Psychedelics produce powerful effects on the mind, including the intensification of thoughts, feelings, and perceptions and the loosening of psychological defenses. As chemicals, psychedelics probe connections between brain physiology and consciousness, among the most interesting and mysterious arenas in contemporary science.
As plant and fungal-medicine teachers, psychedelics have been used for millennia by Indigenous cultures to amplify connections between mind and world. Modern science has been researching psychedelics for 150 years. Just 70 years ago, psychedelics were one of the driving forces in the early days of biological psychiatry.
However, the popular use of some of these substances in the 1960s contributed to severe legal regulation, halting research and public discussion. Interest in psychedelics has now returned to mainstream science, accompanied by a great deal of enthusiasm and media attention. In the context of this rush to pull these powerful medicines into the framework of biomedical science and commercial healthcare, we will pause to take an expansive look at what these plant and fungal spirit beings have to teach about the nature of mind and reality.
In this workshop, we will:
Join us for this incredible workshop led by two of Esalen’s longtime and celebrated scholar-practitioners.
Continuing education for this course is available through the leader.
David Presti, PhD, is a teaching professor of neurobiology and psychology at the University of California in Berkeley.
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Kristi Panik, MD, is chief of psychiatric services of the University Student Health Services at UC Berkeley.
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Friday
8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Saturday
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Sunday
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
More activities can be found on our open class schedule.
See general schedule information including arrival, departure and meal times.
Click Register Now to view availability of accommodations and all-inclusive, program-specific tuition. Please note that not all accommodation levels are available for every workshop and additional faculty fees may apply.
We offer scholarship funds for those with financial need. Learn more.
For this workshop, you will register and pay for accommodations and tuition in two separate steps.
Second, click Book Accommodations from this page and enter the password to complete your reservation to stay at Esalen.
Prices for accommodations include your lodging, meals, open classes, and use of the baths and other facilities. View partner program accommodations pricing.
All guests and faculty must provide proof of negative test results at time of check-in. Please read our current COVID safety guidelines for complete details prior to booking your stay.
In addition to proof of vaccination, all guests and faculty must provide proof of negative test results at time of check-in. Please read our current COVID safety guidelines for complete details prior to booking your stay.
Effective January 7, 2022 in response to the rapid spread of the new Omicron variant, all guests and faculty will provide proof of negative PCR, NAAT, or antigen test results at time of check-in. The test must be taken within 72 hours nd results must come from a laboratory or healthcare provider.Please read our updated COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.
Effective December 15 in accordance with new guidance from Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Health, all guests, students, staff, residents, and faculty are required to wear masks in all indoor public settings, irrespective of vaccine status, for the next four weeks (December 15, 2021 through January 15, 2022). Please read our updated COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.
Effective November 19, 2021, in accordance with new guidance from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, all guests, students, staff, residents, and faculty are no longer required to wear masks indoors on campus. Please read our updated COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.
Starting November 5, 2021, due to substantial levels of COVID-19 transmission in Monterey County, a mask mandate established by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors will go into effect. Please read our COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.
All guests will be required to provide proof of vaccination upon arrival starting September 3, 2021. Please read our COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.
Masks are no longer mandated indoors or outdoors, except during massage sessions. Guests are not required to provide testing or vaccination verification before arriving on campus. Please read our COVID safety guidelines prior to booking your stay.
February 24–26, 2023
Applications are closed.
Psychedelics produce powerful effects on the mind, including the intensification of thoughts, feelings, and perceptions and the loosening of psychological defenses. As chemicals, psychedelics probe connections between brain physiology and consciousness, among the most interesting and mysterious arenas in contemporary science.
As plant and fungal-medicine teachers, psychedelics have been used for millennia by Indigenous cultures to amplify connections between mind and world. Modern science has been researching psychedelics for 150 years. Just 70 years ago, psychedelics were one of the driving forces in the early days of biological psychiatry.
However, the popular use of some of these substances in the 1960s contributed to severe legal regulation, halting research and public discussion. Interest in psychedelics has now returned to mainstream science, accompanied by a great deal of enthusiasm and media attention. In the context of this rush to pull these powerful medicines into the framework of biomedical science and commercial healthcare, we will pause to take an expansive look at what these plant and fungal spirit beings have to teach about the nature of mind and reality.
In this workshop, we will:
Join us for this incredible workshop led by two of Esalen’s longtime and celebrated scholar-practitioners.
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