Psychedelic therapy and ceremony are invaluable tools for healing, but there is a lot of healing that can and must be done alone. This workshop explores solo work with psychedelics using our innate wisdom which guides each of us towards health and wholeness. The day will be both informational and experiential with the goal of helping you begin or deepen a personal healing practice using psychedelic medicines.

We will compare and contrast a personal practice using psychedelics with therapeutic support, recreational use and ceremonial uses of plant medicines to evaluate which approach will be most helpful for particular aspects of your healing. We will address basic principles of engaging the subconscious so you can self assess your progress while effectively releasing entrenched defenses and traumatic memories as well as shifting negative belief structures. We will also cover how to work with ‘bad trips’, how to understand suicidality and how to know when you need support.

During this workshop you will learn:
- Guidelines to effectively work with the subconscious and body which become accessible through psychedelic use
- How to assess the trajectory and progress of your healing journey
- When and how to get outside support
- Information about a variety of psychedelic medicines including cannabis and psilocybin

The beauty of adding psychedelic therapy to your practice is the access you get to material that lies below the level of awareness. Freud claimed dreams were the royal road to the subconscious, but the body is as well, and when deeply accessed, releases stored emotions and trauma from the bottom up, creating fundamental change that does not rely on the application of insight or analysis. This workshop will teach the basics of a somatic model of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. You will explore how trauma impacts the nervous system, gain an understanding of how trauma lives in the body, and learn how to effectively work with the body and with transference under a low dose of psychedelics to resolve trauma. This workshop is geared toward psychotherapists and other practitioners in related healing fields and can also be helpful for those currently engaging in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy or wanting to learn a specific method or model.

During this workshop you will learn:
- The basics of a somatic model of psychedelic-assisted therapy
how the body holds our traumatic memories and how we can remind the body of its innate ability to heal.
- To effectively work with transference in the therapeutic relationship to help clients release relational wounding
- About the more accessible approach of psycholytic psychotherapy
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There is confusion in the psychedelic healing field about what exactly is the ‘therapy’ being used in psychedelic therapy. Find clarity in this workshop while exploring why both ancient indigenous knowledge and specific psychotherapeutic lineages complement and catalyze one another.

During this workshop you will learn:
- The differences in form and function of Indigenous ceremonial use of mind altering plant medicines and medicine-assisted psychotherapy.
- Tools from psychotherapy that support psychedelic work, such as: Somatic therapy, parts work, attachment therapy, updating programing, self-defeating narratives and beliefs.
- To use indigenous tools to support psychedelic work, such as: Setting a ceremonial container, energetic protection and cleansing, maps to a personal experience of the divine, song as a medium for communication with the divine, building a relationship with sacred plants.