PT 588 - Neil Markey - Beckley Retreats
Psychedelics Today
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4.6 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Army Ranger to consultant to leading one of the most respected psychedelic retreat organizations, detailing how meditation and psychedelic therapy helped him heal from trauma.
The conversation covers:
- Neal's military background and his path to psychedelics
- The mission and structure of Beckley Retreats, an offshoot of the Beckley Foundation
- How their retreats integrate meditation, preparation, and integration for long-lasting benefits
- The legal landscape of psilocybin in Jamaica and the Netherlands
- Challenges and lessons from running a psychedelic retreat business
- The future of psychedelics, from global access to potential federal policy shifts
Whether you're curious about immersive psychedelic retreats, the intersection of mental health and psychedelics, or the evolving legal landscape, this episode is packed with insight.
Learn more about Beckley Retreats here.
Hear more from Neil on Psychedelics Today here.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody and welcome back back to Second Alex today. |
| 0:23.2 | This is Joe Moore, joined today by Neil Markey of Beckley Retreats. |
| 0:27.8 | He's been at the retreat business for a while, and I really appreciate this interview. |
| 0:34.7 | This is, I think, the second time Neil's been on the show, |
| 0:43.3 | and we get into some interesting stuff around his history with the Beckley organization, |
| 0:51.8 | his military career before that as a ranger, and much more. We even get into some, you know, |
| 0:58.3 | tricky forecasting around what we might expect over the next handful of years here in psychedelics and beyond. |
| 1:00.7 | All right. I think that's it for now. |
| 1:03.6 | Thank you to Neil and Beckley Retreats for joining us today. |
| 1:05.8 | And I hope you all enjoy this one. |
| 1:06.9 | We'll see you on the other side. |
| 1:16.7 | Cool. Here we are. Neil, thanks for joining us. Hi, everybody. Welcome to the psychedelics day live stream. Today we're joined by Neil Markey from Beckley Retreats. How are you doing? |
| 1:22.0 | I'm great, Joe. Thanks for having me. Absolutely. Happy to have you here. Where are you joining us |
| 1:27.4 | from today? I'm actually in Costa Rica. |
| 1:30.2 | One of my teammates is here, so I've been kind of co-locating with him for a bit. That's outstanding. |
| 1:36.0 | And where are you originally from? I grew up in Frederick, Maryland, which is like an hour north of |
| 1:41.5 | Washington, D.C., small town. |
| 1:44.4 | Great. |
| 1:44.7 | You? |
| 1:45.9 | Cool. |
| 1:49.3 | I'm originally from New Hampshire, so a little bit of East Coast energy there. |
| 1:50.0 | Yeah. |
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