OCEAN MALANDRA: PSYCHEDELICS & GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION: EP. 236

OCEAN MALANDRA talks about the renewed interest in psychedelics and their applications in mental, spiritual and physical health. He  is a widely published freelance environmental journalist and travel writer who divides his time between Northern California and South America. His work has appeared in over 30 different media outlets, including Vice, Lonely Planet, USA Today, Mongabay, Earth Island Journal, High Times Magazine, Parabola Magazine and Paste Magazine, where he wrote the environmental column EarthRx. He is also the author of the Moon Travel Guide series to Colombia. His new book, co-edited with neuroscientst and Harvard researcher, Natalie Dyer PhD, titled  “Infinite Perception: The Power of Psychedelics for Global Transformation” is an anthology of voices from the front line of the Psychedelic Renaissance.er, PhD.

Dr. Natalie Dyer, PhD, is a Research Scientist with Connor Whole Health at University Hospitals, President of the Center for Reiki Research, and serves on the Scientific and Medical Network board. Natalie completed her doctorate in neuroscience at Queen’s University and postdoctoral fellowships in psychology at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School. She has published many scientific papers and book chapters on postmaterialist science, psychedelics, and the therapeutic effects of integrative medicine practices, including yoga, acupuncture, mindfulness, and energy medicine, and is co-editor of the book Expanding Science: Visions of a Postmaterialist Paradigm. Natalie is also an energy medicine practitioner and teacher with clients around the world. Her passion is in understanding and addressing mental and physical health from a psychospiritual perspective. She lives in the woods on the east coast of Canada with her husband, artist Louis Dyer, and their daughter.

We discuss the history of psychedelics along with current research and the future of their use in enhancing a wide variety of health and wellness challenges. Ocean brings a great deal of personal experience with shaman ritual as well as scientific research to  the table  in a frank discussion about human potential in body, mind and spirit.