Mika Jacobsen

I am a counsellor, educator, activist and writer dedicated to practices that restore us to a felt experience of connection with our souls, bodies, communities and ecologies. My passion is for cultivating experiences that awaken wonder and awe by realigning us with the rhythms of nature and mysteries of the universe. My embodied approach is informed by decades of experience supporting transformation through ceremonial work with sacred plants, while my training as a psilocybin facilitator balances traditional wisdom with the science of psychedelic medicine. As a yoga instructor, I center the body’s regenerative intelligence through practices that invoke vitality and presence. And as an activist scholar-practitioner, I continue to advance my skills and knowledge through PhD studies in Depth Psychology, Ecopsychology and Somatic and Expressive Arts-based Therapies. 

I have been brought to this offering by my own descents into grief and loss, alchemical dissolution of beliefs and attachments, and reckoning with ancestral wounds—and the work never ends. This journey through the shadows and cracks in myself and in my world has taught me more than any book every could, and I would not have made it alone. I root my offering in gratitude for the teachers and allies who have helped me transform despair into empowerment and bring forth the gift that’s mine to give. All I do now is inspired by my longing to help us emerge as a species from a world haunted by our pain, into a world illuminated by our love.

I am committed to reciprocity with the wisdom-keepers who tend earth-based lineages, and solidarity with all movements for indigenous sovereignty. A deep bow of respect to the Coast Salish tribes who are the original stewards of the land I call home. This work is gender-identity and poly-affirming, and aligned with decolonial, anti-racist, feminist and neuro-queer theory.

I speak English and Spanish and offer all services at a sliding scale for people with marginalized identities and limited resources.

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you really are.”
CG Jung

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

  • PhD in East-West Psychology (currently enrolled)
    California Institute of Integral Studies

  • MA in East-West Psychology (2025)
    California Institute of Integral Studies

  • Psilocybin Facilitator Certificate (2023)
    Inner Trek

  • Yoga Instructor Certificate (2015)
    8 Limbs Yoga Centers

  • Digital Design Diploma (2005)
    Vancouver Film School

  • Massage Practitioner Certification (2001)
    Esalen Institute Massage Certification Program

  • Ida Rolf Institute, Rolfing Trainings 1 & 2 (2001)

  • BA in Ecopsychology and Creative Arts Therapies (1999)
    Naropa University