Psychedelic Therapy Research, Education & Empowerment

Welcome. I’m so glad you’re here. 👋🏼

I’m Miriam Grace Kaiyo. I like to consider myself a Human Transformation Architect.

I create systems, experiences, and community that support how humans heal, grow, and evolve - bridging science and spirituality, research and lived experience, theory and embodiment.

My work lives at the intersection of:

Research (psychedelic facilitation, biopsychosocial-spiritual care)
Education (transformative learning experiences - mostly online)
Systems & community design (organizational, legislative, and real-world)

I recently helped pass Utah H.B. 390, advancing research into psychedelic-assisted therapy for veterans, part of a broader commitment to building safe, meaningful, and evidence-based pathways for healing.

Across everything I create - from research to courses to communities - I am devoted to one question:

How do we create the conditions for meaningful, lasting transformation?

This site is a home for that exploration.

Here are a few of my offerings:

Through the University of Utah, you can take my ongoing course on psychedelic transformation through Osher Continuing Education or one of my courses on human development and social policy through the Family and Consumer Studies Department. Read my student reviews here.
Through the Medicine Circle Collective, I’ve created a small experiential medicine school that teaches the art of holding space, from preparation and ceremony to presence and integration, through hands-on practice in an intimate, supportive circle. If you’re interested, please reach out to me personally.
I’m available as a speaker and presenter on psychedelic transformation. I draw on my doctoral research into how underground facilitators guide transformative experiences, along with more than 20 years of personal and community practice. If you’d like me to speak to your group, class, or event, please reach out to me personally.

Whether you're a facilitator, researcher, organization, or simply a human on a path of growth, I'm excited you're here! Please feel free to explore and connect.

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Psychedelic Facilitation Research

Learn more about my doctoral research to understand underground psychedelic facilitation practices in the United States, and how we can best utilize psychedelics for healing.

Medicine Circle Collective

We are a growing community of women gathering regularly to learn together, create rich and expansive experiences together, and support one another through life.

Research & Publications

Learn more about my publications, research, and work as the Chief Impact Officer at Pneuma Science, an independent research lab specializing in psychedelics.

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Preparing for the Journey: The Intensive Work That Happens Before the Trip

This is article 6 of 12 in the series “Facilitating Transformation: Insights from the Psychedelic Underground” In this article, I focus on the preparation before a psychedelic journey, which seems to be where the most significant therapeutic work begins. The facilitators in my dissertation research were emphatic on this point: preparation is foundational. Long before the medicine is ingested, facilitators invest a great deal helping their clients build the internal scaffoldin

Who Gets In: The Screening Process of Underground Facilitators

This is article #5 in the series “Facilitating Transformation: Insights from the Psychedelic Underground” When we think about underground psychedelic work, I’d say it’s typical to have a snapshot that includes maybe some loose, informal meetup in someone’s living room. Maybe there’s a candle, some sage, a John Hopkins playlist. And perhaps a copy of Michael Pollan’s How to Change Your Mind somewhere. After interviewing 27 underground facilitators for my doctoral research, I

No Magic Pill: What Psychedelics Actually Do (According to Underground Facilitators)

Article 4 of 12 in the series “Facilitating Transformation: Insights from the Psychedelic Underground” Conversations about psychedelics are brimming with myth and misinformation. And it makes sense given our tumultuous history with them: prohibition, the War on Drugs, the this-is-your-brain-on-drugs commercials on repeat. So if your relationship with psychedelics is confusing or complicated - especially considering the federal government's latest push to fast-track psychedeli