Hi! I'm Elana.
I'm a licensed psilocybin facilitator (FL-3269a2b2) in Portland, Oregon, primarily working out of a beautiful service center in Beaverton.
My Story
My journey to coming to this work was a winding one, but it all started with a quest to explore my own mental health. After a challenging bout of depression and anxiety that no amount of medication or talk therapy could seem to help, I found my way to altered states of consciousness as a doorway for moving towards a life that I could genuinely enjoy.
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It was through this work that I was able to shed past versions of myself that kept me depleted, self-critical, and stuck. I'm certainly still a work in progress, but it's not an overstatement to say that this path saved my life and made me the profoundly joyful person I am today.
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My academic background is in psychology, philosophy and neuroscience. I was trained as a breathwork facilitator in 2016, which was arguably the gateway drug to my obsession with non-ordinary states of consciousness. From there, I got further training as a psychedelic facilitator at SoundMind Institute, and took additional trainings in End of Life care, somatic psychedelic facilitation, and somatic EMDR.
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And to get one thing straight; I'm not "a healer." I'm not here to fix you, because you don't need to be fixed. I'm a partner on your path, a witness to your journey, and a space holder for you to unfurl towards your own version of embodied liberation in a safe and non-judgmental container.
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It would be my greatest honor to support you in coming home to yourself.
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*Disclaimer: Psilocybin facilitation in Oregon uses a strictly non-directive approach, meaning it's client-directed, and the structured modalities mentioned above (EMDR, breathwork, etc.) would not be used during our session.
Contact
You can always feel free to reach out with any questions, or to schedule a short consult to see if we're a good fit for each other. I'm excited to hear from you!