Get the most out of your Plant Medicine ceremony experience
Does this sound familiar?
A Few Scenario’s…
You’ve reserved a spot for a psychedelic group ceremony, but as the date comes closer, you feel a growing unease and even some worries start creeping in… How to prepare myself well? And what is important to create the right circumstances for this experience?
Or,
After an intense and, at times, ecstatic Plant Medicine retreat abroad you came back with a lot of homework for your ‘life after ceremony’. But after a few months, you realize (maybe while reading this sentence) that you haven’t pulled through with most of your good intentions. A lot of time and money spent without reaping the real benefits from your work with these sacred Plant Teachers.
Or,
After coming back from a shamanic ceremony weekend, you feel forever changed and turned inside out in every way imaginable. Feeling (simultaneously) overwhelmed, vulnerable, emotionally unstable, drained, and confused. And alone and isolated from your partner, family, friends and colleagues…
Or, (last one, I promise)
You find yourself going to one ceremony after the other traveling to other dimensions, having an enjoyable time and also working on the same theme or ‘intention’ you formulate every time. But you only manage to scratch the surface and, soon enough, end up booking yet another Plant Medicine retreat (and formulating the same intention again) because you didn’t manage to solidify a breakthrough by yourself.
Sounds familiar?
Don’t worry, you’re not the only one.
I see a lot of people struggling on their ‘path of the plants’.
And…I can relate too.
Why can I relate so well to these scenarios?
Because I’ve gone through each and every one of them (sometimes time and time again).
Being introduced to Plant Medicine +10 years ago has been a true blessing.
But, looking back, my journey would have been less rocky with adequate preparation and after-care (or ‘integration’) support.
This realization turned out to be the inspiration to provide professional guidance and support to make your journey go smoother than mine.
So, don’t worry, support is on the way.
SOMATIC AND SPIRITUAL COUNSELLING
How would it be if you could…
> Prepare for a Plant Medicine ceremony with confidence, knowing that you’ve covered all the essential elements to make your experience a beneficial one.
> Come home from an intensive group ceremony knowing that you’ve got private aftercare support from somebody who understands you and has been there too.
> Solidify the breakthrough that you’ve been working on by yourself, maybe already for years, but couldn’t keep up without regular support and professional guidance.
> Stop going to Plant Medicine ceremonies feeling disappointed and wondering “Am I doing something wrong?” when the afterglow wears off and you don’t reach the results that you hoped for after coming home.
> Make the tangible, lasting changes that enable you to lead a more fulfilled life and be a happier person (and partner, friend, relative, or colleague) altogether.
How can I support you?
I offer 1-hour online sessions specially designed to support the preparation and integration of your Plant Medicine ceremony or retreat.
Originally, I have been trained as a Counsellor, with a special focus on spiritual development, grief, stress and trauma-related issues. However, after finishing multiple Plant Medicine after-care training programs, I decided to specialize in offering somatic (‘body focused’) Plant Medicine preparation and integration support.
Also embedding my own ‘hands-on’ experience after starting my Plant Medicine journey +100 ceremonies ago.
For the past years, I have been working online from my private practice in Leiden (a town on the Dutch West Coast), successfully working with many clients from all over the world.
Does this sound interesting to you thus far?
Scroll down and I will explain more about what you can expect from me and my Plant Medicine support sessions.
And click on ‘read more’ if you would like to have more background on how I work and which approaches I use.
“Psychedelics are catalysts, they open doors, but you will have to walk through them yourself”
Marc Aixalà
I offer private online sessions to support the preparation and integration of your psychedelic experience.
What can you expect from a
Preparation Session
During Preparation sessions, I offer private guidance to support the preparation for your ceremony in the weeks prior. You might have already planned a Plant Medicine ceremony or retreat abroad and want to touch base with me for suggestions on how to best prepare for this.
Perhaps working on intuitively ‘anchoring down’ an intention or issue you would like to focus on and discussing practical preparation tips and ‘best practices’. Or body-focused (‘somatic’) techniques that help to better navigate intense (‘peak’) moments during your ceremony. I will also provide a safe container for the questions or worries that you may have, to navigate this psychedelic experience well-prepared and in a confident way.
What happens during an
Integration Session
During Integration sessions, I offer private after-care, a safe container for questions, concerns, or challenging experiences, practical tools and body-focused (‘somatic’) exercises to successfully translate, anchor, and embody the wisdom gained in the altered state of consciousness. To make the transition into your ‘life after ceremony’ in direct connection with someone who has also been there.
My objective is to support you in sustaining the transformation and change in your everyday life in a way that lasts. To maximize the benefits. For example, with choosing a new career path or overall sense of ‘purpose’, taking better care of yourself, or striving for a more conscious relationship with your loved ones.
“Embodied integration is when the plant medicine experience becomes not just an idea or an insight, but a lived experience”
Atira Tan
Preparation Sessions
I offer Plant Medicine Preparation sessions to support you in successfully preparing yourself for your Plant Medicine ceremony or retreat in the weeks leading up to this. To lay a solid foundation for your psychedelic experience.
These sessions are perfect for those who are (relatively) new to working with plant-based psychedelics. However, experienced ‘travelers’ can greatly benefit and are also very welcome!
Online via: Skype
Duration: 60 minutes
Investment: 95 euro (and 85 euro for more sessions, please see package offers for 3 or 5 sessions).
Integration Sessions
I offer Plant Medicine Integration sessions to encourage the insights that you have received through the altered state of consciousness experience, to become fully embodied and a living reality, instead of a collection of experiences that eventually fade into the background.
Whether you are a beginner or more advanced on the ‘path of the plants’, these sessions can benefit everyone!
Online via: Skype
Duration: 60 minutes
Investment: 95 euro (and 85 euro for more sessions, please see package offers for 3 or 5 sessions).
Counselling Sessions
I offer Regular Counselling sessions, focusing on spiritual development, stress, grief and trauma-related issues. These sessions are well suited for those who have already worked with me in (one or more) Plant Medicine support sessions and would like to deepen their work.
Additionally, these sessions are available to all others as well!*
*Please schedule a (free) 30-minute Introduction Chat first to meet and discuss if and how we could start working together.
Online via: Skype
Duration: 60 minutes
Investment: 95 euro (please see trajectory of 5 or 10 sessions).
Contrary to what is sometimes assumed, the process of integration has no ‘expiration date’: it therefore doesn’t matter how long ago your ceremony took place. The somatic techniques that are being used, will enable you to go back to the most memorable moments, renewing your ceremonial momentum and ‘after glow’, even if this is decades ago.