The Siotha Project Partners with Mortal Yoga for Veteran Community Class. Army veteran instructor Reagan Johnson continues to lead the all-levels flow and restore class, open to veterans, families, and the community.

Across the country, there’s a growing recognition that mental health support doesn’t begin and end in a clinical setting. Organizations like SocialRx (formerly Art Pharmacy), founded in 2022, are helping lead this shift—addressing both the mental health and loneliness crises by connecting individuals to non-clinical, community-based experiences with real therapeutic value. Their model, known as social prescribing, creates pathways for people to engage in activities like the a

Plant-based therapies—including substances like psilocybin, MDMA-assisted therapy, and traditional plant medicines such as ayahuasca—are being explored in both research and carefully guided retreat settings for mental health and wellness. The goal is to create more pathways for healing that address the emotional, neurological, and spiritual dimensions of trauma.

As conversations around integrative mental health continue to grow, so does the language used to describe different therapeutic approaches. Terms like “psychedelic therapy,” “plant medicine,” and “ketamine treatment” are often used interchangeably, but they refer to distinct categories of substances and experiences.

A 2022 study from Johns Hopkins Medicine found that psilocybin-assisted treatment significantly reduced symptoms of major depressive disorder in adults, with effects that may last up to a year.