While attending the Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy training in California, participants had the option of doing two different journeys with the medicine. In preparation, we had to spend time in contemplation in order to set an intention. We also had to fast for about 4 hours (the medicine can induce vomiting in sensitive individuals, so it's best to abstain from eating for...[ read more ]
I'm taking a break from all the ketamine speak to write about something I saw this week, which I feel is relevant and interesting to think about. I was sitting at a traffic light earlier in the week and I observed a person riding a hybrid electric bike across a cross walk. As he was going by, a gust of...[ read more ]
The extent of my personal experience with psychedelics is quite shallow and limited to a handful of times with MDMA back in the day. Since that time, however, I have been very interested in the use and application of psychedelics as a healing modality. I've satiated my curiosity through the years by following the major studies being published. My interested...[ read more ]
This year has been a time of great acceleration for me. I apologize for not keeping up with my weekly newsletter. I intend to keep up with it at least for the next few months, as I have a lot to share with you all! I recently attended a training in California where I learned Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). Ketamine...[ read more ]
By now, most of you are probably familiar with the FFF or Fight, Flight, Freeze response in the body. It's our internal alarm, which prepares the body in the event it needs to take life saving measures. Also known as the survival mechanism, the FFF activates autonomically when a danger or threat is perceived. (For more information on the FFF, please...[ read more ]
It might be said that the most complicated aspect of life as a human involves relationships. When our relationships are great, they're great, and when they're not, they're not. The people we are in relationships with have the potential to be our greatest, most profound teachers, if only we have ears to hear and eyes to see. I am reading A...[ read more ]
"Oh winds of change, come blow straight through. I don't resist. Only persist and shift right along with you." There are many ways to attune to Nature. I've heard many a shaman speak of whispers of insight and wisdom coming to them via the conduit of wind. I never experienced it myself until recently. I had the good fortune of...[ read more ]
Many of you have probably heard of muscle testing. Many of my clients see practitioners (such as functional medicine specialists, chiropractors, and integrative physicians/practitioners) who perform muscle testing on prescription medications, supplements, essential oils, deodorants, or other "things" a human might want to use to improve upon wellness. I, myself, learned how to muscle test many years ago and...[ read more ]
Ever the optimist, I hold a vision of the future where children are taught the healing arts at the elementary school level and everyone on this beautiful planet has access to the tools required for human growth, development, and evolution. One of the tools accessible to all today, is a type of therapy called EMDR. EMDR was discovered in the...[ read more ]
Thoughts can quite literally make or break someone from the inside out. Thoughts can lead to emotional bliss, or complete and utter emotional devastation. The point is, our thoughts create our emotional state of being. When thoughts are positive and vibing high, the feeling body follows and we feel good. In turn, when thoughts are low an negative, emotions will be experienced as dense...[ read more ]
