Name: Meditating for the Psychedelic Journey
Start: 2025-06-20T02:00:00.000Z
Location: Carioca Bowls

**The Veterans Psychedelic Discourse is OPEN TO ALL.** We discussed it and wanted to include anyone interested in veterans issues and supporting vets. You do not need to be a veteran to join our events.

This group alternates between discussion, presentation, and guest speaker, usually followed by a question and answer period.
Please join us to meet new friends, create a community, and find the others.

**Your Hosts:**

**Brian**
Brian is a Marine Corps veteran who served from 2000 until 2005 with 1st Battalion, 7th Marines. He was diagnosed with service-connected PTSD in 2011 and spent a decade seeking treatment through medication and talk therapy without much progress. In 2020, he began to utilize meditation and mindfulness to begin processing the trauma that he had experienced. After months of fruitful progress, he had a life-changing experience after utilizing plant-based medicine in coordination with meditation.

**Alex**
Alex is a Marine Corps veteran who practices Hemi-sync meditation with plant medicine. After being discharged from service with the diagnoses of PTSD and depression, Alex tried modern Western medicine techniques and treatments but felt they were lacking in their healing power. He was then introduced to Hemi-sync by a fellow Marine veteran, and together, they developed their own system of healing that has had a uniquely beneficial impact on both of them.

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Thanks for your Participation and Support!

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Veterans Psychedelic Discourse

Online event

This group is a general discussion, an enjoyable chat with our elders. It's widely attended by ages 50 - 80+. All biological ages are welcome.
We encourage inclusion, diversity, and equity-based participation.

Please post ideas for topics (in the comments, below) that may be of interest to elders who have used entheogens or who are interested in learning about the most current research, practices and protocols: the best suggestions may become topics for group discussion.

Join the live Zoom:
[https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86202198737](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86202198737)

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Portland Psychedelic Society (PPS) is an all volunteer run 501(c)(3) nonprofit, donation-based organization.

**[Follow this link](https://linktr.ee/PortlandPsychedelic)** for info about PPS memberships, volunteer opportunities, donation information, and much more.

Thanks for your Participation and Support!

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Joseph Eaton

Psychedelic Elders Gathering

**Every Third Thursday of each month at 7pm**
**Carioca Bowl yoga and meditation space**
**827 NE Alberta Street, Portland 97211**

Join us for community meditation and discussion for the preparation and integration of psychedelic journeys.

We will start with brief instruction and guidance into a simple meditation practice, leading into silent sitting in this practice (\~30mins) followed by group discussion.

Topics are centered around the role psychedelics can play in settling deeper into the experience of inner peace, challenges and rewards encountered before, during and after journeying, and digging more into the experience of peace every day.

All are invited to sit on either the floor or chairs. Feel free to make yourself comfortable with whatever meditation cushions, pillows, and props you wish to bring. There will be a few bolsters and yoga mats available for use. However, participants are encouraged to bring their own.

As with all events, please plan to arrive early or on-time so we can begin promptly.

NOTE: This event is also posted elsewhere on Meetup, where others besides here have RSVP'd to it.

**The Host**
Scott was 15 when he was introduced to his first psychedelic experience. This opened him to a blissful state of consciousness beyond the mind, body and senses. When he was 16, he was taught some simple meditation techniques that allowed him to tap into that consciousness on a daily basis and which have helped him to get the most out his psychedelic journeys.

In the decades since learning these techniques, Scott has participated in and led countless sessions centered around their practice.

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