S2E1: Healing Meets Neuroscience: Dr. Rayyan Zafar’s Journey with Psilocybin

Inside the Healing Power of Psilocybin | Amanda Schendel x Dr. Rayyan Zafar

Join Amanda Schendel, founder of The Buena Vida Psilocybin Retreats, and Dr. Rayyan Zafar, lead neuropsychopharmacologist researcher at Imperial College London, for a profound conversation about the science and spirit of psychedelic healing.

In this powerful episode, Dr. Zafar shares his firsthand experience attending a Buena Vida Retreat — and how stepping into ceremony personally shifted his understanding of psilocybin beyond the laboratory. Together, Amanda and Dr. Zafar explore:

🌿 What actually happens to the brain under psilocybin

🌿 Breakthrough insights from decades of clinical research

🌿 The emotional, psychological, and spiritual layers of healing

🌿 How personal experiences at ceremony are reshaping academic research

🌿 Why safe, professional retreat settings are critical for true transformation.

This is a rare and intimate conversation between the worlds of clinical science and lived experience — showing not just how psilocybin changes the brain, but how it changes lives. If you're curious about the future of psychedelic medicine, personal healing, and the sacred role of ceremony, this is an episode you do not want to miss.

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