Zendo Project Education
We envision a world where communities are educated, resourced, and engaged in applying ethical care and harm reduction principles to promote safety, exploration, and growth.
Supportive and specialized care for people experiencing non-ordinary states of consciousness
We offer a comprehensive range of online and in-person training and workshops covering various topics in supportive and specialized care for people experiencing non-ordinary states of consciousness. Our curriculum, crafted by leaders in psychedelic therapy and education, combines evidence-based methods with insights from years of hands-on experience.
While our focus is on psychedelic care, the skills we teach are widely applicable, equipping participants to provide ethical care in various situations. Our program prepares you to support individuals in crisis, navigate non-ordinary states of consciousness, and offer compassionate emotional support across diverse contexts.
Zendo SIT Course
Sitting and Integration Training
Psychedelic Care and Harm Reduction Live Course
An expert-led course about psychedelic support and compassionate, ethical care.
Zendo Project’s 4 Principles of Psychedelic Care
Safe Space
Tending to safety is foundational to healing and transformation.
Sitting, Not Guiding
Cultivating presence while letting go of an agenda honors the individual’s inner healing intelligence.
Through, Not Down
We accompany people through their experiences, without seeking to halt or bypass the process.
Difficult Is Not Necessarily Bad
We remain open to the possibility that difficult and/or complex experiences can lead to wisdom, growth, and new understandings.
Psychedelic Peer Support Articles
- November Newsletter
After nearly a decade as a psychiatrist running a psychiatric emergency room in the San Francisco Bay Area, I’ve come to recognize that one of the most radical ways we… Read more: November Newsletter - Zendo Lab Update: APHA 2025
At the American Public Health Association’s annual conference on November 4, Zendo Project Research Fellow Nima Veiseh presented new research alongside Missi Wooldridge from the Center for Psychedelic Public Health.… Read more: Zendo Lab Update: APHA 2025 - Psychedelics Go Mainstream: Why Sitter Training Matters
When I watched Dr. Rachel Yehuda’s recent CBS Mornings interview on the rise of psychedelic-assisted therapy, I felt both inspired and deeply affirmed. She said, “For many people what comes… Read more: Psychedelics Go Mainstream: Why Sitter Training Matters
Allied Organizations
MAPS.org
Founded in 1986, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana.
Erowid.org
Erowid is a member-supported organization providing access to reliable, non-judgmental information about psychoactive plants, chemicals, and related issues. They work with academic, medical, and experiential experts to develop and publish new resources, as well as to improve and increase access to already existing resources. They also strive to ensure that these resources are maintained and preserved as a historical record for the future.
Bluelight.org
Bluelight is an international, online harm-reduction community, committed to reducing the harm associated with drug use. Bluelight understands that drug use encompasses a broad range of behaviors, some safer than others, and that drug use can progress towards increased risk with some individuals. They encourage our community to be honest and cognizant of their drug use and understand the warning signs of abuse and addiction before they manifest.Bluelight also hosts a robust recovery community for those seeking a way out of drug abuse and addiction.
DanceSafe.org
DanceSafe is a 501(c)(3) public health organization promoting health and safety within the nightlife and electronic music community. Founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1998 by Emanuel Sferios, DanceSafe quickly grew into a national organization with chapters in cities across North America. Combining harm reduction and peer-based, popular education has enabled us to create successful programs to reduce drug misuse and empower young people to make healthy, informed lifestyle choices.
Psychedelic. Community
An open source list of psychedelic clubs, societies, and harm reduction groups throughout the world, maintained in an Airtable spreadsheet. Organized by type of groups: society, service provider, harm reduction, NGO, media, conferences, events, and educational programs.
Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)
The largest global youth-led network dedicated to ending the War on Drugs. At its heart, SSDP is a grassroots organization, led by a Board of Directors primarily elected by and from our student and youth members. We bring young people of all political and ideological orientations together to have honest conversations about drugs and drug policy. We create change by providing a platform where members collaborate, communicate, share resources with, and coach each other to generate policy change, deliver honest drug education, and promote harm reduction. Founded in 1998, SSDP is comprised of thousands of members in hundreds of communities around the globe.
The Drug Policy Alliance
The mission of The Drug Policy Alliance is to advance those policies and attitudes that best reduce the harms of both drug use and drug prohibition, and to promote the sovereignty of individuals over their minds and bodies. They envision a just society in which the use and regulation of drugs are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights, in which people are no longer punished for what they put into their own bodies but only for crimes committed against others, and in which the fears, prejudices and punitive prohibitions of today are no more.
Psychedelic Support
Born in March of 2018 as a platform to accelerate personal and global transformation by advancing responsible psychedelic assisted therapy, our mission in disguise as a business quickly became the leading directory of providers and the benchmark for accredited online education.