Psilocybin Facilitator Training Project

The Subtle Winds Psilocybin Facilitator Training Program is a state-licensed training program in Oregon designed to prepare individuals for certification as Psilocybin Facilitators. The program is fully approved by the Oregon Health Authority.

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  • Professional
  • Last updated Jan '23
  • English
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Course Description

The Subtle Winds Psilocybin Facilitator Training Program is a state-licensed training program in Oregon designed to prepare individuals for certification as Psilocybin Facilitators. The program is fully approved by the Oregon Health Authority.

The course is led by a team of experts who have decades of experience working with individuals having psychedelic experiences and are steeped in the tradition of person-centred and harm-reduction-focused care. The program is rooted in contemporary healing modalities, respect for traditional wisdom, and decades of experience in festival medicine and crisis support programs.

The curriculum is designed to ensure the safety and effectiveness of psilocybin-assisted therapy (PAT) being provided across the state. It will include a highly personalized humanistic model that enables facilitators to meet each individual exactly where they are at. The program is a 3-month course, and it will also include introductory sessions for therapists, medical personnel, and others interested in learning more about PAT.

You will learn:

  • What is Bwiti?
  • Roles in Bwiti initiation/treatment
  • Instruments in Bwiti: ngombe, mogongo
  • What is an Nganga
    • Maboundi/Yombo
    • Maboundi/Yombo
  • Sustainability/reciprocity

You will learn:

  • History of the Fang tradition
  • Dissumba vs. Dissumba Fang
  • Ombwiri/Mbumbayano Fang
  • The kambo
  • State of Fang Bwiti in Gabon
  • Impact of Westerners coming to work with the sacred wood

You will learn:

  • History of the Missoko tradition
  • Various branches of Missoko initiation:
    • Miobe/Mioba
    • Ngonde Na Dipuma
    • Sengedia
  • The impact of logging on the tradition
  • What the future of Bwiti could look like in Gabon

You will learn:

  • History of Dissumba
  • Various branches of Dissumba initiation:
    • Abanji/Mabanji
    • Ilombo
    • Ombwiri
    • Ombudi
    • Loro
  • The ngombe (sacred harp)
  • Healing rituals involved in her tradition
  • Training to serve the wood
    • What does it involve?
    • How long does it take?

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Tatayo

Instructor

About Instructor

Tatayo (“Fruit of the Wind”) first arrived in Gabon in 1971 at the age of 21 and became a Gabonese citizen. In 1979, he became the first white person to be initiated into the Bwiti Fang tradition in Gabon. In 1994, he was initiated into the Misokko tradition. As a guide for numerous expeditions and missions, including those of National Geographic, the BBC, and others, Tatayo is considered to have “opened the door” to westerners in Gabon.

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Please see below for start and finish dates/times. This course is currently being offered live and dates/times will change throughout the year.

$9000

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This course includes

  • Modules 9
  • Duration 12 Weeks
  • Skills Professional
  • Language English
  • Availability Cohort
  • Certificate No

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