Chara is a skilled facilitator with decades of personal and professional practice as an educator, therapist and lifestyle medicine practitioner. Her life and work is grounded in eastern spiritual traditions, ancient wisdom and modern science and philosophy. She holds a MSc in Transpersonal Psychology and professional certifications in psychedelics, transpersonal coaching psychology and somatic psychedelic facilitation. She is a certified Holding Space Practitioner, and a Learning facilitator for the Synthesis Institute’s Psychedelic Practitioner Core Training program. Her work and research centers around holding space for psychedelic experiences.

The Sacred Art of Presence: What Space Holders Can Teach Us About Transformative Psychedelic Practice

What lies at the heart of transformative psychedelic experiences? Beyond protocols and procedures, beyond set and setting, there exists a subtle art of presence that can profoundly shape journeys into non-ordinary states of consciousness. Through the lens of space holders' lived experiences, this presentation illuminates the ineffable qualities that catalyze deep healing and transformation. Drawing from extensive research with experienced facilitators, we'll explore how the practice of holding space becomes a reciprocal journey of awakening, challenging conventional notions of the therapeutic container and inviting us to reimagine how we approach psychedelic facilitation in modern contexts.