I’m delighted to offer you an interview with a beautiful multidisciplinary artist, producer, and ceremony guide, East Forest. He has just released “Music for Mushrooms,” a feature-length narrative documentary showcasing the transformative power of psychedelics, music, and community. Since 2008, East Forest’s “lush” (Rolling Stone) and “blissful” (NPR) music has blended ambient, neoclassical, electronic, and avant-pop to explore sound as a tool for inner journeys and consciousness expansion. 

East Forest’s approach promotes non-religious, accessible spirituality. He’s a faculty member at the Esalen Institute and has collaborated with institutions across social justice, mental health, science, music, and creative fields, including Google, Johns Hopkins, UCSF, Stanford, and TED.

In this episode, we discuss the power of music and mushrooms in the process of maturation and evolving as human beings. We also invite you to sign up and watch “Music for Mushrooms” online on December 12th, as well as to listen to the” Official Documentary Soundtrack” on your favorite streaming platform.

What is Covered: 

• East Forest’s background as an artist and consciousness explorer
• Building spiritual resilience at the time of collapse and learning to sit with uncomfort
• The story behind the creation of the “Music for Mushrooms” documentary
• The transformational power of music as a bridge to higher consciousness space
• Why the potential of music has been overlooked today when it’s all-present everywhere
• East Forests relationship with psychedelics and what he has learned from it
• Being in the driver’s seat as opposed to surrendering to the flow of life
• When and where you can see “Music for Mushrooms” 

Resources: 

• Learn more about the “Music for Mushrooms” documentary https://musicformushrooms.com  
• Watch the “Music For Mushrooms” Trailer – https://youtu.be/8zC-FwDBdBQ 
• Follow East Forest on IG: https://instagram.com/eastforest 
• Follow East Forest on YT: https://www.youtube.com/eastforestmusic
• Listen to East Forest’s music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0okmfBroVgFuvvljnUbqPW?si=GmLomL_ZQTGtCSXYBw4Dzw