Workshop Series: Contemplative Practices & Non-Ordinary States (Psychedlic Society Vienna, 09.05., 30.05., 13.06. & 27.06.2025)
Mag. Dennis Johnson in cooperation with Psychedelic Society Vienna
This workshop series will introduce you to a wide range of contemplative practices that can help you to prepare, navigate, and integrate experiences in non-ordinary states of consciousness and which are also conducive to reducing suffering and increasing well-being.
Taken from contemporary trainings in mindfulness, self-compassion and positive psychology as well as non-dual awareness, these practices will show you how to …
- ✨ open to the full range of your experience with a greater sense of acceptance,
- ✨ cultivate greater kindness towards yourself in the midst of suffering,
- ✨ notice and take in the good in life more deeply, and
- ✨ shift consciousness from busy mind to already awake awareness.
The practices will be introduced experientially through guided exercises, a participatory group inquiry process and brief theoretical inputs in a trauma-sensitive, nervous-system-informed manner and in a secular setting independent of worldviews or beliefs. While the workshops are interconnected in theme, each can also be attended independently.
The evenings will be held in English unless everyone understands German. 🇺🇸/🇦🇹
- Mindfulness — Friday, May 9th
- Self-Compassion — Friday, May 30th
- Positive Neuroplasticity — Friday, June 13th
- Non-Dual Awareness — Friday, June 27th
RAUM Hollandstraße 7/4, 1020 Vienna
Fridays, 18:30-21:00 (doors open at 18:00)
Workshop fee: €20-€30 (for PSV members €10-€20; Become a member: psychedelicsociety.at)
Registration is required. Please send your full name, email and telephone number to office@dennis-johnson.com. You will receive a confirmation email upon successful registration.
About: Mag. Dennis Johnson is a certified teacher of mindfulness, self-compassion, positive neuroplasticity and non-dual awareness as well as a university lecturer in a master’s program in mindfulness.
He holds a degree in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies and has extensively explored non-ordinary states of consciousness through meditation retreats, plant medicines and holotropic breathwork. Dennis also works in a sociotherapeutic context with people with mental health challenges for Windhorse Integral Mental Health Vienna.