Facilitator profile · Veterans program lead
John Hasan Khadiyev
Somatic Facilitator · Certified Detox Specialist · Veterans Liaison
John leads our Veterans program — somatic facilitation, polyvagal-informed prep, and post-ceremony integration. He's the person veterans and first responders write to first.
John Hasan Khadiyev has been studying various methods of therapy for years. He has completed programs in meditation, yoga, breathwork, and qi gong, and has studied somatic therapy and polyvagal theory. He is currently completing his certification as a Somatic Experience Practitioner. Using these techniques, he helps people release and process bodily trauma, emotional tension, and mental imbalances.
John is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq War. He has firsthand experience working with PTSD and bodily states such as anxiety, depression, post-war hypervigilance, panic attacks, and emotional, behavioral, and cognitive dysregulation.
His focus is also on preparing clients to participate in shamanic plant ceremony — helping them clarify what they want to work on and how they can best achieve it. He likewise assists with post-ceremony integration: helping people process what occurred in their journey and apply the experience in everyday life. Born in Russia, raised in the U.S., John has been living in Ecuador for the past eight years, working with shamanic plant medicines and integrating his studies into a functional program.
Path & credentials
U.S. Marine Corps · Iraq War veteran
Firsthand lived experience with PTSD, post-war hypervigilance, panic, and dysregulation.
Somatic Experience Practitioner (in progress)
Certification program in progress; informed by polyvagal theory.
Certified Detox Specialist
Trained in detoxification protocols — supports participants through pre-retreat dieta, ceremony preparation, and the body-cleansing phases of plant-medicine work.
Meditation · Yoga · Breathwork · Qi Gong
Completed programs across multiple body-mind disciplines.
Pre-ceremony preparation
Helps clients clarify what they want to work on and how to approach the medicine.
Post-ceremony integration
Holds integration sessions to help process the journey and apply it to daily life.
Eight years in Ecuador
Born in Russia, raised in the U.S., living in Ecuador for the past eight years working with shamanic plant medicines.
Veteran or first responder thinking about coming?
John responds to every veterans-program inquiry personally. Tell him a bit about you — branch, role, what you want to work on — and he'll write back within a day with the path that fits your situation, including scholarship and sliding-scale spots.
Write to John about the Veterans program