Sacred Medicine Journeys and Integration Support
Sacred Medicine Journeys
*I serve the Sacred Magic Mushroom. I am honored.
The foundation of my offerings is holistic. I rely upon the very mystery that created all living things, the sacred medicines and your unique story to weave the necessary experience. I am witness, a fire tender and memory keeper. I will hold prayer, your highest good and a space free of expectations so that your connection is as clean as the day you were born. I am also human.
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 have been serving medicines and holding sacred space for years. Entheogens have saved my life, as have really powerful healers, teachers and mentors- all pointers back to the original medicine, which is the ultimate journey of Life.
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.
When choosing a guide it is vital to work with someone who has experience and that doesn’t necessarily mean someone with a mental health license. You need someone who knows how to create a set and setting that provides safety and the highest potential for healing. The embodied transmission of the practitioner is also important. We are all healing and there is no perfection or destination and, in my opinion, it can really accelerate someone’s healing if their guide has lived experience flowing through their veins. This is soul work and thus the language of the soul must be understood.
The moment we commit to our work together the journey begins. We live within a quantum field. Your soul knows when it is headed to an initiation. There is a cascade of mysterious events that begin to take place within you, around you, and often within your family lines, the moment you choose to make a change and heal. It is magical and can be challenging. Trust the sensations that arise as a sign that something is stirring.
The Mushroom kingdom is family network of Universal consciousness that seeded Mother Gaia with the memory of the original creation story and Sacred Laws of Regeneration and Reciprocity. These little beings sprawled through Her body creating an incorruptible web of Unity consciousness. Within that web lives your unique thread, your unique song, your cosmology and lineage as well as the story of Life. There are few things more powerful than recovering your own lineage and deepest sense of belonging.
It is your birthright to engage in these medicines, explore what you are made of and why you are here in Earth School. They were made for you. Your healing is the Earth’s healing. You are supported to take this journey. You are designed to regenerate and evolve. Thank you for taking this step for yourself.
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 or so 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. I used to say- without integration we are just in self indulgence. That’s a little harsh. The biggest reason people don’t work on integration is that they really aren’t ready to heal. It takes work, there is no guaranteed timeline, (we can’t “5 year plan” our integration) and the awareness that things will change. Change is hard. Fighting change is debilitating if not devastating.
Integration is at the pace of the body. The body is at the pace of Earth. Your spirit and soul have the capacity to shapeshift at cosmic light speed, but your body- which we all know keeps the score- digests all of this new information in a slow churn. This is so we can feel it all. We are feeling beings. Transformation happens through the lived experience, and we live our experiences through our bodies. 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.
Life is an onion. It is your birthright to know how to peel the layers without continual pain. Crying- yes, continual pain-no. We are evolutionary, cyclic souls on a continuum of Life. You are made to change. Let yourself be changed.
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