Psychedelic Conversations | Belinda Eriacho - Honouring Indigenous Voices #PsychedelicScience2023

Welcome to the Psychedelic Science conference in Denver, Colorado!

In this episode, we delve into Belinda's background story and what brought her to working with the medicine. We touch on serious matters such as cultural segregation and discuss the diverse topics she addressed at the Psychedelic Science conference in Denver, Colorado. Our conversation also delves into the integration of trauma-informed therapy in retreat settings, the merging of indigenous wisdom with modern science, and the concern of indigenous tribes losing contact with the medicine. Additionally, we cover insights from the MAPS MDMA training and so much more!

00:00 - Introduction

01:51 - Belinda's Background

03:49 - Cultural Segregation

05:13 - Various Topics She's Spoken On

10:17 - Recent Workshops

15:07 - Trauma-Informed Therapy

18:53 - Profound Ketamine Experience

22:55 - Causal Layered Analysis

27:09 - Losing Contact With The Medicine

29:53 - Caroline Myss, Religion vs Spirituality

31:16 - Approaching Medicine With Respect

33:41 - MAPS MDMA Training

36:49 - Upcoming Projects

39:04 - Outro

About Belinda:

Belinda is of Dine’ (Navajo) and A:shiwi (Pueblo of Zuni) descent. She is the wisdom carrier, healer, and founder of Kaalogii, LLC focused on cultural and traditional teaching, inner healing, and an international speaker on various topics impacting Native American communities in the United States. In addition, is a Program Advisor for Naropa’s Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Certificate Program and a Native American Engagement Coordinator for SoundMind. She is also a board member of the Church of the Eagle and the Condor.

Belinda holds degrees in Health Sciences, Technology, and Public Health. In addition, Belinda has participated in the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, MDMA People of Color, Eye Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy and Ketamine Training Programs.

Her most recent work includes a chapter in “How Psychedelics Can Help Save the World: Visionary & Indigenous Voices Speak Out” edited by Stephen Grey. She is the author articles that are available on charuna.net such as: Considerations for Psychedelic Therapist when working with Native American People and Communities”, “ Guidelines for Inclusion of Indigenous People into Psychedelic Science Conferences”.

Connect with Belinda:

Website: https://kaalogii.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belindap.eriacho

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About Susan Guner:

Susan is a trained somatic, trauma-informed holistic psychotherapist with a mindfulness-based approach grounded in Transpersonal Psychology that focuses on holistic perspective through introspection, insight, and empathetic self-exploration to increase self-awareness, allowing the integration of the mind, body and spirit aspects of human experience in personal growth and development.

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