The integrative work that takes place in the sleep state following an ayahuasca ceremony is deep, subtle, and often not conscious. As a depth psychotherapist, I view […]
Integration
Depth psychology works explicitly with the unconscious—that within us which has been repressed, rejected, denied or ignored. Through dreams, images, fantasies, art, meaning and myth, it seeks to understand and unveil what has been hidden in the depths of the psyche. This is precisely the territory that ayahuasca works, as it unzips the unconscious with…
Integration is the process of deepening and grounding your work with ayahuasca. The plant can show you the problem and even the solution, but the work is yours alone to do. Drawing on my lengthy experience as a psychotherapist and meditator and my own work with ayahuasca and master plants, I offer skills and support…
Integration work means more than joining a sharing circle, starting a meditation practice, and maintaining a clean diet. Most essentially, it signals turning to face the shadow, all the forgotten, repressed, unseen and un-integrated psychic material we’ve left behind in the process of growing up and into the world. Shadow work deliberately evokes that which…
How A Session Can Support Your Process Integration helps you focus on the whole picture of your work with ayahuasca; not just the ceremonies, but the entire trajectory—so your work can be as complete as possible. Remember, it’s not just ayahuasca you’re working with: it’s ayahuasca + your individual psyche + your personal history, and…
People come to ayahuasca for all sorts of reasons, from simple curiosity to the profound desire for change. You may be struggling with depression, anxiety, or the residue of trauma; looking for deeper insights into chronic patterns; or sensing some mysterious limitation that blocks the freedom to be who you really are. Working with ayahuasca…
Ayahuasca gifts us with experiences bigger and deeper than we can come to ourselves, with wisdom beyond the ego. It reveals the bottom-line truth of our psyches. The intelligence of the medicine shows us exactly what we need to see, when we need to see it. It’s up to us to implement these realisations. Integration…
This is a potent and exciting time in the transmission of ayahuasca to the West. A new paradigm is taking form, modern ceremonies in urban settings shaping new traditions. We urgently need to develop a context that respects both the sacred power of this plant medicine and the particularities, both limiting and empowering, of our…
