About Visionary Founder/Director

Regina U. Hess, PhD, Netherlands

Dr. Regina U. Hess lives in the Netherlands and Portugal and works globally. She is a clinical psychologist from Germany and holds a joint Ph.D. in transpersonal psychology (USA) and embodied phenomenology (UK). She is a body-centered Gestalt psychotherapist, transpersonal psychotherapist, and supervisor. Regina has broad experience in humanitarian fieldwork and research on global (mental) health issues. Regina is a faculty at international universities such as the Alef Trust, UK, and transpersonal educational institutes and is an independent researcher. Dr. Regina U. Hess is on the Board of Directors of the EUROTAS Global Transpersonal Network and the International Transpersonal Association.

Regina is the visionary founder and director of Birthing an Ancient Future  - Multidisciplinary Psychedelic Council – Temple of the Peoples, bridging ancient wisdom traditions and modern psychedelic science with art and nature immersion, along with global events and retreats and different educational programs, such as the 2023 Global Hybrid Symposium and Plant Medicine Ceremony www.birthinganancientfuture2023.com. The work is based on Regina’s expertise in individual and collective/transgenerational transcultural trauma transformation and the integration of the therapeutic-shamanic use of expanded states of consciousness. Core pillars are the concept of interconnectedness and conscious ways of living based on heart-centered and deep ecology principles and drawing on diverse modalities such as bodywork, movement, voice, music, art, Nature rituals, the medicine wheel, and sacred sexuality. The aim is to initiate transformational processes as Stewards of a New Earth, rising in deep intimacy and co-creating harmony and balance for the greater good.

Info & Contact

E-Mail: dr.reginahess@gmail.com

Webpage: www.drreginahess.com

Webpage: www.birthingananceintfuture.com

Publications: https://independent.academia.edu/DrReginaUHess

Youtube: @birthinganancientfuture https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtu1YRta-1aV6-MIfs9e9Ww

Resources

  • Educational Multimedia Open Access

    Documentary on Dr. Regina U. Hess’s Work

    Foundations of a Conscious Ways of Living as Stewards of a New Earth - Documentary on the trauma-oriented psychedelic-assisted transformational work of Dr. Regina U. Hess, NL/PT

    Birthing an Ancient Future - A Psilocybin Ceremony of Life

    A Documentary by Andrea Loetscher, 2023

    YouTube Channel: Birthing an Ancient Future

    https://youtu.be/OPQvvh4E6oo?si=LHDL89F7ciijCuol

    Event Synopsis Video – Birthing an Ancient Future 2023 - Psychedelic Symposium and Psilocbyin-Assisted Global Ceremony, Amsterdam, NL, June 2023 – organized and hosted by Dr. Regina U. Hess, Board of Directors, EUROTAS Global Transpersonal Network

    YouTube Channel: Birthing an Ancient Future

    https://youtu.be/cvG8Xvx4ZNs?si=BlXaiuaJF8tfSmhU

    Recent Educational Podcasts & Conference Talks - Open Access 

    2023 Online Conference Talk

    Rising in Deep Intimacy - World as a Lover - Stewardship for a New Earth

    Regina U. Hess, Ph.D., NL/PT

    Stewards of the Sacred - Self-Leadership, Ritual, and Purpose in a Time of Psychedelic Expansion, Live Virtual Conference Oct 27 – 29, 2023

    Conference Organizer/Host and Interviewer copyright: Natasja Pelgrom

    https://youtu.be/gw5r9aXb0lU?si=Fj01CYWrm0TUDKgb

     Podcasts: 

    2022 Podcast Episode 28 - Women in Psychedelics Series: Bridging Clinical and Transpersonal Perspectives in Psychedelic Science – Dr. Regina U. Hess

    Hosted by Nastasja Pelgrom - Awaken the Medicine Within https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Gsy0csyHqYwH6N8fo2V2n?si=HRDv11JcRGSL6R_HwVwtBw

    2021 Podcast Interconnectedness, Rootedness, and Belonging – Dr. Regina U. Hess; Hosted by Microdosing Institute, Netherlands

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Xh26H3508

    2019 Podcast Transpersonal and Psychedelic Therapy – Dr. Regina U. Hess. The Chicago Psychology Podcast Episode 15, 2019

    https://soundcloud.com/user-274229294/transpersonal-psychedelic

    2017 Conference Keynote - Coming Home: The Intimacy of Consciousness Exploration – Dr. Regina U. Hess, International Transpersonal Conference Prague, Sept 29, 2017. https://youtu.be/atMvsGD0BbE

    2017 Conference Talk The Ancient Practice of Dark Retreat Meditation: An Endogenous Psychedelic and Divine Feminine Encounter: Implications from Transpersonal Theory, Research, and Practice – Dr. Regina U. Hess, Breaking Convention, London, UK, July 2017.

    https://youtu.be/t182XjEAryA

  • Hess, R. U. (2012a). Women’s lives in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands and their experiences with the ‘Capacitar Practices’ for transforming trauma: an embodied inquiry. Retrieved October 9, 2012, from Proquest (U.S.), Dissertations & Theses / Open Access: Full Text. (Publication No. AAT 3529762) (published in the UK online at the British Library and Bournemouth University).

  • Hess, R. U. (2019). HUM Special Issue: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Transpersonal Psychology. Book Review: The Earth Has a Soul: C. G. Jung on Nature, Technology and Modern Life, by Meredith Sabini (Ed.), North Atlantic Books, 2016, HUM 47(2), 203-208

    Hess, R. U. (2017). The meaning of the hourglass symbol. Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal, Paranthropology Vol 8(1), March 2017, 43.

    Lattuada, P.L. & Hess, R. U. (2015). Towards an organismic-dynamic epistemology and research methodology: The further mode of knowing of inner experiences of states of consciousness. 
Integral Transpersonal Journal, 7, 12-48.

    Hess, R. U. (2013a). Peer-review to ensure scientific integrity: An outline of ITJ’s review process and invitation to submit articles. Call for Action, Integral Transpersonal Journal, 4, 14-17.

    Hess, R. U. (2013b) (co-author). Cultural competency guidelines for mental health professionals working with clients who report issues related to their spiritually transformative experiences (STEs). CA: American Center for the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences (ACISTE) (Ver. 10.9.2013). www.aciste.org.

    Hess, R. U. (2012b). Poetic embodied interpretation of research findings: an evocative approach to social sciences methods. Creative Approaches to Research, Vol. 5(2), (Australia), 20-33.

    Hess, R. U. (2012c). Beyond the Abyss: Re-born out of primal waters:’ An autobiographical embodied understanding of the phenomenon ’surviving the 2004 Asian tsunami’. Journal of Archetypal Studies, Vol. 2, (U.S.), 121-135.

    Hess, R. U. (2012d). Nondual embodied understanding as ‘borderland state of consciousness’: Relevance for theory, practice, and research in transpersonal psychology. Integral Transpersonal Journal, 2(2), 80-96.

    Hess, R. U. (2012e). An embodied approach to research into body-based healing practices for transforming trauma with culturally and spiritually diverse individuals. Somatic Psychotherapy Today, Summer Issue, (U.S.), 40-43.

  • Hess, R. (2008b). The art and science of forgiveness. In I. Jahrsetz (Ed.), Forgiving and reconciliation – towards an enlightened world culture. EUROTAS Conference Book 2007. Holotropos Publishing, p. 106-112.

  • Hess, R. U. (2019). Dark Retreat & Psychedelics⎯A Femtheogen? In Wyrd, N., Luke, D., Tollan, A., Adams, C. & King, D. (Eds.) Psychedelicacies: More food for thought from breaking convention. Strange Attractor Press. pp 175-184

    Hess, R. U. (2018). Embodying the Sacred at the Threshold of Life and Death, Wounding and Healing: The Story of the Three Tsunamis. In Hess, R. U., Jahrsetz, I. B., Miller, J., & Pervöltz, R. (Eds.) (2018). Coming home: The intimacy of consciousness exploration and transpersonal psychotherapy. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Ch 3, pp 49-56

    Hess, R. U. (2018). The Ancient Practice of Dark Retreat Meditation: An Endogenous Psychedelic and Divine Feminine Encounter. Implications from Transpersonal Theory, Research, and Practice. In McMullin, L., Hess, R. U., & Boucouvalas, M. (Eds.) (2018). Metamorphosis through conscious living: A transpersonal perspective. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Ch 4, pp 54-64