• Sebastian Beca

    Executive Director

  • Javiera Köstner

    Community Director & Event Manager

  • Carrin

    Financial Director

  • Deborahlise Mota

    Director

  • Carissa Louis Martin

    Creative Arts Director

Our Team

Sebastian Beca

Executive Director

Seba (he, him) is a hacker gone healer. After working as a computer engineer for over 2 decades he decided to shift paths towards the study of consciousness and the healing arts. In 2014 he became a licensed psychologist in Chile and in 2018 he received his Masters in Integral Counseling Psychology from CIIS in San Francisco. In 2022 he obtained his California Licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #134131).

Seba works from a humanistic-transpersonal framework and specializes in working with adults, healing trauma, overcoming anxiety and working through life transitions. He has specialized in Gestalt (Claudio Naranjo school), EMDR, Eco-Therapy and different modalities of Psychedelic Therapy. He is certified as a Mindfulness Based Psychedelic Therapist with the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness and guides journeys with Cannabis for individuals and groups. He has also trained with Polaris, Journey Clinical and Fluence in offering Ketamine-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy (KAP). Seba is also a graduate of the Certificate for Psychedelic Therapies and Research (CPTR) at CIIS, which includes complete the 100 hour MDMA-Assisted Therapy Training by MAPS. Seba is currently an assistant and mentor for the CIIS CPTR program.

Together with Javi they founded Green Magic Yoga in 2018 as a community centered around Cannabis, Psychedelics, Yoga and Mindfulness. In 2023 they opened a Yoga Studio in downtown Santa Cruz, where they host Ganja Yoga, Cannabis Circles and other community healing events. Seba is also the Executive Director of the Santa Cruz Psychedelic Society, through which they offer Psychedelic Integration, Microdosing Hikes and other community gatherings.

Seba has a private practice in Santa Cruz called Natural Bridges Therapy specializing in EMDR, KAP and CAPT. Seba lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains with his partner and their two cats and in his free time he enjoys walking in the forest, biking, yoga, reading, learning music and other life hacks.

Javiera Kostner

Community Director & Event Manager

Javi (she, her) is an Advanced Therapeutic Yoga teacher RYT-500, Credentialed Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Therapist & guide, Integrative Coach and on her way of becoming a Yoga Therapist. She first came to Yoga to help cope with chronic illness, manage chronic pain, anxiety, and learn to befriend her body. 

Javi has specialized in Trauma Recovery Yoga and Mindfulness Based Somatic practices. Her love for the healing power of cannabis brought her to the Ganja Yoga community, creating her own blend of slow vinyasa flow, relaxing vibes, grounded spirituality and a touch of latino spice.  Originally from Chile, Javiera is a bilingual cannabis guide and group facilitator for Psychedelic Sitters School.

Together with her husband Sebastian they founded Green Magic Yoga in 2019 to bring together the practices of mindfulness, psychedelic healing and yoga. They are both trained by the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness as psychedelic sitters and cannabis guides and have been hosting monthly Conscious Cannabis circles in the Bay Area and online.

Javi is also the Community & Event Coordinator of the Santa Cruz Psychedelic Society, through which they offer Psychedelic Integration, Microdosing Hikes and other community gatherings.

Carissa Louise Martin

Creative Arts Director

Carissa Louise Martin has discovered a profound healing landscape while traversing and exploring the psychedelic experiential space after harnessing their power to find relief from her own mental health issues in 2019 that she had been struggling with since early childhood. She has since been involved in the psychedelic community and has attended countless lectures and workshops on psychedelics both nationally and across the globe, receiving education on herbal medicine and entheogenic experiences, and has volunteered whenever or wherever possible, often offering her artistic therapeutic lens by way of the benefits of expressive healing. She moved from Los Angeles to Santa Cruz in 2022 to complete her degrees in fine art and psychology at the University of California- Santa Cruz. With both the physiological, psychological, and transcendental effects of these substances, she uses them to motivate her creative process and intellectual investigation of the world around her through spiritual and creative mindful connections.

Dr Deborahlise Mota, DAOM, LAc

Director

Deborahlise is an herbalist, storyteller, mother, doula, and plant protector.
Over the last two decades, Deborahlise has woven together modern science with Indigenous knowledge, with the goal of preserving and rematriating our inner and outer ecology.
Presently she offers Soma Sessions with plant medicines and Vedic subtle therapies.
Her practice is built upon the foundation that community healing must include health justice, decolonization, and the elevation of Indigenous voices.
Deborahlise loves working in collaboration with other storytellers, artists, ecologists, and plant people.
Her dedication to Indigenous medicine is how she honors her ancestors, and her activism and regenerative care for our planet is how she honors her descendants.
You can learn more about her at deborahlisemota.com

Dr. LeTa Jussila

Risk Reduction and Safe Community Director

LeTa, a beacon of transformative healing, seamlessly intertwines her roles as a physician, herbalist, mentor, and facilitator, drawing from a tapestry of wisdom cultivated over 17 years of holistic practice. At the heart of her journey lies Start With Yourself, a pioneering framework igniting profound metamorphosis and personal evolution.

Currently immersing herself in the groundbreaking studies at Naropa University Center for Psychedelic Studies, LeTa assumes the pivotal role of Director of Harm Reduction at the Santa Cruz Psychedelic Society. Committed to reshaping paradigms, she co-owns a cutting-edge lab testing company, charting new territories in personalized psilocybin recommendations and other realms within the psychedelic frontier.

LeTa’s mission transcends conventional healing methodologies, delving deep into the core of human experience to unearth the innate potential for self-healing and empowerment. Through her guidance, individuals embark on an odyssey towards intrinsic well-being, shedding the shackles of pain and stagnation to embrace the radiance of holistic wellness.

Dr. LeTa’s expertise as a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, coupled with her national acclaim as a wellness luminary, underscores her commitment to revolutionizing healthcare paradigms. Her integrative approach, informed by genetic testing, clinical acumen, and the rich tapestry of Chinese medicine, empowers individuals to reclaim agency over their health and vitality.

In the labyrinth of modern healthcare, where symptom management often eclipses the pursuit of root causes, LeTa stands as a guiding light. Her unwavering dedication to unraveling the complexities of disease and limitation, strategically disrupting mental and emotional frameworks, paves the way for profound healing and transformation.

With LeTa as your mentor, you transcend the confines of conventional healing, unlocking the dormant reservoirs of resilience and vitality within. Embrace the journey towards holistic wellness, where every step is a testament to the boundless potential of the human spirit.

Alec Dixon

Director

Alec Dixon is a cultural anthropologist / ethnobotanist, US Navy veteran, board member of the Santa Cruz Psychedelic Society and Co-Founder of SC Labs, Californias leading and longest running analytical laboratory focused on cannabis testing and analytics. Alec also has the honor of serving on the board of the WAMM Phytotherapies, one of California's original compassionate use collectives' whose primary focus is in serving the terminally ill and the poor. Primary passions are people, plants and healing.