Embodied Recovery and Integration

The path of learning the value of making the invisible visible is not a smooth journey as I feel like I’m waking from a long sleep.

Stanislav Grof famously denotes that psychedelics are nonspecific amplifiers of the unconscious so these compounds are perfectly predisposed to manifesting the invisible.

When the veil between the ego and the world falls, we can investigate our internal psychological processes deeply. This is how I realized the anxiety, unexpressed rage, and depression I’ve experienced are rooted in generations before me.

Being the first one to do something is always hard but I’m incredibly grateful for the path I chose to walk.

If you are looking to prepare or integrate psychedelic experiences I am here to walk the road with you.

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There's one important thing you may not have realized that could be holding you back from becoming the person you aspire to be… and that is your attachment to your wounds and suffering.

Sometimes, we hold onto our pain because we don't know who we'd be without it.

I recall a moment during a ceremony I participated in when I received a powerful message to let go of my pain. Initially, I felt scared and wondered who I would be without it. I didn't realize then that there were other ways of being beyond my wounds. I was proudly carrying them, but by doing so, I was keeping them open.

Although I thought that realization would instantly change everything, it took me another two years to close the circle and truly embrace the liberated being I always wanted to be.

Our different parts resist dying, and now more than ever, I understand what I always knew … energy cannot be destroyed—it only changes form. Similarly, the parts of ourselves that we wish to let go of cannot be locked away or forgotten.

They need to be transformed and set free!

By allowing our bodies to fully experience and process one aspect, we can liberate and transform the other. It's a dance between parts similar how in nature is a dance between light and dark.

But you see … we are afraid of feeling so we suppress!

As we learn to move and free these energies, we can convert self-criticism into self-appreciation, comparing ourselves to others into self-assurance, and embarrassment into confidence. These pairs of qualities cannot exist without each other.

The simplicity of this realization now amuses me, but that's just how we are sometimes. We tend to seek the most challenging paths first, when the easy one is right there, waiting to be embraced.

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