by Daniel | Jul 9, 2022 | Integration Lifestyle
Some of you have probably heard this joke. It poses the age old question, “Why do hippies dance like this?” and it’s accompanied by some wild flailing on the part of the comedian. The answer is of course, “To keep the music out of their...
by Daniel | Apr 27, 2022 | Integration Lifestyle
Let’s consider psychedelic navigation around our vast sea of consciousness. What is our latitude? our longitude? How do we chart a course? I been slowly reading a book called Longitude by Dava Sobel. It’s about how the desire to sail the seas inspired...
by Daniel | Jan 30, 2022 | Integration Lifestyle
The results of the community poll: What to do with content featuring speakers who have been revealed to be problematic? I’ll try to keep this as short as possible. It’s been a heavy week as it is. We sent out a poll last asking what to do with content that...
by Daniel | Jan 23, 2022 | Integration Lifestyle
We’ve had a lot of amazing speakers at our conferences. 120 speakers at our 3 Psilocybin Summits, and 111 at our Integration Jam. There is some overlap, but you get the point. The overwhelming majority of them are amazing individuals. They are friends, mentors,...
by Daniel | Jan 18, 2022 | Integration Lifestyle
Our job in our journeys to be a Care Bear. We find the parts of that need love, and shine light right out of our hearts, until those parts have all they need. We realize we’ve got an inexhaustible supply, and the quality of the love improves the more we give...
by Jean Johnson | Jul 26, 2021 | Integration Lifestyle
Jean Johnson Women's Circle Facilitator “Waves of grief and understanding moved through me. It was impossible and too much and yet I stayed. That’s the gift of the medicines, the gift of capacitation.” The Tale of Two Journeys, or,...
by Daniel | Dec 10, 2019 | Integration Lifestyle, The Circle
When we establish and honor an explicit structure for the coaching, the client feels the relationship as safe, welcoming, and solid. Doug Silsbee Paraphrased from his book 'The Mindful Coach' Leo Zeff Created Explicit Agreements, Why Don’t You? I was...
by Daniel | Nov 11, 2019 | Integration Lifestyle
Psychedelic Integration is not about developing psychic powers. It’s about cultivating sanity, presence, a clear mind, and an empathetic heart. Daniel Shankin, Tam Integration Psychedelic Archetypes and Astral Travel I recently received a question from somebody...
by Daniel | Oct 1, 2019 | Integration Lifestyle
Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly. Let it cut more deep. Let it ferment and season you As few human or even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight Has made my eyes so soft, My voice so tender, My need of God Absolutely Clear....
by Daniel | Aug 26, 2019 | Integration Lifestyle
Dude, Where’s My Breakthrough? The part of you that is attached to a breakthough is keeping you from having a breakthough. The universe does not owe any of us a breakthrough. It’s hard for us to hear that. We think we may have found this magic bullet that...
by Daniel | Aug 5, 2019 | Integration Lifestyle
A quick and easy Psychedelic Integration Journal I want my clients to have a helpful and effective psychedelic integration journaling practice that is also simple enough to use if there are still a little elevated. There can always be deep, questions to be asked and...
by Daniel | Apr 8, 2019 | Integration Lifestyle
May there be peace on earth, in the waters, in the fires, and in the wind…May there be peace everywhere and in everyone. Sarva Mangalam There are so many delicious playlists for journeys. Far fewer, but just as important are the ones made for the morning after....
by Daniel | Mar 31, 2019 | Integration Lifestyle
“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.” Ursula Le Guin Loving What Can’t Be Solved I was recently talking to a woman whose husband’s mental faculties were in decline. They are both...
by Daniel | Mar 21, 2019 | Integration Lifestyle
When the Third Eye Opens, Look Inside I had an experience in the late 90s. I hear other people describe similar experiences and call them ‘spiritual awakenings’ or something similar. I don’t much care for that talk. It gives the impressions of some kind of...
by Daniel | Feb 14, 2019 | Integration Lifestyle
“Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.” Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindful Eating as a support for Ayahuasca Dieta When we receive instruction about Ayahuasca Dieta, we’re told what to eat...
by Daniel | Jan 26, 2019 | Integration Lifestyle
A Collection of Trip Sitter Manuals and Guides People want to sit for each other. It’s only natural for friends to look out for, and want to take care of each other. People come to integration circle to figure out how ways to be safe and minimize risk during...
by Daniel | Jan 15, 2019 | Integration Lifestyle
Facing Our Fears With Psychedelic Meditation Lately, I’ve been facing some big fears. Fears that don’t want to be faced, fears that are much happier lurking just out of the corner of my eye, whispering in my ear. Creating an anxious swirling in my belly...
by Daniel | Jan 7, 2019 | Integration Lifestyle
Two Ayurvedic Tips to Support Winter Psychedelic Integration “Little Darling, It’s Been a Long Cold Lonely Winter” This George Harrison quote constantly runs through my head in the winter time. Any time the sky is the slightest bit gray or the...
by Daniel | Dec 26, 2018 | Integration Lifestyle
Books For Ayahuasca Explorers I was recently asked for some book recommendations by someone who is exploring journeywork with Ayahuasca. I figured I might as well put this list here, so that other people can enjoy as well. Some of the books I’ve only read part...
by Daniel | Nov 19, 2018 | Integration Lifestyle
The Metta Mindset More and more I find myself prescribing metta meditaiton to my clients. It’s a simple and practical tool. It’s virtually medicine. It’s good for what ails us. Of course, usually what ails us is some form of self directed discontent....
