Ecopsychedelic Research & Education

Remembering
our place in
the web of life
Remembering
our place in
the web of life

Healing, growth, and exploration through psychedelic practice — rooted in nature, guided by research, supported by community.

Independent Nonprofit University of Ottawa
Our Approach

Psychedelics reorganize how humans perceive their place in the living world.

Psygaia is a nonprofit advancing an ecological approach to psychedelics in a time of planetary health crisis — bringing together research, education, community, and guidance to ground psychedelic practice and integration in something larger than individual healing.

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What We Offer

Three paths. One integrated practice.

Three paths, each grounded in the Psygaia Framework — whether you're preparing for your first experience, navigating a microdosing practice, or trying to make sense of a profound journey.

Community · Ongoing

Psygaia’s Circle Community

A community of practice for people engaging with psychedelics intentionally. Discussion, resources, live sessions, and access to Psygaia’s growing library — alongside others on the same path.

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Course · Self-Paced

Microdosing Mindfully

A structured, evidence-informed microdosing program — grounded in mindfulness, harm reduction, and ecological awareness. Lifetime access to community included.

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Coaching · With Louis

1:1 Guidance & Support

Personalized support for preparation, navigation, and integration — whether you’re planning your first experience or making sense of one you’ve already had.

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Louis Belleau, M.A.
Louis Belleau, M.A. · Founder

A decade studying
one question.

I’m a researcher and guide specializing in psychedelic and ecological medicine. I completed a master’s degree at the University of Ottawa, where I developed the Psygaia Framework — an interdisciplinary account of how psychedelics reconnect us to living systems. Psygaia is where that research becomes practice.

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Who We Are

Interdisciplinary foundations.

Psygaia is guided by researchers, therapists, and educators across psychology, medicine, psychedelics, and Indigenous knowledge.

Sergio Pérez Rosal, MD

Sergio Pérez Rosal, MD

Psychedelic Medicine

University of Ottawa

Luis Eduardo Luna, PhD

Luis Eduardo Luna, PhD

Anthropology & Religious Studies

Wasiwaska Research Centre

Travis Cox, PhD

Travis Cox, PhD

Ecopsychology & Psychedelics

Naropa University

Martijn Schirp

Martijn Schirp

Buddhism & Contemplative Training

Upayosis

Jimena Garcia

Jimena Garcia

Indigenous Knowledge

Vancouver Island University

Kwasi Adusei, DNP, PMHNP

Kwasi Adusei, DNP, PMHNP

Psychiatric Nursing

Mosaic Medicine

The Psygaia Framework

An ecological theory of psychedelics.

Developed through graduate research at the University of Ottawa. No mystical shortcuts — a rigorous, interdisciplinary account of what actually happens when humans meet psychedelics.

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Systems & Gaia Theory

Psychedelics disrupt the boundary between organism and environment, activating a felt sense of embeddedness in living systems.

Enactive Cognition

Consciousness is not inside the skull. Psychedelics make the relational, embodied nature of mind undeniable.

Biosemiotics

Meaning-making is not uniquely human. Psychedelics may attune us to the signals and significance woven through the living world.

Partners & Collaborators