My introduction to plant medicine as a young teenager opened my eyes and heart to a sense of oneness, awe and beauty. This set the tone for the rest of my life. I didn’t know I was creating new synapses in my brain, or changing my neurobiology due to having trauma and growing up in a difficult situation.

But I knew that I wished everyone could experience the depths of oneness and wholeness that I experienced. For over a decade I explored psychedelics and was invited to move to Hawaii to grow magic mushrooms, which helped me understand their message even more. I lived in the Islands for 21 years, a very idyllic lifestyle sharing in a multicultural community.

Studying with Indigenous cultures and meeting my Tibetan Buddhist teacher (Lama Tharchin Rinpoche) was most valuable to me, and helped me understand the mind at a deeper level, and experience the tangible qualities of compassion and wisdom. I told my teacher that I wanted to be a bridge of understanding between Eastern and Western views.

With that aim in mind, I moved from HI to the PNW and have been in the healing field for the past three decades as a Yoga Therapist, and hypnotherapist working and teaching in hospitals, an addiction recovery center, in corporations, teaching workshops internationally, presenting at medical conferences, as well as working with a frequency based medical device called the BEMER.

My spiritual path led me to offer Sacred Dance based on a Tibetan Buddhist practice of Tara, and my dreams of integrating expansive mind states with Western ways, was on track. I love how evidence based science, is now meeting the mystical!

There remained a feeling of wanting to offer more. How fortunate I feel to be in a state where I’ve trained with InnerTrek, to be a licensed Psilocybin Facilitator and now practicing in service centers in both Portland and Hood River, Oregon! I feel that I’ve come full circle in my life and work.

My own understanding of neuroscience, along with somatic embodiment practices, and the breakthrough modality of utilizing psychedelics has enhanced my wish to truly contribute to healing in the people I work with. I listen to your needs and help formulate your intention, sit with you during your journey, and again connect afterwards for integration, offering resources to add to your own growth.

Get in touch to learn more about my approach to Psilocybin Facilitation and schedule your session!

Come join us for our next group retreat: https://www.innertrek.org/july26-28

“I can't thank you enough for your incredible caring and kindness - I don't think I've felt that someone has held space for me in that way for ages! It is not an exaggeration to share it felt life changing. Thank you for being an incredible guide. I feel so much a sense of renewed hope. With much gratitude, hope and love 🙏🏼”

“Many thanks for facilitating my journey. I’m much more in the present and the anger I carried for decades is gone. I love the experience you have to know what I needed to prepare me for, during and after my journey. One of the best things for me was you echoed what all the mental health therapists have told me over the last 30 years, and I could visualize your words of wisdom. So grateful the universe matched us up! Thank you + Big Hugs!!”
-T.G.

Compassionate and professional, Phyllis was my personal sherpa, (a Himalayan term for a mountain guide that climbs beside a member, and helps with the trek) guiding me without leading. I can't imagine better support on my journey of exploration. I definitely felt a positive difference even though I couldn't quite put my finger on it. I finally decided to explain to people that "I no longer feel like I was being chased by a tiger."

Jonathan G.

Curious to learn more? video, interviews and article:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81-v8ePXPd4 Roland Griffiths: The Science of Psilocybin and its use to relieve suffering

https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2023/summer/roland-griffiths-illness-professorship/

https://beherenownetwork.com/raghu-markus-mindrolling-ep-509-ram-dass-the-science-of-psychedelics-with-zach-leary/?utm_source=FB+Paid&utm_medium=BHNN&utm_campaign=%7B%7Bad.name%7D%7D&utm_content=%7B%7Bplacement%7D%7D