Photo by LightFieldStudios Although a psychedelic experience is intensely private and individually felt, sharing it with others through integration can be instrumental in understanding it. Integration, the process of incorporating insights from a trip, can be done communally, adding a dimension that individuated integration lacks. These groups are called “integration … [Read more...] about Psychedelics Beyond the Individual: Group Integration Circles
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The Wellness Retreat Renaissance Normalizes Psychedelic Therapy
Psilocybin and ketamine are popularizing psychedelic wellness retreats in the Western world. Photo by ADDICTIVE_STOCK. Ancient civilizations healed with psychedelic plants before it was cool. Today, Indigenous cultures and non-Western communities still do. Finally emerging in the Western world, these transformative rituals are being rebranded as wellness retreats. A … [Read more...] about The Wellness Retreat Renaissance Normalizes Psychedelic Therapy
Synthetic Cannabis Reduces Alzheimer’s Symptom
Photo credit: LightFieldStudios Cannabis researchers are constantly trying to prove the plant’s place in medicine. From idolizing its anti-inflammatory properties to vilifying its potential for memory loss, cannabis is surrounded by polarity. However, the mass influx of credible research and FDA-approved synthetic cannabis drugs are breaking down the barriers that categorize … [Read more...] about Synthetic Cannabis Reduces Alzheimer’s Symptom
The Ketamine Clinic: A Burgeoning Psychedelic Therapy
Photo credit: Ketamine Health Centers Ketamine is a drug that, until relatively recently, was dismissed as a “horse tranquilizer” and a pharmacological cousin of other putative horror-drugs. Although it is indeed used as a large-animal tranquilizer and is in the same class of drugs as Phencyclidine (PCP), ketamine is now gaining national recognition as a psychotropic tool in … [Read more...] about The Ketamine Clinic: A Burgeoning Psychedelic Therapy
The Next Steps in Psychedelic Health Treatment
Psychedelic mushrooms are becoming an increasingly popular alternative health route for many people. After Oregon and other cities such as Denver, Oakland, and Santa Cruz decriminalized psilocybin and legalized it for therapeutic use, more people are realizing the different health benefits that psychedelic therapy offers. Psilocybin is the psychedelic compound active in … [Read more...] about The Next Steps in Psychedelic Health Treatment