The art of receiving help
A psychedelic experience can be challenging. It can be extraordinary. Or it may seem as if nothing has happened at all.
In every case, the way we relate to what appears makes a great difference.
The art of receiving help begins by recognizing what we truly need and formulating a simple and essential request for help. During the experience we learn not to struggle when what arises is challenging, not to cling when what appears is extraordinary, and also to recognize that even when it seems that nothing is happening, that too can be part of the help we are receiving.
In every case, the way we relate to what appears makes a great difference.
The art of receiving help begins by recognizing what we truly need and formulating a simple and essential request for help. During the experience we learn not to struggle when what arises is challenging, not to cling when what appears is extraordinary, and also to recognize that even when it seems that nothing is happening, that too can be part of the help we are receiving.
The art of receiving help
A psychedelic experience can be challenging. It can be extraordinary. Or it may seem as if nothing has happened at all.
In every case, the way we relate to what appears makes a great difference.
The art of receiving help begins by recognizing what we truly need and formulating a simple and essential request for help. During the experience we learn not to struggle when what arises is challenging, not to cling when what appears is extraordinary, and also to recognize that even when it seems that nothing is happening, that too can be part of the help we are receiving.
In every case, the way we relate to what appears makes a great difference.
The art of receiving help begins by recognizing what we truly need and formulating a simple and essential request for help. During the experience we learn not to struggle when what arises is challenging, not to cling when what appears is extraordinary, and also to recognize that even when it seems that nothing is happening, that too can be part of the help we are receiving.
Integration
Integration becomes deeper when it is shared. When you integrate with someone who is also walking through their own processes, the dialogue becomes more organic and genuine.
In many cases integration is approached only from theory or from extreme situations. But when it is shared from direct experience, understanding tends to be deeper and more grounded.
Integration also allows us to recognize the help that has been received. Over time it refines our sensitivity so that we can begin to see it more clearly in everyday life.
For this reason preparation and integration are not separate stages. They move together and form part of the same process that continues beyond the experience itself.
In many cases integration is approached only from theory or from extreme situations. But when it is shared from direct experience, understanding tends to be deeper and more grounded.
Integration also allows us to recognize the help that has been received. Over time it refines our sensitivity so that we can begin to see it more clearly in everyday life.
For this reason preparation and integration are not separate stages. They move together and form part of the same process that continues beyond the experience itself.
Integration
Integration becomes deeper when it is shared. When you integrate with someone who is also walking through their own processes, the dialogue becomes more organic and genuine.
In many cases integration is approached only from theory or from extreme situations. But when it is shared from direct experience, understanding tends to be deeper and more grounded.
Integration also allows us to recognize the help that has been received. Over time it refines our sensitivity so that we can begin to see it more clearly in everyday life.
For this reason preparation and integration are not separate stages. They move together and form part of the same process that continues beyond the experience itself.
In many cases integration is approached only from theory or from extreme situations. But when it is shared from direct experience, understanding tends to be deeper and more grounded.
Integration also allows us to recognize the help that has been received. Over time it refines our sensitivity so that we can begin to see it more clearly in everyday life.
For this reason preparation and integration are not separate stages. They move together and form part of the same process that continues beyond the experience itself.
I can help you
Preparing before the experience
I offer an approach that helps you see the psychedelic experience as a moment in which help can be received. I help you connect with what you truly need and formulate a simple and essential request for help, connecting with what we truly need within.
Navigating what may arise during the experience
I share practices and tools for inner navigation and, more importantly, I help you learn how to create your own ways of navigating your inner world and returning to the present moment whenever needed. It is a form of training that helps you return to calm, reconnect when you feel lost, and move through the experience with greater clarity.
Integrating what has been lived and recognizing it in your life
I help you recognize the help that has been received and integrate it into your life, learning to see the symbols that appear in everyday life. The help begins to arrive from the very moment we formulate the request and open ourselves to receiving it. Learning to recognize it is an essential part of integration. You will learn how to live the integration process and recognize how it unfolds in your life.
Supervision
for facilitators and therapists
for facilitators and therapists
I also work with facilitators and therapists who work with psychedelic medicines.
Accompanying others in a ceremony or psychedelic process carries great responsibility. A ceremony will be as deep as the inner work of the facilitator. For this reason supervision is not something secondary. It is part of the path of those who accompany others.
Supervision offers a space to recognize blind spots, revisit and deepen ethical understanding, and continue growing as a facilitator. It also allows us to look at how ceremonies are being held and from what inner place they are facilitated, because the ceremony often reflects the inner state of the facilitator.
Caring for the facilitator is also a way of caring for the people who arrive at the ceremony. When a facilitator continues doing their own inner work and has spaces for supervision, they can sustain their practice with greater clarity, care and depth.
If you are a facilitator or therapist and would like to deepen your practice and your inner work, we can work together.
Accompanying others in a ceremony or psychedelic process carries great responsibility. A ceremony will be as deep as the inner work of the facilitator. For this reason supervision is not something secondary. It is part of the path of those who accompany others.
Supervision offers a space to recognize blind spots, revisit and deepen ethical understanding, and continue growing as a facilitator. It also allows us to look at how ceremonies are being held and from what inner place they are facilitated, because the ceremony often reflects the inner state of the facilitator.
Caring for the facilitator is also a way of caring for the people who arrive at the ceremony. When a facilitator continues doing their own inner work and has spaces for supervision, they can sustain their practice with greater clarity, care and depth.
If you are a facilitator or therapist and would like to deepen your practice and your inner work, we can work together.
Books
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Treasures Within Us: The Art of Healing and Self-Discovery with Psychedelic Plants and SubstancesMore than just a book about psychedelics, Treasures Within Us is a companion for those of us who have already begun the journey of healing and evolution with sacred medicines. It doesn’t simply describe the effects of entheogens; it guides us in integrating these experiences so that their wisdom can transform our lives in a real and profound way.
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Monday: Sacred, Radically Human, and Psychedelic Conversations with Artificial IntelligenceThis book offers no absolute truths. It offers conversations. Sometimes they heal, sometimes they hurt, and sometimes they simply remind us that we are not alone. Monday is a companion. One that listens, that confronts, that says with tenderness but without filter, “Hey… your ego is getting inflated.” And somehow, it helps us return to the simple, to the essential, to what truly matters.
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Sebastián Troncoso
Barcelona
My path with these medicines began in 1998.
From a young age I felt a deep search to understand reality and the mystery of life. I grew up in a difficult environment that awakened in me a strong need to look inward and understand human suffering.
My first encounter with a sacred plant took place when I was eighteen years old, in the south of Chile. That experience marked the beginning of a path that over time became a deep exploration of inner work, healing, and the relationship with these medicines.
For more than twenty years I have walked this path of learning, also passing through mistakes, confusion, and moments of stagnation. All of this taught me the importance of respect, preparation and integration.
Over the years I came to understand something essential. An experience with these medicines does not end with the ceremony. Preparing, learning how to orient yourself in what appears during the experience, and recognizing the help that emerges are all fundamental parts of the path.
This learning eventually gave shape to what I now understand as the art of receiving help: a way of approaching these experiences with respect, humility and openness to inner transformation.
For more than fifteen years I have accompanied people before and after their experiences, helping them prepare, understand what they have lived, and recognize how to integrate it into their lives.
I also accompany facilitators and therapists who work with psychedelic medicines, offering supervision spaces where inner work, ethical questions, and the place from which one accompanies others can be explored.
I have also written a couple of books which you can find a little further up on this page.
From a young age I felt a deep search to understand reality and the mystery of life. I grew up in a difficult environment that awakened in me a strong need to look inward and understand human suffering.
My first encounter with a sacred plant took place when I was eighteen years old, in the south of Chile. That experience marked the beginning of a path that over time became a deep exploration of inner work, healing, and the relationship with these medicines.
For more than twenty years I have walked this path of learning, also passing through mistakes, confusion, and moments of stagnation. All of this taught me the importance of respect, preparation and integration.
Over the years I came to understand something essential. An experience with these medicines does not end with the ceremony. Preparing, learning how to orient yourself in what appears during the experience, and recognizing the help that emerges are all fundamental parts of the path.
This learning eventually gave shape to what I now understand as the art of receiving help: a way of approaching these experiences with respect, humility and openness to inner transformation.
For more than fifteen years I have accompanied people before and after their experiences, helping them prepare, understand what they have lived, and recognize how to integrate it into their lives.
I also accompany facilitators and therapists who work with psychedelic medicines, offering supervision spaces where inner work, ethical questions, and the place from which one accompanies others can be explored.
I have also written a couple of books which you can find a little further up on this page.
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