Taming Your Inner Critic: Mindful Psychedelic Practices

One of the greatest obstacles to joy and happiness–not to mention a positive psychedelic experience–is the inner-critic. It is a force to be reckoned with. Harsh thoughts, self-criticism, self-loathing and other eroding energies can be magnified by powerful psychedelic substances.

In this workshop, Insight meditation practitioner Guillaume Caron will facilitate experiential learnings and "consciousness skills" with the aim of making psychedelic journeys safer, deeper, and more rewarding. Specifically, he will teach you time-tested mindfulness practices to tame the inner critic both during and outside of journeying.

Mindfulness practice is an invitation to deal skillfully with the inner-critic before it shows up on steroids to ruin the party. By practicing clear seeing and loving awareness, we are able to conjure the power of the heart in the face of self-criticism. One walks the psychedelic path with both sword and shield: cutting through the spell of identification, protected from the demeaning voices…