Mission

Our mission is to build a healing community that helps veterans suffering from military trauma recover and thrive by providing them with safe, supervised access to psychedelic treatments, professional coaching, and ongoing peer support.

Secondary Objectives:

• Research: Help develop and contribute to the growing base of psychedelic research.

• Education: Develop research-based products and programs to inform and educate people on the therapeutic potential of psychedelics.

• Advocacy: Use research, data, and testimonials to counter the stigma associated with psychedelics and to help change the laws limiting access to psychedelics as therapeutics.

Vision

Heroic Hearts envisions a new veteran ecosystem where veterans not only have access to safe and effective treatment options including psychedelics but are also empowered to help and mentor others in the community. We strongly believe that Community has the power to solve many of the mental health challenges facing this nation’s veterans.

Goals

CONNECT. 

Facilitate the passage of veterans who are seeking this treatment to reputable ayahuasca and other psychedelic retreats and support their path towards healing with before and after counseling.

INFORM.

Increase awareness of the healing potential of psychedelic treatments within the veteran community.  

DOCUMENT.

Scientifically document the effectiveness of the treatments thereby increasing the pressure on the US government to reevaluate its current restrictive drug policies.

FIGHT.

DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO FIGHT FOR A VETERAN'S RIGHT TO HAVE EFFECTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY.

What is Ayahuasca?

Ayahuasca is an Amazon plant mixture generally consumed in a tea like brew.  The ayahuasca tea is made from a combination of the ayahuasca vine (Banisteriopsis caapi) and chacruna (Psychotria viridis). Along with other admixture plants to be included in the ayahuasca, the ayahuasca vine and chacruna are processed, mixed together, added to large pots and cooked over an open fire for 8+ hours. 

The DMT in the brew induces altered states of consciousness, usually lasting between 4 to 8 hours after ingestion.  These altered states often allows individuals to revisit and process issues associated with personal traumas and repressed memories in a safe, controlled setting. Many compare the experience to doing ten years of therapy in one week.

The tea has been used in the Amazon for millennia by shamans for spiritual and medicinal properties.  Recent scientific studies have shown that it is potentially a very powerful tool for fighting anxiety, depression, addiction and numerous other mental and physical issues.