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Ep. 515 – Healing Through Psychedelics and Energy Work with Jeff Walker

Nov 3, 2023

Philanthropist Jeff Walker discusses psychedelics, energy work in healthcare, meditation as healing practice, flow states, subtle energy and biofield healing practices, chakras, Ayurveda, sound healing, being addicted to psychedelics, developing trust and intuition, finding trusted relationships, psychedelic health equity, trauma from migration, political concerns, decriminalization and the need for good therapists.

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Jeff Walker

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Quick takeaways

Meditation, yoga, and breathing practices can be used as tools to address mental health and social emotional learning.

Investing in research and scientific evidence is crucial to integrate subtle energy and biofield healing practices into mainstream healthcare.

Deep dives

Jeff Walker's Philanthropic Initiatives and Collaboration

Jeff Walker, known for his work in finance and philanthropy, discusses his passion for partnering with others to make a material impact in lowering suffering and enhancing joy in the world. He shares his love for music and the power of collaboration, highlighting projects such as chairing the Contemplative Science Center at the University of Virginia. Walker emphasizes the importance of finding tools, including meditation, yoga, breathing practices, and peer-to-peer work, to address issues like mental health and social emotional learning. He stresses the need to bridge science and ancient practices to bring about change.

Introduction

4min

Exploring Healing Modalities and Psychedelics

11min

Flow states, psychedelic experiences, and therapeutic use of ketamine

2min

Exploring Spiritual Awareness and Connectedness through Psychedelic Experiences

4min

Exploring Bio Field Healing Practices and the Need for Scientific Evidence

19min

Reflections on a Conference at MAPS

15min

Wrapping up the session and discussing ways to connect with the guest's work

2min

Philanthropist Jeff Walker meets with Raghu Markus to discuss the emerging knowledge of psychedelics and energy work in the healthcare field.

In this episode, Jeff and Raghu traverse these topics:

Jeff’s journey from the financial world into mindfulness practice
Applying mindfulness and spirituality to the business world
The efficacy of meditation as a healing practice
Psychedelic therapies from the 70’s to the modern age
Music and flow states
Community and the ‘we’ instead of the ‘me’
Subtle energy and biofield healing practices
Remote healing and cancer research
Chakras, Ayurveda, Sound healing and energy work
Being addicted to the experience of psychedelics
Developing trust into connectivity and intuition
Finding your Sangha and having trusting relationships
Sharing in happiness and sympathetic joy
Psychedelic Health Equity
Trauma from migration and meeting basic needs
Political concerns, decriminalization, and the need for good therapists

Links & Recommendations from this episode:

Check out The System Catalysts podcast for more from Jeff Walker and other change-makers

BridgeBuilders - the wellbeing/flourishing investment collective. https://www.bbcollaborative.com/

Contemplative Science Center at UVA - https://csc.virginia.edu/

MAPS - bringing MDMA through the FDA. https://maps.org/

PSFC - donor collective supporting psychedelics https://psfc.co/

The Generosity Network book - https://www.amazon.com/Generosity-Network

About Jeff Walker:

Jeff Walker is Chairman of New Profit, a social change investment fund and is Vice Chair in the WHO/CHAP Venture focused on frontline health. He also currently serves on the boards of the African Philanthropy Forum, Just Capital, UVA Center for Contemplative Sciences (where he is chair), Giving Tuesday, the Aspen Management Partnership for Health, and the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce, where he was president for 10 years. He is a Partner in Bridge Builders investment fund for Mindful Wellness. Walker co-authored the book The Generosity Network, about new approaches to gather resources to address causes each of us are passionate about. He also received the John C. Whitehead Award for Social Enterprise from the Harvard Business School Club of New York City. He is currently teaching, researching, and writing on the issue of systems entrepreneurship and systems change.

“With psychedelics we’ve set up collaboration around psychedelic health equity. We have a number of people in some foundations working on this question: how do we make sure that if the MDMA is authorized by the FDA, which it should be next year, that people who are in the city and people who have high ACEs scores and people who are of color and have no income, will be able to access it?” – Jeff Walker

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