Suz is the Managing Owner at Unwind Oakland, Unwind Learning, and Touch with Substance. Designed above-ground Ketamine-Assisted Massage Therapy and bodywork (KATM) in partnership with KAT and KAP providers as well as developed psychedelic/entheogenic preparation and integration bodywork methods. In 2023, published the first NCBTMB board approved continuing education course for massage therapists and bodyworkers on the topic of psychedelics and entheogens: Introduction to Psychedelic Conversations and the Massage Table. Completed core facilitator training at Sacred Garden in 2024. She is continuing with their Ordained Facilitator Training (in progress). Active participant in the process of crafting the details of California Senate Bill 1012. Suz stands for equitable access to services, a broad pool of facilitators, and the protection of sincere religious practice including indigenous autonomy. Teaches workshops such as Ethical Safety and Support Touch for Guides, Traditional Healers, Psychotherapists, and Witnesses in multiple languages and in cross-cultural groups. Working with Ethical Psychedelic International Community (EPIC) to seed public guidelines and resources on psychedelics and touch. Producing the upcoming Touch with Substance Conference (2024). When she’s not at the office, she’s enjoying time with her dog and exploring Oakland where she’s lived since 2003.
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Suz is the Managing Owner at Unwind Oakland, Unwind Learning, and Touch with Substance. Designed above-ground Ketamine-Assisted Massage Therapy and bodywork (KATM) in partnership with KAT and KAP providers as well as developed psychedelic/entheogenic preparation and integration bodywork methods. In 2023, published the first NCBTMB board approved continuing education course for massage therapists and bodyworkers on the topic of psychedelics and entheogens: Introduction to Psychedelic Conversations and the Massage Table. Completed core facilitator training at Sacred Garden in 2024. She is continuing with their Ordained Facilitator Training (in progress). Active participant in the process of crafting the details of California Senate Bill 1012. Suz stands for equitable access to services, a broad pool of facilitators, and the protection of sincere religious practice including indigenous autonomy. Teaches workshops such as Ethical Safety and Support Touch for Guides, Traditional Healers, Psychotherapists, and Witnesses in multiple languages and in cross-cultural groups. Working with Ethical Psychedelic International Community (EPIC) to seed public guidelines and resources on psychedelics and touch. Producing the upcoming Touch with Substance Conference (2024). When she’s not at the office, she’s enjoying time with her dog and exploring Oakland where she’s lived since 2003.
PODCAST Touch with Substance – Episode 4: Becoming a Psychedelic Elder: Power, Practice & the Path to Maturity with Sabrina Santa Clara & Suz Vera Burroughs Listen Now Dear Community, This episode felt like a long exhale. Sabrina and I dive into what it really means to become an elder not just in age, but in presence, accountability, and discernment. We explore the difference between aging and maturing, and why eldership in psychedelic spaces can’t be claimed. It must be recognized. Here’s...
PODCAST Touch with Substance – Episode3: Neo-Shamanic IFS, Ethical Touch, and the Edges of Consent with Sabrina Santa Clara & Suz Vera Burroughs Listen Now Dear Community, I’m joined again by the luminous Sabrina Santa Clara, a seasoned somatic therapist and spiritual director known for her work at the intersection of embodiment, trauma, and expanded states for a deep, nuanced conversation about physical contact, consent, and expanded states of consciousness. One of the most exciting threads...
PODCAST Touch with Substance Special Presentation: In Conversation on Chronic Pain with Court Wing of Remap Therapeutics and the Psychedelics and Pain Association Listen Now Dear Community, In this expansive episode, Sabrina and I welcome Court Wing, founder of Remap Therapeutics and the Psychedelics and Pain Association. Court is a leader in the psychedelic pain care landscape, for a deeply felt conversation on chronic pain, somatic intelligence, and the paradoxes of change. Court brings a...