Colorado, one of the first American states to decriminalize psychedelics, will soon be hosting a consumer show for psychedelic therapy. “The Open:Minds Expo” made its last and only other appearance this June in Toronto.
This relatively novel event, sponsored by Colorado and Oregon’s psilocybin therapy provider Transcendence Retreat, will be held at the Jonas Bros Center in Denver’s arts district on Nov. 23 and 24. The organizers are expecting over 1,000 people to show up.
A live portrayal of an ayahuasca ceremony is expected to be one of the expo’s most popular attractions. Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with an assortment of psychedelic experts and therapists.
“We’re thrilled to be part of this inspiring and educational event that supports so many people to explore how they can heal and change their lives with an informed approach to the use of entheogens,” Transcendence Retreat CEO Rose Moulin-Franco said.
Speaker sessions at the upcoming conference will focus on topics such as psychedelics and intimacy, exotic entheogens, microdosing, selecting the right psychedelic retreat and traditional plant medicine ceremonies.
Topics covered at the last event in Toronto included Canada’s psychedelic landscape, ketamine therapy and credentials needed for therapy providers. Toronto Ketamine Clinic founder Justin Davies, cannabis and psychedelics lawyer Paul Lewin and the Canadian Psychedelic Association’s Executive Director, Jay Katz, were notable speakers.
Tickets currently cost US$49 for one-day attendees and US$89 for those who will be sticking around for both days. Their price will be increasing soon.
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A team from Denver 7 paid a visit to a new psychedelic therapy chapel in Colorado Springs this week.
El Paso County’s “Community of PACK Life” church opened its doors in February and has been receiving significant attention in the media.
Its founder, Benji “Dez” Dezaval, was so moved by a powerful psilocybin mushroom experience that he made healing others into a full-time job. He provides guests with home-grown magic mushrooms and DMT crystals extracted in-house. Mescaline is also being offered.
“We’re not a healing center. We are not a medical facility,” Dezaval explained. “I am not a medical professional, and I do not offer any medical advice. We are a church. We are a community.”
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