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Safety / Our guides

Tell us what did not feel right.

You can raise a concern about anyone on our team, including the people who lead it. Choose who it is about, and it goes only to people it does not name.

Before you write

Our safety lead is Jo Ann Forristal, and our alternate is Austin Mao. Our advisor is Fleet Maull. Fleet Maull is a guide on the Ceremonia team as well as an advisor to Ceremonia. If that matters to you, choose a route that does not include Fleet Maull, or tell us and we will find another person.

Your name and email are optional. If you leave them out, we cannot reply to you, but we will still read and act on what you send.

What you write is not saved on our website. It is sent by email to the people shown for your choice, and our email provider keeps sent mail for a short time. It goes further only if someone is in immediate danger, if there is a threat to a specific person, or if the law requires us to report it, or if a court or other legal process requires it.

One honest limit: Austin Mao runs our website and email accounts, so a concern sent through this form could technically reach Austin Mao, even one about Austin Mao. If that matters to you, tell Jo Ann Forristal or any guide you trust in person, and they will take it to Fleet Maull.

If someone is in immediate danger, call emergency services first.

Your concern

Who is the concern about?

What happens next

We aim to acknowledge your concern in writing within two working days, or the same day during a retreat. You never have to delete or change anything you wrote, forgive anyone or meet anyone to be supported. Read the full process on what our guides commit to.

Our ceremonies are for adults 21 and older, and they are not part of Colorado’s regulated natural medicine program. This page is not legal or medical advice.

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  • What our guides commit to
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Want to talk it through first?

You can also email info@ceremoniacircle.org, or read how we approach safety before you decide.

How we approach safety

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