Is this you?
Guided Tripping is for you if you’re curious about using psychedelics for personal growth rather than (or in addition to) recreationally. Perhaps someone talked to you about their experience with entheogens and how they positively impacted their life, or you find yourself interested in articles about psychedelics research that come by on your facebook or reddit feed. Maybe you heard about Guided Tripping through a friend you trust. The way they describe their session piques your interest and has you wanting to experience it for yourself.
You have probably lived quite a large part of your life as a proverbial ‘head on a stick’. You discovered (maybe in a quite painful manner) that there was more to be explored. You proceeded to ‘work’ on yourself in the form of meditation, personal development, Circling, communication skills training, spirituality, embodiment, tantra, or other workshops, practices, therapies and methods. You’ve gotten great value from them: you feel expanded, more kind to yourself, more able to hold others’ perspectives, more connected, etc. Yet you still have sticky/recurring issues with e.g.:
- Self-criticism, perfectionism and/or being judgmental
- Self-doubt, guilt, shame and overthinking
- Dealing with being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and/or introversion in an extroverted and impulse-rich world
- Stuckness or falling back into limiting beliefs
- Feeling burnt out, bored out, or close to either in your work
- Competent, but unsure you’re fulfilling your potential
- A desire to go deeper but being afraid and unsure of how to go about that
- Loneliness and disconnection; lack of intimacy; anxious and/or avoidant behaviour in relationships
- Dissociation from your body and this moment (your attention is mostly on the past, future, or others)
- Questioning your worthiness of love and belonging; difficulty taking up space
- Being highly impacted by criticism
- Expectations of yourself and others turning into disappointments
- Basing your actions and attitudes on assumptions about others’ motives, opinions, and desires (projection)
- Self-censoring and being preoccupied with what others think of you
- Helping others at your own expense
- Conflict avoidance and boundary issues
- Procrastination and distracting yourself; addictive and numbing behaviours
- Putting your happiness on hold until … when exactly??
- Being too smart for your own good; keeping yourself from moving
- Getting recurring feedback from people that you can’t place (possible blind spot)
- Workshop highs that consistently turn into hangovers; equating intensity with meaning or change
However immovable these issues may seem, there is a curiosity in you, a sense of possibility. And you somehow trust that it can be very meaningful and impactful to consciously use a psychoactive substance. But you do want to make sure that you are safe and do everything in your power to get the most out of it: to fully enjoy and let yourself go into the moment and make sure there are lasting positive effects.
You sense that there are parts of your subconscious patterning that could be put in a different light. Somehow you smell a much deeper enjoyment of life is possible. That this can be attained through other means as well but that will be more easily accessible and anchored while on a psychoactive substance. We believe that, too! Because we’ve consistently seen small and large miracles happen.
PS: Please check if any contraindications apply to you, as well as the other information in the safety section. These substances are no silver bullet and should be used with caution. Also, the integration of whatever you experience is the most important element in attaining those sustained positive effects. Although we support you in formulating your personal integration practices, their execution is totally up to you.
Miriam’s story
I love being able to guide people through highly meaningful moments and to offer exactly the thing that makes the moment safe, deep, touching, and positive – in short: auspicious.
How did this become my work? After years of immersing myself in a great variety of personal and spiritual growth methods, as well as enjoying psychedelics for both recreational and growth purposes, a friend asked me to sit with him while he ingested a psychedelic for the first time. He shared afterwards that this one session was easily as valuable as a year of therapy.
What I learned that day and have honed ever since is that my presence and care allow people to relax into their trip. I offer them mirrors, reframes, and interventions that have a big impact because they are injected into a deeper layer of their being – a layer that becomes much more easily available because of the substance they ingested.
The presence, intuitions, and skills I bring to the session, using modalities such as circling, constellation and systemic work, voice dialogue, and intuitive bodywork, make sure that the whole experience (including intake, preparation, and aftercare) is not only safe, but exciting, insightful and effective.
April’s story
From an early age, psychedelics and my own inquisitive nature sculpted the person I am today. People find my warm, open, grounded personality and my sense of humor safe and nurturing. My background of naturally rising into the role of den mother to friends experimenting with substances (especially after my own bad trip which made psychedelic research and safety a calling in life) and the years I’ve spent participating in and facilitating Authentic Relating have coalesced into my practice. As a trip guide, empathy is most important to me. People love the sense that I’m really there with them, wherever they are. They are comforted by my presence and my way of reframing what is happening.
I use the modalities of authentic relating, Shadow Work, Embodiment, Internal Family Systems, trauma-informed voice dialogue, inverse dream interpretation and visualization, and guidance from the study of astrophysics and biology. Along with guiding sessions, I’m an integration specialist and offer ongoing integration coaching as well as micro-dose coaching. Personally, I engage in therapeutic psychedelic practice, research and analytical thinking, dance, circling, and the happy knowledge that we ain’t got it all figured out.
Andrew’s story
Psychedelics (broadly – including marijuana and MDMA) have been a big part of my journey both in healing and awakening. Marijuana, Mushrooms, LSD, Peyote, Ayahuasca, Ibogaine, and MDMA – I wouldn’t be the person that I am today without some key experiences and relationships with these medicines and what they brought me in touch with. I’m also very much an ‘integration-freak.’
Other than Marijuana, I’ve never taken any of these recreationally, and have put a lot of focus on my life on bringing these experiences home, into my waking consciousness, through modalities like Tibetan Buddhism, therapy, focusing, Qi Gong, and poetry and philosophy, just to mention a few. I bring curiosity, wonder, joy and love to the sessions I guide, and a seamless integration of gentleness and force.
Nils’ story
I’m passionate about helping you (re)connect with the beauty behind your barriers, or the radiant aliveness that’s often buried beneath trauma, conditioning and limiting beliefs.
In my own Great Journey Inwards, psychedelics are invaluable illuminators. LSD, psilocybin, ayahuasca, MDMA (and soon mescaline) give me deep insights and help expand, soften and align me – and I believe they can do the same for you.
As a breathworker, I use breath and bodywork to help you navigate your psychedelic journey, as well as integrate it. Also at your disposal are the meditative awareness, embodied presence and gentle intuition that I’ve cultivated through circling, meditation and other practices that have helped me land deeper within myself for some two decades now. I offer you a safe setting so you can let go and surrender fully into your experience.
Last but not least: I’m currently working on my second book, about how psychedelics and other healing modalities have helped me deal with depression. I’m looking forward to meeting you!
Hanneke’s story
Human by heart, Psychodynamic therapist by profession. As long as I know myself I’ve been intrigued by life and being human; What is it? What does this mean? And how do you ‘do’ life and being human?
Psychedelics (LSD, mushrooms, DMT, ayahuasca) have been and still are a vital part of that exploration.
Psychedelics show me different and deeper layers of relating to myself and to the world around me. For me, perspectives change, blockages become clear or disappear and new pathways are formed.
It’s these experiences that sparked my fire to become a therapist.
Expansion, groundedness, acceptance, integration, in-awe-ness and lust for life: I bring these to a session through my own experience and guidance, my skills as a therapist (NLP, trauma release, hypno- & regression therapy, inner child work, emotional body work, voice dialogue, energy work) and my passion & fascination for all of life.
Melissa’s story
Embodying the spirit of adventure, my passion in life has always been to explore the unknown. Fascinated by nature, indigenous cultures and the experience of freedom I journeyed extensively around the globe and into invisible realms.
My enthusiasm for health and wellbeing guided me to obtain a solid educational background within both academic and holistic specializations related to personal and social development. Studying and experiencing different kinds of healing modalities, trauma integration therapies, nutrition and visionary plant medicines. Has given me a thorough understanding of holding space and guiding people to higher states of consciousness in a safe yet profound way.
My clients appreciate my intuition, gentle nature and strong presence. Helping you to feel safe and cared for while getting out of your comfort zone. Knowing how vulnerable you can feel when stepping on unknown territory, I support you in a compassionate and non-judgmental manner. Allowing you to release and unfold what is hidden deep inside at your own pace. To help you connect with your essence, to authentically embrace all of yourself and experience the beauty and magic of being human!
The foundation of the body-mind centered practices I facilitate are Internal Family Systems Therapy, somatic awareness, inner child and shadow work.
I offer guided psychedelic journeys, Vision Quests, Temazcal and Kambo ceremonies.
* Depending on the season sessions with Melissa can be hosted in Amsterdam, Mexico or another country where the sacramental or therapeutic use of mushrooms is legal.
Ajit’s story
On a personal note: I love music (especially Britpop) and going to concerts, movies, and good food & drink enjoyed in good company.
Prior to becoming a physician, Dr. Barron-Dhillon served in the Infantry with the U.S. Marine Corps. He is currently licensed to practice in the European Union, receiving his medical degree from the Medical University of Lublin in Poland. He began his academic career at the Yale School of Medicine Basic Science Review and was awarded a research apprenticeship with the U.S. Department of Defense in collaboration with George Washington University in neuroendocrinology. He then became one of the pioneers of cannabis treatments with applications to cancer, autoimmune disease, and bipolar disorder. Risking a lot, he continued due to his belief in it, with amazing results. During the pandemic, he managed a COVID-hospital.
Events
We obviously specialize in private sessions. But to support preparation and integration, we also offer free, online, experiential practices, integration circles, and Q&A sessions under the name BiteSize. Upcoming installments can be found below. No registration is required, just showing up on time.
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