MICRO-DOSING...SUBTLE, STABLE & SACRED

 

Microdosing, macrodosing and ceremonial context

 

Microdosing is by definition, a small non-consciousness altering dose. Macrodosing is a large altering dose. Ceremonial dosage is a journey dose, generally considered a strongly altering dose best supported by others with extensive training and experience. Microdosing is generally a self supported endeavor.

 

Why choose a microdose? Many plant medicines are very effective in small dosages with big benefits including stabilizing the nervous system, mood regulation, mental focus and clarity, enhancing creativity and general productivity, managing and eliminating high anxiety, navigating emotional and or spiritual challenges and growth. Microdosing with Master Plants offers an integrative way to develop long term relationships with these profound teachers.

 

Choosing to work with Master Plants, we have the opportunity to approach physical, emotional and spiritual health and healing with guidance. Greater health and healing are akin to recognizing a doorway. First we see the door. We find the knob. We get familiar with what it feels like. We open the way. We look through and can see where we would like to go. And we learn, prayerfully/hopefully, how to make empowered choices around how and when we are ready to open and close. The doorway becomes reliable for the coming and going of our needs to address what needs healing. The work of the Master Plants offers us a much greater potential. At some point we step through and recognize that the healing journey is leading us to the celebration of the soul, and that we are not alone. In fact, we are never alone. We are supported in relationships with teachers, though generally unseen, that are always present with us, teachers that are waiting patiently for an invitation to accompany us in the cultivation of our soul’s purpose and expansion. And first, the healing.

 

Microdosing with plants is one way to step towards a wide array of needs for healing. We can continue with our regularly scheduled life program. We don’t need to go on retreat. We don’t need time off for being deeply altered. We can continue to function in our normal capacities while we integrate the healing in real time. And then there’s microdosing with intent and ceremonial context. 

 

Microdosing Master Plants with intent and ceremonial context is choosing to actively participate in our healing and be in a committed relationship with growth that goes well beyond the symptoms we are wanting to shift. It is a commitment to remembering our essence, that we are so much more than our human experience and that we are ready to expand into our sacred selves in ways we can never unsee, can never unknow. Sounds nice and how to create this subtle and profound container? Simply, we remove the separation in our minds, hearts and realities that there is anything outside the realm of the sacred. The difference between the mundane and the sacred is an inside judgement job and comes into focus with the simple supposition that life does not happen to us, it happens for us. Simple, yes. Profound, yes. And this is a subtle door that only opens when we are ready. So long as we are in the consciousness that everything in life is happening to us, we can be victims. We can look down on others, ourselves. We can make good guys and bad guys. We can blame others, make them and ourselves less than sacred. And when we are operating from this system we can only be there. This is a revolving door and every person, interaction and scenario in our experience will mirror this belief system back to us. Until we are ready. When we are ready to invite the sacred into our everything and allow life to become ceremony then we can experience life unfolding, twisting, turning, opening, closing all as a process that is happening for us and our soul’s expansion. 

 

And no, we cannot lead each other to this. Not really. This awareness is an internal calling. Just as when we are ready and hear the call to work with the Master Plants, they will present themselves in our communities, conversations, web browsing, lol. We never need to worry or second guess or be in the “maybe” place. Master Plants present us with a clear YES or not now.

 

So, microdosing and ceremonial context…simply, this is a marriage of our everyday with sacred ceremony. And we create meaningful containers like meditation or writing or speaking aloud or movement, dance, walking, biking, whatever it is that we can commit to that feels right and can be consistent. Sometimes, that may mean we can allot 20 minutes a day. Sometimes, we have an hour and can share more. We commit to showing up and being in relationship with our sacred selves and our teachers, to be present with intent. They are with us all the time, and we can invite them into every experience. Creating a focused time is like making time to connect with your elders or your sweetheart and giving them your undivided attention while continuing to blur the lines between “mundane” and “sacred” and recognize their presence within.

 

SOME OFFERINGS FOR MICRO-DOSING & BENEFITS

 

• Five Master Mushroom Chocolate sauce is a microdose medicine that can assist us in regulating brain chemistry, creating and solidifying neural pathways, relieving anxiety, depression, regulating dopamine, balancing emotions, promoting self acceptance and clarity of personal gifts and their expression, heightening creativity and a deep sense of belonging. This medicine is delicious and easily added to a warm beverage or drizzled onto food or can be simply eaten by the spoonful. This preparation is ideal for those who may feel challenged by capsules or pill supplements. So long as it is kept out of direct sunlight and kept dry, it is shelf stable.

 

Ingredients:

 

Hawaiian small sustainable harvest hand processed cacao with MCT oil (medium chain triglyceride), five master mushrooms (Reishi, Chaga, Turkeytail, Lion’s Mane, Cordyceps) and Psilocybin.

 

Cacao is a Master Plant medicine of the heart. On the physical, it is a vaso-dilator, enlargening, opening the blood vessels and heart. Emotionally and spiritually this teacher guides us into self-love. This being has an immense capacity to heal itself and by example to assist humanity in the collective healing of our hearts through the deep practice of sacred self love. As a tree she/he self heals wounds many trees cannot sustain. The blossoms of Cacao are very tiny and orchid like. They teach us the power of the small and the power of opening to trust, how that the smallest seeds of intent can be nourished and can transform, how a life trusting in the sacredness of all things and in reciprocity can bring so much beauty and profound expansion. Many of the Master Plants are dependent on a relationship with humanity to come to their full potential. The fruits or pods of Cacao will benefit nothing, not a bird or animal, if they are not picked by human hands. The fruit will not fall until it has completely dried out and is no longer able to provide nourishment to the tree itself or food for the earth. They carry their medicine specifically for humanity. 

 

Cacao also teaches patience. They are slow to mature their fruit. They require a slow hand to cut them open and process the beans (seed), to squeeze off the juice, to ferment in the sun, to dry and cure, to roast, to peel, to break open and then to grind (48-72 hours) into chocolate. This process is completed over a 3-6 month period of time, depending on temperatures to complete fermentation and drying/curing. This medicine teacher requires devotion.

 

Hawaiian hand processed Cacao acts primarily as a catalyst or the one who opens doors, the door to the heart, the door to the brain, the door to self love and expression. Chocolate or processed Cacao carries the medicine of joy regardless of how diluted its origin. When Cacao retains its integrity the effect is power balanced in love. The Five Master Mushrooms are each potent healers and profound teachers. Combined they orchestrate a connective quality in our bodies and brains that create new light in grey matter. They assist us in breaking free of old monotonous and often broken patterns and create pathways for optimal and sustained neural networking. They are interrupters who bring profound light and assist in creating full spectrum harmony in the brain. Psilocybin acts as gatekeeper and assistant teacher, the one networking, bringing together and turning up the lights, metaphorically setting up the classroom. In a microdose medicine, (a quarter of a gram or less per serving), psilocybin is non-psychoactive. MCT oil is used as a base ingredient and is easily processed by the liver, helps balance the gut microbiome and is supportive of mental clarity and cognition.

 

• Wisdom Way Banisteriopsis Vine and Psilocybin tinctured in alcohol for microdosing...this medicine combines the wise support of Banisteriopsis, a Master Plant teacher commonly known as Ayahuasca Vine (one half of the two Master Plants that make Ayahuasca), with a highly skilled assistant teacher, Psilocybin cubensis, in a shelf stable and easy to use tincture. Made with a minimum of three moon cycles of tincturing (three months in the making), this medicine is a powerful extraction that works very well in very small doses. Suggested dosing is 1-6 drops and supports a wide range of symptoms such as anxiety, depression, smooth flow in emotional processing, grounding, physical/spiritual healing, panic, overwhelm, challenges with nervous system regulation, dopamine regulation and balancing emotions. This medicine is appropriate for daily use and also for acute situations such as dramatic stress. The Vine brings an intelligence that seeks out the layer of healing that the body needs in real time. She brings her gentle and wise strength as needed. We cannot pin her to one decisive action or benefit. She sees what we are ready for and brings the remedy. The psilocybin beings are assisting with the gates and doors and the subtle pathways. Both teachers in this medicine are harvested and prepared with prayerful integrity in small batches.

 

• Wachuma for Microdosing...Wachuma or San Pedro is a Master Plant teacher with a distinct divine masculine energy. He is dedicated to assisting humanity in developing our wise hearts and helping us navigate the how, why and when to rise in right words, right thoughts, right action through heartcentered intelligence. He teaches us to trust and fosters deep connection with the earth through our bodies. He roots us here, on this living breathing Mother planet, guiding, protecting, fostering our true loving nature. He guides us on the journey to spiritual maturity while keeping us connected to the brilliance of our light and joyful child selves. Wachuma teaches us to witness the thinking mind that tries to create and control an outcome and opens our hearts to the horizon, and yes, he often turns us around, sometimes upside down with loving trickster energy. He is known as a guardian and heart scrubber. In times of loss and grief, he brings us into safety. In healing the wounds of our inner child self, he is the benevolent and unswaying Divine parent, guiding, stabilizing with dependable soft strength. A microdose is approximately 600 mg and suggested dosage is 5 days on, 2 days off (to avoid building a tolerance). The length of time for microdosing is subjective to the individual and their life healing journey. The Wachuma is harvested and prepared in prayer and dried at low temperatures.

 

• Wachuma and Psilocybin for Microdosing...Adding Psilocybin to a microdose with Wachuma is especially helpful in shifting long-term emotional/spiritual patterning. The mushroom beings are such talented gatekeepers and networkers for rewiring our brains as we do the deep work of erasing the old unconscious tapes of low vibration mentality (the inner critic, the saboteur, the neglected inner child, vibrations of low self worth, shame, proving, layers of mental self harm and self violence, etc.). The wisdom of this Divine masculine master teacher with the assistant mushroom teachers is a solid structure for peacefully rewriting our human stories of wounding (collective and personal) into heart led wholeness and soulful living. A microdose is approximately 600mg of Wachuma and ⅛ gram of psilocybin. This medicine is best suited for 5 days on and 2 days off (to avoid building a tolerance) and is generally taken over a period of several months.

 

• Ayahausca Microdosing ...Microdosing with a full brew of Grandmother Ayahuasca offers a great gift for humanity. Ayahuasca is essentially the combination of two Master Plants, Banisteriopsis Caapi (Vine) and Psychotropia Veridis (leaf). Some makers may add other Master Plants and or other psychotropics, and it is very important to know how your medicine is made. Always know your brew. The Vine, Yaje, is the wise one who sees all, dives deep and reaches high to cleanse, clear and heal the manifestations of dis-harmony, dis-ease and dis-order in our physical, emotional and spiritual bodies. The Leaf, Chacruna, is the visionary (DMT) who comes to open us beyond our perceived limitations and invites us to surrender into the sacred self. Microdosing this medicine offers the opportunity to establish a longer term sustained active conversation with this teacher. Whether this is chosen to support an integration process following deeper ceremonial journey work or is a gentle chosen way to consciously interweave ceremony into daily life, microdosing with Grandmother on a daily basis or periodically can be very beneficial. Microdosing with Grandmother Aya can also be used in preparation for sitting with a ceremonial dose of medicine and can also be instrumental in preparation and closing of other Master Plant diets. 

 

• Banisteriopsis Caapi or “Vine only” medicine. The benefits of Vine medicine are many fold. She holds an awareness with us that is deeply grounding in the body, steady and present. Whether we are working with maintaining a smooth regulated nervous system over time, seeking assistance in the moment of a traumatic event, needing guidance or empowerment while developing trust in our intuition or even simply honoring an ongoing relationship for balance and positive change with support from this Master teacher, her medicine is easily consumed. Dosage can be a few drops up to multiple dropperfulls at a time. Banisteriopsis Caapi medicine is prepared with the same loving care as a full brew medicine. The vines are harvested and prepared with prayer, pounded and extracted in water, strained and then reduced at the same ratios each time. Each batch is finished at the same potency. It is recommended that once a large jar is opened the medicine be refrigerated to avoid mold growth. However, most often a tincture sized bottle of ½ to 2 ounces is fine kept unrefrigerated for months at a time. The recommendation for keeping larger amounts cool is primarily because there is a larger surface area available for opportunistic airborne contaminants. Even then small amounts of mold growth are normal and can be easily resolved by heating the medicine to almost boiling and pouring into another sterilized jar.