A place for us to be and dream together
BIPOC Psychedelic Care Circles are hosted and facilitated by Charlotte Duerr James of Liberation Training and TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) of Vamonos (Healing Arts + Harm Reduction Practice. Our care circles are rooted in cultural mindfulness and we honor diverse ancestral traditions, wisdom, and practices. They are inclusive spaces for beings of Black, Brown, and Indigenous descent to be in community, to explore, to be curious and to practice tools that can support their experiences with expanded states of consciousness and entheogenic substances.
Facilitated by embodied practitioners from BIPOC backgrounds, our care circles offer a nurturing environment where participants can explore the insights and transformations that psychedelic journeys can evoke. Through storytelling, mindfulness practices, group discussions/reflections, and care techniques, our circles cultivate self-discovery and personal growth, aiming to empower BIPOC individuals with care tools along their living journeys.
Our hosts and facilitators, Charlotte Duerr James and TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) first met through a virtual BIPOC integration circle back in 2020, where we recognized each other as co-conspirators of care and community within psychedelic spaces. The two are responding to a strong call from the BIPOC community for greater resources and intentional care spaces to practice, grow and rest together.
Circle Guidelines + agreements
As an Integration circle, we are not a substitute for guide-work, therapy, or spiritual mentorship.
This is not a time to be in altered consciousness, but rather a space to share, explore, and be curious. Honoring safety, there will be no discussion of how to resource substances.
At the beginning of circles, we invite folx to turn their cameras on because this is BIPOC space and we want to ensure its sacredness. For the remainder of circle, we invite you to honor camera bandwidth as it aligns for you. We do not record circles.
A BRAVE , CONFIDENTIAL & JUDGMENT FREE SPACE
We hold brave spaces where people are invited to express, share, and be vulnerable. We respect and accept all beings and their unique life experience and lens. We are mindful of using inclusive language and content warnings. We honor safety and confidentiality regarding our work with medicines: what is shared in circle, stays in circle.
MINDFUL PARTICIPATION & RESPECT
If you’re a person who is called to share often (extrovert), the invite is to make/take space for some deep listening. If you’re someone who leans into quiet (introvert), the invite is to make/take space to explore using your voice and sharing.
We invite active participation in the form of ‘I’ statements when sharing: reflections, feedback, or carrying a thread forward. We invite you to actively listen without offering advice, to not interpret the journeys or experiences of others, and to leave space for others to ask for the care + support they may need.
We come to circle and carry varying bandwidths of experience, knowledge, and practices with entheogens, psychedelics, mental health, and living. Please be mindful of honoring: compassion, understanding, respect. Let’s see, hear, and value one another.
Our Facilitators:
CHarlotte Duerr james
Facilitator + Founder of Psychedelic Liberation Training
Tanyamarck oviedo, they/them
Facilitator, Practitioner, Founder of Vamonos: Healing Arts Practice
Upcoming circle dates
This circle is a free offering developed in collaboration with Vamonos: Healing Arts Practice. Please respect that this is a space for beings who identify as BIPOC.