The Journey
Step 1: Discovery Sessions
This is where we being co-designing our Therapeutic Alliance. We’ll have at least one (online or in-person) pre-retreat discussion. After introductions, we’ll discuss what’s leading you to take this journey and what your goals are. I’ll spend time getting to know more about you and share a bit about my life as well. We’ll discuss any mental or physical health issues you may be dealing with plus any medication you are taking. Finally, I’ll go over my process and we’ll begin designing our plan for your experience.
By the end of these discussions, you’ll have all the information you need to decide if a psilocybin journey is the next step in your life and if I’m the right facilitator for your journey. You’ll also begin cultivating the mindset needed to get the most out of your experience.
Step 2: Pre-Dosing Sessions
In the days leading up to your session, we’ll have several more discussions. Some of these sessions will focus more on the logistics of your trip: arrivals, transportation, lodging, excursions, etc.
The rest will focus on your psilocybin journey. We’ll work together to continue on cultivating your mindset in preparation for your journey. We’ll co-create very specific intentions for each session, and I’ll help you understand the setting you’ll be in and the support I’ll provide during each session.
Step 3: Psilcybin Sessions
The day of your session will be completely free of any other planned activities. I generally recommend dosing in the morning, but I’m flexible based on your needs.
Together, we’ll ensure that you have everything you need in order to have the right setting for your journey. We’ll identify the space where you’ll begin your journey and ensure that everything you need for a successful experience is there and that all distractions are removed.
Before dosing, we’ll discuss the size of your dose and your preferred method for ingesting the psilocybin. You can choose from tea, chocolates, or pills. We may also decide that a mix could provide the best experience.
We’ll also reexamine the intentions you created for this session and refine them as needed.
Before you dose, I’ll lead you through a short meditation, which may include some somatic elements.
During your journey, my team and I will be ever present to support you as you explore your mind in an altered state of consciousness.
Step 4: Integration Sessions
In the evening (or the following morning), once your journey has completed, we’ll have an integration session.
Psychedelic Integration is the most important part of the journey, as it allows people who have experienced a non-ordinary state of consciousness to reflect on it and bring that experience into their life. The altered state of consciousness allows you to access your inner guide and the Integration session lets you ground your journey so that you can make sense of it. Integration is being able to use what has been offered to you during this experience so that it can benefit your life in the long-term.
Through the integration session we will co-create a strategy focused on bringing your future actions into alignment with the insights you gained during your session.