Shiri is a global medicine woman, integration therapist, and visionary entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience as a creative educator. Formerly Nectara’s Director of Integration, she now serves as an advisor and program facilitator.
A pioneer in the field of psychedelic integration, Shiri founded five entheogenic harm reduction organizations and created The Psyched Soul™ Method—a trusted protocol for transformation and integration. Her work weaves together transpersonal psychology, Eastern philosophy, and a holistic, trauma-informed lens to support individuals in embodying radical authenticity and stepping into conscious leadership.
Shiri played a key role in co-creating and guiding the manifestation of this program, bringing her wisdom and clarity to its foundations.
Nigel Pedlingham
Psilocybin Guide - Starts June 25
Nigel is a seasoned psychedelic facilitator and guide with 50 years of life experience that inform his compassionate and inquiry-based approach. Based in Amsterdam, Nigel supports individuals in deepening their connection with Self, Surrounding, and Spirit.
Having lived and worked around the world, Nigel’s journey reflects a rich tapestry of cultural and professional experiences.
As the chair of the Guild of Guides Netherlands, he is dedicated to advancing ethical and legal practices in psychedelic facilitation. A devoted husband, father, and lover of nature and stillness, Nigel embodies a life of exploration and connection, inspiring others to embrace the unknown and rediscover their inner wisdom.
Mijal is a clinician and psychoanalyst passionate about understanding human desire as a vital force. With a foundation in psychology, psychoanalysis, trauma, and musicology, her career spans crisis intervention, working across diverse populations, and founding Lazo y Voz, a clinical institute supporting individuals with severe mental impairments through reintegration therapy.
Blending Western therapeutic approaches with traditional healing, Mijal has collaborated with curanderos in Colombia, Peru, and Mexico. Her work at Takiwasi in 2015 deepened her exploration of ikaros and their healing power, leading to academic research into the Shipibo tradition.
Mijal integrates ancestral wisdom, sound, and modern psychology into her practice, fostering a holistic framework rooted in both the spiritual and clinical.
Lore McLaren
Ayahuasca Guide - Starts June 24
Lore is a compassionate and authentic empath, deeply attuned to the transformative power of healing. Personally acquainted with the depths of human suffering and the restorative gifts of the soul, they hold safe and sacred space for others, guiding the transmutation of trauma and fostering a harmonious remembrance of interconnection among all beings—humans, plants, animals, and the Earth.
With a foundation built on years of learning from skilled facilitators and healers who carry medicines with integrity and reverence, Lore works with love, generosity, and profound respect for the plants, cultures, and traditions that inform their practice.
Queer and genderqueer, using they/them pronouns, Lore celebrates and welcomes diversity in all its intricate forms. As a white settler, they live with gratitude on the unceded ancestral lands of the Sinixt təmxʷúlaʔxʷ, as well as the territories of the Ktunaxa and Sylix peoples.
