Appreciation & Acknowledgments
Thank you to the beautiful spirits who have joined me on this journey of reclamation, courage, and hope. Without you, Mokwa would not exist, and I would not be here.
The depth of gratitude I feel for each of you is beyond words.
“What we build from the heart, we never build alone”
— Christina Mokwa
HONORING
Legacy & Lineage
The opportunity to create this space, as well as to develop as a guide and facilitator, is in large part due to the influence, support, and encouragement of a singular woman – Elizabeth James Johnson.
Johnson, as a highly skilled, vibrant, and passionate plant medicine teacher, serves the Pacific, and the wider world, with an unmatched gift.
As a mentor and teacher, she has enriched countless lives, deepening their connection to spirit, allowing them to find freedom through the ceremonial use of traditional plant medicines.
A Harvard graduate, accomplished horsewoman, and expert animal trainer and behaviorist taught by the likes of B.F. Skinner and David McClelland, Elizabeth was the divine mentor needed for Mokwa’s creation and continued success.
Training in her linEage has been a supreme honor.
Our teachings are grounded in the beauty of her wisdom.
MOMENTS OF MUTUAL LOVE
Reverence & respect
Our Community Partners
2023 — 2025
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Founder – Los Angeles Medicinal Psychedelics Society
Los Angeles, California, USA
Brad Adams serves as seminal figure in the second-wave psychedelic movement, with a multidisciplinary background engaging the realms of research, counseling, and connection.
Adams’s latest contribution to the psychedelic renaissance comes in the form of LAMPS, also known as the Los Angeles Medicinal Psychedelics Society. As one of the West Coast’s most prominent groups supporting meaningful change and conversation within the modern psychedelic community, LAMPS has hosted well-established figures shaping the landscape of the modern plant medicine movement, including Dennis McKenna, Gabor Mate, and James Fadiman.
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Founders + Facilitators – Laurie’s Place
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Laurie and Glenn Brooks are most often known within the psychedelic space for their fearless openheartedness and optimism in the face of Laurie’s cancer diagnosis, shared their story with the world in the award-winning documentary, Dosed 2: Trip of a Lifetime.
Their work, both in film, and via their healing center, Laurie’s Place, aims to compassionately steward those dealing with the devastating and unexpected effects of illness and death to a place of peace and acceptance, through thoughtful engagement with nature.
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Cofounder + Facilitator – Women on Psychedelics
Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
Jessika LaGarde innovates at the intersection of holistic health care, the women’s movement, and the future of media. As a founding member of the women run cooperative known as WOOP, LaGarde shares stories of resilience, hope, and wisdom within the psychedelic movement, globally.
Her facilitation of women’s circles in Amsterdam creates essential, sacred space, for survivors of trauma to access safe, legal, and affordable avenues for psilocybin therapy.
The morpho projecT
Founder + Facilitator – The Morpho Project
Paul Nootbaar
Canyon Lake, California
Paul Nootbaar is breaking new ground at the intersection of psychedelic medicine, community based care, and trauma treatment. After sharing his story of survival with Mark LaIta on the celebrated YouTube channel Soft White Underbelly, Nootbaar began his journey of healing on the path of plant medicines.
As a father, founder, and facilitator, Nootbaar directs his practice towards serving survivors of similar lived experience, with a focus on fatherhood and mature masculinity.
The Morpho Project aims to unite psychedelic, holistic, and community centered care – connecting individuals in need to peer and support staff with the expertise, shared experience, and empathy to compassionately hold clients experiencing a myriad of mental health struggles.
As of summer 2024, Christina Mokwa and Paul Nootbaar joined forces – collaborating via Mokwa.org and The Morpho Project – to serve survivors of childhood sexual abuse nationwide.
More information coming soon!
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Paul’s life + work
Normalize psychedelics
Founder + Facilitator – The Morpho Project
Paul Nootbaar
Canyon Lake, California
Paul Nootbaar is breaking new ground at the intersection of psychedelic medicine, community based care, and trauma treatment. After sharing his story of survival with Mark LaIta on the celebrated YouTube channel Soft White Underbelly, Nootbaar began his journey of healing on the path of plant medicines.
As a father, founder, and facilitator, Nootbaar directs his practice towards serving survivors of similar lived experience, with a focus on fatherhood and mature masculinity.
The Morpho Project aims to unite psychedelic, holistic, and community centered care – connecting individuals in need to peer and support staff with the expertise, shared experience, and empathy to compassionately hold clients experiencing a myriad of mental health struggles.
As of summer 2024, Christina Mokwa and Paul Nootbaar joined forces – collaborating via Mokwa.org and The Morpho Project – to serve survivors of childhood sexual abuse nationwide.
More information coming soon!
Learn more about
Paul’s life + work
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Dedicated to the memory of John Dimario, beloved grandfather.
(November 8th, 1928 – January 4th, 2008)