The Seeing Machine is a collection of creative minds based in
Costa Rica and California, USA.
We specialize in the unconventional; providing outstanding
storytelling, documentary, psychedelic, and educational content
Costa Rica and California, USA.
We specialize in the unconventional; providing outstanding
storytelling, documentary, psychedelic, and educational content

Mareesa Stertz is a filmmaker, storyteller, community organizer, and KRI certified Kundalini Yoga teacher. She is a cofounder at Lucid News and the producer and host of the documentary series, The Healing Powers (of Psychedelics and Other Mindful Practices), currently streaming on Gaia TV.
She has shared her stories of working with psychedelics on stages internationally as well as in education, for the Synthesis Practitioner Training Program, and teaches storytelling workshops in retreats and online for leaders and for psychedelic preparation.
She is passionate about using story to illuminate the powerful transformation that comes from navigating trauma, and her work is heavily informed by her own journey of personal growth, which has taken her all around the world, filming with the curanderos of Peru to the holy men of India. She has a BA in Cinema at San Francisco State University, and her films have been featured by Gaia TV, Viceland, Indigenous Films, Merry Jane, and Participant. She is in development on a one-woman play that celebrates the adventure in healing, and is in postproduction on a documentary chronicling her travels in Peru with Ayahuasca, which she thought didn't work for her. You can see her first feature length film on Damanhur, the Spiritual Intentional Community on Gaia TV.
Photo by @kristenwrightphotographs #kristenwrightphotographs
She has shared her stories of working with psychedelics on stages internationally as well as in education, for the Synthesis Practitioner Training Program, and teaches storytelling workshops in retreats and online for leaders and for psychedelic preparation.
She is passionate about using story to illuminate the powerful transformation that comes from navigating trauma, and her work is heavily informed by her own journey of personal growth, which has taken her all around the world, filming with the curanderos of Peru to the holy men of India. She has a BA in Cinema at San Francisco State University, and her films have been featured by Gaia TV, Viceland, Indigenous Films, Merry Jane, and Participant. She is in development on a one-woman play that celebrates the adventure in healing, and is in postproduction on a documentary chronicling her travels in Peru with Ayahuasca, which she thought didn't work for her. You can see her first feature length film on Damanhur, the Spiritual Intentional Community on Gaia TV.
Photo by @kristenwrightphotographs #kristenwrightphotographs

Dez is an award-winning (Peabody, Columbia Du-Pont) producer, editor and creative media specialist with expertise and
licensing in Drone operation and more than 15 years experience in TV and commercial production. He has produced content for NBC, FOX, CNN, HLN, Red Bull, Intel, American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, adidas, Capitol Records, Interscope...and others. His many years experience in production for some of the world's most respected media organizations and some of TV's most watched programs, combined with his FAA clearance to shoot aerial media by drone (UAS), make him one of a kind in this field. He is excited to bring aerial media to new industries and people who never thought it could benefit them. To see more of his work, visitwww.dezalvarado.com.
licensing in Drone operation and more than 15 years experience in TV and commercial production. He has produced content for NBC, FOX, CNN, HLN, Red Bull, Intel, American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, adidas, Capitol Records, Interscope...and others. His many years experience in production for some of the world's most respected media organizations and some of TV's most watched programs, combined with his FAA clearance to shoot aerial media by drone (UAS), make him one of a kind in this field. He is excited to bring aerial media to new industries and people who never thought it could benefit them. To see more of his work, visitwww.dezalvarado.com.
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