Originally published at https://thetripreport.substack.com.
There has been incredible scientific, regulatory and policy progress in moving Psychedelics and psychedelic based treatment forward legally and responsibly.
This is due to a network of passionate advocates, therapists, clinicians, researchers, and enthusiasts.
The work of MAPS is probably the most obvious place to start…
Give me your tired, distracted, and fidgety huddled masses yearning to get this whole meditation thing.
The ever-popular lines from Emma Lazarus’ Sonnet The New Colossus: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore” immortalized on the Statue…
Standing Meditation is the practice of developing awareness, understanding, and control over reflexive actions that undermine performance on the playing field, on stage or at work.
After you have practiced a skill, technique, sport or instrument for long enough the neural circuitry that controls it will become more and more…
Dr. White is a good friend from high school, he is an orthopedic surgeon and whenever we talk it reliably devolves into a debate about the legitimacy of my profession.
You see, I am an Acupuncturist.
To him, it is inconceivable that tiny needles inserted at seemingly random parts of…
Russ Roberts presented a great interview on his podcast EconTalk this week with philosopher and author of Medical Nihilism, Jacob Stegena.
The long and short of it: we overestimate the value and effectiveness of medical interventions and underestimate or don’t know the side effects and unintended consequences.
For the interested…
The meditation practice excised from Buddhism has made its way into classrooms, boardrooms, locker rooms, and living rooms.
The idea of mindfulness, at least in theory and advertising, is recognized in hospitals and healthcare and programs are popping up for people in prison.
This is great. It makes the world…
I loved soccer at a young age. I watched older kids play and thought it was the greatest thing I ever saw. I started playing at school recess and was one of the better players in my class.
I made the traveling team by the time I was 7.
I…
I don’t actually hate myself but you wouldn’t guess it if you could hear the way that I talk to myself in the privacy of my own consciousness.
“I am too dumb, too lazy, too weak. I am unoriginal. I can’t stick to anything. No one will read what I…
I’ve wanted to create a practice that brings the best out of myself for a long time. …
