Broad-minded, interdisciplinary, enthusiastic, curious, and compassionate, Daan is committed to integrating contemplative practices, systems thinking, somatic and movement practices, neuroanthropology, cognitive science, Western philosophy, Buddhist wisdom, psychedelic care, and existential therapy.

Daan brings these perspectives together to support individuals and organizations in moving towards a sustainable, equitable, loving, and satisfying life and world. Passionate about understanding, embodying, and disseminating the principles of individual and cultural transformation, he finds inspiration in nature and ancient wisdom.

Continuously learning about psychedelic medicines, the power of rituals and ceremony, contemplative and somatic practices, relational and systemic healing, eco-chaplaincy and therapy, ethical meaning-making, and the ethics of caring, Daan embodies a journey of perpetual growth and compassionate understanding.

Previously served as the Director of Programming and Ethics at Synthesis Institute, and co-founded the Guild of Guides in the Netherlands.

Daan joined Nectara in December 2023.

I started my psychotherapeutic journey when I discovered there were things that I felt with extreme intensity and I needed to name and locate them. Soon later I started working in my own process going deeper into root causes through psychedelics finding a layering of dimensions from which to understand human experience and work through the difficulties and enlightenments experienced in this life. My deep sensitivity towards things has given me the gift of intuition and comprehension of the multilayered reality that we experience while bridging the spiritual world with the psychodynamics inherent to psychic life. This allows me to move broadly through experiences and causes from different standpoints. I’ve done diet as in Perú and from my Mexican origin, I’m strongly in touch with a traditional perspective of plant medicine at the same time that I’m in touch with the contemporary ways of conducting ceremonies.

I am an integrative psychotherapist and program developer at ICEERS.

Mijal joined our team in September 2023.

Erica Siegal is a psychotherapist, professional harm reductionist, community organizer and a psychedelic-assisted psychotherapist. Erica founded NEST Harm Reduction Consulting to provide compassionate, trauma-informed care, trainings and on-site services to events, communities and professionals in the field. She combines a decade of direct services work with B.A in Hospitality Administration from Cornell University and a Master in Social Work from The University of Southern California, to create a unique, consumer-focused, multi-system care model that brings compassion and sustainability back into our communities, both large and small.

In addition to her community outreach and event services experience, she also worked as a psychotherapist researcher on the Phase 3 FDA-approved MDMA-assisted psychotherapy clinical trials in Los Angeles, California from 2014 - 2019.Erica provides telehealth psychotherapy, clinical supervision, workshops and education around professional burnout, psychedelics, community safety and grassroots harm reduction services.

Neil has been helping conscious coaches and brands grow their impact and reach for the last 10 years. He has contributed his expertise to growing brands like Collective Evolution to millions of followers and his own health and wellness brands started with his life partner Whitney. He lives in Slocan, BC where he has established a family farm and a new retreat centre called the Grounded Living Center.

Neil joined our team in August 2023.

Shiri Godasi is a teacher, author, visionary creatrix, depth poet and mother. She is passionate about creating a decolonized, psychedelic-positive counterculture and empowering people to step into radical authenticity/radical action and co-create a just world. Shiri is best known for her pioneering methods in the field of psychedelic integration and community bridging, including founding 5 entheogenic harm reduction organizations; directing a professional psychedelic therapy & creative leadership training program; and innovating a proven integration treatment protocol called The Psyched Soul™ Method.

Shiri specializes in multidimensional, quantum-leap life transformations, soulcode recovery & realignment. Her approach draws from consciousness & cosmology, transpersonal psychology, quantum healing, Eastern philosophy and multidisciplinary arts, fusing ancient wisdom with modern practices for a ‘Psyched’ lifestyle.

Shiri joined our team in September 2023.

Sandra holds an MA, Phd in Philosophy exploring ethical decision making and moral psychology.  

She is an ethics advisor active in psychedelic integration, therapy, education and advocacy as well as a psychedelic facilitator, cofounder of Ethical Psychedelic International Community as well as former leader of the Santa Cruz Psychedelic Society.  

Sandra taught Bioethics at University of California, Santa Cruz for the Biomolecular Engineering and Philosophy Departments for the past ten years. She worked for many years in the tech industry primarily at Apple, and is a Reiki Master in multiple lineages.

Sandra focuses on listening and uplifting the voices and values of the psychedelic community especially the disenfranchised with the heart space intention of compassion and love.

Sandra joined our team in September 2023.