Michael Ziegler, D. Min., is interested in the skillful means intersecting meditation, psychoactives, somatic practice and meaning making. He is continually tinkering to re-contextualize ancient wisdom practices for modern explorers. He has lead explorations in expanded states of consciousness for 40 years.

Michael is founder of numerous institutions including: the Chaplaincy Institute, Seventh Heaven Body Awareness Center, The Ketamine Training Institute, The Green Earth Foundation, and the Guild of Guides. He has been on the faculty of Naropa University, The University of Creation Spirituality, The Chaplaincy Institute, and the California Institute of Integral Studies. 

His current initiative seeks to disseminate  the unique contributions of the psychedelic Guild of Guides through The Guiding Presence