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Psychedelics, with or without therapy
Psychedelics, with or without therapyNot everyone wants therapy or coaching. Not everyone is looking for a structured plan for growth or healing. They might not want a ceremony full of elements from a foreign culture or religion. They just want to try psychedelics in an environment that is safe and supportive. Is that too much to ask? Is there something wrong with this? Our modern therapeutic model suggests that there is, that we must have the highest intentions, but I'm not so sure. I recently spoke with a coach who was working with a client who fell into this category. They wanted psychedelic facilitation, but dodged any efforts at looking deeper, taking accountability, or participating in a process of self-transformation. Their coach was understandably frustrated. They wanted to do a good job after all. But we can't make people want what they don't want. We can tell them what we offer and how it could help. Maybe we can even offer a session to show how we work. But we can't force desire. We can only use our best judgment to determine whether we offer what they are looking for. Sometimes it's a match, and sometimes it isn't. When I was training yoga teachers, one came to me complaining that her client 'just wanted buff shoulders.' Here she was, ready to transmit the deepest spiritual teachings available. Could she in good conscience throw the sutras out the window, and instead simply focus on traps and delts? When I first explore working with people, I have a process to get us on the same page. I've got specific questions about what they're looking for, and I invite them to ask questions about what I offer. There's no hard sell, there's just an honest look at rightness of fit. If you're a coach, therapist, or facilitator (whatever those words mean to you), I'm not going to make any judgments about what you offer or how you offer it. At least not knowing you! It's easy to judge from behind a keyboard, but i'll resist for now. But I will tell you that you need a system for getting clear. A series of questions that works to determine the rightness of fit for a potential relationship. Something that enables us to put all our cards on the table and be informed about what we're getting into. And, I will tell you that I can teach you my system in one of my two upcoming trainings. A system that doesn't just work for initial coaching conversations, but supports all areas of our lives. One program runs Nov 6-8 in San Francisco, and the other is an online program that begins in January. Info for both of the programs is below, under the music. Good questions create insight and clarity, which in turn creates confidence and a foundation for success. Sacred Music, Psychedelic Music❤️ Training Weekend in San FranciscoNovember 6th to 8th in the Mission Evoke the innate wisdom of your client with curiosity and presence. Skillfully move past blocks that stall your client's integration.Discover the unparalleled impact of mindful inquiry and deep listening in your Psychedelic Integration Coaching. You’ll learn coaching techniques designed to awaken your clients’ inner resourcefulness. You’ll be able to practice them in our community container so that you can see how they work in real-time. Join me for a transformative weekend, where we delve into the essence of Psychedelic Integration Coaching— asking good questions. Inquiry is a practice that goes beyond mere discussions of microdosing protocols, or educational sessions on molecules and dosages. Move beyond just lecturing your clients. Move beyond reactionary advice-giving; embrace the true art of coaching. It’s time to recognize that your true value as a coach comes from your ability to be deeply present for your , to take your seat as a compassionate companion on the path in the truest way possible. Fractal Inquiry allows you to meet your client as your authentic self, which ultimately maximizes the you can offer them. OfferingsWinter Coaching TrainingIn January, our six-month Coaching Training begins.This intensive program covers everything you need to know to skillfully guide a client from preparation through integration. We work with mindfulness, somatics, and deep inquiry to help clients prepare for psychedelic experiences by understanding their intentions, working with the habitual patterns that keep them stuck, and lovingly confronting their shadow parts. You'll learn how to support integration, helping clients make meaning from their intense experiences and bring what they learn into daily life. We cover client intake, scope of practice, ceremony, ethical space holding, and varieties of spiritual support. Alongside the coaching work, we cover building a practice, developing your offers, and having responsible conversations with potential clients. Students learn active listening, the art of powerful questions, and practices for grounding, support and emotional regualtion. You'll feel confident in your ability to make good, ethical choices in your sessions and develop a way of working that creates lasting change and is truly integrative. There is a free info session about the training on Thursday, November 12th at 3pm Eastern. Register Here: Here is the landing page for the training: https://tamintegration.com/psychedelic-coach-training/ Integration CirclesOpen Circles on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month. They will be at 3pm Eastern, Noon Pacific. Women's Circles, every Thursday at 9pm Eastern, 6pm Pacific You can join here: https://sqr.co/tamcircle/ ~ The Golden Road - Mentorship, Peer Support, Supervision, and Skill Building for Serious Psychonauts and Healing ProfessionalsThe Golden Road has evolved into a wonderful group of practitioners. We meet every Thursday at noon eastern. There is also a large archive (over 200 hours) of psychedelic education and past talks. The wonderful people who show up share not only their journeys, but the journeys of those they steward. It's become a place of learning, support, accountability, and peer review. Folks are learning some things from me, but they are also learning from each other. We all face unique challenges as we work in this space, and it's great to have a place where we can bring them for non-judgmental feedback and reflection. You're invited. Click here to join Golden Road is a group of coaches and guides that are growing their practices and coming together in the spirit of personal and professional peer support. You also get some teaching and Q&A with yours truly. The main group meeting is Thursdays at noon Eastern. Here's the link to that. DisclaimerNothing in this email should be considered medical or legal advice. We're not suggesting that you break any laws or do anything dangerous. 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Cultivate Your Wisdom as an Integration Professional. Join 13k+ subscribers to Red Things on Tuesday. Every week, you'll get a small, curated collection of music, tips, and psychedelic insight on how to move through this ever evolving psychedelic space.
Sacred Knowledge and Psychedelic Knowledge - It's all the same You know the story of the boiling frog. It's usually used as a metaphor for social/political oppression, or some other situation that slowly becomes unbearable over time. We always like to thing of the boiler as some faceless force or inhuman system. We don't usually think about how we boil our own frog. It's a hard pill to swallow, seeing how we're often the architect of our own suffering. Especially when it comes to our own...
Sacred Knowledge and Psychedelic Knowledge - It's all the same In the summer of 2000, I spent a week at Casa De Guru Ram Das, the spiritual center of Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini Yoga empire in Espanola, New Mexico. I did seva (service). I swept the floor of the practice space, learned how to peel ginger for chai, and chopped potatoes. One morning the guitar guy didn't show, and I was recruited to march around the campground at 4 am, clumsily strumming "May the Long Time Sunshine Upon You" as a...
Listen to the weird psychedelic voices I remember when you could go to a psychedelic conference and see talks with names like "Xenolinguistics, Psychedelics, and the Evolution of Consciousness." Thanks, Diana Slattery, you're the best! Xenolinguistics is, of course, the study of alien languages, much like the kind you see in your psychedelic journeys or in an Allyson Grey Painting. The talk was weird, and it only made partial sense to my puny rational mind, but it was psychedelic. It was...