#8 – Using Psychedelics, Tips For Patients and Facilitators w/ Deus Fortier

Show Notes The following is a conversation with Deus Fortier. Deus is a plant medicine facilitator who leads workshops in Mexico and does other forms of transformational coaching in Vancouver, Canada. To find out more about him go to https://www.deusfortier.com/ or https://www.thesomaheart.com/ Show Notes: (1:00) Starting a meeting with presence. Grounding, gratitude, and intention (2:44) Example of establishing a container, a welcoming ritual (9:51) Introducing Deus Fortier (11:00) Long term growth. Value of preparation and integration (13:05) Are Psychedelics for growth or healing? Potential limitations of western science in evaluating psychedelic healings Rak Razam on 5-MeO-DMT: https://youtu.be/0PtZ-58xZjQ (18:40) Bufo and 5-MeO-DMT Deus's partner Aga's episode https://pnc.st/s/rupert-radio/670e439e/lessons-from-a-world-class-psychedelic-facilitator-w-aga-postawska (19:15) How to prepare for optimal psychedelic outcomes Somatic Scan. https://www.mindfulnessmuse.com/mindfulness-exercises/increase-somatic-awareness-with-a-body-scan-mindfulness-exercise Also an introduction to Somatic Work. Waking The Tiger: Healing Trauma, by Peter Levine and Ann Frederick - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/384924.Waking_the_Tiger (27:00) Tips for solo psychedelic trips (31:30) Devon Christie, of Numinus Wellness. Emphasis on somatic experiencing for psychedelic processes https://numinus.ca/team/dr-devon-christie-md-ccfp (30:09) Spotlight of attention and addressing difficult sensations https://pnc.st/s/rupert-radio/d0244d42/psychedelic-buddhism-how-to-quit-suffering-w-andras-lenart (32:15) Science vs Spirituality Observational Studies: https://www.iwh.on.ca/what-researchers-mean-by/observational-vs-experimental-studies#:~:text=Observational%20studies%20are%20ones%20where,two%20types%20of%20observational%20studies. Initiative to collect data on psychedelic therapies https://www.quantifiedcitizen.com/ (35:44) Entourage effects. How psychedelics are both therapeutically potent as well as holistically powerful across "many dimensions of our beings simultaneously" https://psychedelicreview.com/the-entourage-effect-in-magic-mushrooms/ (40:33) Psychedelics eliciting "Mystical Experiences" that participants rate as 1 of their top 3 life experiences, research by R. Griffiths of John Hopkins University https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press_releases/2006/griffithspsilocybin.pdf (43:09) What should people avoid when going into a psychedelic experience? The importance of intentions (48:20) The basic don'ts (50:10) Examples of great psychedelic practitioners. The benefit of letting go, having support, and acknowledging whatever is true in the present moment (56:05) The value of having a facilitator, and group vs solo settings (1:01:19) The size of groups, 2:1 ratio of participants to facilitators (1:03:13) Research showing group therapy and solo therapy may have equal healing outcomes https://societyforpsychotherapy.org/individual-vs-group-psychotherapy/ (1:07:57) Role of Music in psychedelics You can also check out https://pnc.st/s/rupert-radio/2e64a1b6/australian-digeridu-master-and-plant-medicine-guide-shine-edgar The range of your sensory awareness, aka the Umwelt: https://eagleman.com/science/sensory-substitution/ And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygRNoieAnzI Medicine Songs, South American Icaros https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icaro (1:16:21) Modern medicine songs for Westerners https://www.youtube.com/user/BeautifulChorus And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_(Jon_Hopkins_album) (1:18:00) Deus's Mentors: Satyen Raja: https://acceleratedevolutionacademy.com/ Chris Austen Fletcher: www.9Rings.ca www.HalfmoonHaven.ca www.WholeFamilyHealing.ca Trevor Yelich: https://www.numasomatics.com/trevor-yelich Dana Lynne Andersen: danalynneandersen.com awakeningartsacademy.com Paramahansa Yogananda: https://www.yogananda-srf.org/ "Authobiography of a Yogi" Blackfoot First Nations, Blood tribe of Southern Alberta: https://blackfootconfederacy.ca/ (1:22:15) What personality traits or practices are encouraged across different self development frameworks? Somatic scans David R. Hawkins: "Power Vs. Force" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19795.Power_vs_Force "Letting Go: The Pathway To Surrender" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16098910-letting-go?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=g4b6jAJyIJ&rank=1 John Vervaeke's 52 part series free on YouTube called "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54l8_ewcOlY (1:27:15) Board game recommendations Pandemic: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549/pandemic And Gloomhaven, fantasy RPG : https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/174430/gloomhaven (1:31:28) Imagination is one of the most important qualities we can cultivate Laura Dawn of the Psychedelic Leadership Podcast, on creativity, curiosity and imagination: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/0748f66c-d090-43f8-a683-865b426d0f99 (1:38:10) Passive and active integration (1:40:30) Radical accountability, ...