Collective Liberation, Peacebuilding and Sacred Activists 

Led by Ripples Collective (artists, activists and facilitators from Palestine-Israel)

About The Event 

This participatory workshop will explore the potential of psychedelics and art for collective liberation, peacebuilding and sacred activism, with a focus on the Palestinian-Israeli context. Much of the learning will be experiential. It will include various activities such as practicalities of holding safer brave spaces for communities in conflict, tools and methods to be used in Sacred Activism, lectures on the intersection of psychedelics and conflict transformation, a Storytelling workshop, a Political Imagination workshop, a liberated voice workshop, arabic-hebrew song circle, and Somatic Journeying.

We invite anyone who is touched by the pain of the Holy Land and its people, and would like to be in a safer and creative space to come into contact with their feelings, thoughts, and embodied experiences. We also invite anyone curious to learn about tools that can be applied to psychedelic practices for sacred activism, peacebuilding and collective liberation. 

The workshops will be held by Ripples – a non-profit that weaves peace activism, psychedelics, community-building, arts, and science – catalysing peacemaking communities. The instructors will include Palestinian and Israeli non-violent activists, artists, facilitators and heart-led humans who are working together in connection, strength and love to embody another possibility. These are Sulaiman Khatib (Palestinian peace activist from Ramallah), Noam Enbar (Israeli singer/peace activist from Tel-Aviv-Jaffa), Marwan Halabi (Palestinian singer-songwriter from Haifa/Daliat el Carmel), Ayelet Yekutiel (Israeli dance artist / somatic practitioner from Jerusalem), Mira Awad (Palestinian artivist from London) and Leor Roseman (Israeli psychedelic researcher from London - University of Exeter / ex-Imperial College).

What to Expect 

• A full-day immersive journey into collective liberation, peacebuilding and sacred activism in the Palestinian-Israeli context
• Participatory practices including storytelling, movement, ceremony, and creative collaboration
• Tools and methods for holding safer, braver spaces and bridging inner healing with outer activism
• Liberated Voice workshop blending Hebrew and Arabic songs, weaving voices across divides
• Political Imagination and Sacred Activism sessions with practical methods for sustainable activism
• Somatic journeying throughout the day to stay embodied, present and connected
• Guidance from Palestinian and Israeli artists, peace activists, researchers and facilitators
• A unique fusion of art, psychedelics, spirituality, and conflict transformation

Schedule 

• Introduction
• Move As One
• Fadfada Storytelling workshop
• The Liberated Voice
• Sacred Activism – Tools and Methods 
• Lunch
• Collective Storytelling Journey
  *Subject to Change*

Fadfada Storytelling Circle: Sharing circle to bring collective stories from the world about the current situation in the Holy Land. Through storytelling and performance, we will bring deep listening to people experiencing the reality of war in different forms, including international voices. We will witness each other and connect with open hearts. Accompanied by live music and open to what wants to emerge within the space.

The Liberated Voice (Noam & Marwan): A participatory session led by Noam Enbar and Marwan Halabi—an invitation to tune into the voices in the room, to the raw, unfiltered sound that longs to emerge. Once the collective sound takes shape, Noam and Marwan will begin their unique cycle of Hebrew and Arabic songs. As the songs unfold, the two languages will meet—voices from across a divide—reaching toward one another with beauty, tenderness, and a shared longing to reconnect.

Move as One: Developing Intuitive Communication: Intuition isn’t a mysterious gift—it’s the natural weaving together of our senses and inner resources. In this workshop, we’ll explore how to access and trust those resources, so that a group of individuals can shift into one organic body that breathes together and moves in sync.The practice offers deep personal benefits—a sense of calm, ease, and connection—but it also carries the potential to reshape how communities relate, collaborate, and thrive.

Sacred Activism: Tools and Methodologies: A practical session exploring tools and methodologies of bridging between the inner spiritual work and the outer expression of activism. For so long, these two worlds have been separate, with those who focus on their personal wellness bypassing their role inthe world, and those on the front lines self-sacrificing and burning out - both of which perpetuate systems of oppression in one way or another. In this session, we will focus on bridging the gap, and exploring practical tools to take back into your own life, your community, psychedelic practices, society, and rippling out into the world at large.

Collective Storytelling Journey: To close the day, we will gather all the emotions, stories and insights experienced throughout the day and fuse them into artistic spontaneous sharings. With the support of music and movement, we will enter a journey alchemising stories - collected through the day - into a breathing, dynamic, enchanted sharing session.

Somatic Journey - throughout the day: The workshop will be interwoven with moments of somatic movement practices to support the group in regulation, presence, playfulness, expression and in staying embodied. The connection to movemnt, sensation and the physical body calls us back home to the here and now, brings vitality and resiliency, connects us to the very common ground of human experience- living in a body: that may support solidarity and give contrast to racism and de-humanisation, and awakens us to our interconectedness and interdependency. The body speaks in an international and cross-cultural language we all understand.

THE COLLECTIVE

Five out of seven members of Ripples Collective will hold the workshop with the support of Mira Awad.

Sulaiman Khatib (Souli) (Ramallah): Souli is a committed advocate for peace in the Middle East and actively participates in various programs aimed at promoting a peaceful resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict at local, regional, and international levels. He is a co-founder and former Director of Combatants for Peace, a non-profit peacebuilding organization initiated by former Israeli soldiers and Palestinian prisoners dedicated to non-violent resistance to end the occupation and achieve equality, freedom, and peace for both peoples. Currently, he serves as the Director of International Relations for Combatants for Peace. Sulaiman is also the founder and former General Director of the Al-Quds Association for Democracy and Dialogue.

Dr. Leor Roseman (UK): Leor is a Senior Lecturer and researcher at the University of Exeter. He has previously worked at Imperial College London, under the mentorship of Prof. Robin Carhart-Harris and Prof. David Nutt. His interdisciplinary research spans neuroscience, psychology, phenomenology, anthropology, and conflict resolution. Since 2017, Leor has led pioneering research into peacebuilding. Leor is the founder of Ripples, a new charity that is creating and researching collective transformational practices for peacebuilding, sacred activism, collective liberation, and healing collective traumas.

Noam Enbar (Tel-Aviv-Jaffa): Noam Enbar is a versatile artist and a catalyst for several innovative musical projects. As a singer, composer, and songwriter, his work challenges established norms. He is the founder of the Israeli post-rock band Habiluim, the Klezmer-Punk ensemble Oy Division, and The Great Gehenna Choir. Noam is also acclaimed for composing music for theatre and film. Additionally, he contributes as a musician to ceremonies for diverse communities, firmly believing in the transformative power of psychedelic work to unite and connect people.

Marwan Halabi (Daliat El Carmel): a Palestinian of Druze descent from Mount Carmel, fluent in both Hebrew and Arabic. His music stems from his identity as someone positioned in the middle, someone who identifies with both sides. It’s a unique standpoint, being able to embrace such different perspectives simultaneously without being torn apart. From this position, Marwan’s music embodies a spirit of connection and unity.

Ayelet Yekutiel (Jerusalem): a Dancer, Choreographer, Movement Researcher, Pedagog and Peace Activist. She is a graduate of SEAD Academy of Dance (AT), Sampoorna Yoga Teachers Training (IN) and Kelim Choreography Studies (IL). Certified Somatic Movement Educator of Body-Mind Centering and certified Axis Syllabus teacher. Alongside and interwoven with the dance and somatics world, she is also involved in Peace Activism & Artivism in Palestine~Israel.

Mira Awad (London): Mira is an ally of Ripples and is joining this workshop to co-facilitate. Mira is a half-Bulgarian, half-Palestinian multidisciplinary artist and activist, born and raised in Israel. As singer, songwriter, actress, designer, scriptwriter, director and art director, she has dedicated her career in the arts to promoting compassion and human solidarity. 

Location: &Soul Shoreditch 

The Psychedelic Society is in Collaboration with &Soul Shoreditch, a new state of the art, experimental social wellness space in the heart of East London. 

Shoreditch &Soul is rooted in regenerative living and a belief in the deeper meaning of health. Find out more here. 
 

Your Organiser

Callum is an event coordinator for The Psychedelic Society and a life-long learner in the exploration of consciousness. He has completed a MSc in Medical Anthropology at University College London where he specialised in research on the phenomenology of consciousness, psychedelics and the therapeutic and healing arts in mystical traditions around the world. 

Callum regularly delivers talks and workshops on mental health, meditation and the breath to companies, groups and festivals across the UK. He is an advocate of transformative and psychedelic experiences that are grounded in transpersonal and somatic philosophy and psychology. These are the experiences that cultivate the experience and wisdom to remember and embody our connection with ourselves, others, nature and the beyond. Follow Callum on Instagram at @calibraid 

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