Go Slow To Go Fast: Ancient Wisdom, Natural Medicine & Building A Conscious Life with Doug Red Hail Pineda
Kendra Chapman talks with Doug Red Hail Pineda about meditation, natural medicine, Indigenous heritage, and moving through the world with more awareness and less reactivity. The conversation moves from childhood meditation and breathwork to advocacy, colonialism, psilocybin, and the idea that peace depends on where we place our attention.Doug shares how his background in Indigenous healing traditions and legislative advocacy shapes his views on wellness, spirituality, and responsibility. A recurring theme: slowing down isn’t a retreat from life—it can help us respond to it more wisely.
Timestamps
00:00 — Episode intro: natural medicine, advocacy, and ancient wisdom
01:30 — Doug’s present-moment practice and why meditation matters
03:15 — Breathwork basics and the pause between inhale and exhale
06:52 — Why peace begins with attention, not force
08:06 — The mind as a protective container against outside influence
11:26 — What the Church of Psychedelics is and why it exists
12:16 — Doug’s mixed heritage and the weight of colonial history
16:10 — Blood quantum, reservations, and resource extraction
17:58 — Standing Rock and resistance to pipeline expansion
20:52 — Why change requires patient, methodical action
22:45 — “We do not achieve peace, we allow peace”
24:15 — The “me” versus “we” idea and shared consciousness
28:07 — Ego as separation and returning to source
30:17 — Seeing power structures clearly without getting stuck in them
32:23 — Random acts of kindness and assuming positive intent
34:48 — The thermometer versus thermostat analogy
39:00 — Colorado, plant medicine, and the legal framework around psychedelics
42:17 — Mycelium, mushrooms, and the “Wood Wide Web”
45:35 — Pharma, synthetic psilocybin, and questions of consistency
47:33 — Mindfulness, prayer, and direct connection to source
48:18 — Breathwork and sympathetic-parasympathetic balance
51:38 — Psilocybin, healing, and building a relationship with medicine
53:04 — Scabs, scars, and how healing can change our reactions
54:02 — Ceremony, music, and collective experience
56:25 — Respect, cultural context, and continuing the conversation
59:42 — Final takeaway: being a spiritual being having a human experienceNotable quotes
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