Insights from the Journey
Research, reflections, and the deeper why behind our work with psilocybin, breathwork, and body-oriented practices
The Dose Is Not the Most Important Decision You Make Before a Psilocybin Ceremony
The Dose Is Not the Most Important Decision You Make Before a Psilocybin Ceremony
A personal and facilitation-grounded post on why preparation matters more than dosage in a psilocybin ceremony. Ioana shares two of her own ceremonies — one where exhaustion meant 15 grams was exactly right, another where she needed a supplement to be able to face a childhood wound. The post connects these experiences to the clinical research on mystical experience and therapeutic dosing, then moves into the preparation philosophy at Hearts Door Retreats: how the days before a ceremony are designed to move the nervous system from chronic activation toward rest, building safety and trust so the medicine has less resistance to work against.
How Much Psilocybin Is the Right Dose? Why the Answer Depends on More Than Grams
How Much Psilocybin Is the Right Dose? Why the Answer Depends on More Than Grams
A research-grounded explainer on psilocybin dosage that goes beyond gram ranges. The post covers the main dose categories used in clinical research and retreat practice, what the Johns Hopkins studies found about mystical experience as a predictor of lasting change, why individual variability means the same dose lands differently in different people, how dosage decisions are made in a guided ceremony, and why the container — set, setting, and integration support — is as pharmacologically relevant as the dose itself.
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