Shamanism as Integrative Medicine – UCLA Integrative Medicine Summer Course
🌿✨ This past week, we had the honor of lecturing at the UCLA East-West Medicine’s – MED 185 Summer Integrative Medicine course on a topic that lives at the root of our healing work: Shamanism as Integrative Medicine. Long before mind and body were split…and spirituality was mostly removed from medicine… Healing was a communal, […]
Trauma-Informed Care Seminar
Trauma-Informed Healing Begins with Awareness 🌿 This week, our Institute had the honor of leading a Trauma Awareness & Informed-Care Seminar for fellows at the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine. 🌀 Trauma is not rare — it’s common, often unspoken and unconscious, and deeply woven into the body and soul. ✨ When unhealed, it echoes […]
Educational Retreat For Trainees at UCLA
Healing for the Healers 🌿 This past week, the Institute for Integrative Healology had the honor of guiding a wellbeing retreat and educational workshop for the UCLA East-West Fellows in the serene beauty of Palisades Park. Together, we explored evidence-informed practices for restoring balance and cultivating resilience: ✨ Ritual and Awareness practices 🌀 Progressive muscle […]
Book Publication – Psychedelics in Palliative Care
Excited to announce that the textbook Dr. Thais and our Institute for Integrative Healology contributed to—Psychedelics in Palliative Care—is now published and available via print and e-book editions! (LINKS at bottom) We contributed to the chapter on Psilocybin in Palliative Care, particularly focusing on its historical, cultural, and spiritual significance. Including the Mazatec traditional knowledge […]
