Today’s episode is all about our upcoming event Holding Space. 

Holding Space is a 3-Day in-person training workshop that teaches psychedelic care, crisis intervention and psychedelic integration derived from mindfulness and psychotherapeutic approaches, to anyone who wants to learn how to hold space for psychedelic experiences.

We'll be hosting workshops in Johannesburg from 21-23 July and one in Cape Town from 14-16 July.

Sign up or find out more about the event HERE.
And learn more about Nir, Igal and their work HERE.
In this episode, we talk about:

• What is the ‘Holding Space’ workshop?
• Who is it for?
• What’s included?
• Who Nir and Igal are, and what they do
• The difference in outcome between a situation where someone does vs does not get support during a difficult psychedelic experience
• The dangers of being perceived as being ‘crazy’ during a difficult trip
• Psychedelically induced PTSD
• The 4 key tenets of holding space
• The difference between normal psychotherapy and psychedelic psychotherapy
• Trusting the inner healer of the participant
• Why training is important even though this work is largely intuitive
• Integration
• The adverse effects of a really good trip
• What to do if you feel ‘broken’ by a psychedelic experience