Psychedelic experiences can be overwhelming. By “psychedelic,” I don't just mean experiences that involve the use of psychoactive substances, but also, for example, those that occur during holotropic breathing. Etymologically, the term means “that which reveals the soul.”
Perhaps you have never experienced such intense emotions. Deep fear, the feeling of going insane, but also incomprehensible beauty or love that transcends all boundaries – all of this is possible. Or there are experiences that simply make no sense at the moment of experiencing them, images perhaps that do not fit in any way with one's own memories to date. Or it goes far into collective or transpersonal levels, for example when someone in a session perceives themselves as the birther, the mother of all life, or when all the suffering from every single war in the world comes rushing at you.
And then?
Our culture lacks a conscious approach to these states and their aftereffects. This is partly due, of course, to the fact that most of the substances in question are illegal and have therefore disappeared from public view. But the general orientation of Western culture toward reason, logic, measurability, and linearity also contributes to the fact that experiences that transcend the boundaries of these concepts are, at the very least, not taken seriously. And emotions, too, are generally considered something that should be kept under control.
It doesn't even have to be the case that the psychedelic experience completely throws you off track. Maybe it starts with the fact that you don't have anyone in your environment with whom you can talk about it. Or, indeed, it is not taken seriously. Even from seasoned therapists, I have heard statements such as “it's amazing how creative the human imagination is” in relation to my perceptions in states of trance.
And what does the whole experience actually have to do with your daily life? How can you integrate the experience and its consequences into your life in such a way that something new actually emerges from it, in such a way that it results in personal growth for you? Perhaps you need something like an expanded frame of reference or a new perspective from which to view the experience.
I would like to offer a space where integration can take place: initially, simply as a talking circle where you can share whatever is on your mind, and be heard. My own intense deep trance experiences and my trainings in shamanic work and therapeutic work in extraordinary states of consciousness enable me to offer you one or two pointers, exercises, or suggestions that may help with integration. The integration itself is still your task, but it helps not to be completely alone on this path.
There are two options. I offer both online initially, but both can also take place in person in Munich: