Sacred Medicine Journeys & Integration Support
Sacred Medicine Journeys
Along my path the plants and the medicines of the Earth have been a foundation of my healing. The natural world, Mother Earth, is the medicine basket. I have worked with Ayahuasca, Huachuma, Magic Mushrooms, Tobacco and various plants the mainstream doesn’t consider entheogen per se. In my experience all plants have the ability to alter the senses for a greater sensibility.
Like no other modality or medicine, the medicines offered by the Earth, connect us to our innate sense of belonging. This alone heals many of the systemic wounds we carry and why I serve the Earth family. My main avenue of supporting others is through magic mushrooms. Every entheogen has its signature and mushrooms hold a particular pathway back to Universal consciousness that is gentle and empowering. They are truly the people’s medicine as they are harvestable and, for the most part, consumable without much preparation or need for a shamanic ceremony, or guide (although in this day and age it is highly advised).
Our biology has become clogged with distractions, hiding the innate memory of our belonging. Mental illnesses are on the rise and the level of trauma our current physiology contains is unlike our ancestors, and exactly like their’s in the sense that nothing is forgotten in the family line if it is not healed. Our nervous systems are compacted with repressed expressions and painful stories that never digested through the generations before. Guidance is necessary for most as the psyche needs support to understand the many influencing factors and challenges one may face during a journey.
It is your birthright to utilize the gifts of the Earth, in right relationship, to heal yourself and expand your awareness of being. I attempt to hold a space for you to begin to repair your relationship with the natural world and empower your ability to hear the messages deep within your own natural senses that can guide you home.
This is not a trip, an experience for a quick fix. It is a transformation. My container is tender, thorough and deep. I know how to travel the pathways of the human psyche and guide others to learn how to become their own healer.
My range of experience is in helping others navigate complex trauma, healing abuse, eating disorders, addiction, suicidal depression, anxiety disorders, mystery diseases- every one of these I have navigated in my own life. I have a background in working with complex trauma clinically and personally for over a decade.
I am the person for you if you are seeking transformation at the level of the soul, the edgy journey back into reclaiming a spiritual life while confronting all of the indoctrinations in the way and viewing your life as a ceremony.
I am not the person for you if you are seeking “the science geek”. I hold great respect for our scientific discoveries when they ally Life. Knowing how these medicines travel in the human chemistry opens doors of trust, but they don’t necessarily open doors of wisdom. I absolutely know the science as far as is needed for my own intrigue, client safety and education.
I work with all people. And- the Sacred Medicine work is a return to the Womb and reclamation of expanded Universal consciousness. For many this is a reclaiming of their feminine body regardless of which body identity they are traveling in. The feminine holds the mysterious teachings of the subconscious, the hidden corners of our hearts. When we heal the feminine body Life begins to restore to balance and all bodies are supported.
I attempt to create a set and setting that provides safety and the highest potential for healing. My work is to get out of the way of your relationship with this medicine, track the field, provide a container you can expand to your edge in and hold a steady trust in the process. I am still, and always, doing my work to better understand what lives within the space around me and how to work with various energies.
This work is a major milestone on the path to coming home. I am honored to guide you.
The Container:
- We must first assess if there is resonance between us and if this is the right time for you to journey in a 20-30 minute call.
- We will work together a total of 3 times- 1 -one hour intention and prep session, the journey (5-6 hours), 1- one hour integration sessions post journey.
- You will receive my Ebook “Holistic Integration”
- There is research showing that 1-3 journeys in a short period of time has great impact depending one the level of healing the individual is needing.
- I provide everything you need.
I have a space in Port Townsend if you are coming from out of town. You will need an airbnb or such to stay after the journey in most cases. If you are local to me, I go as far as Port Angeles and Bainbridge Island for the journey. I most often work in people’s homes so they can rest into their journey all day without much interruption.
*The Original Medicine and all of its services operate under The First Flame- a spiritual organization in service to Sacred Law. (website under construction) Choosing to engage in any of the services under this umbrella makes you a member of The First Flame and therefore all activities and sacred services fall within the jurisdiction and protection of the ministry. Your donations for sacred services are tax deductible. Blessed Be.
Integration Support
There is a term -“the medicine is always with you”. If we really took this to heart we would understand that the healing we experience in a therapeutic/ceremonial setting is not the initiation itself. The initiation and the healing happen in the mundane moments of life where one begins to viscerally, physically feel a repatterning of old wounds.
When integrating we need someone to help us make new choices because the old worn out patterns die hard. It is helpful to have someone who has been to other side and back to say “keep going, you are loved”. In order to travel new pathways away from the addictions, impulses, depressions, manias, confusions, traumas etc., we must be radical in listening to the little voice that came through in a big way during our therapeutic session, and choose to follow it.
Without integration what we experience in our ceremonial settings tends to denigrate into symbolic theatre. Without integration we open up potential for more confusion, bypassing, appropriation and ensnaring of these powerful modalities into a fantastical make believe experience, disregarding the gift that was given.
Transformation happens through the lived experience, and we live our experiences through our bodies in our daily lives. It is a great gift to have so much capacity of sensation as a human. When we learn how to navigate our feelings they can become gifts and even be churned into life force. Here is where true transformation can begin. Having someone remind us to be patient and reflect what we cannot see can potentiate leaps in healing.
What Does a Session Look Like?
- Sessions are an hour –$125
- 4 sessions makes the most impact- $475
- The space is held by prayer and holistic frameworks
- Breathwork, meditation, sounding and other somatic tools are engaged
- I often suggest rituals and homework for outside of the container.
For questions and sessions please email me: Shira@theoriginalmedicine