A Rational Psychedelic Ceremony (in-person)

A Rational Psychedelic Ceremony

Stoic philosophy, body-mind practice, and scientific awe and wonder.

No substances. Breath, attention, and reason.

An evening for people whose relationship to meaning requires reason. Many psychedelic healing spaces invoke faith or specific metaphysical claims. Some folks are left out. This evening is built for them. No metaphysical claims, no appeal to faith, no borrowed mysticism. We are evolved animals, and attention can be trained.

Stoic philosophy. The Stoics called it prosoché — a relentless vigilance toward thought and emotion. From it they built the discipline of assent: slow down, watch, withhold judgment, question, and only then act.

Body-mind practice. Emotion lives in the body, so awareness has to go there too. We use asana, pranayama, and meditation across three arcs. Sound and scent are used as stimuli throughout, with a soundscape that begins cluttered and resolves toward simplicity and harmony.

Awe and wonder. Inspired by science and the natural world.
Every participant receives the guide book made for this evening — built to be used again, alone or by groups running their own ceremonies.
At the close you'll write a sentence you'd want said back to you in two weeks. We'll email it to you then.

Important notes: This is a yoga and philosophy practice, not therapy or medical treatment, and you take part at your own risk. No substances are involved and we ask that you don't take anything beforehand.

Sunday, October 11, 6:30–8:30 PM. 35 Meadow Street, Unit 303, Brooklyn.

$25, includes the guide book.
Tickets: https://buytickets.at/psychedelicyogaresearchcollective/2417684

Presented by the Psychedelic Yoga Research Collective, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, in collaboration with the Brooklyn Psychedelic Society, with Pedro Carta, philosopher.