Eco-Consciousness & Ayahuasca

🌈Join us at Center Street Retreat in Altamonte Springs, FL to hear Greg Wrenn read from his fascinating new book, MOTHERSHIP: A MEMOIR OF WONDER AND CRISIS. Come face to face with the reparenting force of Madre Ayahuasca — and learn the science behind this psychedelic medicine’s ability to heal childhood trauma and connect us with our larger purpose 🌏❤️

Weaving together memoir and 70 peer-reviewed scientific articles, MOTHERSHIP is both a coming-of-age story and a deeply researched account of how coral reefs and ayahuasca helped Greg heal from complex PTSD — and awakened him to the need for us to heal the planet as well.

Highlights:

**Discover a healing paradigm that may surpass traditional therapeutic models and learn about the role psychedelics can play in addressing widespread mental illness and the ongoing climate crisis.

**Enjoy a compelling narrative that blends memoir, mental health struggles, scientific research, and a captivating psychedelic adventure.

**Explore new perspectives on healing and mental health with Greg Wrenn.

REVIEWS:
Garrard Conley, New York Times bestselling author of BOY ERASED, said “MOTHERSHIP does for coral what Richard Powers's THE OVERSTORY does for trees.”

Rick Doblin, PhD called MOTHERSHIP “a deeply moving roadmap through the intertwined destinies of individual well-being and the urgent need to heal our planet,"

Rachel Harris, PhD, author of LISTENING TO AYAHUASCA, said it's “an important contribution to the growing field of psychedelic study."

Get your book signed! After a talk and discussion-based Q+A, Greg Wrenn will sign copies of his book.

A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, Greg is currently an associate professor of English at James Madison University, where he weaves climate change science into literary studies. He also teaches writing through Stanford Continuing Studies and in the Bennington College Low-Residency MFA Program. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in HuffPost, The New Republic, Al Jazeera, The Rumpus, LitHub, The Iowa Review, and elsewhere. A student of ayahuasca since 2019, he is a trained yoga teacher and a PADI Advanced Open Water diver, having explored coral reefs around the world for over 25 years. He and his husband live in the mountains of Virginia, the ancestral land of the Manahoac and Monacan people. Find out more on Instagram @gregjwrenn or at gregwrenn.com.

This event is free and open to the public.