Ep. 185 - Ram Dass Explorer's Club: Integrating Psychedelic Wisdom With Spring Washam & Jackie Dobrinska Be Here Now Network Guest podcast

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Ep. 185 - Ram Dass Explorer's Club: Integrating Psychedelic Wisdom with Spring Washam & Jackie Dobrinska

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In this episode of the Ram Dass Explorer’s Club, Buddhist teacher Spring Washam delves into the real work that comes before and after a journey with plant medicine.

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This conversation was recorded as part of the Ram Dass Explorer’s club. To learn more and sign up to join a Ram Dass fellowship gathering near you, visit RamDass.org/Fellowship.

In this episode, Spring Washam and Jackie Dobrinska explore:

Medicine as the gateway, practice as the real work
Awakening to the truth of interconnectedness
Metta, the loving-kindness practice / four qualities of heart and mind
The liberation that can be found within community
Moving away from hyper-independence and giving more value to love
Thinking about our ‘why’ when it comes to using psychedelics
Learning how to love ourselves, each other, and this broken world
The future of psychedelic legalization and the destruction of systems
Coming back to meditation, devotion, and chanting
A Q&A session with listeners on trauma, patterns, set & setting, and more

About Spring Washam:

Spring Washam is a well-known teacher, author, and visionary leader based in Oakland, California. She is the author of A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage and Wisdom in Any Moment and her newest book, The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the Underground. Spring is considered a pioneer in bringing mindfulness-based meditation practices to diverse communities. She is one of the founding teachers at the East Bay Meditation Center, located in downtown Oakland, CA. She has practiced and studied Buddhist philosophy in both the Theravada and Tibetan schools of Buddhism since 1999. She is a member of the teacher’s council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in northern California where she was trained for over a decade.

In addition to being a teacher, she is also a shamanic practitioner and has studied indigenous healing practices since 2008. She is the founder of Lotus Vine Journeys, a one-of-a-kind organization that blends indigenous healing practices with Buddhist wisdom in South America. Her writings and dharma teachings have appeared in many online journals and publications. She currently teaches meditation retreats and leads workshops, and classes worldwide.

Spring currently teaches meditation retreats and leads workshops, and classes worldwide: springwasham.com and is cohost of her own podcast on Be Here Now Network, The Spirit Underground.

About Jackie Dobrinska:

Jackie Dobrinska is the Director of Education, Community & Inclusion for Ram Dass’ Love, Serve, Remember Foundation and the current host of Ram Dass’ Here & Now podcast. She is also a teacher, coach, and spiritual director with the privilege of marrying two decades of mystical studies with 15 years of expertise in holistic wellness. As an inter-spiritual minister, Jackie was ordained in Creation Spirituality in 2016 and has also studied extensively in several other lineages – the plant-medicine-based Pachakuti Mesa Tradition, Sri Vidya Tantra, Western European Shamanism, Christian Mysticism, the Wise Woman Tradition, and others. Today, in addition to building courses and community for LSRF, she leads workshops and coaches individuals to discover, nourish and live from their most authentic selves.

“The medicine is the gateway but the practice is the real work. Nothing is real until it’s lived.” – Spring Washam

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