ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP
This workshop explores wonder as a therapeutic stance in psychedelic healing. Drawing on Cassandra's framing of joy as medicine — and as a radical act — she and the PYRC psychedelic yoga team will develop body-mind practices grounded in curiosity, reverence, and embodied delight. The aim is a set of tools clinicians can bring into preparation, in-journey, and integration work, especially with clients carrying trauma, grief, or chronic constriction.
WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAY
Body-mind practices — grounded in both yogic and clinical experience — that you can bring to your work with clients and to your own life. Each practice is designed specifically for the therapeutic approach featured in this session. They don't exist anywhere else. No prior yoga or meditation experience is needed.
ABOUT CASSANDRA BIRON, LCSW
Cassandra Biron (she/themme) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, integrative mental health guide, and death doula. She is co-founder and clinical director of Elemental Brooklyn and founder of Psychotherapist Witch. Her work blends mind-body psychotherapy, breathwork, culinary medicine, and trauma-informed care, with roots in healing justice and over a decade of experience with 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. She holds certifications in nutritional and integrative medicine for mental health and has trained in both indigenous healing systems and modern psychedelic research.
THE PSYCHEDELIC YOGA TEAM
Henry Kandel — Author of Yoga of the Ketamine State and founder of the Psychedelic Yoga Research Collective. Over 30 years of practice across pranayama, meditation, Tibetan Dream Yoga, and somatic awareness.
Tamara Behar — Over 20 years of yoga study spanning power yoga, Chinese medicine, Katonah Yoga, breathwork, and somatic practices.
Ethan Seidel — Yoga teacher since 2017 whose practice incorporates maps, metaphor, and geometric frameworks.
FORMAT
Each 2.5-hour workshop follows this arc: the co-presenting healer shares their therapeutic approach and where they see untapped potential; the psychedelic yoga team demonstrates body-mind practices developed specifically for that approach; and together — presenters and participants — we explore how these tools land in real clinical contexts. Small-group breakout rooms ensure every participant has space to engage directly.
CE CREDITS
2.5 CE credits through the Spiritual Competency Academy (APA-approved provider). CE credits are offered as an add-on and are not included in the base ticket price.
PRICING
Without CE credits:
Single workshop: $85
Three-pack (any 3): $225
Full series (all 6): $425
With CE credits (2.5 per workshop):
Single workshop: $110
Three-pack (any 3): $295
Full series (all 6): $525
Three-pack and full-series buyers also receive access to community brainstorm sessions and (for full-series) a 1-on-1 co-creation session with the psychedelic yoga team.
PART OF A SERIES
This workshop is part of Body-Mind Tools for Psychedelic Healing: A Workshop Series for Therapists and Healers — six workshops running May through August 2026.
Each workshop pairs the PYRC psychedelic yoga team with a different experienced healer. Together they develop body-mind practices tailored to that healer's therapeutic approach.