Ida Falchenberg Espensen

Ida is a Norwegian Ph.D. student in the Department of Research Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) specializing in psychedelic research. She works at the Research Center for Age-related Functional Decline and Disease (AFS) at Innlandet Hospital Trust, where she is currently designing a clinical trial investigating psilocybin-assisted therapy in cancer survivorship. She serves on the board of the Norwegian Association for Psychedelic Science.

Ida has undergone the MAPS MDMA-assisted psychotherapy education program and has previous experience from a clinical study investigating MDMA-assisted psychotherapy.

She comes from a teaching background and has been the teaching assistant in The Way of the Psychonaut course taught at CIIS. While her studies have focused on integral and transpersonal psychology, psychedelic therapy, and the potential of mystical experiences, her particular interest lies in the questions and practices of integrating expanded states of consciousness. 

Ida is also a certified coach and yoga teacher with six years of experience running educational programs in holistic health and yoga at Hadeland Folkehøgskole. She is a mother of two young girls and lives in Hurdal eco-village. In addition, she is actively involved in developing a retreat center in the village and has facilitated many workshops and courses over the years, including the village women’s circle.

Ida is part of the first cohort in GLT Nordic and is deeply committed to her own spiritual practice and self-exploration as an intrinsic part of her vision of co-creating a collective paradigm shift on our planet.

You can contact Ida on ida@falchenberg.com