The Mind Aura Lab

Hello Auras! You are in the lab this week with Shannon Sierra, a personal trainer and health coach in sunny California. I met Shannon through the rave scene and in person with her husband Ken at EDC Vegas 2024. This two are a power house couple with a beautiful family and still find time to enjoy themselves, partying at the hottest festivals in America. Shannon's passion for fitness started be...

What's up Auras! You are in the lab this week with Westley Cruces, Co-founder & Chief Science Officer at Colorado Chromatography Labs in Denver, Colorado. Westley is a trained chemist with an MBA who is a major proponent of cannabis science and research. Westley focuses on the developing synthetic cannabinoids and isolating cannabinoids from hemp plants. I really learned a lot from this co...

Hello Auras! So glad to have you back for this episode. You are in the lab this week with Jeremy Klettke, a cannabis grower, breeder and advocate. Jeremy's experience in the underground legacy days of growing cannabis has provided him with years of perspective and what it truly takes to survive in this industry. We talk about current topics circulating in cannabis such as bringing back flower...

Hello Auras! You are in the lab this week with Shannon Wallace from Phoenix, AZ. Shannon has been a practitioner of marketing, communications, media and business campaigns. Shannon's passion for singing also led her down multiple avenues of performing internationally and locally in the states. The most interesting thing about Shannon that stood out to me was how she integrated her passion for...

What's up Auras - this week you are in the lab with my Canadian brother from another mother, Armando Figueroa! I met Armando officially in person last year in Toronto, CA for the first time and could already tell he would be a friend for life. We connected through dancing during the COVID lockdowns and he actually took some free dance lessons from me before I started my online teaching busines...

I just want to start out by saying thank you to everyone who listens to the podcast every week when a new episode drops. I am amazed to see the platform growing organically as I approach the one year mark in September. You don't know how much your support means to me by taking the time to listen, so thank you! You are in the lab this week with Azim Nobeebaccus, a seasoned guide in the psychede...

Hello Auras – you’re in the lab this week with Lucy Samkian! We connected in 2017 at a music festival in Huntington Beach and have been closefriends ever since. Listen to Lucy’s story as we unpack her life experiences through education, nutrition and professional career. We discuss how alternative medicine such as Ayruvedic practices changed her lifestyle and helped contribute to her overall well-...

Hello Auras! Welcome to the Mind Aura Lab podcast. You are in the lab this week with Alex Harris! Alex and I discuss how she started out her journey in the wrong field, switched her major and applied her scientific background to work in the cannabis industry. Alex has gained significant experience in the cannabis industry with multiple positions in extraction, analytical testing and consulting. Yo...

Hey Auras - welcome back to the Mind Aura Lab. You are in the lab this week with Karen Osovsky, a entrepreneur in the cannabis industry and advocate. I met Karen in the Oregon cannabis market during my time as a extractionist who was looking to build relationships with cannabis wholesalers. Karen was one of the few people who I connected with that left a major impression on me with her display of...

Hello Auras! You're in the lab this week with the Effective Cannabis Newsletter and advocates. Debi Wimberley is the founder of the ECNewsletter and is joined with advocates of this educational organization today. We have the first panel discussion on alternative medicines and cannabis during this conversation. Topics range from the life changing benefits of cannabis, AI usage for verifying in...

Hello Auras! You're in the lab this week with Sonia Doulton, a licensed and certified integrative therapist with over 15 years of professional experience. In this episode we uncover how Sonia started leaning into her purpose at a very young age of feeling deeply while growing up in Italy. Sonia explains how her experiences with psychedelics and intuition led her to finding her purpose through...

Hello Auras! We have a special collaboration! This is the first in person video interview for y'all today! I sit down with Sterling Torress, founder of the Wavy Self Podcast and brand. Sterling is a true Las Vegas native that I connected with in 2022 at EDC while dancing together in a large shuffle circle. Little did I know how amazing Sterling would be and had the privilege to learn more about he...

Hello Auras! You're in the lab this week with Dr. John MacKay who received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Vermont. Dr. MacKay has been practicing extraction of botanical oils using various methods for the majority of his career. Jesse Turner, my mentor in CO2 extraction mentioned Dr. MacKay in the first interview of the podcast and I knew that I had to pick the brain of legend in...

Hey Auras - good to see you back for this week's episode on the Mind Aura Lab podcast. You're in the lab this week with Adam Gremp, co-founder of NeuConnections Wellness Clinic in Denver, CO. Adam is a Navy veteran who had a decade long career in the military before pursuing his degree in Geography & Urban Planning. He has been directly involved as a first responder which propelled him...

Hello everyone! I hope you all have been enjoying the podcast guests that I have been interviewing thus far. You are in the lab this week with Dr. Jake Felice, ND who frequently studies how flow state can influence human performance. In this episode we touch on several topics ranging from the science of flow state, unlocked levels of consciousness and using integrative therapies as modalities of h...

Hello everyone! You're in the lab this week with Kat Courtney, founder of Plant Medicine People. Kat has been on a remarkable journey as she fulfills her life's mission with the aid of teaching people about the benefits of using alternative medicine. She is a trained Psychedelic Integration Therapist with over a decade of experience practicing ceremonial traditions of various indigenous cu...

You are in the lab this week with Elizabeth Thompson, a PhD candidate in Pharmacy and who is currently involved with cannabinoid therapeutics. Elizabeth is a registered trained exercise physiologist and has competed in body building shows prior to her research in cannabis. She is currently working on a project that dives into the concussive history of individuals involved in contact sports. We bre...

Hello everyone! You are in the lab this week with Kyle Boyar, who has been involved in the cannabis industry for over a decade now in various positions. Kyle and I talk about his how music shaped his decision to pursue his scientific curiosity. Kyle breaks down how important testing standardization is for cannabis products, why we should be looking at mycotoxins more closely and where he thinks we...

Hello everyone! In today's episode on the Mind Aura Lab podcast I am speaking with Giovanni Estrella out of Harvard University. Giovanni has a incredible story of how he positioned himself for success post military and became an engineer. As a cannabis proponent he then utilized his knowledge to help grow a major cannabis operator in Florida. Giovanni knew from his experience during his cannab...

Hey what's up everybody! I hope you have been enjoying the series of guests that I have been hosting on the pod and just want to say thank you for following my journey. I have the best job in the world because I have the privilege to speak with some of the most talented people I have ever met and learn for several hours as we discuss topics of interest. This is one of those episodes where I go...

On today's episode of the podcast, Adriana Lee and I discuss how a hobby turned into a passion that opened her up to new levels. Adriana is a certified yoga teacher with over 10+ years of experience and training through multiple modalities. She explains how yoga practice expanded her consciousness through healing movement and meditation. We also speak on past experiences how using psychedelics...

I had the privilege to speak with Dr. Robert Quinn, Pharmd in this episode about his journey in the pharmaceutical industry and how he transitioned into the cannabis industry. Dr. Quinn and his partners at Prismm Earth have been working on cannabinoid products that offer a wide array of benefits by combining dietary supplementation for a wider demographic to benefit from. Sit back as we talk about...

Alcohol as a normal social convention bothers me... a lot. I wanted to breakdown my own experiences with alcohol abuse, share stories about family on the reservation and help the audience understand why I chose to quit drinking forever. Listeners will also learn statistics and scientific facts about alcohol use in the U.S. I have provided links below for all the resources I used for research and I...

Hey y'all, welcome back! I really hope you have been enjoying all of the episodes thus far and continue to listen to these amazing stories. I met Michelle Bertrand at MJ Biz Con while she was working at the Level Minds CBD both with Shiloh Bigles (EP 012). Michelle's energy was so inviting that I couldn't step away from listening to her story and how alternative medicine changed her li...

In today's episode, I speak with Dr. Brian Nichol, MD. I met Dr. Nichol at MJ Biz Con in Las Vegas last year and stumbled upon the booth of BlissThera. I immediately gravitated toward what appeared to be a vaporization device I had never seen before but turned out to be innovative device used as an aromatherapy diffuser to dispense cannabinoids. My brain had the itch of wanting to learn more s...