Healing with Entheogens: Creating Safe Space for The Psychedelic Experience

Your Teacher: Brigitte Mars

Brigitte Mars is a medical  herbalist and nutritional consultant of Natural Health with over fifty years of experience. She teaches Herbal Medicine at Naropa University, and The School of Health Mastery in Iceland. She has taught at Omega Institute, Esalen, Kripalu, Sivananda Yoga Ashram, Arise, Tribal Visions, Envision and Unify Festivals, and The Mayo Clinic. She is a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild. She has a private practice, leads herb walks to identify edible and medicinal plants worldwide and has a weekly radio show called Naturally. She is also an end-of-life doula.

Brigitte is the author of many books and DVDs, including The Natural First Aid Handbook, The Home Reference to Holistic Health and Healing, The Country Almanac of Home Remedies, The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine, Beauty by Nature, Addiction Free Naturally, The Sexual Herbal, Healing Herbal Teas, Rawsome! and co-author of The HempNut Cookbook. Her latest project is a phone app called IPlant.

Brigitte has been holding space for psychedelic ceremonies both in groups and with individuals for over fifty years. In the early 1970’s Brigitte lived with Rosemary Leary (wife of Dr. Timothy Leary) and explored in depth  how to create sacred set and setting for  psychedelic ceremonies. She has been the faculty advisor for The Psychedelic Club at Naropa University and is the voice for the audio version of The Psychedelic Prayers, based on The Tao Te Ching and translated by Dr. Leary and Dr. Ralph Metzner. She is a long time member of MAPS and a recent graduate of The Psychedelic Sitter’s School based in Boulder, Colorado.