In this episode, Dr. Jaster is joined by Kayla Greenstien, a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney researching touch in psychedelic therapy. They'll define different types of touch, theoretical frameworks behind focused bodywork and the ideas surrounding consent to touch in psychedelic therapy. Given the nature of this discussion, there is mention of sexual assault, trauma and abuse so please listen with caution.

For more of Kayla's works:

https://kaylagreenstien.com/

https://medium.com/@kgreenstien

A starting point for history on Esalen:

https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/453699.html

Holotropic Medicine, Stan Grof’s Influence on MDMA Research

Papers we touched on can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Qy6iJ8Suur3JtUmI1yRo5x06gN7BVj0D?usp=sharing