Southwest Psychedelic Society 🍄

🌿 Walking the Medicine Path: An Educational Series
Ayahuasca — Ancestral Wisdom, Ceremony & Integration

Saturday, October 3 | 2:00–3:30 PM
SoZo Healing House — Yoga Room | Tempe, AZ
Featuring guest presenter Vivica Koman Kena

Join The Medicine Way for the next gathering in our ongoing educational series, Walking the Medicine Path, as we turn our attention toward Ayahuasca—an ancestral plant medicine with deep roots among Indigenous peoples and healing traditions of the Amazon.

For this gathering, we are honored to welcome Vivica Koman Kena as our featured presenter. Together, we will explore the history and cultural traditions surrounding Ayahuasca, the plants and preparation associated with the medicine, contemporary research, and the importance of approaching these traditions with respect, discernment, and cultural awareness.

We will also explore some of the practical and relational aspects of working with non-ordinary states of consciousness, including:
• Intention and preparation
• Set, setting, and the ceremonial container
• The role of the facilitator and community
• Safety, screening, and harm reduction
• Integration and bringing insights into everyday life
• Respect for Indigenous knowledge, lineage, and the traditions from which these medicines emerge

Walking the Medicine Path is not about encouraging the use of psychedelics. It is about creating space for education, thoughtful conversation, harm reduction, and a deeper understanding of the cultural, spiritual, psychological, and contemporary contexts surrounding these medicines.

Whether you have personal experience, are supporting someone on their journey, work within the healing professions, or are simply curious and wanting to learn, you are welcome.

🌿 Come with curiosity. Bring your questions. Leave with greater knowledge, discernment, and respect for the medicine and the traditions that have carried it.

Presented by The Medicine Way
Education • Harm Reduction • Community • Integration
medicineway.org
602-753-8480
@the.medicine.way

*This gathering is educational in nature and is not a ceremony, an offering of Ayahuasca, or individualized medical or mental-health advice.

🌞 Sacred Rhythm Sundays

A Hatha Yoga Experience for Renewal with Michelle Parks, RYT | Graduate of Southwest Institute of Healing Arts

📍 Sozo Healing House - Yoga Studio | 51 W. Elliot Rd., Ste 112 Tempe AZ
🕚 Sundays | 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
💛 Clas Donation: $12

✨ Begin your week in rhythm with your breath, your body, and your inner light. Sacred Rhythm Sundays is a Hatha-style yoga experience rooted in the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda—balancing solar (sun) and lunar (moon) energies through conscious movement, breath, and deep presence.

🧘‍♀️ Each 60-minute class includes:

• Breath & body connection to ground and center
• A gentle Hatha flow to reset the nervous system and realign the spine
• Themed mantras woven throughout to restore clarity, vitality, and focus
• A short community share to close and anchor intention for the week

This class is designed to be a mental reset and a physical charge—a sacred pause where you remember your own rhythm and move into the week with intention.
All levels welcome. Some mats and props are provided, but feel free to bring your own comfort items.

🌿 About Michelle:
Michelle Parks is a radiant yoga practitioner, certified through the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. Her classes integrate traditional yoga philosophy, Ayurvedic principles, and a compassionate, trauma-aware approach to self-inquiry and healing.

🔗 Hosted by The Medicine Way
A collective honoring Indigenous wisdom and integrative wellness.
www.medicineway.org | @the.medicine.way

Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2002237535367?aff=oddtdtcreator

🌿 Hapé in the Park
Saturday, October 10 | 5:00–7:00 PM
📍 Granada Park | Phoenix, AZ
🌿 Members: $33 with promo code | Non-Members: $44

Join The Medicine Way for a sacred evening outdoors as we gather in community, connect with Mother Earth, and sit intentionally with Hapé—a traditional master plant medicine teacher carried by Indigenous peoples of the Amazon.

Hapé (pronounced hah-PAY) is a sacred, finely ground tobacco ash traditionally prepared and shared in ceremony. When approached with intention and reverence, Hapé can support grounding, presence, mental stillness, and a deeper connection to the body, breath, and spirit.

We will begin by creating sacred space, grounding into the land, connecting with the breath, and setting personal intentions. Each participant will be served individually, followed by spacious time for quiet reflection and integration. Breath, prayer, rattling, drumming, and moments of silence may be woven throughout our time together.

🌬️ What to Expect & How to Prepare
Please arrive well hydrated and refrain from eating for approximately 2–3 hours before ceremony. Bring a yoga mat, blanket, or something comfortable to sit or lie upon as we connect with Mother Earth. You may also want to bring water, layers for the evening, a journal, and a small sacred or meaningful item.
Come with an intention, prayer, or simply a willingness to listen. There is no expectation for what your experience needs to look like.

🌙 Rest & Integration
Ceremony continues beyond our time together. We encourage you to keep the remainder of your evening spacious for rest and integration. Hydrate, nourish your body, journal, spend quiet time in nature, and allow whatever arose during ceremony to settle gently.
Integration is how we carry the teachings of ceremony back into our everyday lives—with awareness, intention, and gratitude.

Come as you are. Bring your breath, your prayers, and your willingness to listen.

Together, we gather upon Mother Earth and walk in beauty, balance - Hózhó. 🌿

Registration Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2002237535367?aff=oddtdtcreator