No. Changa Institute programs welcome practitioners from across the country and internationally. Many students enroll for professional development, personal enrichment, or to prepare for practice in evolving regulatory environments.

We actively welcome licensed mental health professionals, medical practitioners, and credentialed wellness providers. The New Mexico program is designed to meet the clinical standard expected by those professions. Diverse backgrounds enrich the learning community.

Changa Institute is the only facilitator training program simultaneously approved by OHA, HECC, and DORA — the three primary regulatory bodies governing psilocybin education in the United States. Our alumni include the nation's first licensed psilocybin facilitators. Our curriculum is built on the same evidence base that informed the rulemaking we helped shape.

At Changa Institute, we've crafted a learning environment that feels personal and engaging for every trainee. Our Psilocybin Facilitator Training Program limits class sizes to 20 students, ensuring an intimate setting where your unique experiences and insights are valued. We're not just teaching; we're exploring and refining the best practices in psychedelic facilitation alongside you. This approach allows us to continuously improve and share our learnings, directly benefiting you and the broader community of practitioners.

Our Psilocybin Facilitation Training program is a hybrid format featuring 2-hour live Zoom sessions and self-paced asynchronous materials. Classes are held three times a week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Additionally, we offer an immersive, expert-led practicum separately, ensuring comprehensive hands-on training for certification.

Our Colorado Psilocybin Facilitator Training program requires a commitment to 150 instructional hours. Additionally, Colorado mandates 40 hours for practicum and 50 hours for professional consultation. Students should also plan to dedicate approximately 80 hours to reading, writing, and other assignments, averaging 3-4 hours of homework per week over the six-month training period.

The Changa Institute's Psychedelic Facilitation Certificate Program acknowledges the profound role of indigenous spiritual traditions in the realm of psychedelic medicines. While fully encapsulating these traditions academically is challenging, the program emphasizes honoring these ancestral practices. Key modules like Ancestral Entheogenic Traditions, taught by Samantha Podrebarac, and Reciprocity and Ecological Awareness, incorporate insights from traditional lineages. Additionally, the curriculum includes perspectives on spiritual faith, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, alongside guest speakers from various backgrounds sharing their expertise in plant medicine.

We cannot require or encourage direct experience with substances that are not federally legal. We recognize that many people don’t have access to legally protected plant medicines or fear legal consequences, and we acknowledge that legal consequences can disproportionately impact communities of color.

At the Changa Institute, we recognize the importance of firsthand experience in psychedelic facilitation training. To legally facilitate these experiences, we have established partnerships with our alumni who now operate licensed psilocybin service centers. Through these collaborations, we offer our students legal and immersive guided experiences, enriching their educational journey.

Other optional experiences that may be available as part of the Changa Insitute program include holotropic breathwork, prescription ketamine treatment, and traditional use of the salvia divinorum plant.

The Changa Institute's Psychedelic Facilitation Certificate Program values the diverse backgrounds of its applicants and instructors, including those with a spiritual connection to psychedelic medicines. The program encourages sharing these experiences during application, interview, or enrollment. Admission considers the depth of each applicant's experience, and the program is open to unlicensed, traditionally trained psychedelic facilitators. This inclusive approach enriches the learning experience, catering to both scientific and spiritual perspectives.

At the Changa Institute, our experienced team meticulously assesses each applicant for attributes like humility, self-awareness, and a dedication to social justice. Through interviews, we ensure that candidates are well-suited to become psychedelic facilitators. Our program aims to cultivate a deep sense of humility and a commitment to reciprocal practices in our students. We prioritize diversity in our student body to foster mutual learning and alliance-building, enhancing the field of psychedelic therapy. A key aspect of our training involves encouraging learners to develop cultural humility through introspection and understanding of diverse perspectives.