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Lode Lhamo

Hi, I’m Lode, one of the Lead facilitators on the Experience Retreats. I also run Dharma-Delia, a Buddhist meditation class for consciousness explorers at the Psychedelic Society headquarters, and am a trainee transpersonal psychotherapist practicing in London, passionate about the synergy between psychotherapy, and meditative and psychedelic non-ordinary states of consciousness.

For as long as I can remember, I have always been fascinated by the human mind. This deep-seated curiosity led me in my late teens on a wonderful journey to India, Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand where I discovered Buddhism and attended my first meditation retreats, after years of searching for insights and answers in Western philosophy and various religious and spiritual traditions. Words truly cannot express the way in which Buddhism has changed my life, and continues to do so daily. In 2009 at the end of my travels, I finally met my root teacher, a Tibetan Buddhist master in the Vajrayana tradition. Since then, I have been training extensively under his close guidance, and have so far spent just over 600 days in retreat, including some prolonged periods of complete silence and solitude.

It was also up in the Himalayas that I had my very first psychedelic experiences, which also opened up some significant doors into the inner realms of our being — our heart, our aliveness, our connectedness to one another and to the Earth. I am so grateful for these precious opportunities, and feel deeply honoured to now be holding space for people to embark on similarly transformative journeys. I bring to my work a deep appreciation of the potential of the human heart, as well as a genuine longing to live purposefully by helping and benefiting others to the very best of my ability.