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What is Psychedelic Integration?
Benefiting from sacred medicine goes much beyond the experience itself. Integration is how we grow from the trip.
A psychedelic experience can trigger a deeply transformative journey. The participant may have deep-seated issues surface during the experience and this can be challenging. Knowing how to process the psychedelic experience and translate even the most challenging experiences into positive change is the essence of the process of psychedelic integration.
A good way to define psychedelic integration is as an ongoing process that starts immediately after the ceremony in which the participant will reflect on the experience and apply the positive changes to their lives with balance. It can help to keep the intention you set before the psychedelic journey in mind and use it as a compass to help give tangible meaning to the experience.
The Two Facets of Integration:
Reflection
This refers to the part of the integration where the participant takes time to recollect the happenings of the experience and meditate on them. Looking for information, and speaking to supportive people can help the participant to make important connections between the psychedelic experience and the beneficial…