jawer’s latest book is Sensitive Soul: The Unseen Role of Emotion in Extraordinary Statesl (Park Street Press, 2021). His previous books, written with Marc Micozzi, MD, PhD, are Your Emotional Type (Healing Arts Press, 2011) and The Spiritual Anatomy of Emotion (Park Street Press, 2009). Learn more on his website at MichaelJawer.com.
Garret Yount, PhD, is a Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Dr. Yount’s primary interest is bridging molecular neurobiology with aspects of consciousness and the nonmaterial mind. He began his formal studies in consciousness research with a small grant from the Institute of Noetic Sciences in 1995, which allowed him to work with biofield practitioners and spiritual healers in the laboratory. Dr. Yount was among the first scientists to be awarded a Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health to study energy healing. He has spoken nationally and co-authored peer-reviewed papers on the topic of establishing rigorous guidelines for research into biofields and micro-psychokinesis.
Charlie Morley is a bestselling author and teacher of lucid dreaming, shadow integration, and Mindfulness of Dream & Sleep. He has been lucid dreaming for over 20 years and was “authorized to teach” within the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism by 
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