Microdosing: Beyond Mental Health
For those of us guiding & working with earth medicines, the mental health benefits of microdosing are profound and well-known - from depression to anxiety, ADHD, rigid & ruminating thoughts, addictions, eating disorders and so many more... But today I wanted to share some of my favorite patterns, witnessing & client experiences that extend beyond the scope of mental health applications.
70+ Men - I have loved working with this group so much! They often come in having read Michael Pollan's book, curious and hoping to improve their sleep and faltering memory. While many arrive to practice as self-proclaimed skeptics, they hold an open mind to my ‘woo’ - and seem to be doubly-surprised as everyone else at how much can happen when they open to receive. Their memory improves to be sure, but they also grow lighter. Less serious. Their adult kids report they are more loving and expressive. Better listeners. They are laughing again for the first time in decades. They're more easy going and pick up their socks without prompting from their wife. They are curious and interested in life again, open to learning new things, and experience more harmony & partnership in their marriages.
28-40ish Women - There is something so magical about working with women in this age range and witnessing them rapidly decondition, grow and gain in self-confidence, self-love and empowerment. I freaking LOVE watching it, and it can happen fast!! They enter practice in lack-laster relationships, toxic work environments, caught in childhood wound-patterns and six months later - POW! They are standing all the way up, firmly grounded in their worth, and barely recognizable from the girl who used to settle for crumbs, play small and self-sabotage.
55+ Women - If you’ve had your finger on society’s pulse, then you know we are re-inventing the crone years, friends, and I've had a ringside seat to it! Hands down, no one has had a more powerful, profound experience with earth medicines than my 55+ ladies. In ancient Greek practice, only elder women could hold & serve medicine, and I totally see why. No one has a closer relationship to the spirit world - no greater ability to navigate liminal realms and commune with the divine - than 55+ women on the medicine path. Every life experience. Every joy & heartbreak. Eternal threads of lifetimes and codes get reactivated with medicine practice and long-hidden oracular, creative and spiritual gifts can resurface. Already strong, they become formidable. Burdens lift. Wonder takes its place.
In the months and years ahead, so many more people will have the opportunity to discover the beautiful healing gifts of nature. And there is so much more to it than just swallowing a capsule and treating it as a medication. Your experience with sacred mushrooms will thrive - regardless of your age or background - with intention, curiosity, ritual, relational partnership and a community of peers to witness, mirror and deepen your evolution, healing and growth.
May we hold practice with the reverence it deserves, and not limit or confine it to the modern medical paradigms that cannot - and should not - define or constrain its power, grace and potential.
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