Conscious Cannabis in San Francisco w/ Daniel McQueen
Fri Mar 6, 2020 7:00 PM - 11:45 PM PST
Mission Yoga, 94110
Description
Experience a safe psychedelic journey with cannabis sativa. We hold space for healing, transformation and exploration through ceremony and ritual in a community setting. We will meet at 7:00PM for a warm conversation, instruction and intention setting circle. Following this we will guide you through a Conscious Cannabis journey. We conclude with light snacks and integration time.
What to Bring:
- Comfortable clothes
- Yoga Mat or cushion (not air)
- Journal
- BYOW: Your favorite strain always works, but we do recommend 1 indica and 1 sativa. We will discuss blends and provide some recommendations.
- Smoking implements: pipe, paper, vape, etc.
How to Prepare:
- Eat light that day and maybe try fasting or eating light up to 2 hours before the event
- Walking in nature and doing other relaxed activities
- As you approach the day of the circle, take a few minutes to reflect on your intention. What brings you here today?
Also please find a DD or setup outbound transportation beforehand.
This event is 21+ and BYOW (Bring your Own Weed), although sharing among consenting adults is legal and permitted in the state of California.
Conscious Cannabis Circles are a ceremonial group encounter designed for exploring and communing with the plant spirit ally Cannabis Sativa. In these monthly gatherings we come together as a community to heal, grow, transform and celebrate. The event consists of a 4,5 hour workshop where you will be guided by trained and experienced facilitators on how to navigate the psychedelic realms this plant opens us up to. We provide a safe and sacred setting for this unfolding. Participants have described this work as "deeply heart-opening" and "one of the most psychedelic experiences I've had". Many compare this experience to those with other plant medicines like mushrooms and ayahuasca. This ceremony format was created by Daniel McQueen and Medicinal Mindfulness in 2012 and is now being taught and extended across the united states in cities where cannabis is legal.
What the event looks like
We begin each journey by creating sacred space together as a community. We then share some guidelines in how to approach this experience in a mindful and intentional way. We imbibe as a group and then guide you through a body scan relaxation. After this we invite you to lie down and journey with our curated evocative music set. We are there with you for the entire journey. We then bring participants back to the room and do some integration and grounding accompanied by light snacks (if you have allergies or special needs please reach out to us before the ceremony). We make sure everybody is doing well before you go home.
About Daniel McQueen
Daniel McQueen, MA has been working in the filed of psychedelics for over 19 years. He is the Executive Director of Medicinal Mindfulness and a professional psychedelic therapist with a Masters in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University. Medicinal Mindfulness was founded in 2012 as a psychedelic harm reduction program in Boulder, Colorado and has since evolved into an international psychedelic therapy training program focusing on Cannabis-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy and Cannabis-Assisted Psychotherapy.
In addition to his private practice work, Daniel facilitates training retreats for the Medicinal Mindfulness Psychedelic Therapy Training Program, which includes the foundational course, Psychedelic Sitters School, and more advanced courses that include Psychedelic Guide Training, Cannabis-Assisted Breathwork, Psychedelic Group Facilitation, and the DMTx Psychonaut Training Retreat.
Additional programs that Medicinal Mindfulness has developed include the Psychedelic Shine Speaker Series and Community Gatherings, a twice monthly Community Breathwork program, and the Medicinal Mindfulness Extended-State DMT Program, also known as DMTx. The DMTx program explores the extreme growth edge potential of the psychedelic movement. Daniel is a member of a local branch of the Native American Church, a proud father of two, writer, and community organizer.
More information about Daniel’s work and projects can be found here:
Bay Area Events: www.greenmagicyoga.com
About the organizers
Sebastian is a computer hacker gone therapist. In 2014 he became a licensed psychologist in Chile and in 2018 he graduated with an MA in Integral Counseling Psychology from CIIS. He currently has an eco-psychology based therapy practice in San Francisco at the Holos Institute. He works from a transpersonal framework and specializes in working with adults, healing trauma, overcoming anxiety, working through life transitions and psychedelic integration. He has been training as a cannabis guide with Daniel McQueen since 2017. sebastianbeca.com
Javiera is an e-commerce manager, yoga instructor and cannabis guide. She first came to Yoga to help cope with fibromyalgia and learn to befriend her body, becoming a Yoga Instructor in 2015. Her love for the healing power of cannabis brought her to the Ganja Yoga community. In 2018 she trained with Dee Dussault and is currently leading San Francisco Ganja Yoga community, creating her own blend of slow vinyasa flow, relaxing vibes, grounded spirituality and a touch of latino spice. Javi has been training as a cannabis guide with Daniel McQueen since 2017. @javiera.yoga
Javi and Seba both have been trained by Daniel McQueen and Medicinal Mindfulness as psychedelic sitters, cannabis guides and community breathwork facilitators. They currently offer monthly Conscious Cannabis Circles in San Francisco as well as private guided sessions for healing, growth, transformation and creative exploration. In 2018 the founded the Bay Area Conscious Cannabis network to share this work and connect with both facilitators as well as participants interested in exploring the healing potential of psychedelic cannabis. www.consciouscannabis.net
Location
Mission Yoga, 94110