What comes up for you when I say the word “psychedelics”?
Maybe your mind flashes to tie-dye, free-love and the hippie movement of the 60’s; maybe you giggle and picture the swirling carpet & creatures of Johnny Depp’s “Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas” hotel check-in scene; maybe you trail off into a memory of a fun, trippy day from your past, or perhaps your head fills with thoughts, judgements or stigmas surrounding the topic?
In this episode, we’re diving in with Mareesa Stertz, a filmmaker, community organizer, and a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher on a journey of her own personal healing, and on a mission to destigmatize these alternative forms of medicine.
Mareesa produces and hosts a documentary series called The Healing Powers (of Psychedelics and Other Mindful Practices), where she travels the world and shares her healing experiences with these psychoactive plants. The show is currently streaming on Gaia TV - if you want to check it out.
I don’t promote the use of psychedelics to anyone, but I do strongly believe that everyone needs to have accessible information and guilt-free conversations around options to help themselves heal.
We’re in a very interesting time during which certain things like marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms, and other alternative and plant-based medicines are becoming decriminalized in some areas.
Extensive research has shown and continues to explore and share ways that psychedelic treatment helps people to heal from anxiety, trauma, and PTSD with these options; and Mareesa is confidently and courageously sharing her personal journey of healing and consciousness expansion with us.
This is a super fun and interesting episode with a deep, loving soul. I really enjoyed getting to know Mareesa- I hope you enjoy it as well!
Connect with Mareesa:
Website: www.theHealingPowers.com
Instagram: @thehealingpowersofpsychedelics
Gaia TV: The Healing Powers
