Aaron Rodgers will be a mile high come June.
The Psychedelic Science conference lists the quarterback as a speaker for the event in Denver, from June 19-23.
The event’s website promises classes and workshops that “offer an opportunity to dive into the world of psychedelic science.”
Appearing on the “Aubrey Marcus Podcast” last summer, Rodgers extolled the virtues of ayahuasca, a psychoactive tea that includes DMT, a hallucinogenic drug.
“To me, one of the core tenets of your mental health is that self-love,” Rodgers said at the time. “That’s what ayahuasca did for me, was help me see how to unconditionally love myself.
“It’s only in that unconditional self-love, that then I’m able to truly be able to unconditionally love others. And what better way to work on my mental health than to have an experience like that?”
He said that trying the drug led to an awakening and laid the groundwork for him to win consecutive NFL MVP awards in 2020 and 2021.
“I laid there afterward on my mat and then opened my eyes and it felt like I was opening my eyes for the first time,” Rodgers said.
“I really feel like that experience paved the way for me to have the best season of my career.”
After a comparatively disappointing 2022 campaign in which the Packers missed the playoffs, the 39-year-old Rodgers is now at an inflection point in his NFL career.
He has been having conversations with the Jets about potentially joining Gang Green in 2023 after spending his first 18 NFL seasons on the Packers.
Jets owner Woody Johnson, general manager Joe Douglas, head coach Robert Saleh and offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett — who worked with Rodgers in the same role in Green Bay — flew to meet the quarterback at his home in California earlier this week in an attempt to woo him out East.
As Rodgers is under contract with the Packers, Green Bay, which selected Rodgers’ ostensible replacement Jordan Love in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, gave the Jets permission to hold the talks.
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