Webinars and Workshops

with The Buena Vida Team

Depth Facilitator Training Program with Buena Vida

Amanda Schendel

YOUR HOSTS

Amanda Schendel, founder of The Buena Vida
She’ll outline the lineage, the ceremonial structure, and the trauma-informed protocols we use to shepherd more than 1,800 guests through this work with zero safety incidents. You’ll hear how we bridge indigenous wisdom, Western somatics, and neuroscience in a way that clinicians can actually put to use.

Misha Carlson-Research student scientist from Stanford University
They’ll speak to current findings in psychedelic science, neuroplasticity, emotional processing, and the specific mechanisms that make group-based ceremonial work uniquely powerful.

We’re hosting a live, in-depth webinar on December 29th at 7 pm Central for clinicians, guides, and serious practitioners who want to understand how psychedelic facilitation is being built today—not as a trend, but as a discipline.

This session is not a surface-level overview. It’s a detailed look at the actual competencies required to hold psychedelic-adjacent and ceremonial containers safely and effectively. 

A full breakdown of the training arc
We’ll walk through the 6-month structure from April to September 2026, including:

• Foundational somatic and nervous-system training
• Trauma-informed facilitation and containment
• Ceremony structure, music, pacing, and energetic stewardship
• Recognizing and responding to dissociation, overwhelm, and spiritual emergence
• Post-ceremony integration frameworks that produce durable outcomes
• Real-world ethics, scope of practice, and how to work within legal and spiritual frameworks
• Supervised practice, mentorship, and how the small cohort builds skill and confidence

Why only 10 participants
We keep this cohort small because the skill set is intimate. You cannot learn this work in a crowd. You need direct supervision, feedback, and space to practice in a live ceremonial environment.

What you’ll leave the webinar understanding
By the end, you’ll know whether this path is actually right for you—what it demands, what it gives back, and the exact responsibilities of someone stepping into psychedelic facilitation in 2026 and beyond.

This is the only public session we’re doing before enrollment opens to the waitlist. Conference attendees receive a $1000 discount on training until December 25 with code CONFERENCE.

  • Monday, December 29th

  • 🕔 5:00 PM PT | 7:00 PM CT | 800 PM ET 📍 Live on Zoom

Register Here