45. Amánda Efthimiou on psychedelic wellness & integration practices

We are delighted to host Amánda Efthimiou on this episode of the Mangu.tv podcast series. Amánda is a psychedelic wellness advocate, integration educator, speaker, and writer. She founded INTEGRA to support retreat centers, facilitators, and coaches with integration programs that help people find meaning and healing from their experiences with altered states. She bridges traditional wisdom with contemporary practices through her experiences in the nonprofit sector facilitating forest regeneration and bio-culture preservation of indigenous medicines in the Amazon basin. She received her MSc in Neuroscience and Psychology of Mental Health where she focused on the integrative effects of plant-based medicines such as psilocybin with traditional psychotherapy for mental health outcomes. Amánda speaks about her work in psychedelic wellness and integration practices. She discusses the need to bridge the gap between traditional wisdom and contemporary practices as well as the ways in which INTEGRA can support facilitators in their integration techniques. Giancarlo and Amánda discuss the psychedelic revolution and delve deep into the current climate for coaching and sharing ancestral wisdom. Amánda speaks about the varying integration techniques beyond talk therapy that are available today such as movement, bioenergetics, and art therapy.