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Stand Together Again

Published 6 days ago • 1 min read

Touch is coming up as a major theme in new FDA rulemaking about psychedelic therapy. We need our community speaking up together.

Frameworks could leave bodyworkers out.

But we've done this before.

Remember Colorado, when we pulled together and changed the DORA rules that would have banned touch practitioners from natural medicine licensing? That showed what happens when we stand united. While the DORA rules are still very limiting, they are a much better than being excluded entirely!

This moment calls for that same energy from each of us.

Skilled, ethical, and attuned physical contact is not optional for many people working through the complexities of chronic pain, touch trauma, or disconnection in their bodies. Reclaiming safe and pain free touch is a core part of building a coherent, empowered, discerning sense of self and holistic healing. When psychedelic and ketamine rules push us underground, the public has no access to ethical, experienced practitioners and oversight boards.

The comment period stays open for seven days, so try to comment by October 5.

If you work with or benefit from bodywork, somatic practices, or integrative care, please add your voice. A short comment still counts.

​https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2026-N-7542-0001​

Thanks for being part of this work.

Suz

17 Gleneden #6, Oakland, CA 94611
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Unwind

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Our body holds more than tension; It holds stories waiting to be heard. At Unwind Oakland, we honor the body as a guide and storyteller by embracing the language of ethical and attuned touch.We value inclusive, co-created experiences where joy is sacred, fear is companioned, and humor is transformative.Through psychedelic integration bodywork and Ketamine-Assisted Therapeutic Myofascial (KATM) Bodywork, we work alongside you in your journey toward deeper connection with yourself and others as fellow Earthlings. Committed to doing our own work and deeply knowing this terrain, we strive to meet the unique needs of our clients with expansive approaches to psychedelic care. Here, you are invited to explore to restore, integrate, and fully inhabit your embodied experience—changed, yet whole.

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