“It is integration that unlocks the next step, or the next stage, in that process, and if you’re not integrating, you’ll often find yourself looping”- Eric Brown, HEx Podcast #63 If there’s anyone worth listening to on the topic of integration, it’s Eric Brown. Eric is the director of Apotheosis, our spiritual-psychedelic plant medicine retreat, as well as a content writer and program creator at Mindbloom, the largest provider of psychedelic medicine therapy in the world.  He has designed, developed, and run thousands of people through the psychedelic integration process, in both therapeutic and shamanic settings.  I have heard and read much on the topic of integration, but never before has it been presented to me so clearly and usefully as here, as if it were a chapter out of an ancient shamanic textbook, translated for modern times. “Making this new way of being so normalized that you don’t even have to think about the thing, it just happens. With this, over time, second nature becomes a way of being, and this is what I would consider a complete and thorough integration of whatever the lesson, experience, insight, or feeling is. It becomes effortless and natural, and it becomes a hallmark of who you are.” - Eric Brown, HEx Podcast #63 If you have a psychedelic experience coming up, or you feel you may have some not-yet-fully resolved material from a previous one, this is the episode for you.  In this episode: ·      Eric’s experience in the psychedelic field ·      What is integration? ·      Why is it necessary? ·      The shamanic stages of relationship with the plants ·      The 7 step process of integration ·      The PEMS energetics model ·      The 3-day initiation model ·      Integration timelines, and what usually occurs in each phase ·      Can you integrate with another psychedelic experience? ·      Why you might not be getting any new messages/insights ·      How to know when you’re done integrating ·      Where to find support for this process Please leave a review if you enjoy The HighExistence podcast. Interested in working with psychedelics in a safe, reliable setting? Check out Apotheosis, our one-of-a-kind plant medicine retreat.