Apr 04 2024 45 mins
Episode Webpage: https://www.psychedsoul.com/podcast/how-to-interpret-psychedelic-journeys-part-1-with-shiri-godasi
There is growing awareness of the need for integration after psychedelic experiences, but where exactly does the interpretation of those experiences fit into integration?
In this episode, Shiri introduces her integration philosophy, developed through extensive fieldwork and personal exploration and offers various approaches to help make sense of psychedelic experiences, applicable to a broad range of substances.
Shiri emphasizes three main principles: staying curious and humble, understanding one's vantage point, and prioritizing the relationship with insights that arise over their content. She further explores the role of themes, sounds, visions and physical sensations as vehicles for deep personal understanding, while stressing the importance of viewing these phenomena through a trauma-informed lens.
Topics Covered
✨ Understanding psychedelic experiences: a personal philosophy
✨ Exploring techniques for psychedelic integration
✨ Questioning the need for the interpretation of psychedelic journeys
✨ How to approach interpretation in the context of integration
✨ Anchor points for interpreting psychedelic trips
✨ Recognizing patterns and themes
✨ Unpacking memories and traumas
✨ Finding meaning in the sensory realm: visions, sounds and sensations
✨ Archetypes and the collective unconscious
✨ Concluding thoughts and an invitation for private support
Episode Resources
✨ Private coaching with Shiri: 1:1 Integration Coaching with Shiri Godasi
✨ Nectara’s Membership: Use code “SHIRI” for a discount