Become the person your community can turn to.
One day, someone you love is going to sit with the medicine and hit something hard. The question was never if. It's whether you'll know what to do when you're the one in the room. Preparation, presence, integration. These are learnable skills that we believe anyone with a caring heart can learn.
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Psychedelics have never been more available. Decriminalization is spreading, legalization feels close, and Sacred Mushrooms are easier to get than they've ever been.
But access isn't the same as being ready.
More people are journeying with mushrooms than ever before, but many lack the tools to get the most from the experience. When a journey gets hard, somebody has to know what to do.
At the same time, many of the places people are told to find that knowledge remain out of reach. Clinical psychedelic therapy costs thousands. Facilitator trainings require years of study. Retreats can offer beautiful experiences, but often leave people inspired without teaching them how to continue the work on their own.
There is a gap between having access to the medicine and knowing how to work with it.
We believe you don't need a decade of formal training to become the person your friends call when things get difficult. But you do need guidance. You need frameworks rooted in experience. You need practice. You need community.
Anyone with a compassionate heart and a willingness to learn can become a pillar. Someone who knows how to navigate challenging experiences, support meaningful integration, and help others approach these medicines with greater confidence and care.
That's what the Psychedelic Journeywork Cohort is for.
Eight weeks dedicated to this path. Not to make you a therapist. Not to make you a facilitator overnight. But to help you become someone who can show up for yourself and the people you love with greater skill, confidence, and trust.
The gap nobody talks about
Maybe you've had a few experiences that changed the way you see the world. Maybe you've read the books, listened to the podcasts, and spent years exploring your relationship with these medicines. Maybe you're somewhere in between.
Either way, there comes a point when you realize that access to the medicine isn't the same as knowing how to work with it.
You want to go deeper. You want to get more from your journeys. You want to understand how to prepare, navigate difficult moments when they arise, and integrate what you've learned into your everyday life. Maybe you want to feel more confident supporting the people you care about, too.
But where do you go to learn that?
Most of what's available sits at either end of the spectrum. On one side are people figuring it out as they go. On the other are clinical therapy programs, facilitator trainings, and certifications that cost thousands of dollars and require years of commitment.
Between those two worlds is a growing number of people who care deeply about this work and are looking for practical guidance, real community, and a place to develop their skills. People who know there is more to these medicines than simply taking them. People who want to deepen their relationship with the mushrooms, trust themselves more fully in the journey process, and become the tree in their community... deeply rooted in their own practice and someone others can lean on when the path gets difficult.
That's the gap. And that's exactly what these eight weeks were built to bridge.
Everything you need to stop guessing
Eight weeks of structure, practice, and real people. Not another pile of content you'll never finish.
The Psychedelic Journeywork Online Course with 12 video lessons and a 70+ page workbook
Weekly live Masterclasses from world-class facilitators and guides
Pre-recorded somatic classes for daily preparation and integration use
Daily Journal prompts for self-reflection
Guided online ceremonies
Weekly integration calls
1:1 Peer support
Access to a private online community
Lifetime access to all recorded content
What is waiting for you
The curriculum is only part of the experience. Some of the most meaningful learning happens through the people walking the path beside you. By sharing stories, questions, challenges, and insights, you'll be part of a community that understands this path and grows alongside you.
Preparation, Navigation & Integration
Learn how to work with the full arc of the psychedelic experience, before, during, and after the journey
Space Holding Skills
Develop the skills to support yourself and others through challenging experiences with greater confidence and care
Community & Peer Learning
Join a group of people who care deeply about this work and learn through shared experiences, reflection, and practice
Psychedelic Harm Reduction
Understand the practices, frameworks, and considerations that help create safer psychedelic experiences
Set & Setting
Learn how to intentionally shape the internal and external conditions that influence a journey
Embodiment & Somatics
Explore practices that help you regulate your nervous system, connect with your body, and integrate insights into daily life
Frameworks You Can Actually Use
Move beyond theory and develop practical tools you can return to throughout your psychedelic journey. You trade quiet anxiety for gentle confidence, grounded in indigenous wisdom and modern research
What We Will Explore
- Why take Sacred Mushrooms?
- Basic safety and contraindications
- Why set and setting isn't actually the most important thing
- Curating the journey
- Guide, sitter, or friend: knowing which one to be
- Preparation and navigation
- Music and the Sacred Mushroom journey
- What to do when a journey gets hard
- What most people get wrong about integration
- Models of the Psychedelic Experience
- Next steps for incorporating your journey into daily life
So how does it work…
Each week, we'll explore the Psychedelic Journeywork Course modules together, deepening our understanding and connection. You'll be paired with a peer partner to support you throughout the journey.
Weekly Masterclasses: Every Wednesday at 10 am MT — a Masterclass that delves deeper into topics designed to enhance your relationship with Sacred Earth Medicines.
Integration Calls: Every Saturday at 10 am MT — weekly Integration Calls to unpack and discuss the wisdom absorbed throughout the week (except during optional ceremonies).
We'll open and close the 8-week cohort in an online ceremony.
Optional Ceremonies:
– A guided Cannabis Ceremony held online
– A solo Sacred Mushroom Ceremony
Not included, but highly recommended: Join our in-person Sacred Space Holder Program to deepen your training in real-world facilitation.
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Meet Your Lead Facilitators
Karena
Our lead space-holder at Fungi Academy, Karena will guide you through the Journeywork program week by week and host the weekly integration calls. A multifaceted Mushroom Mama with a passion for wellness, movement, and community living in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala — with almost a decade of yoga teaching and fitness training. Recently trained as a birth doula, she extends her support into birth work and prenatal yoga, further expanding her capacity to support others on their most sacred medicine journeys.
Julian
The mastermind behind the online Psychedelic Journeywork Course. Julian will be co-hosting our opening and closing ceremonies during the Cohort. He started group ceremonial practices at age 16 and has worked in ceremonies with practitioners from many traditions. In the 1990s he edited Britain's best-selling pagan newspaper, and in 2001 he published one of the first books of the modern psychedelic renaissance. A co-organizer of the psychedelic conference Breaking Convention and founding member of the post-prohibition think tank — Julian holds a position on the Journal of Psychedelic Studies' academic board.
Your Masterclass Teachers
A traditional mushroom healer blending Indigenous wisdom with modern psychological practices. Trained under an Indigenous Mazatec lineage in Oaxaca, Mexico, and experienced in plant dietas with the Shipibo lineage in the Amazon. Facilitator at The Microdosing Institute, certified in Substance Abuse Treatment with Psychedelic Therapy, and years of global facilitation experience.
18 years in the mental health field as a crisis worker, psychotherapist, and psychedelic therapist. Co-founded Neuma's psychedelic first-aid program and teaches psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for end-of-life distress through Therapsil. A passionate advocate for harm reduction, safe use, accessibility, and equity in psychedelic spaces.
Founder of Anima Healing Institute with 15 years in the psychedelic field. Her approach bridges traditional wisdom with contemporary therapeutic frameworks — weaving IFS, somatic therapy, breathwork, and practices from the Amazon. Dedicated to training emerging facilitators through the Music Apprenticeship and Breathwork Training programs.
Mastermind behind the Psychedelic Journeywork Course. Started group ceremonial practices at 16 and worked with practitioners from many traditions. Published one of the first books of the modern psychedelic renaissance. Co-organizer of Breaking Convention, founding member of the post-prohibition think tank, and board member of the Journal of Psychedelic Studies.
An oracle, educator, and transformation advisor for visionaries ready to step into their purpose. Works with individuals and groups using ritual, the oracle arts, astrology, nervous system regulation, herbalism, and psychedelics to help people unlock their full potential and share their medicine with the world.
Co-founder of Fungi Academy with 12+ years of mushroom cultivation experience and 2,500+ students taught since 2019. Co-created 20+ educational experiences and retreats worldwide. Your Masterclass Host — illuminating the world of fungi with passion and building communities of learners who explore the symbiotic relationship between fungi, people, and their environments.
Your Somatic Guides
A long-time nomad, international breathwork and movement facilitator, and earth medicine advocate. Frequent panic attacks in her twenties led her to develop a deep relationship with her breath, inspiring studies including a year of Pranayama in India and the Wim Hof Method in the Netherlands. Has facilitated breathwork at numerous festivals and at Esalen in Big Sur.
An educator, therapist, and musician with 18 years in the mental health field. Works as a psychotherapist and psychedelic therapist, co-founded Neuma's psychedelic first-aid program, and teaches psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy through Therapsil. A passionate advocate for harm reduction, accessibility, and equity in psychedelic spaces.
A mother and herbalist homesteading in rural Georgia. Alongside herbalism, Veladya teaches breathwork, entheogenic medicines, womb wisdom, and holistic nutrition. Her class guides you through techniques to stay centered during a psychedelic experience, manage intense feelings, and integrate insights from your journeys into everyday life.
Sacred Mushrooms were a huge ally in Sima's journey toward a more authentic and connected life. Astounded by their power, she set out to discover how to reach these profound states through breath. A trained 200hr Yoga Teacher and Celtic Breathwork Practitioner, she has shared conscious connected breathing across India, the UK, Mexico, and at Fungi Academy.
Does this sound like you?
- You're curious about mushrooms and want a solid foundation before diving deeper
- You've tasted the magic and know there's more to learn
- You want to get more from your journeys, not just collect experiences
- You're tired of winging it and want practical frameworks you can return to again and again
- You want to better understand preparation, navigation, and integration
- You're interested in supporting friends and loved ones, but aren't always sure what to do
- You want to be the steady one your friends can call
- You carry a little imposter syndrome around this work and want more confidence in your skills
- You crave community with people who take this path as seriously as you do
- You want to deepen your relationship with the mushrooms and the wisdom they have to offer
The mycelium doesn't run on one hero
The strongest fungal networks don't lean on a single mushroom. They're resilient because the support is spread out. Every node connected, every one sharing what it has, all of them holding the whole thing up together.
Communities work the same way. A healthy circle isn't built around one expert everyone leans on (and quietly burns out). It's built from connected people who each know how to show up. That's what we're growing here. Not gurus. Just a network of grounded humans who know what to do when it counts.
Voices From The Community
Real experiences from our Journeywork Cohort alumni
Joining the Fungi Academy's Psychedelic Journeywork Cohort was one of the best decisions of my life — and I don't say that lightly. The PJWC was a light at the end of the tunnel, guiding me out of the darkness… I had finally found my tribe. The community aspect of the experience was essential for me. It kept me on track with the material and made me look forward to every call and class. I made lifelong friends with whom I still communicate and collaborate. The experience completely shifted my trajectory. If you feel a call to work with psychedelics in any capacity, I highly recommend Fungi Academy's Psychedelic Journeywork Cohort.
Joining The Fungi Academy cohort was one of the best decisions I've made for both my personal and professional growth. The program provided a grounded and comprehensive learning experience that allowed me to integrate a significant amount of knowledge in a relatively short period of time.
What stood out most was the level of care, intention, and attention to detail invested into the course. The support and guidance throughout the experience helped me develop confidence in my voice as a facilitator and gave me a strong foundation for moving forward on this path.
I am now integrating this work alongside my energy healing services, and it has greatly enhanced the way I am able to support my clients in a meaningful and impactful way. I am deeply grateful for the wisdom, community, and transformational experience this program provided.
Psychedelic Journeywork Cohort 2026
September 2 – October 21, 2026
- The Psychedelic Journeywork Course — 12 videos & 70+ page workbook
- Weekly live masterclasses from new facilitators + 2 bonus classes
- Guided ceremonies (Cannabis + Solo Sacred Mushroom)
- Pre-recorded somatic classes
- Weekly live integration calls
- Daily journal prompts for self-reflection
- Lifetime access to all recorded content
- Certificate of completion from Fungi Academy 🎓
Payment plans available · 24-hour cancellation policy applies
Limited to 30 participants for an intimate, transformative experience
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We're happy to answer all your questions — book a free 30-minute call with our team.
📞 Ring the Fungi PhoneFrequently Asked Questions
Absolutely not! If you want to become a psychedelic therapist, you'll need proper training. This course is made for people wanting to get more out of their personal experience. We'll cover basic peer-to-peer psychedelic support on how to be the best co-journeyer for your loved ones. When it comes to becoming a "shaman" — it's better to search for people who have a lineage of doing it. Or wear crazy hats. 🧙♂️
Yes, students who complete the course will receive a certificate of completion from Fungi Academy! 🎓
The cohort container is 8-weeks with 2 bonus Masterclasses that take place the weeks following completion. The pre-recorded course is made up of 12+ video lessons, 70+ pages of text, and additional reading materials! We go through the modules week by week from September through October 2026.
We encourage you to get the most out of your experience by joining as many live classes as you can. However, you will have LIFETIME access to recorded Masterclasses if you cannot make them on the day. The Integration Circles will not be recorded.
Nah, no need! We want the skills of journeying the realms beyond to be available to everyone, so this course is open to all who want to dive into the wonderful world of Psychedelic Journeywork. We'll cover the basics but also make sure that the seasoned Psychonauts won't leave empty-minded 😉
If you've already purchased the Psychedelic Journeywork Course, we offer a discount! Please contact connect@fungiacademy.com to get your coupon code.
Yes, we offer payment plans of only 2 payments. The second payment MUST be paid by September 2nd at 11:59 pm EST, or you will be unenrolled in the program and will not receive a refund for your first payment.
After we receive your payment you will receive an intake form which is mandatory to complete to continue in this program. While it is a very rare occurrence, we reserve the right to remove anyone who may be unfit to continue the program. In this case we will refund you 100% of your money back.
There is a strict 24-hour cancellation policy. Once you enroll and submit payment, you have 24 hours to cancel. After that period, there is NO REFUND and NO TRANSFERS.
We have some limited financial aid positions available — email us at connect@fungiacademy.com to apply!
