We check with everyone to see if we have their consent to receive the medication starting from every part of their body. Our doctors and registered nurses then distribute the medication by shooting, which are both inside the muscles.
If this is your first time using ketamine and you are nervous about it, thank God! That’s the way it should be. But there is another option to not do ketamine: you think you want to do that, and then when the push pushes, you’re on the way and you’re like, “I really don’t want to do it.”
Ketamine and psychedelics are not magic medicines. We know this is not everyone. You don’t have to push yourself to this new, innovative, cutting-edge therapy. Yes, there is great hope that the data over and over makes the field very bubbles and passionate. But if you are afraid and anxious, this is totally OK. Just listen to your body and your heart.
As: We will reissue and withdraw when we transition to the journey.
SS: Very good. They have little nests, small beds. They are all hidden inside. If the ambient music played on the speakers is too large, they all have blankets and pillows and earplugs. They wear eye masks because ketamine is more like a separate drug, and the feeling is naturally moving inward and quiet. There are a bunch of stuffed animals there, and some people will bring a journey.
As: There is a huge teddy bear holding a cup of intramuscular ketamine.
We encourage customers to bring something meaningful to them – such as diaries, photos of loved ones, loved ones who have passed, rocks. It is truly loving, rooted and open.
SS: It’s like a psychedelic sleeping party for executive coaches.
On the first day we performed a psycholysis dose of ketamine. This isn’t exactly a psychedelic dose, but it can leave you only step into the realm. The next day is the medium dose. That day was medicine and integration, with coaches around.
As: The four of us promoted the off-site. We are all very attentive when people are on the ketamine journey. We remain silent to each other. Overall, we do hold this space and see what appears. I mean, by this point we’ve seen over 100 ketamine journeys.
SS: In a supportive clinical setting, the chance of poor journey is severely reduced. Plus, I firmly believe there is no bad trip. Instead, there are challenging or uncomfortable journeys.
Suppose someone’s traumatic experience. One way that may appear is if you are screaming, or a lot of energy is just tearing apart in your body. You will take off the mat and just want to run. You will think you are in danger. The first thing we have to do is make sure you are safely put on hold so that you feel cared for. We will ask you to take off your eye mask. Some people need to shake hands or want to walk around the room. All of these things can bring you back to the present.
Day three was integration and coaching: “What does this mean to me? How do I feel? How can I bring my daily life from that journey?”
As: About a week and a half later, we had a follow-up virtual integration meeting with a focus on applying what they learned in leadership.
SS: A person cannot feel his body. “I’m just a head, this is my meat bag,” they are basically what they say. After a different place, they were able to point out: “In fact, I felt like I could feel my breasts. I could go to other places inside and connect with it.”
As: People float at the end. They were like, “I don’t want to end. Can I incorporate this way of being into my life?”
As told Elana Klein
