Emily Squadra
nature holds the key
Emily Squadra (she/her) is a psilocybin facilitator, private chef, baker and Child of the Forest who is dedicated to connecting people to the land they live on. Emily Squadra (she/her) created Cascadia Mystery School to build the space she was looking for: a community rooted in myth, authenticity, food traditions, and embodied wisdom. This space is constantly transformed by those who choose to enter it. Together we are building a unique, heart-centered and land grounded community. Will you join us?
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As a licensed Oregon psilocybin facilitator, I work with women who have spent years running on empty serving others including mothers, teachers, chefs, nurses, healers and more. Women are trained to prioritize other’s needs above our own, suppress our anger and take on other people’s burdens while expecting little to nothing in return. Instead of existing on autopilot, what would your life look like if you had the tools to reach for a more embodied life?
Psilocybin can be a teacher, a fungus ally that helps you find your way back to what your heart actually wants, underneath the roles, the masking, the years of proving your worth through taking care of others before yourself. In the right container, psilocybin can loosen the grip of old survival strategies. It can help quiet the inner critic so you can hear the voice of your creativity, your intuition and your heart’s desire.
I am trained to hold safe, intentional space while you do the deep work of re-membering your body, your instincts and how your creativity is all connected to the wider pulse of nature.
I have completed psychedelic facilitation training from The SoundMind Institute and InnerTrek. Long ago, I received a bachelors in the Humanities at CU Boulder that fueled a desire to know more about the unseen world and the mystery found in stories, art and language. I am endlessly inspired by wisdom keepers such as Sharon Blackie, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Perdita Finn, Sophie Strand, Carl Strand, Tara Brading, Lindsey Mack, Marie-Louise von Franz, Robin Wall Kimmerer, John O'Donahue, Carl Jung, a local community of magical moon women and many more.
If you're ready to live a more dynamic life that includes all your parts, I'd be honored to walk this path with you. Please send me an email at emilypsquadra@gmail.com to set up a free consultation.
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I have spent over 15 years in the farm to table restaurant world and I take every aspect of planning a catering event with heart and professionalism. For as long as I can remember, I have been passionate about the food that comes from the land I live on. Whether that is foraging from the neighborhood apple tree as a child or growing vegetables in my backyard, my creative talents lie in crafting foodscapes that are a facet of the time and place they emerge from. I love working with clients to create seasonally inspired menus for their special events - whether that is a multi-day retreat or a casual dinner with friends. I am proud to work with a team of like-minded individuals who are focused on making your next event beautiful and unique.
Please email me at emilypsquadra@gmail.com for any private chef or catering inquiries.
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As a baker for over 15 years, I see baking as a practice that has the potential to bring us closer to ourselves and the land beneath our feet. Cakes and pies become a way to showcase the season’s abundance and bring people together. Sourdough itself is a compelling teacher and ancient technology that exists as an ongoing life-death-life cycle. Whole grain baking itself can be a vital component to regional regenerative farming techniques, after all flour is an agricultural product that takes up many valuable acres of arable land.
Connecting students to the alchemy of baking reveals the subtle mindfulness that is present in each recipe, requiring patience and trust in the process. My baking classes not only teach the professional methodology of a recipe, but they are also infused with a particular philosophy of presence and connection to the land around us.
I love sharing a kitchen with fellow food nerds and aficionados of any skill level. I hope to see you at my next class!
Emily Squadra has been a professional baker and chef in Portland, Oregon since 2013 creating menus that reflect the abundant landscape of the Pacific Northwest. She enjoys using whole grains and seasonal produce to create foodscapes that are a snapshot of what we can find in the garden. An avid urban forager and gardener, she is inspired by the colorful gardens and fruit heavy on trees while walking through the ever-changing Portland neighborhoods with her dog.
As her reverence for the natural world has grown, Emily has felt called to hold space for psilocybin experiences. After four years of training and mentorship, she is proud to offer psilocybin services to those who feel called to live a clearer and more connected life. Emily has tended an Irish Earth-centered spirituality that is nourished by a relationship to psilocybin mystical experiences and the ancient and endless wisdom of the land beneath our feet.
Emily believes cultivating your intrinsic connection to the Earth is the beginning of a nourishing and abundant lifepath towards collective care. She loves walking through her garden barefoot, picking ripe fruit off abundant tree branches in the summer and cooking a nourishing soup to share with friends in the winter. She is proud to call Portland, Oregon home.
“My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered...Yet, I urge you, ask you, gentle you, to please not spend your spirit dry by bewailing these difficult times. Especially do not lose hope. Most particularly because, the fact is that we were made for these times.”
~ Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés