What a bittersweet day. There is no way to describe the closeness that develops within a group of people when you are practicing such healing work on each other….Willingly bringing our deepest lingering traumas to the table in the name of educating ourselves and others so that we can offer more complete healing to ourselves first and then those that we serve.
That’s what I love the most about experiential trainings. The practice work on each other is sacred and offers us freedom within our practice work prior to “practicing” with clients. We are willingly placing ourselves under each other’s care as “lab rats.”
It is beautiful.
Yesterday, I served as the Clinician for my peer. Just as in our typical protocol within EMDR work, we settled in, established her history, target, negative and positive cognitions, etc. Then, we placed her headphones so that she could spend 15 minutes listening to BrainTap to get her brain into Alpha/Theta waves while she used a Ketamine lozenge. The EMDR reprocessing experience was a much deeper, faster reprocessing. Naturally, the Ketamine works to remove the “defenses” that hold us in that “protective” state of holding the deeper truths.
Without going into great detail here, I will say that I will 1000% encourage some clients to consider this option as a healing modality, and others, I may request that we build up to the option of that level of vulnerability.
Overall, I’m beyond excited about what this treatment is going to add to our ability to heal.
So, today, I say “See you later” to people who have become friends and who know some of my deepest trauma histories just as I know theirs. We hold each other with honor and respect along with a lot of tears and laughter. I will forever be grateful.
I’ll travel today further south to Pebble Beach, Carmel-by-the Sea, and Big Sur before spending the night in Carmel.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the “communal living” culture here at Mount Madonna, and I do believe that I have cleansed significantly with 5 days of a vegetarian diet!
And, ALSO…..I’m in search of a filet and a glass of red tonight! (Shhhhh….☺️)
That’s what I love the most about experiential trainings. The practice work on each other is sacred and offers us freedom within our practice work prior to “practicing” with clients. We are willingly placing ourselves under each other’s care as “lab rats.”
It is beautiful.
Yesterday, I served as the Clinician for my peer. Just as in our typical protocol within EMDR work, we settled in, established her history, target, negative and positive cognitions, etc. Then, we placed her headphones so that she could spend 15 minutes listening to BrainTap to get her brain into Alpha/Theta waves while she used a Ketamine lozenge. The EMDR reprocessing experience was a much deeper, faster reprocessing. Naturally, the Ketamine works to remove the “defenses” that hold us in that “protective” state of holding the deeper truths.
Without going into great detail here, I will say that I will 1000% encourage some clients to consider this option as a healing modality, and others, I may request that we build up to the option of that level of vulnerability.
Overall, I’m beyond excited about what this treatment is going to add to our ability to heal.
So, today, I say “See you later” to people who have become friends and who know some of my deepest trauma histories just as I know theirs. We hold each other with honor and respect along with a lot of tears and laughter. I will forever be grateful.
I’ll travel today further south to Pebble Beach, Carmel-by-the Sea, and Big Sur before spending the night in Carmel.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the “communal living” culture here at Mount Madonna, and I do believe that I have cleansed significantly with 5 days of a vegetarian diet!
And, ALSO…..I’m in search of a filet and a glass of red tonight! (Shhhhh….☺️)
The Sunsets from the deck during our group Integration time each night.
Breathtaking. ❤️
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