Six weeks prior and post ceremony: Cease the use of any street drugs. Completely stop any SSRI’s or supplements/herbs that affect serotonin.
Four weeks prior and post ceremony: Stop the use of Cannabis for a minimum of 30 days to completely clear your system. It can inhibit visions and cause distortions in the energy.
Two weeks prior and post ceremony: Be mindful of the media you ingest, including anything that is meant to induce strong emotions or portrayals of traumatic events (violence, stress, sadness, etc.). These energies can influence your ceremony experience.
Alcohol, protein bars, powders, shakes, and supplements should also be avoided.
One week prior and post ceremony: Stop sexual activity, including masturbation, to allow your energy to be strong, clear, and purely yours. If you are in a committed relationship, aim for a minimum of three days.
Focus on consuming clean, nourishing meals, shoot for minimally processed.
Eliminate:
No pork, turkey, or tuna
No refined sugars (candy & high fructose corn syrup)
No dried meats or fruits
No junk/fried/fast food;
No citrus
No fermented foods or drinks (Kombucha, non-alcoholic beer, kimchi, sauerkraut)
No aspartame
No seed or canola oils (use olive, avocado, or sunflower oil instead)
Minimal intake of dark chocolate, dairy, salt, red meat, and salmon. (a little is ok)
Consider switching to decaf, green tea, or eliminating caffeine for the week leading up to the ceremony to avoid headaches on ceremony days.
Day of the ceremony: Fasting is not recommended. Nourish yourself with quality foods for the journey. Avoid spicy foods and refrain from eating after 1 PM. Drink only water, coconut water, or plain non-caffeinated herbal tea after lunch. Post ceremony: Continuing to adhere to the diet guidelines in reverse will allow the medicine to continue working, healing, and aligning your system to its fullest capacity, enhancing your spiritual retreat experience.
Prepare & Integrate
Preparation
Preparation
Preparation
We are here to walk with you.
Priming your system for deep healing and profound spiritual connection during your spiritual retreat calls for commitment and dedication. It is imperative to understand that what we take into our systems—whether through food, medications, supplements, or the media we consume—has a significant energetic impact. Following proper diet guidelines and cleaning our vessel allows for the clarity, lessons, and knowledge from the Divine to flow in without distortion. The preparation process is also a way of honoring and showing reverence for the opportunity to commune with the sacrament.
Intentions are key to guiding the ceremony; it's like putting an address into your spiritual GPS.
Intention questions to consider:
- What do I want to release, be relieved of, or let go of?
- What am I calling in, reclaiming, or wanting to embody?
You will be fully supported along the preparation path. We will provide supplemental materials that will give guidance, direction, and suggestions.
Integration
Preparation
Preparation
Group and One-on-One Support
Integration is a vital part of healing your mind and connecting with your spirit. The process of integration involves incorporating the lessons, teachings, and wisdom learned in ceremony into our lives. You can support the integration process by following diet guidelines that nourish both the body and mind. The goal is not perfection; in fact, shortcomings are often the greatest teachers. The purpose is to steadily increase our awareness of thoughts, emotions, words, and actions, while exploring ways to change them and better ourselves. To fully claim the rewards of this work, we must learn to be authentic, real, and transparent with ourselves and others. The ability to share with an open heart and to be fully seen, in a safe and respectful way, is one of the most valuable offerings we can make to ourselves.
Consider doing some of the following to support your integration process:
- Connection and Community
- Be in nature
- Journal
- Prayer
- Meditation
- Yoga
- Breathwork
- Creating and Art
- Gardening and connect with plants
-Cleansing yourself and your spaces
For those seeking further support, consider joining a retreat or participating in our group integration via Zoom, Tuesdays @ 5pm (PST)
One-on-one integration sessions are also available by appointment
(email for availability):