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Hi, my name's Louis—Lou for short.I'm French Canadian with Northern European ancestry. I was raised in Hong Kong, and now live on the West Coast of Canada.I research the symbiotic relationship between humans and psychedelic-producing organisms at the University of Ottawa, investigating how these plants and fungi transmit information and enhance adaptive flexibility via biosemiotic processes, affecting cognition, behavior and health. I see the psychedelic experience as a critical component of a self-regulating ecological system as well as a fundamental human right with key implications for the health of individuals, societies, and the planet.My journey began as a teenager, driven by deep curiosity about spirituality and struggles with mental health. This path led me into intentional psychedelic exploration and, at seventeen, a dangerously high dose of LSD that brought me to the edge of psychosis—a harrowing yet transformative death–rebirth experience I call my ‘Dark Night of the Soul,’ echoing the writings of St. John of the Cross (read about it on my Substack).That experience set me on a lifelong path of study and practice. I soon began immersing myself in Buddhism, yoga, and Indigenous nature-based traditions, and in 2020, completed a triple major in Psychology, Philosophy, and Religious Studies at McGill University. Over the years, I became a certified yoga teacher and later a breathwork instructor. Today, I teach meditation, transpersonal breathwork, and yogic philosophy at a rehabilitation centre and in private practice, supporting individuals in restoring health through nature-rooted, relational, and embodied inquiry.As the founding researcher of Psygaia, a nonprofit dedicated to psychedelic and ecological medicine research, education, and support, my work bridges disciplines to explore how psychedelics can serve not just individual healing, but ecological connection in a time of mass disconnection. I’m currently developing the Psygaia Hypothesis while completing an MA in Psychedelics & Consciousness Studies. I'm dedicated to ensuring that psychedelic healing is not just for the privileged few, but is integrated into community-driven, culturally informed, and ecologically-conscious frameworks.In a seemingly collapsing world marked by mass perceptual disorientation, cultural numbness, ecological destruction, digital and drug addiction, the rise of AI companions and so much more, I offer elemental and essential practices. With an academic background in psychology, philosophy and religion, a student and teacher of yoga, meditation, and breathwork, I teach ancient and scientifically-validated ways of returning to presence with intimate awreness of and connection to life. I guide intentional psychedelic journeys, lead retreats, and offer guidance to those who seek it.I remain a student of Nature, grounded in breath, devoted to wholeness.About 1:1 GuidanceI work with people who reach out. My work as a guide blends disciplines and is ultimately aimed at helping you find liberation via reconnection. My specialties include:- Meditation and other awareness practices
- Psychedelics as spiritual practice, medicine and creative tool
- Ecopsychology and vision quests
- Spiritual emergence and mystical inquiry
- Personal fitness and nature-based approaches to holistic health
- Philosophical and self inquiryIf you're navigating the edges of awakening, grief, or transformation, or if you're curious about integrating psychedelics in a safe and effective way, I’d love to talk to you. Book a free discovery call via the button above.Thanks for being here—I hope we connect soon.