Birdsong with Caiyuda

• 5-MeO-DMT: The Nature of Healing, Initiation, Soul & Psyche w/ Otto Maier

  Otto Maier is a retreat leader with Tandava Retreats and the Head of Integration at FIVE.  Through his private practice, _Soul & Psyche_, he supports individuals in navigating both ecstatic and traumatic states of consciousness by blending Depth Psychology, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Somatic work, Non-Pathologizing frameworks, and the ongoing decolonization of the modern psyche. Otto’s integrative approach to healing and psychedelic work has been translated into educational programs for fellow therapists and guides, adapted into training curricula across the psychedelic field, and is currently being applied in research on 5-MeO-DMT.  ⁠His work centers on honoring the full range of human experience—not as something to fix, but something to be in a deep and reverent relationship with. --- Enrol in the Visionary Medicines Program: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/visionary-medicines Join the Newsletter & Access the Free 21 Page eBook: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/newsletter --- TOPICS WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: 🔸Understanding 5-MeO-DMT Misconceptions 🔸The Nature of 5-MeO-DMT 🔸The Spirit of the Medicine 🔸Natural vs. Synthetic 5-MeO-DMT 🔸The Unique Experience of 5-MeO-DMT 🔸Collective Intentions when approaching 5-MeO 🔸Reflections on the Standardization of Dosage 🔸Does the medicine really give you what you need? 🔸Tandava and 5-MeO Education 🔸How is FIVE bridging Gaps in Psychedelic Education? 🔸FIVE's Facilitator Training Programs and Developing Competence 🔸The importance of Comprehensive Screening Protocols 🔸The Role of Trauma in Healing 🔸Understanding Wounds in the context of Initiation 🔸Integrating 5-MeO DMT Experiences 🔸Post 5-MeO reactivations (positive and negative) 🔸Somatic Embodiment Practices for Integration ---  CONNECT WITH CAIYUDA 🔹YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@caiyuda 🔹Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caiyudakiora 🔹TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caiyudakiora 🔹Twitter: https://x.com/caiyudakiora 🔹Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/30AGOxSHAtdxs8xnCw1STa?si=fad30c997d474a07 --- CONNECT WITH OTTO: 🔹Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soul_npsyche 🔹Website: https://www.soulpsyche.org/ 🔹Tandava: https://www.tandavaretreats.com/ 🔹FIVE: https://five-meo.education/ --- AFFILIATE LINKS: Get 10% off some of the best Medicinal Mushroom, Tonic Herb & Adaptogenic Blends at Superfeast: https://www.superfeast.com.au (Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout) --- Get 10% off your Certified Organic 100% Grass Fed & Finished Beef Organ supplements at Cell Squared: https://www.cellsquared.com.au/?aff=140 (Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout) --- Get 10% off Blu Blockers and Red Light Therapies at BaxterBlue: https://www.baxterblue.com.au/?ref=CAIYUDA10 (Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout)

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• The Somatic Cathedral: Your Body as a Compass to Truth & Higher Wisdom w/ Joey Remenyi

  Joey Remenyi is vestibular audiologist, neuroplasticity educator, author and creator of the Rock Steady and Sensing Ground Programs. She supports people living with high sensitivity and unusual persistent body sensations to find the wisdom of their body and to follow their own inner intelligence. Joey believes that each person is their own expert and she teaches sovereignty, self-authority and somatic-spiritual philosophy.  In her recent TEDx, she talks about the invisible forces that shape us and the body as our compass. Joey asks the question: What if body sensations are our portal into higher wisdom? --- 🔸Enrol in the Visionary Medicines Program: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/visionary-medicines 🔸Join the Newsletter & Access the Free 21 Page eBook: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/newsletter 🔸Vision Quest: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/vision-quest 🔸The Pilgrimage: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/pilgrimage --- TOPICS WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: 🔹The body as a compass 🔹Disconnection from the body and the bravery to feel 🔹The cost of numbing 🔹Self trust and inner authority 🔹Warm data vs Cold data 🔹The 8 senses 🔹Externalized authority 🔹Sensory Hierarchies and Biases 🔹The difference between feeling and analysing bodily signals 🔹Shadows as a teacher 🔹Shadows and disintegration  🔹Being a mirror for others 🔹Shadows and friction in leadership spaces 🔹Authentic leadership 🔹Reclaiming personal power 🔹Navigating extreme inner experiences 🔹Pathologizing sensitivities 🔹Trusting the darkness and discomfort as threshold 🔹And a stack more... ---  CONNECT WITH CAIYUDA 🔸YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@caiyuda 🔸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caiyudakiora 🔸TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caiyudakiora 🔸Twitter: https://x.com/caiyudakiora 🔸Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/30AGOxSHAtdxs8xnCw1STa?si=fad30c997d474a07 --- CONNECT WITH JOEY: 🔸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joeyseekingbalance/ 🔸Website: https://www.seekingbalance.com.au/ 🔸YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SensingGround 🔸TedX Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUYRPZ-mQJM&t=607s --- AFFILIATE LINKS: Get 10% off some of the best Medicinal Mushroom, Tonic Herb & Adaptogenic Blends at Superfeast: https://www.superfeast.com.au (Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout) --- Get 10% off your Certified Organic 100% Grass Fed & Finished Beef Organ supplements at Cell Squared: https://www.cellsquared.com.au/?aff=140 (Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout) --- Get 10% off Blu Blockers and Red Light Therapies at BaxterBlue: https://www.baxterblue.com.au/?ref=CAIYUDA10 (Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout)

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• Rethinking Psychedelic Culture: Beyond Bad Trips & Expanding the Mind

  The term psychedelic, meaning “mind manifesting,” is often framed through the lens of cognitive experience - the brain-mind. But what if “mind” includes not just the brain, but the heart, the gut, the body, and beyond? The recreational scene has a fixation on the visuals, the novelty, the highs, the fun - and while I'm not necessarily against recreational use, I think this part of the psychedelic culture could use some deeper contextualization to begin inhabiting a more full expression of what these experiences can truly offer. We explore that, and more, in this weeks episode. --- Enrol in the Visionary Medicines Program: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/visionary-medicines Join the Newsletter & Access the Free 21 Page eBook: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/newsletter Vision Quest - Vic, Aus 2025: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/vision-quest   ---    CONNECT WITH CAIYUDA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@caiyuda Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caiyudakiora TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caiyudakiora Twitter: https://x.com/caiyudakiora Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/30AGOxSHAtdxs8xnCw1STa?si=fad30c997d474a07   ---   AFFILIATE LINKS: Get 10% off some of the best Medicinal Mushroom, Tonic Herb & Adaptogenic Blends at Superfeast: https://www.superfeast.com.au (Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout) --- Get 10% off your Certified Organic 100% Grass Fed & Finished Beef Organ supplements at Cell Squared: https://www.cellsquared.com.au/?aff=140 (Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout) --- Get 10% off Blu Blockers and Red Light Therapies at BaxterBlue: https://www.baxterblue.com.au/?ref=CAIYUDA10 (Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout)

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• Money, Sacred Ceremony & The Predator Path: A Modern Inquiry

  Are you involved in sacred ceremony, plant medicine, psychedelics, and the exchange of money for these offerings?   If so, tune into this episode where Caiyuda expands upon the recent social media drama, teasing apart some nuance and providing perspective on the converging themes of financial exchange, ceremony, transaction, reciprocity, culture, integrity, predatory behaviour and more.   Enrol in the Visionary Medicines Program: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/visionary-medicines Join the Newsletter & Access the Free 21 Page eBook: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/newsletter   ---   Money, Ceremony & The Predator Path: A Modern Inquiry   Section I: Money & The Sacred (Why is this Conversation so Charged?) Section II: Transaction, Reciprocity & The Stories We Inhabit Section III: Expanding the Context (Destruction, Privilege & Listening through Times of Change) Section IV: Pricing as a Portal, Payment as an Invitation Section V: Visibility, Vocation & Sacred Relating   ---    CONNECT WITH CAIYUDA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@caiyuda Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caiyudakiora TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caiyudakiora Twitter: https://x.com/caiyudakiora Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/30AGOxSHAtdxs8xnCw1STa?si=fad30c997d474a07   ---   AFFILIATE LINKS: Get 10% off some of the best Medicinal Mushroom, Tonic Herb & Adaptogenic Blends at Superfeast: https://www.superfeast.com.au (Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout) --- Get 10% off your Certified Organic 100% Grass Fed & Finished Beef Organ supplements at Cell Squared: https://www.cellsquared.com.au/?aff=140 (Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout) --- Get 10% off Blu Blockers and Red Light Therapies at BaxterBlue: https://www.baxterblue.com.au/?ref=CAIYUDA10 (Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout)

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• The Art & Spirituality of Intentional Tattoo: Searching for Identity, Belonging & Meaning w/ Mark Nara

  Mark Nara is the founder of Tattoo Pathway: an educational resource created to guide both clients and tattoo professionals toward a deeper, more meaningful approach to tattooing—one rooted in growth, intention, and sacred practice.  Mark has been walking this path for roughly two decades, starting with an old-school apprenticeship before transitioning into more of a spiritual apprenticeship with a traditional holy man, which opened a new chapter of integrating tattooing with spiritual reality.  Enrol in the Visionary Medicines Program: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/visionary-medicines Join the Newsletter & Access the Free 21 Page eBook: https://www.caiyudakiora.com/newsletter --- TOPICS WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: 🔹Tattoos as a pathway to explore identity and belonging 🔹The evolution of tattoo culture reflecting broader societal changes 🔹Tattoo as a communal practice, not just an individual one 🔹The role of tattoo artists VS tattoo guides 🔹The contemporary tattoo scene is still in its infancy, lacking depth and structure 🔹Understanding the 'why' behind a tattoo is crucial 🔹Tattoo as a rite of passage 🔹Marks journey of spiritual initiation and apprenticeship 🔹The role of sweat lodge, vision quest and psychedelics on Mark's journey 🔹Mark's throat tattoo: the cicada 🔹Caiyuda's first tattoo experience 🔹The skin as an interface between internal and external identities 🔹Revisiting tattoos can reveal layers of self that need to be addressed 🔹Tattoo placement and their energetic implications 🔹Understanding the coherence of tattoos can enhance one's sense of belonging 🔹Caiyuda's journey of laser tattoo removal 🔹Post tattoo identity disorder (PTID) 🔹All tattoos, even regrettable ones, hold intrinsic value 🔹Community connection is vital in the tattoo journey 🔹Cultural and historical contexts can enrich our understanding of tattooing 🔹Self-responsibility as a foundational aspect of tattoo work ---  CONNECT WITH CAIYUDA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@caiyuda Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caiyudakiora TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caiyudakiora Twitter: https://x.com/caiyudakiora Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/30AGOxSHAtdxs8xnCw1STa?si=fad30c997d474a07 --- CONNECT WITH MARK: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themarkofnara/ Website: https://themarkofnara.com/ Tattoo Pathway: https://tattoopathway.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TattooPathway --- AFFILIATE LINKS: Get 10% off some of the best Medicinal Mushroom, Tonic Herb & Adaptogenic Blends at Superfeast: https://www.superfeast.com.au (Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout) --- Get 10% off your Certified Organic 100% Grass Fed & Finished Beef Organ supplements at Cell Squared: https://www.cellsquared.com.au/?aff=140 (Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout) --- Get 10% off Blu Blockers and Red Light Therapies at BaxterBlue: https://www.baxterblue.com.au/?ref=CAIYUDA10 (Use code CAIYUDA10 at checkout)

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