Our Story: Pioneers of a National Movement
SeeDS oF INTeGRaTioN
(2019-2022)
Co-founders Dave Naftalin and Kathleen Bruce met while advocating for Oregon's Measure 109, the nation's first natural medicine services legislation.
Dave, the nation's first licensed facilitator, experienced firsthand the gap between purely clinical programs and purely ceremonial paths. The field needed practitioners who could honor both.
Kathleen, a curriculum design expert and national policy advocate, saw the opportunity to weave scientific rigor with spiritual wisdom into comprehensive professional training that could scale across every state opening its doors to regulated natural medicine.
Building the Model in Colorado (2023–2025)
When Colorado passed the Natural Medicine Health Act, we relocated to Colorado and assembled our dual domain faculty:
Clinical Experts: Neuroscientists, trauma therapists, medical professionals.
Wisdom Keepers: Indigenous medicine practitioners, spiritual teachers, cultural advisors.
Result: the first state-licensed program built to honor both the scientific and the sacred, and the template for everything AIS brings to new states.
AIS ToDay: TRaiNiNG
ToMoRRoW'S FaciLiTaToRS
Today, AIS trains state-licensed psychedelic facilitators across the country. Our graduates don't just meet regulatory requirements — they embody the integration of science and spirit that defines excellence in this field, wherever they practice.
WHAT'S NEXT?
As more states pass natural medicine legislation, AIS is expanding to meet practitioners where they are. Each new state program is tailored to local regulatory requirements while delivering the same dual-domain training that defines an AIS facilitator.
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