The East Institute's Entheogenic Facilitator Training

Many of us are being called to have a more powerful and profound impact on others and to help change the paradigm of psycho-emotional and holistic healing. The EAST Institute’s Entheogenic Facilitator Training is specifically structured to optimize your learning of the multi-dimensional aspects of Medicine work in a very comprehensive, experiential manner. This experiential program is designed to teach you how to actively and safely facilitate with entheogenic plant medicine through learning the 6 integrative pillars of The EAST Method™.

This Experiential Training Includes:

3 Experiential Pre-requisite Weekends
Energy Management Essentials (an online course)
6 In-Person, Experiential Weekend Training Modules
Online-Based Training
Live Virtual Integration Sessions
Full EAST Facilitator Training Manual & Workbooks
EMBODI Microdosing Guidance (throughout the training)
A Meditation Membership with Audio & Video Teachings (throughout the training)
3 Individual Sessions with EAST Facilitators (for your continued deepening)
Opportunity for Experiential Internship & Residency with EAST post graduating the program (given acceptance)

This Training Is For:

Those who are called to facilitate medicine work as an active facilitator, honoring both indigenous, natural ways for working with medicine and modern science. Our training is highly experiential and for those who may have attended training with other psychedelic organizations but are ready to go deeper.

Upon Completing This Training You Will:

* Have the skill and wisdom needed to actively guide your clients safely, responsibly and effectively through The EAST Method.

* Have the knowledge needed for highly effective preparation and integration of psychedelic-assisted healing.

* Understand and embody a natural, multicultural and modern approach to medicine work.

You Will Learn…

The Medicine Wheel & The Mesa
History of Plant Medicine & The Medicine Spirit
The Landscape: Clinical / Synthetic – Natural vs Ceremonial
The EAST Method and the 6 Pillars
Neuroscience and Biochemistry of Entheogenic Plant Medicine
Brain Anatomy
The Experience of Emotion: What is Fear? What is Trauma?
Shamanic Healing & Energy Medicine
Managing an Ego Fracture & Ego Dissolution
Ego Fracture & Dissolution In Ceremony
Ego Dissolution Neurobiology
Self-Care for Facilitators
The EAST Method Preparation Stages
Phases & Stages of Integration
Mushroom Strains & Their Effects
The Medicine & Dosing
Antidepressants & Drug Interactions (Tapering Protocols)
Facilitation Ethics
Facilitation Risk Reduction
Screening Risk Assessment


At The EAST Institute, we know that to have full integrity in this work and complete confidence in the safety and effectiveness of your process, your own practice and inner transformation has to be a priority as part of the learning process.

What will differentiate you from graduates of other Entheogenic training programs is that at The EAST Institute, you won’t just learn through a strictly cognitive and clinical approach. Your training will also be interdisciplinary and deeply experiential.

You will have the opportunity to understand the fullness of this medicine and continue your own transformational work as part of the process of learning. And you will be held in the highest levels of compassion, care, and courage that the world needs you, as a practitioner, to embody.

This is a journey of not just healing but awakening to your highest human potential ~ a limitless potential that every person has within themselves.