Speakers:  Douglas Finkelstein & Mychal Prieto

Douglas: For years, I struggled to find a path of fulfillment. In 2016, while working as a stock trader and dealing with the debilitating side effects of a decade-long reliance on prescription medication, I stumbled upon an online support community that changed my life. Inspired by their stories, I abandoned the medication and embarked on a transformative journey of self-exploration through plant medicine.

My first psychedelic mushroom journey awakened my instinct for self-discovery, driving me to establish two inward growth communities: An Empathic Society, a non-profit providing consultations for safe plant medicine use, and Slow The Fuck Down, focused on stress relief through cannabis, yoga, and breathwork.

Since then, I have won The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest (twice!), and continue to empower others to explore and align with their true selves.

Mychal: I am an ex-collegiate athlete with an education in Kinesiology & Exercise Science. Since 2011, I have been a Functional Strength coach and became a Certified Strong First Instructor in 2014. After completing my 200-hour Holistic Yoga Flow teacher training with Travis Eliot and Lauren Eckstrom, I began teaching yoga.

I work with private clients, a plethora of celebrities, and major corporations, helping my students increase strength, mobility, body-awareness, and self-confidence through conscious movement that focuses on form and technique.

In addition to my 10+ years of experience training with kettlebells, I am also a certified TRX and Animal Flow instructor. From functional strength training to yoga, I use a wide variety of methods to help my students move pain-free with confidence.