Listening to the Mystery is a 3-month hybrid training program that weaves together interactive online learning with a 3-day immersive, experiential retreat in Berkeley, California. The program focuses on working skillfully and ethically with expanded states of consciousness as pathways to inner knowing, relationship with the sacred natural world, and meaningful connection within community. Designed for mental health professionals, facilitators, and experienced practitioners, this advanced training offers a comprehensive foundation in ethical, therapeutic, relational, and embodied approaches to psychedelic-informed best practices.

The training is grounded in a shared understanding that expanded states invite a practice of deep listening: listening to what is emerging from within; to what becomes available through attunement to nature; to the collective wisdom that arises through shared experience; and to the growth edges revealed through reflection and dialogue. Participants are encouraged to explore how their professional and personal practices can be refined through humility, discernment, and learning from teachers, peers, and non-ordinary states of consciousness.

Through these practices, participants will develop a greater capacity to support individuals in navigating toward their own sense of divinity, inner wisdom, and a reverent relationship with life. Emphasis is placed on cultivating presence, ethical responsibility, and relational accountability when engaging with expanded states of consciousness and the medicines that may open them.

The program integrates structured online learning with small-group dialogue and experiential practice. The online component consists of 8 live, interactive Zoom sessions led by experienced instructors, with an emphasis on relational depth, shared inquiry, reflective practice, and skill development over time. This cohort-based format supports continuity, trust, and integration, drawing on effective community-centered learning models and peer-supported exploration. Participants also receive access to an extensive digital learning library of on-demand courses and webinars, including an InnerEthics® Level 1 Certification.

The 3-day in-person retreat will be held at the Root and Bloom Institute, a beautiful new center in Berkeley, California, where we will create an intentional ceremonial space where participants engage in experiential learning (Holotropic Breathwork®) with a strong focus on:

Throughout the training, participants are invited to consider expanded states not as isolated experiences, but as part of a longer arc of relationship, responsibility, and integration. Attention is given to how insights take shape in lived experience, expressed creatively, and woven into everyday life, professional practice, and service to others.

This program is well-suited for those who feel called to deepen their engagement with sacred and expanded-state practice within a cohort of experienced practitioners who value depth, ethical integrity, community connection, embodied knowing, and reverence.

The dates for this program are July - September 2026, with an in-person retreat in Berkeley on September 18-20, 2026.

Access to 50+ Hours of Online Courses:

• Psilocybin, Ketamine, MDMA, 5-MeO-DMT (CE/CME credits)
• 6 courses on InnerEthics® (required)
• 2-hour course on Introduction to IFS and Psychedelic Therapy (required)
• 28 on-demand webinars (CE credits)
• 2-year access to courses and videos

6 Live-Taught Interactive Sessions (1.5 - 2 hours each):

• Preparing for Expanded States (1 hour), small group breakout (30 mins)
• Internal Family Systems and psychedelic therapy, large group interactive (2 hours)
• Challenging experiences (1 hour), small group discussion (30 mins)
• InnerEthics® in Practice (1 hour), small group role play (1 hour)
• Relational presence and collective witnessing (1.5 hours)
• Nature and ecological practices (1 hour), experiential exercises (30 mins)

Experiential Retreat in Berkeley, CA (3 days):

• Day 1 (Friday, 5 pm - 9 pm): orientation, conscious connection, opening ceremony, dinner, movement and mingle
• Day 2 (Saturday, 8 am - 5 pm): breakfast, Holotropic Breathwork® (session 1), lunch, Holotropic Breathwork® (session 2), Integration
• Day 3 (Sunday, 9 am - 3 pm): breakfast, integration techniques and practice, lunch, art activity, closing circle

2 Post-Retreat Online Integration Sessions (1.5 hours):

• Group integration experience
• Art for Access
• Program reflections
• Next steps and commitments
• Ongoing community connection and educational resources

Live-taught Zoom sessions will be held during normal business hours (e.g., Wednesdays at 12:00-2 pm) during July, August, and September. Video recordings will be available in the learning system dashboard.