Trauma as Medicine: Healing with Plant Medicine and Forgiveness with Sarah Salter Kelly
Step into the world of healing with Sarah Salter Kelly as she shares her insights on the power of plant medicine and its ability to heal trauma. Sarah, a spiritual healer and author, brings with her years of experience and knowledge. Having endured the tragic homicide of her mother and learned to forgive the perpetrator, she has studied personal growth, mysticism, restorative justice, and earth-based healing traditions for over three decades. Over the past 16 years, Sarah has run a private healing practice, facilitated retreats, and taught trauma-focused and shamanic healing workshops. In this episode, she discusses how she got involved in the healing powers of psychedelics, the benefits of music when journeying with psilocybin, and how psilocybin can help you step into yourself.
Listen in as she talks about the magic of group dynamics when journeying with psilocybin and why having community around you is essential. You’ll hear her wisdom on the most profound traits that people can cultivate to become good guides, the importance of being present as a guide and as someone using plant medicine, and how to cultivate a safe space for someone else so they feel heard. By simply practicing deep compassionate listening, healing can be brought forth and the load someone carries can be lessened. Sarah also delves into how to let go of the poison in your life that is keeping you stuck and gives advice on how to form a relationship with forgiveness.
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What You’ll Learn in Today’s Episode:
Sarah's journey to discovering the healing powers of psychedelics.
The role of plant medicine in healing trauma and promoting personal growth.
The transformative power of music when journeying with psilocybin.
How psilocybin can facilitate self-discovery and personal transformation.
The vital role of community in the healing process.
Key traits to cultivate for those looking to be a guide in plant medicine journeys.
The importance of presence and creating a safe space for those exploring plant medicine.
Techniques for helping others feel heard and supported in their journey.
Strategies for releasing toxic patterns and beliefs that hold us back.
How forgiveness can be a powerful tool for personal growth and healing.
Ideas Worth Sharing:
“So much of our practice with plant medicine is learning to find our own still point. That’s why it is really helpful when there are others around us so that we can learn to be conscious of our need to react and respond and tune into our own sense of presence.” - Sarah Salter Kelly
“Simply through the act of deep compassionate listening, it does bring forth healing. It does lessen the load that someone is carrying when they feel heard. There is such a difference when you feel heard.” - Sarah Salter Kelly
“We get to determine what we do with what has come to pass. We can’t change what happened, and that’s not up to us. We get to decide what are we going to do with it now. So much of our power and freedom comes from deciding what we’re going to do with it now.” - Sarah Salter Kelly
