Presenting Our Third Dharma K Program—an exploration of spirituality, meditation, yoga, and consciousness in concert with the ego dissolution properties of the legal psychedelic medicine ketamine. Our aim is to share with each other and to experience the impact of ketamine on contemplative practice and realization, emptiness and fullness, silence and connection, community and compassion, tolerance and respect for differences, love, and empathy. The ketamine experiences will be embedded in a program of meditation, explorations of the integration of contemplative and psychedelic practices, community building, and exploration of the clinical applications of ketamine combined with contemplative practice. The event will be largely experiential in an environment designed to be safe and supportive, with a commitment to maintaining confidentiality of personal disclosures.
Dharma K 3.0 will be held at the Menla Retreat Center in Phoenicia, New York between 4 PM on April 22nd and noon on April 27. To help create a safe, intimate experience, enrollment will be limited to 20. The program is sponsored by the non-profit Ketamine Training Center of the Ketamine Research Foundation and by the Menla Retreat Center.
We are requesting that applicants have some experience with both mindfulness or other contemplative practices and psychedelic medicine, though not necessarily ketamine. While this is designed to be a mutual exploration and is open to all, mental health professionals will also have the opportunity to learn about and discuss clinical applications and earn CE credits. This program will therefore inform and enrich clinical practice with ketamine but is not a full substitute for learning the therapeutics of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy in one of our formal training programs.
Participants will have the opportunity to personally experience ketamine at different doses in the context of contemplative practice, as well as to sit for others. Our plan is to administer ketamine as an intramuscular injection. If anyone would prefer oral administration, that will also be provided.
Organizers are Ron Siegel and Phil Wolfson in association with Gina Arons, Will Hamilton, Lisa Sherman, and Gita Vaid.
We wish to make this program as accessible financially as possible and is therefore designed to be non-profit. While the maximum (and initial) cost will be $3000 plus room and board at Menla, tuition will be partially refunded based on total actual enrollment and expenses. The KRF BIPOC scholarship fund will also offer scholarships and there will be limited general scholarship support by application acceptance to the program.
Continuing Education Credits and CMEs will also be offered for professionals seeking a clinical training component. The maximum cost will be $350. Since the program is non-profit, partial rebates will be offered based on final number of participants electing credits. Participants seeking credit will be asked to attend a pre-retreat zoom session offering an introduction to Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, as well as break-out sessions during the retreat to discuss the clinical integration of ketamine and contemplative practice.
There is a non-refundable $100 application fee, plus a $400 deposit which will be applied toward tuition if you are admitted to the program. On acceptance, you will be given a link to select and pay for your room and board at Menla.
A link to Phil’s Tricycle paper on Buddhism and intoxication is posted here: https://tricycle.org/article/was-buddha-atheist/
Other papers will be suggested as we move towards April. We welcome your suggestions.
We welcome you to our unique and exciting program and to the conscious and loving community we will form together.
