The Chacruna Institute announces Psychedelic Culture 2026, a three-day conference on plant medicines and psychedelic science, April 17–19, 2026, at San Francisco’s Brava Theater. Speaker submissions are open until November 1, 2025. The event centers marginalized voices, intercultural dialogue, ethics, ecology, and spirituality, fostering inclusive, community-driven engagement in psychedelic studies.

The Chacruna Institute’s Foundations of Plant Medicine Facilitation, Integration, and Ethics course (October 20–December 22, 2025) offers 10 weeks of live, online training. Designed for facilitators, guides, chaplains, and clinicians, it emphasizes ethics, intercultural respect, trauma-informed care, Indigenous traditions, and integration practices. Faculty include anthropologists, psychologists, somatic educators, and harm reduction specialists.

Chacruna Institute’s Ecology, Spirituality, and Psychedelics workshop (October 6, 2025) explores justice-based, ecologically conscious healing models. Led by Jamie Beachy, Stephanie Michael Stewart, and Bia Labate, it integrates reciprocity, Indigenous wisdom, and eco-chaplaincy with psychedelic therapy. Participants examine planetary health, ecological grief, nature-immersive practices, and human–Earth interconnectedness in psychedelic care.

Based on Embrace Pleasure: How Psychedelics Can Heal Our Sexuality, Dee Dee Goldpaugh leads a 3-hour workshop exploring psychedelics, sexuality, trauma, desire, and empowerment. Participants will examine sexual healing, pleasure in discourse, policy impacts, integration tools, ethics, and community roles. The event targets therapists, educators, facilitators, and seekers of erotic liberation.

The Chacruna Institute is hosting a virtual workshop, Psychedelic Churches: From Legal Protections to Ethics and Reciprocity, on October 1, 2025. Experts will discuss U.S. legal protections, key court cases, sincere religious belief, and ethical frameworks emphasizing reciprocity, cultural respect, and Indigenous perspectives. The event targets leaders, facilitators, advocates, and policy professionals.

Queering Psychedelics is a nine-week live online course (July 28–Oct 6, 2025) exploring queer contributions to psychedelic healing. Taught by diverse leaders, it centers LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and Indigenous voices. With justice-informed pedagogy, it offers tools for inclusive practice, spiritual growth, and cultural transformation. Scholarships available; $700 tuition.

The Entheon Foundation granted $25,000 to Chacruna Institute’s Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative (IRI), supporting grassroots Indigenous projects across the Americas. The funding recognizes IRI’s ethical approach to reciprocity in the psychedelic field, emphasizing Indigenous knowledge, justice, and equity amid rising commercialization. Chacruna advocates for inclusive, ethical psychedelic practices and dialogue.

The Chacruna Institute’s 16-week online course, Roots of Psychedelic Therapy, offers a justice-centered, interdisciplinary exploration of sacred plant medicines. Running July–October 2025, it includes 28 CE credits and features global experts on Indigenous traditions, ethics, and psychedelic therapy. Ideal for professionals seeking cultural fluency and ethical grounding.

Chacruna Institute has received a $150,000 grant from Kindred Trust to support its work on psychedelic plant medicine research, education, and justice. $100,000 will go to funding the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative; $50,000 will go to supporting programming. The grant strengthens Chacruna’s mission to center equity, cultural awareness, and inclusion in the evolving psychedelic movement.

The Chacruna Institute announces The Science of Psychedelic Therapy, a 10-week online course exploring psychedelic research, therapy, and Indigenous knowledge. Featuring global experts, the program covers neuroscience, cultural contexts, safety, and ethics. The course includes live discussions, recorded lectures, and offers CE credits. Enrollment now open.