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In psychedelic-assisted therapy, the role of the facilitator is not to control the experience. It is to keep learning how to show up with safety, presence, patience, and care. In this excerpt, Hannah Cross, Numinus psychedelic facilitator, therapist, and instructor, reflects on humility as one of…

🌿☕ Happy World Psychedelics Day from the Numinus team. Today, we’re raising our mugs of tea to the growing movement of clinicians, facilitators, researchers, educators, advocates, and communities working to advance psychedelic-assisted therapy with care, ethics, and responsibility. At Numinus, we…

🌿 Many people move through life feeling like they need to be fixed, optimized, corrected, or constantly improved. But healing isn’t always about solving ourselves. Sometimes it begins with learning how to relate to ourselves with more compassion, honesty, and care. “Healing can begin the moment…

RESEARCH IN PRACTICE 🔬 In this clip, Dr. Paul Thielking, Chief Scientific Officer for Numinus, shares what makes psychedelic clinical research different from clinical practice. At Cedar Clinical Research, session teams must follow study protocols closely, support participants during medicine…

🌱 Healing isn’t always about reinventing ourselves. Sometimes it’s about remembering who we were before burnout, fear, shame, stress, or survival pulled us away from ourselves. “Healing isn’t always becoming someone new. Sometimes it’s returning to our roots, coming home to ourselves.” In many…

🍄 Some experiences don’t arrive with certainty or answers. Sometimes they emerge slowly through reflection, discomfort, memory, emotion, or moments of unexpected stillness. “Mushrooms don’t shout. They whisper until you finally listen.” As interest in psychedelic-assisted therapy continues to…

🌿 Some forms of healing existed long before clinics, textbooks, or even modern language. Long before we understood neurotransmitters or therapeutic frameworks, humans were already in relationship with the natural world. “The earth grew medicine long before we learned the word healing.” As research…

If you are a breathwork facilitator looking to deepen your clinical toolkit, or a therapist wanting to understand the somatic roots of healing, this is for you. 🌱 We’re thrilled to introduce the Somatic Bundle, co-developed with Elemental Rhythm @elemental_rhythmand led by Giovanni…

🧠 WHY PREPARATION MATTERS Psychedelic experiences aren’t always gentle. Sometimes they bring you face-to-face with the very things you’ve been avoiding — quickly, directly, and without warning. In this clip from Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers, Dr. Stephen Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison explore how…

Henry Winslow (President of Althea & Founder of Tricycle Day@lucypapers2 ) shares what stood out most to him when taking Fundamentals of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy, and it’s not just the content. • Learning directly from practitioners actively working in clinical and research settings • Exposure…

🎓 MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR: DR. PAUL THIELKING If you’re looking to learn psychedelic-assisted therapy from clinicians actively shaping the field, this is it. Dr. Paul Thielking brings decades of medical, psychiatric, and integrative care experience into the classroom grounded in real-world clinical…

If you are a breathwork facilitator looking to deepen your clinical toolkit, or a therapist wanting to understand the somatic roots of healing, this is for you. 🌱 We’re thrilled to introduce the Somatic Bundle, co-developed with Elemental Rhythm @Elemental Rhythm Breathwork and led by Giovanni…

“You might not always love yourself—but you should always be in the process of loving yourself.” – Mikki Vogt There’s something steady about this reminder. Not perfection. Not constant self-love. Just staying in the work of it. 🧠💛 Mikki Vogt, founder of Neuroalchemy and instructor with…

Dr. Stephen Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison explore why setting an intention matters before a medicine experience. It helps orient the journey. It gives direction to preparation and integration. An intention isn’t a demand for a specific outcome. It’s more like a seed. In Sanskrit, the word Sankalpa…

Spring doesn’t force the tree to bloom. It creates the conditions — and the tree knows what to do. As the seasons shift, it’s a useful reminder: growth is rarely something we force. In clinical work, we see this often. When the right conditions are present — safety, support, attuned listening…

We don’t force plants to grow. 🌱 We set the conditions—and support what already knows how to heal. In this clip from the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Stephen Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison use a simple analogy: when we get injured, we don’t will the skin to knit itself. We might apply…

Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin was a chemist and pharmacologist known for synthesizing and documenting hundreds of psychoactive compounds. Alongside his wife Ann Shulgin, he contributed significantly to early exploratory work in psychedelic chemistry and experiential reporting. His writing blended hard…

María Sabina was a Mazatec curandera (healer) from Oaxaca, Mexico, who became widely known in the 1950s after sharing her traditional velada ceremonies with Western visitors. Her work was rooted in Mazatec cosmology, prayer, song, and sacred mushroom ceremonies used for healing and spiritual…

Setting an intention before a psychedelic experience can help focus the work—but it’s not about controlling the outcome. In this clip from the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Stephen Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison share a simple framework: start with a verb. 🌿 • Help me with… • Teach me…

In trauma work, there’s a concept called pendulation and resourcing. In this clip from the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Stephen Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison describe how we help the nervous system complete what was once an incomplete trauma response. Being present with distress can be…

Research over the past two decades has challenged long-held assumptions about psychedelics. Clinical studies suggest that, when used in carefully screened, medically supervised settings, certain psychedelic compounds are non-toxic, non-addictive, and associated with relatively low physiological…

A growing body of research points to something foundational in mental health: emotional dysregulation and emotional disconnection are often at the root of suffering. In this clip from the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Stephen Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss how the inability—or…

Trauma isn’t only a story we remember. It’s also a physiological pattern the body continues to carry. When we say trauma “lives in the nervous system,” we’re talking about: • chronic fight, flight, freeze, or fawn responses • hypervigilance or shutdown • difficulty regulating emotion, sleep…

🌍 HOLDING SPACE FOR HEALING It’s not just you. The world feels intense right now—politically, socially, emotionally. Many people are carrying grief, anger, fear, and exhaustion all at once. So how do we hold space for healing? How do we heal collectively? Collective healing starts with recognizing…

How can you make a difference in the world if you aren't taking care of yourself? 📅 INFO FRIDAYS If you’re curious about how psychedelic-assisted therapy is being explored as part of healing work—individually and collectively—join us for a free Info Friday session. Learn about training pathways…

What does preparation actually look like when someone is considering a psychedelic experience? In this clip from the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Stephen Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison talk through why timing and context matter, especially when someone is navigating recent loss, grief…

Curious about Numinus Training but not sure where to start? Info Fridays are free, live sessions led by Amanda Giesler, Executive Director of Numinus Training, designed to give you a clear, practical overview of our programs and pathways. During an Info Friday, Amanda walks through what training…

People often seek psychedelic experiences when life feels unstable—but as Dr. Stephen Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison explain on the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, preparation matters. In this clip, they introduce the idea of a “launch pad” 🚀 the internal and external resources that help…

A new national study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health reveals how widespread mental health crises are and how unevenly they impact different communities. Young adults reported the highest rates of crisis. Black and Hispanic adults were disproportionately…

“What you do after the journey matters most.” ✨ In psychedelic-assisted therapy, the experience itself is only part of the work. Integration is where insight becomes understanding, and understanding becomes real, lasting change. Integration helps people make meaning of what emerged during a…