The Essentials of Microdosing
LAUNCHING MARCH 26th, 2025
at 2:30 PM PT / 5:30 PM ET / 9:30 AM AEST + 1 Day
Course Summary
Discover the subtle yet profound benefits of microdosing in this 6-week course designed for anyone curious about this powerful practice. Whether you’re completely new to microdosing or seeking to refine your understanding and practice, this program offers the tools, knowledge, and support needed to confidently embark on your journey with plant medicine.
Led by Eric Russell, Ph.D., a transformational coach, guide, and microdosing facilitator, this course weaves together modern research and esoteric wisdom. You’ll explore how microdosing can enhance creativity, cognitive function, mental clarity, and emotional resilience while also serving as a gateway for consciousness expansion and spiritual awareness. If you’re called to get to know the power of entheogens in a more gentle yet no less impactful way, this course will help you feel empowered, safe, and informed.
COST $699 / INSTRUCTOR ERIC RUSSELL
Who This Course Is Designed For
If any of these resonate, this microdosing course is for you:
You’re curious about plant medicine outside the context of a full journey—this is your chance to explore it gently and intentionally.
You’re new to microdosing and want a clear, supportive introduction to its practical, emotional, and spiritual benefits.
You’re seeking tools to enhance creativity, mental clarity, and emotional resilience while staying grounded in your daily life.
You want to combine scientific insights with esoteric wisdom to unlock a more holistic understanding of microdosing, including their potential benefits for various mental health conditions such as treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, and so much more.
You’re curious about creating rituals and intention-setting practices to support your microdosing journey.
You’re interested in blending modern research with ancient, spiritual perspectives to deepen your connection to plant medicine.
You’re eager to join a community of like-minded seekers exploring plant medicine in a safe, ethical, and harm-reduction-focused way.
Course Outline
Week 1: Welcome & Microdosing Foundations
Introductions & Intentions: Create a safe space for participants to share their goals and intentions for the course.
What is Microdosing?: Explain the concept, its history, and its uses.
Benefits of Microdosing: Explore cognitive, emotional, and spiritual benefits based on anecdotal reports and emerging scientific research.
Research Highlights: Dive into key studies, including findings on neuroplasticity, creativity, mental health, and ongoing clinical trials.
Different Protocols: How to choose the most aligned path for our needs and goals.
*Homework Invitation: Reflect on why you feel called to microdose and journal your intentions.
Week 2: The Mental and Physical Benefits of Microdosing
Microdosing vs. Macrodosing: Discuss the spectrum of dosing, with emphasis on their unique effects and purposes.
Common Uses: Creativity, leadership enhancement, emotional healing, spiritual exploration, integration into daily life, and improving cognitive function.
Present Moment Awareness: How microdosing can heighten mindfulness and connection to the now.
Mental Health Applications: Discuss its potential for managing depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, and addressing mental health concerns.
*Homework Invitation: Begin a journal to record your emotions, energy levels, and any shifts in awareness during the week.
Week 3: Psychedelic Microdosing Safety & Ethical Considerations
Physical Effects: Understanding possible physical sensations or discomfort (e.g., nausea, headaches).
Contraindications: Explore risks, including potential interactions with medications or pre-existing conditions, and when it is crucial to consult with a medical professional.
Legal Landscape: Provide an overview of the legal status of microdosing globally, emphasizing harm reduction and informed decision-making. We will cover the differences between legalization and decriminalization, and how to stay safe in a changing landscape.
*Homework Invitation: Assess your own physical and mental readiness. Write about any concerns or questions you’d like addressed.
Week 4: Microdosing Rituals & Intention Setting
The Role of Mindset: How your mental and emotional state impacts your microdosing experience.
Crafting Your Intention: Tips for creating clear, powerful, and heart-centered intentions.
Creating Rituals: Designing daily or weekly rituals that anchor your practice and support your growth.
Tuning Into Your Body: Using emotions, somatic sensations, and intuition as guides throughout the process.
*Homework Invitation: Craft your microdosing intention and design a simple ritual to align with it.
Week 5: The Microdosing Experience
Choosing Your Spirit: Learn about different tools used for microdosing (e.g., Mushrooms, Huachuma, synthetics)
Preparing your Microdose: Best practices for measuring, storing, and consuming safely.
In-depth Examination of Microdosing Protocols: Explore common approaches (e.g., Fadiman, Stamets Stack) and their intended effects.
Building the Relationship: How to decipher the messages of the mushrooms, and cultivating a deep, trusting, reverent, and beneficial relationships with them.
*Homework Invitation: Create a microdosing schedule and reflect on why it would be the best process for you.
Week 6: Integration and Refinement
Assessing Progress: Signs your microdosing practice is working (subtle vs. overt shifts).
Adjusting Your Dose: How to fine-tune dosage and frequency for optimal results.
Combining with Macrodosing: Best practices for integrating larger journeys with your microdosing practice. Incorporate insights from psychedelic therapy to transform experiences into actionable changes, fostering a sense of wholeness and personal growth.
Looking Ahead: Tools for maintaining progress after the course ends, including journaling, support groups, and continued learning.
Final Reflections: Share personal insights and celebrate the collective growth of the group.
*Homework Invitation: Write a reflection on how this course has transformed your awareness, mindset, or goals for microdosing.
Schedule, Cost, and Registration
The Essentials of Microdosing launches March 26th at 230 pm PT / 530 PM ET / 930 am AEST + 1 day.
There are 6 classes total, 90 minutes each.
All classes are recorded, so you can attend live or go at your own pace.
Classes included shared course material and live Q&A.
Class schedule:
Wednesday 3/26/25 - Class 1
Wednesday 4/2/25 - Class 2
Wednesday 4/9/25 - Class 3
Wednesday 4/16/25- Class 4
Wednesday 4/23/25 - Class 5
Wednesday 4/30/25 - Class 6
Cost for the entire 6 week course experience (a total of 9 hours of live training and interactive workshopping, plus suggested homework for each section is $699.
Click Register below to pay in full, or set up 4 installments of $180, billed monthly. You can also email us here to request a customized payment plan; we will do all we can to make this accessible if you are called!
DISCLAIMER: Some plant-based medicines are potentially illegal substances in some countries and their use is not encouraged where it is against the law. However, their healing purposes have been utilized for thousands of years in some communities and science is now beginning to recognize their potential for healing certain illnesses and conditions. You are encouraged to conduct your own research and no statements are made of a medical nature that suggests or guarantees any specific results or advice. These services being offered do not offer any illegal sale or use of substances, and no psychotherapy services are being provided.
Course Leader Eric Russell, Ph.D
Eric Russell, Ph.D., is a transformational coach and mystical guide specializing in personal and professional growth. With a background in psychology and experience mentoring spiritually-curious entrepreneurs, Eric integrates mystical practices with practical strategies to help his clients unlock their leadership potential. Through a deep partnership with magic mushrooms, he supports clients in alchemizing denser energies into lighter, more empowering states of being. Drawing from personal experiences with Ayahuasca, Psilocybin, and Cacao, Eric bridges ancient wisdom with modern tools to help his clients transform limiting beliefs, cultivate self-trust, and align with their highest purpose. With passion and expertise in plant medicine integration, microdosing, and consciousness exploration, Eric provides a unique space for clarity, transformation, and spiritual alignment.