ela: a call from within
healing: to make sound or whole
We Are…
a collective of psychedelic-assisted therapy practitioners trained in modern and traditional healing modalities. We serve Denver, Boulder, and the surrounding communities.
We believe…
healing is based in attending to body, mind, spirit, and relationship to self, other, the earth and the cosmos. These make up our life support. Healing occurs when we reconnect to the natural ways of alignment, reciprocity and harmony.
Operational definition: Healing is the personal experience of transcending suffering and transforming to wholeness. McElliott D. Healing: the journey from concept to nursing practice. J Holist Nurs. 2010;28(4):251–9.
Ela Healing is built upon a unitary mental model—that of Wholeness. This concept is reflected in our philosophy and our work. Wholeness is a relational model which reflects a deep truth: we are interconnected and interdependent beings. Wholeness derives from a worldview known by many names across time and traditions, including but not limited to: non-duality, complexity science, systems thinking, interbeing, indigenous wisdom and deep ecology.
While we remain unique individuals, we are also innately bound to each other and to the web of life. From this awareness, we believe that psychedelic medicines enable us to access the Wholeness within us and, in doing, heal our wounds of separation by revealing our true nature.
As such, we believe psychedelic medicine fits naturally within a living system model of health and a holistic medicine framework.
Also known as integrative medicine, this medical approach acknowledges the interconnection of mind, body, and spirit. It embraces complexity science, which illuminates the innate ability of all living systems to heal, adapt, and evolve. Mental health—an inner state of Wholeness—represents a balance in this ecology of body-mind-spirit. We believe psychedelic medicines are one of our most powerful tools to support spiritual healing and, in turn, whole-person healing. - Jamie Harvie
