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Our mission is to empower and connect women worldwide on their personal journeys of self-discovery and healing. Central to the work we do is the creation of safe and supportive spaces for women to bravely explore the mindful use of psychedelics without judgment.
OUR STORY
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From two friends' passion project to a global community
After volunteering together for a mushroom farm in the Netherlands during the pandemic in 2020, Jess and Tian felt that not enough was available online on psychedelics for women. So they started using their free time to create this platform in hopes of raising women's voices in the psychedelic space and bringing more educational content through a female lens.
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Collaborating and raising women's voices
Little by little, women from all over the world reached out and have played a crucial role in the growth of our platform. We are grateful for the countless collaborations and volunteer work that have helped us get to where we are today.
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Creating safe space for women's self-expression
Women on Psychedelips is committed to connection and community, fostering a culture of holistic healing and authentic self-expression for empowered female autonomy. Our mission is centered around ensuring access to psychedelic education, harm reduction, and safe spaces for women globally. We aim to empower women of diverse backgrounds with the essential tools to safely and responsibly maneuver through their psychedelic experiences.
OUR F.E.M. APPROACH
At the heart of Women On Psychedelics (WOOP) is an approach that honors the interconnected trinity of our existence – body, mind, and spirit – delving into the profound and intricate connections between self-expression, self-acceptance, and heightened self-awareness.
Our F.E.M. approach is structured around three core elements: Feel, Move, and Express. These form the basis for personal growth and support across various dimensions of life, empowering women to take an integrated path to healing and transformation.
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Feel: This foundational element is the bedrock of our self-discovery and healing journey. Engaging with our emotions unlocks a treasure trove of knowledge, insights, and valuable lessons. As we navigate our emotional landscape, we cultivate greater self-awareness and forge a more profound connection with our inner selves.
Express: This second element reinforces the power of communication, both with our self and with others. It celebrates our unique individuality and the expression of ourselves – our inner truths, desires, and experiences – in authentic ways. Embrace the freedom and fluidity found in creative expression through words, arts, music, or any other chosen medium of expression.
Move: This final element encompasses the physical embodiment of our life experiences. This invites us to tap into the wisdom of our bodies through dynamic action and somatic release. Using physical movement to find a sense of safety in the body and navigate the spectrum of life with greater ease.
At WOOP, we recognize and honor every sacred aspect of our multidimensional existence. Every part of our selves, whether loved or despised, is integral to the whole of our being. We encourage women to uncover and explore these intersections to understand their unique selves more fully. The dynamic relationship between these foundational elements lays out an expansive terrain for self-discovery, empowerment, and interconnectedness.
Meet the Team
We are a growing group of passionate women dedicated to promoting the safe and responsible use of psychedelics. Get to know a little bit more about each of us!
Facilitator, Author & Co-founder WOOP
Jessika Lagarde
Originally from Brazil and based in Amsterdam, Jess is a trauma-informed plant medicine facilitator, Earth keeper, educator, and Women On Psychedelics co-founder. Jess' work is focused on the creation of spaces that amplify avenues for self-expression, self-acceptance, and self-awareness. All of her work is informed by taking action in a way that serves the Earth and our human collective, in hopes of mobilizing inner healing towards outer action.
Facilitator, Author & Co-founder WOOP
Tian Daphne
From Singapore and based in Amsterdam, Tian is an avid explorer of the world and human consciousness, and love to ponder the very nature of reality. Serendipitous encounters brought her into the incredible world of fungi and plant medicines, initiating a journey of discovery, learning and deep healing. This ignited a passion to share the emerging research, and to help amplify the voices of women in this field. Tian is always present on WOOP's retreats and ceremonies as a facilitator and she brings voice activation to the spaces we create.
Facilitator
Wei Ting
Wei Ting is an Integrative Counselor, Hypnotherapist, Systemic Coach, Facilitator for WOOP, and Sound therapist. In her work, she bridges the conscious and the subconscious world. Her mission is to help folks become their own inner alchemists and to live their lives to their fullest potential and expression of their authentic selves.
Author
Micah Stover
Raised in a highly misogynistic, evangelical culture, Micah is a survivor of intergenerational trauma. Her introduction to psychedelic therapy followed a traumatic pregnancy and birth that unearthed a reservoir of unresolved trauma. The journey to heal those wounds transformed Micah’s life. She and her family now reside in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico where Micah works as a certified psychedelic somatic therapist. She hosts individual healing retreats and trains psychedelic practitioners.
She is passionate about helping others understand the overlapping space where science and spirit meet within the psychedelic experience.
Author
Derya Deniz
Derya Deniz is a 40-year-old Turkish woman, yoga teacher, Thai massage therapist and plant medicine student. She has been living in Peru and Colombia for the last 3 years, mainly working with Ayahuasca. At times as a yoga teacher, a facilitator, or a volunteer and a helper in the plant medicine retreats and ceremonies. Since she experienced a deep connection with her feminine lineage in her first Ayahuasca ceremony and witnessed the difficulties women face in psychedelic spaces, she decided to dedicate more time to the topic of women’s safety in these types of environments.
Author
Caterina Bragagnolo
Catie is an active Fine Artist as well as internationally licensed Art Therapist and Trauma Specialist, whose career primarily focuses on supporting women through adverse life experiences within diverse settings. Caterina currently works at MycoMeditations, a legal, psilocybin-assisted retreat in Jamaica, leading retreats, and providing Art Therapy Integration Groups for participants. Her passion is focused on empowering individuals through engagement in the creative process, to gain an understanding of the self and their experience while providing support throughout the process of uncovering one’s innate healing intelligence and resiliency.
Author
Aysu Naz
Aysu Naz is a researcher and writer in the psychedelic space. Her writing often explores sexuality, taboos, traumas, body, and self. Naz supports destigmatization around psychedelics and actively contributes to educational platforms. She believes in the transformative potential of psychedelics to find a deeper relationship with our surroundings and to meet with alternative ways to relate to our body and mind.
Facilitator & Voiceworker
renee eva
Renée is a voiceworker, singer and musician. She has extensive experience within the psychedelic space and works as a trauma informed psychedelic facilitator. With a strong focus on preparation, integration and voicework it is her mission and life’s work to create a deeply held and safe container in which participants can fully explore their inner landscape. By offering her music, sacred medicine songs and voice as a tool for guidance and support she is able to alchemize stagnant energy and emotions so that flow and release may come into existence.
