Connect & Explore: Sensory Pathways & August Happenings

Written By Marissa Feinberg

Introducing CURA: A Sensory Ritual for a Disconnected World
Help complete a healing ceremony—co-created with Amazonian guardians—where Indigenous wisdom meets Ritual Cinema

Greetings friends,
I hope this message finds you well during this unseasonably hot summer, a reminder of the times we’re navigating together. In the spirit of resilience and renewal, I’m grateful to bring you updates and opportunities from our Psychedelics for Climate Action community.

PSYCA Member Mahyad Tousi is leading a team creating the world’s first full-body documentary. “CURA” isn’t something you watch—it’s something you enter. Let vibration, sound, and image move through your body like breath. This is cinema as ceremony—a full-body ritual co-created with Indigenous guardian tribes of the Amazon. 

The rainforest comes alive—not as a place to save, but as a living being offering to heal us at a time when we have taken so much from her. Learn more about the depths of this project by our PSYCA Member and support their Kickstarter!

Here’s what’s happening in our community this month—scroll through to read more:

2 Spots Left! The Mycelium:
Thought Leadership Accelerator
Catalyzing Visionary Voices, Supporting Next-Level Growth

We are living through a profound global shift—a time that calls for conscious leadership rooted in climate, mental health, and expanded consciousness, and adjacent fields. To meet this moment, we must amplify the voices lighting the path forward.

That’s why we created The Mycelium—a coaching accelerator to help purpose-driven leaders grow their visibility, refine their voice, and expand their presence through strategic PR and storytelling, for next-level awareness and impact.

Limited space is available—book a consult to see if it’s right for you.

Save the Date! Sept. 17 for PSYCA’s Climate Week Preparation Event at NeueHouse - Get Involved

If you're a climate leader, changemaker, systems thinker, or simply feel called to help humanity shift from separation to symbiosis, we’ll soon need volunteers for various efforts. Share your interest here!

We’ll be in touch with more ways to plug into PSYCA’s Climate Week possibilities—from organizing and content production to values-aligned partnerships and creative collaboration.

NYC! Beach Day & Cleanup! Join the Brooklyn Psychedelic Society & PSYCA Sat Aug 2

Rockaway Beach 116th St Entrance, 10am-1:30pm

We’re joining BPS in taking community consciousness surfside! Join us Saturday, August 2nd at 10:00AM on Rockaway Beach for a feel-good beach cleanup followed by some fun in the sun.

We’ll kick off the day showing some love to our planet with a shoreline sweep and then keep the vibes flowing with sandcastles, swimming, and community joy. Think: good deeds 🥰, good people 🫂, and of course, good vibes. 😎 RSVP to do good in community! 🌊🪣 RSVP!

PSYCA Community News!

Coming Soon! The Integration Center
Building Containers for True Healing—In Nature and Community

Finding space for genuine integration can be challenging amid today’s fast-paced culture. The Integration Center project is changing that with a retreat center placed within an ecovillage community. This unique format creates a container where participants can integrate and heal within a healthy culture and in right-relationship with nature. The first prototype opens this fall in upstate New York. Read more or get involved at the Integration Center website.

What to Watch: The Quiet Diplomat — Now Streaming!
A feature documentary about the 8th UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, and the future of the UN

The documentary explores Ban’s remarkable life: from a boy displaced by war and inspired by UN peacekeepers to his decade as Secretary-General navigating a deeply divided world. His “quiet diplomacy” and steadfast belief in multilateralism feel more urgent than ever, as global conflict, climate crisis, and human rights violations escalate. The film also features rare UN archival footage, intimate interviews, and tough questions about the UN’s role today — making it both a portrait of a man and a call to action. Congratulations PSYCA Member Allison Hanes! Tune in.

Canadian Psychedelic Summit!
August 13-17 | Hollyhock, Cortes Island

Now in its fourth year, the Canadian Psychedelic Summit convenes a cross-sector community of healers, clinicians, researchers, artists, and leaders committed to shaping a more ethical and inclusive psychedelic field. Held at Hollyhock on Cortes Island, BC, one of the most ecologically profound places in the world. The Summit invites participants into meaningful dialogue, peer learning, and collective visioning and submersion into nature that you have to feel to believe.

This year’s gathering will once again be facilitated by Kim Haxton, and will feature special guests including Suni Sonqo Vizcarra Wood, a Quechua artist working at the intersection of ceremony, ecology, and cultural restoration and historian and author Erika Dyck, Canada Research Chair in the History of Health and Social Justice at the University of Saskatchewan. They’re also thrilled to host “Field Trip” an outdoor plant and mushroom “music” experience that combines foraging, park cleanup, and a live deep listening experience with Modern Biology. Learn more!

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Thank you for reading! Your replies are welcome—please share anything you love about PSYCA and any suggestions for how we can improve or contribute.

Marissa

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Marissa Feinberg
Founder
Triple Bottom Why
Psychedelics for Climate Action (PSYCA)
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