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Welcome to Casa Floresta
We hold deep reverence for sacred entheogenic sacraments, seeing them as divine allies that illuminate the path to unconditional love, inner peace, and unity with all life. Through sacred ceremonies, devotional songs, and heartfelt community connection, we offer a space to reconnect with the divine presence within and around you.
Join us on a journey of spiritual awakening, where nature, spirit, and self unite as one.
You are not alone.
Suffering leaves no one unscathed. Whether it is mental or physical illness, loss, loneliness, failure, financial hardship, or unsatisfied desires, life has surely introduced you to pain.
Life's challenges can bring us to our knees. We may be left wondering if the universe is a hostile place, afraid that we may never know the warmth and safety of unconditional love. We may find ourselves feeling as though we have exhausted every route, from therapy to medication, only to be left with a sense of emptiness, worthlessness, or despair. How can any of us be expected to work with this? Where do we turn when life twists into an unbearable experience? There has to be a way, but we just can't find it.
The solution is bizarrely simple. Our own inner-wisdom is the secret door to profound, infinite healing. Casa Floresta is a sanctuary of guidance, created to help you unlock this wisdom to alchemize suffering into gentle yet deeply profound spiritual growth. Our ministers of ceremony have dedicated their lives to studying, developing, and mastering shamanic traditions and evidence-based practices to bring back the most powerful yet practical tools that will equip you to experience newfound joy, beauty, and wonder in your life.
Ministers
Johnny Nuñez has spent 16 years communing with psychedelics and studying Eastern philosophy to explore the nature of consciousness and the meaning of enlightenment. In 2019 he embarked on an apprenticeship with a shaman from Mexico where he has since received 5 years of immersive training to serve and facilitate sacred ceremonies. His training has embraced the traditions of the Shipibo tribes and cultures across the Southern Hemisphere to integrate ancient practices that support deep transformation and healing. Through this work, he discovered a talent for working with energy to organize chaos and convey the harmony of life.
Everything Johnny has experienced on this path has nurtured a realization of the truth that enlightenment exists only in the present moment, and that full healing is accessible to everyone through awareness alone. He is dedicated to reminding people of their inherent connection to source, and their power to harness this connection to cultivate peace and to create a rich and meaningful life. Contrary to popular belief, it does not take years of rigorous discipline, and it is never out of reach. His devotion to service embodies this wisdom, carrying an energy of radical acceptance and unconditional love.
Johnny Nuñez
Minister of Sacrament
Cesar Blanco was born in Cajeme, Sonora, Mexico, and hails from a lineage of healers. This ancestral connection has afforded him the opportunity to embark on energetic, spiritual, and ceremonial endeavors since his early years.
Over the course of the last 16 years, he has devoted himself to the service of consciousness, holding master plant ceremonies in Brazil, the United States, and Mexico. His journey of learning and initiation commenced in the Peruvian jungle within the Shipibo tradition, expanding to embrace teachings from the Colombian and Brazilian jungles. Notably, he obtained permissions from the grandparents of various traditions.
In 2011, Cesar Blanco established Alkimiya and inaugurated his medicine house in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. This visionary project has left a profound impact on thousands of individuals through his ceremonies, personal consultations, and medicine music.
Beyond his spiritual and shamanic pursuits, César has completed three university degrees in communication, advertising, and media. These academic endeavors have equipped him with the means to amalgamate and disseminate his messages to a broader audience.
Cesar Blanco
Minister of Sacrament
Emily Zislis serves as the Minister of Devotional Music at Casa Floresta, where she creates sacred space through music and song to foster healing, connection, and divine presence. Guided by a deep reverence for music as a devotional practice, Emily helps lead others on a journey of transformation through sound.
Emily earned her bachelor’s degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania and has traveled to 14 countries, spending two years living with host families while working, volunteering, and exploring sacred traditions. She has also attended eight silent Vipassana meditation retreats, which strengthened her commitment to spiritual practice and inner transformation.
Since 2020, Emily has worked extensively with sacred plant medicines, deepening her understanding of consciousness and healing. Through these experiences, she discovered music's ability to open the heart, dissolve separation, and reconnect us to the divine.
At Casa Floresta, Emily leads sacred songs and chants in ceremonies, guiding participants to experience divine love and unity through music. Her work reflects Casa Floresta’s mission to bring others closer to their hearts and the sacred essence within all beings.
Emily Zislis
Minister of Devotional Music
Trusted Partners
Travis Slagle
MA, LCMHC, PATP, NCC
Preparation and Integration Support
Travis Slagle is the Clinical Director and Founder of Insight Health Collective, an integrative therapy practice based in Park City, Utah. As a licensed mental health therapist and psychedelic- assisted therapy practitioner, Travis has over 20 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families dealing with complex trauma, relationship challenges, spiritual emergencies, and identity crises.
Travis has advanced training in a variety of therapeutic modalities, including Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT), Gestalt therapy, depth oriented sand tray therapy, psychodrama, ecopsychology , and attachment-based psychotherapy. He also holds a certification in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy from the Integrative Psychiatric Institute in Colorado with a concentration in psycho-spiritual preparation, integration, and harm reduction of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy. Additionally, Travis has completed advanced training with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), focused on the investigative trials of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy.
Travis is passionate about bridging the gap in traditional mental health, combining the art and science of psychedelic healing and consciousness development, and embracing the power of the “warrior spirit” that calls us to heal, transform, and discover the light within the dark. He works closely with the ministry team at Casa Floresta to cultivate a trauma-informed approach within their devotional practice, and he is dedicated to supporting the process of preparing for and integrating profound states of consciousness.
Beyond his professional endeavors, Travis is guided by his own personal work and spiritual path. He loves outdoor adventures, cultural exploration, and music. He can often be found at musical gatherings sharing sacred songs. Most importantly, sharing his love for nature and singing songs with his family is a cherished aspect of his life.
As a partner with Casa Floresta, Travis offers preparation and integration support, bringing his extensive expertise to assist individuals in their transformative journeys.