Bring this with you and you will have a better grip on the psychedelic experience and on how to grow from the journey. — The Psychedelic Ocean Going on a psychedelic experience can be life-changing in beneficial and long-lasting ways. A big part of the long-term effects of psychedelic retreats comes as a product of an extensive process of integration. Psychedelic integration means to translate the psychedelic experience into positive changes in daily life. The integration comes…

Real-life reports of people who explored their dreams with dream herbs. — Dream navigation can be challenging. Recalling dreams is already hard enough, but what about lucid dreaming and transforming your dreams into positive changes in your daily life? Well, there are plants that can help you have a healthier night’s rest and achieve deeper stages of sleep. …

To integrate a psychedelic experience means to reflect upon it and translate it into positive changes in ordinary life. — If we consider the increase in recent research that points out the long-term benefits of a meaningful psychedelic experience, then we can imagine that in the last few years, more and more people are going to start betting on psychedelics as an alternative to ordinary pharma. …

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.

Also known as the eyes of the forest, the Paullinia cupana is gaining the globe as an improved alternative to coffee. — Guaraná is a plant that has the shape of eyes, keeping watchful vigil over the Amazon forest. Many indigenous legends revolve around the Paullinia cupana, the guaraná plant. In Brazil nowadays, the guaraná is one of the most popular plants in Brazilian daily life, as it is a reliable stimulant…

How effective is the Dream Herb (Calea zacatechichi) and can it help lucid dreaming? — Most people may not be aware of this, but dream rituals are a thing, and to our ancestors, dreaming used to be one of the main methods of divination and connection with the sacred. Ordinarily, navigating the dream landscape and bringing back something of value was reserved for the most…

Ego-dissolution is not the same as a bad trip. This experience is often linked to extreme well-being and universal understanding. How do we learn and integrate this experience? — Hello, psychonauts! I’m super excited to announce my partnership with the excellent psychedelics-integration.com, a platform where psychedelic explorers can easily connect with integration coaches from all walks of life. …

A real experience report of the most powerful psychedelic substance we know. — How does it feel to smoke Salvia divinorum? As a professional in the world of responsible psychedelic use, I get asked this question a lot and I always felt like it was a challenge to answer it. Differently than LSD, Magic Mushrooms, Peyote, and many other popular psychedelic substances, Salvia…

Anadenanthera peregrina (Yopo seeds) is said to be a legal and natural DMT alternative when sniffed. What happens if we smoke it, though? — In 2008 the Erowid.org user Almega posted his experience smoking the seeds of Anadenanthera peregrina, also known as Yopo and considered Ayahuasca’s grandfather. If the Ayahuasca entity is often portrayed as a female motherly figure, the Yopo experience brings a DMT-like experience that resembles a divine encounter with a male…