Expanded states of consciousness include non-rational, non-linear experiences that need to be expressed in non-linear ways, such as through the body, movement, metaphorical and symbolic expression, or sound, voice, music, and dance. Somatic interventions can play an essential complementary role in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, psychospiritual development, and integration processes. We can deepen our interconnectedness within our body and the earth‘s body, which can enhance our well-being, help us unlock our fullest potential, and synthesize new directions for healing and transformation – from egoism to earthism – Birthing an Ancient Future.

In this course, Birthing an Ancient Future – A Ceremony of life, we will explore the work with expanded states of consciousness used for individual, collective, and planetary transformation by bridging ancient wisdom traditions and modern psychedelic interventions. The overarching course framework is rooted in transpersonal transcultural and transgenerational perspectives, focusing on somatic, creative, and ecologicalapproaches in psychedelic interventions.

The course framework is rooted in the concept of interconnectedness, assuming everything is interconnected and impacts each other at a crossroads where ancient wisdom and modern science meet by synthesizing multidisciplinary perspectives, including but not limited to transgenerational trauma-informed, transcultural, indigenous approaches, including plant medicine, spiritual, deep ecology, collective-community-based, creative-intimate approaches, art, dance, and music, intertwined with modern psychedelic science and psychedelic-assisted therapy. We are in a global birthing process of Birthing an Ancient Future – Temple of the Peoples – to create a new planetary harmony by caring as Stewards of a New Earth with loving kindness for all relations, including animals, plants, Nature, and rocks, to create a new balance, not exploiting resources, and not exceeding needs, and including all traditions and lineages from and to all directions.