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Microdosing
with Mindfulness

Whether you're navigating low mood, seeking sharper focus, or simply wanting to feel more present — microdosing has real potential. This course gives you the structure to realise it.

Evidence-informed Self-paced 14-day guarantee Nonprofit
20 Videos
15 Lessons
25 Min / Day
8 Worksheets
Is This For You?

This course is
for you if...

  • You're exploring microdosing for mental health — managing anxiety, low mood, or burnout — and want a careful, evidence-informed approach rather than a generic protocol.

  • You're drawn to microdosing for focus, creativity, or cognitive clarity, and want to understand how to work with it rather than just optimise with it.

  • You're drawn to microdosing as a path toward self-understanding, spiritual growth, or a deeper sense of connection — and want to approach it with the care it deserves.

  • You want structure, reflection, and honest science — not just dosing instructions — and you're willing to do the inner work that makes microdosing meaningful.

  • You're looking for community — people navigating this with the same level of care and intention.

This course is not for you if

You're looking for a quick protocol, a guaranteed outcome, or a shortcut. This course is structured, reflective, and asks something of you.

Reviews

In their own words.

★★★★★

"This course and community helped me slow down and notice how subtle my responses actually were. I stopped trying to 'get something' from microdosing and started listening."

Leya Sukhwender
Graduate Student
★★★★★

"As someone with anxiety, the emphasis on safety and reflection made all the difference. I felt contained rather than pushed. I'm grateful for this course and its mindful, intentional approach."

Lauren Charriere
Climate Researcher
★★★★★

"I really enjoyed this microdosing course. It helped me learn how to combine microdosing with meditation to facilitate awareness, healing, and deeper focus. The course felt comprehensive and the community is great."

Matthew Cote
Programmer
★★★★★

"The most comprehensive microdosing course I've taken. Also, Psygaia's Circle is a special community to be a part of."

Erik Zablotny
Graphic Designer
5.0
Average Rating
★★★★★
What You'll Gain

By the end of three weeks.

  • 01

    Develop a practice that supports focus, emotional balance, and daily presence — tailored to your own patterns and goals.

  • 02

    Understand how microdosing interacts with mood, anxiety, attention, and emotional regulation.

  • 03

    Apply daily reflective and grounding practices that reduce reactivity and increase self-awareness on and off microdosing.

  • 04

    Build a personal tracking practice that surfaces patterns over time and tells you what's actually working.

  • 05

    Know, with real clarity, whether microdosing is right for you — and feel confident in that answer either way.

Our Promise

This course does not promise self-transformation. It promises discernment, structure, and psychological safety — the foundations from which genuine transformation becomes possible.

Bonus

Access to monthly integration and breathwork circles held by members of our team of experienced and educated guides — included with your enrolment.

Historical Context

A practice with deep roots.

Western Origins
Hofmann, Grof & the pioneers

Albert Hofmann — who first synthesized LSD — used microdosing in his later years to enhance clarity, creativity, and connection to nature, viewing it as a sacred tool for consciousness exploration rather than a scientific curiosity. Stanislav Grof found that sub-perceptual doses could reach deeper layers of the psyche while keeping people emotionally grounded — insight and healing without the intensity of a full experience.

Indigenous Traditions
Low-dose practices in the Amazon and beyond

Long before the term emerged, Indigenous communities — particularly in the Amazon — used low doses of plant medicines as part of ongoing spiritual, relational, and medicinal practice: enhancing connection to the natural world, maintaining energetic balance, and deepening participation in the living community of species. These traditions represent a long-standing understanding of non-visionary, relational engagement with plant medicines.

The Psygaia Approach

Four principles. One coherent approach.

Evidence-informed

Drawing on peer-reviewed research, harm-reduction principles, and benefit-maximization practices — without overclaiming what the science does and doesn't support.

Mindfulness-based

Emphasizing awareness over outcome chasing. The aim is not to optimize yourself but to observe yourself — clearly, honestly, and with compassion.

Ecologically grounded

Framing microdosing as a relationship with living organisms — one that asks for attention and reciprocity, not just a desired outcome.

Trauma-informed

Prioritizing nervous-system stability, pacing, and psychological safety throughout. The course is designed to contain, not push.

How most content fails. How this differs.
Common approaches
Microdosing Mindfully
Protocol-focused without inner work
Structured approaches to inner work
Spiritual language without grounding
Grounded spirituality
Protocol-driven, outcome-fixed
Reflective, practice-based
Makes bold promises
Makes honest ones
Individual, isolated
Community-supported
Course Structure

Three weeks. Fifteen lessons.

Establishing the essential knowledge and safety foundations before beginning your practice.

Day1
The Basics of MicrodosingWhat microdosing is, how it works, and what to realistically expect from a sub-perceptual dose.
Day2
Intentions & RitualsSetting clear intentions and designing a simple ritual framework to anchor your practice.
Day3
Contraindications & SafetyWho should exercise caution, what to watch for, and how to practise informed harm reduction.
Day4
Navigating the EffectsUnderstanding the range of physical, cognitive, and emotional responses you may encounter.
Day5
Self-Care & MicrodosingRest, nutrition, and lifestyle factors that shape how your nervous system responds to the practice.

Deepening through contemplative and somatic practices that amplify and ground your experience.

Day1
Meditation & MicrodosingUsing stillness and present-moment awareness to observe and deepen what the practice surfaces.
Day2
Flow States & CreativityRecognising heightened creative states and working with them without forcing or chasing outcomes.
Day3
Yoga & Mind-Body ExercisesSomatic practices that help you stay grounded and embodied throughout your microdosing protocol.
Day4
Mental Health & MicrodosingNavigating mood, anxiety, and emotional sensitivity with care, realism, and appropriate boundaries.
Day5
Spirituality & MicrodosingExploring meaning, connection, and the contemplative dimensions of a mindful microdosing practice.

Weaving the experience into life — ecological awareness, ongoing practice, and what comes next.

Day1
Consciousness ExplorationsExpanding your understanding of perception, awareness, and the nature of altered states of mind.
Day2
Self-Inquiry PracticesStructured journaling and reflection tools for making meaning from what emerges during practice.
Day3
Connecting to NatureDeepening your relationship with the natural world as a living dimension of your ongoing practice.
Day4
Ongoing IntegrationHow to carry insights forward and decide — with clarity — whether to continue, pause, or stop.
Day5
Further ResourcesCurated books, research, and community pathways to support your journey beyond the course.
Psygaia's Circle Included

A place to belong
while you learn.

There is never pressure to share. Your presence is enough. Enrolment includes lifetime access to Psygaia's Circle — a moderated community for those navigating psychedelic experiences with intention.

  • Ask questions and receive trustworthy answers from our team of interdisciplinary professionals.
  • Share reflections optionally — learn from others navigating similar experiences.
  • A regularly updated library of resources relevant to your practice.
  • Participate in carefully-held monthly integration and breathwork circles.
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What Happens Next

Simple to begin.

1
Enrol

Complete your enrolment via Psygaia's Circle. Instant access — no waiting, no onboarding calls.

2
Access the course

All 15 lessons are available immediately. Work at your own pace — the structure is there when you need it.

3
Join the community

Your enrolment includes lifetime access to Psygaia's Circle and monthly integration circles with our guides.

Ready to begin?

Start your practice.
On your terms.

  • 15 lessons across 3 structured weeks
  • Lifetime access — learn at your own pace
  • Psygaia's Circle community membership
  • Monthly integration & breathwork circles
  • Developed by an independent nonprofit

$99 USD · one-time payment

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14-day money-back guarantee. If you're not satisfied, email us for a full refund — no questions asked.

Course Creator

Louis Belleau, M.A.

M.A. Psychedelics & Consciousness Studies · University of Ottawa

As founder of Psygaia, Louis has spent years working directly with people navigating psychedelic experiences — building this course around what he observed them genuinely needing, not just what the literature recommends. He holds an MA in Psychedelics & Consciousness Studies from the University of Ottawa, an interdisciplinary background in Psychology, Philosophy, and Religious Studies from McGill, and is a certified yoga and breathwork teacher.

Louis created this course in response to a gap he observed in psychedelic education — where technical protocols dominate, and the inner, reflective work that makes microdosing genuinely meaningful gets lost. His approach frames microdosing as a reflective and relational practice, grounded in ethics, ecology, and honest self-inquiry.

Yoga Teacher Breathwork Psychedelic Research McGill University University of Ottawa
Enrolment

One course. A practice for life.

Complete Course
Microdosing Mindfully
Full access · Self-paced · Lifetime updates
$99 USD
  • Full course access — 20 videos, 15 lessons (+ future updates)
  • Guided practices and daily reflections
  • 8 weekly worksheets to guide your practice
  • Lifetime access to Psygaia's Circle community
    ★ Founding offer — won't always be included
  • Monthly integration and breathwork circles
  • Access to trusted guides via Psygaia's Network
Not ready to enrol yet?

Start with the free guide.

Our free introduction to microdosing covers the essentials — protocol basics, safety considerations, and what to expect. No pressure, no pitch. Just a place to begin.

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Common Questions

Honest answers.

In most countries, the substances typically used for microdosing — psilocybin mushrooms and LSD — remain controlled. This course does not encourage illegal activity. It provides education so that if you choose to engage with these substances, you do so with as much knowledge and care as possible. You are always responsible for understanding the laws in your jurisdiction.

The course focuses primarily on psilocybin (magic mushrooms), LSD, and cannabis as the most commonly used microdosing substances. The principles, practices, and safety frameworks taught apply broadly across sub-perceptual psychedelic use.

No. The course is designed for people at all levels of familiarity, including those who have never used psychedelics at all. Week 1 begins with the absolute foundations. Curiosity and a willingness to reflect are the only prerequisites.

Each lesson is designed to be completed in 20–40 minutes. The reflective practices that accompany each week can be integrated into your existing morning or evening routine. There is no live attendance required — you work entirely at your own pace.

That is a completely valid outcome — and one the course is designed to support. One of the stated outcomes is helping you decide with clarity whether microdosing is right for you at this stage of life. Arriving at a confident "not yet" or "not for me" is as valuable as beginning a practice.

This course isn't therapy and doesn't replace professional mental health support. That said, it was built with these experiences in mind — with a trauma-informed approach, a strong emphasis on psychological safety, and content that directly addresses how microdosing interacts with mood and emotional regulation. Many students come to the course navigating anxiety or low mood, and find the structure and community genuinely supportive.

This is covered in the course. SSRIs and other psychiatric medications can interact with psychedelics in complex ways — in some cases reducing or blocking their effects, in others creating unpredictable responses. The course provides honest, evidence-informed guidance on these interactions and helps you make an informed decision about whether microdosing is appropriate given your current situation. We always recommend consulting a healthcare provider before making any changes to your medication or adding a new practice.

No. The course is spiritually inclusive but not spiritually prescriptive. It draws on mindfulness traditions, ecopsychology, and contemplative practices without aligning with any specific religion or belief system. You bring your own relationship to meaning.

This course was developed by Psygaia, an independent nonprofit organisation dedicated to evidence-informed psychedelic education. Psygaia operates without advertising, corporate sponsorship, or profit motive. Learn more about Psygaia →

"I loved this microdosing course. Not only did it provide practical instructions on how to microdose, but it gave me a lot of tools for how to process emotions, negative beliefs, and anything else that might come up. It's a really well-rounded course created with a lot of forethought and care."

Anna Khandrueva · Trauma Therapist

"I really enjoyed this microdosing course. It helped me learn how to combine microdosing with meditation to facilitate awareness, healing, and deeper focus. The course felt comprehensive and the community is great."

Matthew Cote · Programmer

"This course and community helped me slow down and notice how subtle my responses actually were. I stopped trying to 'get something' from microdosing and started listening."

Leya Sukhwender · Graduate Student

This course is for educational purposes only. It does not provide medical advice, psychotherapy, or legal guidance. You are always responsible for your own choices. This course exists to help you make those choices more informed and more conscious.

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