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Are You Stuck?
 

Are you considering intentional work with psychedelics?

Learn to flow again.  Break through.  Restore your “child’s mind,” the key to healing and creativity with this unique, personalized method!

Wellbeing

Are you stuck with mental habits and clogged emotions that cause you pain?

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Creativity

Are you stuck with patterns and barriers that impede your progress?

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Hi, I'm Henry Kandel.

The Upaya Method enables you to extend the benefits of psychedelic experience to your life – for wellbeing, creative flow, and spiritual progress. My experiences give me a unique perspective on this opportunity, to help you make the most of it! 
 

Teacher

For 30 years, I have taught talented students of many ages.  Math enrichment to 1st graders and advanced physics to college-bound seniors.  I have designed collaborative projects in game theory, cognitive science, and improvisational theater, and I have instructed and inspired many other teachers.  No one is more familiar with the learning process.  I am an expert in learning and collaboration.

 

Creator

I have performed as a musician and actor and worked with accomplished practitioners of many art forms.  I have written plays and songs.  I currently play saxophone in a band, recently directed a theater production, and am rehearsing improv comedy.  I know how to practice and how to overcome creative blockages.  I deeply understand the energetic and psychological aspects of creative flow.

 

Yogi

I have practiced yoga for 30 years, including esoteric forms such as Tibetan Dream Yoga.  I am a certified instructor and have led workshops in breathwork and yogic methods for psychedelic states.  I originated Ketamine-State Yoga and have shared teachings with hundreds of people.  I know the interconnections of mind, breath, and body, and how these relate to wellbeing and creativity.

 

Psychonaut

I am familiar with a wide range of psychedelics.  I have been using them for years to potentiate my own therapeutic, spiritual, and creative progress.  For the past few years, I have been exploring non-ordinary states of consciousness and developing yogic methods for them, to support healing and transformation.  I have benefited tremendously from my own psychedelic healing journey and have gathered many insights to share.

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Why use the Upaya Method?

With this method, you'll do more than get unstuck once.  You'll develop a practice to bring benefits to all areas of your life and work.

Improve your wellbeing

Reduce anxiety and depression, and reclaim your native energy to approach your goals and dreams. Bring harmony to body, breath, and mind, to support your overall health.

Spark Your Creativity

Remove blockages so you can flow through every challenge and opportunity. Express yourself with less fear and more unfettered confidence.  Bring spontaneity and creative expression to all areas of your life.

Increase Learning Capacity

Reconnect with your Child’s Mind.  Rebuild your inner machinery – physical, energetic, mental – to boost your intelligence and tap your deep intuition.  Tackle the most daunting problems with joy.  

Support Your Spiritual Progress

Cultivate mystical experiences and integrate them into your life.    Develop appreciation for your body, breath, and mind, even as you come to understand their transient nature.  

Testimonials

“Throughout my adult life, I have used psychedelics to expand awareness, access creativity, and deepen my meditation practice. I have often turned to Henry as a teacher and guide. His vast experience with yoga and meditation, psychotropic and dissociative medicines, and his deep understanding of the interaction between the two have been of great value to me. I have often turned to him for guidance on psychedelic usage and interpretation of experience and am invariably enriched by his wise and compassionate counsel.”
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