About Psygaia

An ecological
approach to
psychedelics

Psygaia is an independent nonprofit grounding psychedelic practice in nature, interdisciplinary research, and community.

Independent Nonprofit Founded 2020

Our Mission

Fostering wholeness through grounded psychedelic practice.

Psychedelics can dissolve the boundary between self and world, revealing a unity with living systems that is as biological as it is sacred. Researchers call it mystical experience; we understand it as ecological attunement — a latent capacity activated under the right conditions.

We believe this capacity is urgently needed. The ecological, psychological, and cultural crises of our time are not separate problems — they are symptoms of a disconnection from the living systems we belong to.

Psygaia was founded to study how psychedelics can help restore that connection, and to support people in sustaining what it opens. Our work draws on a thesis developed at the University of Ottawa.

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Rigorously grounded

Rooted in interdisciplinary research, graduate-level scholarship, and honest engagement with what the evidence actually says.

Ecologically situated

Psychedelics are ecological molecules from intelligent organisms within living systems. They're not just medicine for individual healing. They situate us in something larger.

Harm-reduction first

We don't moralize or romanticize. We help people engage with psychedelics as safely and intentionally as possible, wherever they are.

Nonprofit & independent

Psygaia is a registered nonprofit society in British Columbia, Canada. We are not funded by pharmaceutical interests. Our mission is holistic education and responsible access, not profit.

Psychedelics can dissolve the boundary between self and world, revealing a unity with living systems that is as biological as it is sacred.

Louis Belleau The Psygaia Hypothesis, 2025

Louis Belleau, MA

Founder & Executive Director

Researcher specializing in psychedelic and ecological medicine. Founder of Psygaia and developer of the Psygaia Hypothesis at the University of Ottawa. Yoga, meditation, and breathwork teacher. Retreat facilitator.

Leonie Staas

Integration & Climate Lead

Psychedelic practitioner and integration specialist with a background in climate, eco-anxiety, and The Work That Reconnects.

Taylor Rose Harris, LPCC

Clinical Lead

California-licensed psychotherapist working at the intersection of psychedelic medicine, somatic healing, and consciousness exploration. Humanistic, relational, and transpersonal in approach, linking personal healing to community and the wider living world.

Rafael Orozco

US Operations & Policy Lead

Cultural exchange facilitator and multi-grant recipient researching the ethical evolution of the psychedelic industry. Bridging law, economics, and biocultural traditions to make psychedelics collectively beneficial.

Rachel Simon, MSc

Research Lead

Graduate researcher focused on the cognitive mechanisms driving long-term psychological change after psychedelic experiences.

Juliette Mohr

Ethics & Culture Lead

Ethnic studies researcher exploring how colonialism shapes the psychedelic field and the natural world. Co-author of Whole Medicine, a guide to ethics and harm reduction in psychedelic communities.

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