Maria Amelchenko

I aim to design my life and my practice in the spirit of Permaculture: Earth Care, People Care, Fair Shares. I choose to work with and advocate for only natural origin psychedelics, entheogens, in the context of a well organised ceremony setting. I am not affiliated with any psychedelic retreats or facilitators of psychedelic ceremonies and currently do not offer the ceremony space and ceremony nursing care myself. There are two main types of consultation that I offer: preparation and integration. I work with people wishing to experience psychedelic medicine in the role of a Nurse Educator. For example we might discuss different entheogens – psychedelics of natural origin, the essence and particular use in individual cases, where and how to access them and how to work with them consciously and safely. Usually an hour – an hour and a half consultation is enough for getting a good grasp on the subject if people have some prior knowledge. Sometimes more preparation is needed and we schedule more sessions. The integration services are for people that have already gone through psychedelic ceremonies and want some extra help implementing the new insights in their lives. I also act as a harm reduction resource if people have specific questions regarding safety and I do group presentations once in a while on safe journeying with psychedelics. I work on the pay-what-you-want basis, and hold consultations in Toronto, when I am there or via Skype, when I am travelling. I often get asked what exactly is “pay-what-you-want”, as this is not yet a common practice. It is just what it is called. You pay what you want or nothing at all. My priority is to be of service to those who I can help, and I am ready to volunteer my time if needed. I can help those new to the path choose a safe and sound approach to working with those medicines. I also provide peer support, integration assistance and supervision for more experienced psychonauts, whether they take the psychedelic medicines themselves or act as facilitators for others.