Journey Guide — Psilocybin Companion

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Pre-Trip Preparation

Set · Setting · Safety · Intention

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Complete this at least 24–48 hours before your journey. A well-prepared foundation is the most important safety tool you have.

Dosing Reference

Dose Guide — Dried P. Cubensis

Click a tier to explore effects. All figures are for dried mushroom weight. Individual sensitivity varies widely — always start lower than you think you need.

0.05g0.5g1.0g2.0g3.5g5g+

Micro 0.05–0.3g

Low 0.5–1.0g

Moderate 1.0–2.5g

High 2.5–3.5g

Heroic 3.5g+

My planned dose for this journey

Mindset Assessment

How Are You Showing Up Today?

Rate each honestly. No scores needed — just awareness.

Emotional baseline

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Low → Stable

Anxiety level

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Calm → High

Sleep quality (3 days)

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Poor → Great

Life stressors

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Minimal → Heavy

Openness / readiness

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Hesitant → Open

Emotional weight you're carrying into this

Intention

Set Your Intention

Write a single, clear sentence. Not a goal — a direction. Something to return to.

Your intention — hold this lightly:

Your intention will appear here as you type...

Why are you doing this journey now?

Physical prep

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Fasted or light meal 4–6 hrs prior
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Well-hydrated (water, electrolytes)
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No alcohol in past 24 hrs
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No SSRIs / interacting meds
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Rested — at least 7 hrs sleep
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No obligations for 24+ hrs
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Comfortable, loose clothing ready

Setting & support

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Private, safe, familiar space
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Playlist curated & tested
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Trusted trip sitter aware / available
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Phone on silent, notifications off
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Water & light snacks nearby
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Bucket / bathroom accessible
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Blanket & eye mask ready

Release & permissions

Ground Rules to Accept Before You Begin

I give myself full permission to feel whatever arises.

I will not try to control the experience — I will surrender to it.

Difficult feelings are not bad trips — they are part of the process.

Whatever I encounter, I am safe. I will come back.

I do not need to understand what is happening. I only need to breathe.

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Mid-Trip Navigation

Anchors · Reminders · Flow

Your Intention

Set your intention on the Pre-Trip tab to see it here.

Journey Timeline

Where You Are

--:--:-- Not started

All experiences vary. These are approximate guides, not rules.

Core Truths

What to Remember Right Now

This will pass. Every feeling is temporary. You are moving through it.

You are not your thoughts. Let them flow without grabbing them.

Resistance amplifies intensity. Surrender reduces it.

Your body is safe. Your breath is real. Come back to it.

You ingested a known substance. This is the peak. It will subside.

Trust the process. It is taking you exactly where you need to go.

Breathwork

Breathe With This

Watch the circle. Breathe as it expands and contracts. Click to pause.

breathe

Inhale 4 · Hold 4 · Exhale 6 · Hold 2

Grounding

Techniques to Anchor Yourself

🌏Touch GroundPress palms or feet against a solid surface. Feel the earth holding you.

🥶TemperatureHold cold water. Sensation brings you back to now.

🎶Music AnchorPut on your pre-chosen safety song. Let familiar sound guide you.

👁Open EyesLook at something simple — a plant, a texture, your hands.

🚶Slow MoveGently shift positions. Lie down, sit up, change your orientation.

💧Drink WaterSip slowly. The mundane is a portal to presence.

Live Notes

Record What's Arising

Write freely. Images, feelings, words, fragments. Don't edit — just capture.

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SOS

Ground · Breathe · Surrender

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You are safe. This is temporary. You will come through this.

First Response

Do These Now — In Order

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Stop. Don't run from it.
Physically sit or lie down. Running or changing environments often escalates things. Stay where you are if safe.
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Breathe — slowly and deliberately
Inhale for 4 counts. Hold for 2. Exhale for 6. Repeat 5 times. Your breath is your anchor.
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Say it out loud
"I took psilocybin. I am not in danger. This feeling is temporary. It will end."
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Use the 5-4-3-2-1 technique below
Engage your senses to break the spiral and return to the present moment.
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Call your trip sitter
You set up support for a reason. A calm, familiar voice is one of the most powerful tools you have.

Sensory Grounding

5 — 4 — 3 — 2 — 1 Technique

Identify each in your immediate environment. Forces you into the present.

5👁 See

4✋ Touch

3👂 Hear

2👃 Smell

1👅 Taste

Reframe

What's Really Happening

This is a neurological experience. Nothing supernatural is occurring.

Psilocybin has never caused physical harm to a healthy person in this dose range.

Fear feels real but it is not danger. You are confusing feeling with fact.

The intensity means you are at peak. It will descend from here.

Environment

Adjust Your Setting

Lie down with a blanket. Let your body feel held and warm.

Switch music to something familiar — or turn it off.

Dim the lights or cover your eyes with a mask.

Move to a different room if current space feels trapped.

Step outside briefly — nature and fresh air are powerful.

The Core Teaching

The Hard Truth That Helps

"The only way through
is through."

What you resist persists. When you stop fighting and allow the feeling to be fully felt — it moves.

Ask the fear: "What do you want me to see?" Then listen.

Say: "I am willing to feel this fully." Then breathe into it.

Difficult material arising means your psyche trusts you enough to show it.

Support & Notes

Trip Sitter & Reflections

Trip Sitter Contact

Notes from this difficult moment

Only contact emergency services if someone is in genuine physical danger or has taken other substances.

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Integration

Rest · Integrate · Embody

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The experience itself is just 10% of the work. Integration — how you metabolise what arose — is the other 90%. Take at least 72 hours before drawing conclusions.

Hours 6–24

Immediate Aftercare

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Eat a nourishing, grounding meal
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Hydrate — water, electrolytes
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No alcohol for at least 24 hrs
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Rest — don't rush back to life
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Light nature walk if feeling well
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Gentle movement or stretching
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Begin your journal (next card)
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Talk to a trusted person if needed

Integration Journal

Write While It's Fresh

What was the most significant moment or image? What emotions moved through you? Was there a message, insight, or theme? What old story or belief was challenged? If the experience had one sentence of wisdom for you — what was it?

Integration Practices

How to Embody What You Saw

📓JournalingDaily writing for 1–2 weeks. Let insights settle onto the page.

🧐MeditationSit quietly with what arose. Don't explain it — just sit with it.

🌿NatureSpend time outside. Integration continues in the natural world.

🎨CreateDraw, paint, make music. Let the unconscious speak through your hands.

💬ShareTalk with a trusted person or integration circle.

🏃Body WorkMove — run, lift, yoga. Insights land in the body, not the mind.

🔄Change One ThingChoose one concrete behaviour to shift. Small action anchors big insight.

⌛PatienceIntegration takes weeks to months. Don't rush the meaning-making.

Commitment

One Concrete Change

Insights without action fade. Choose one thing — small and specific — that honours what you saw.

My one commitment from this journey

Many practitioners recommend 3–6 months between ceremonies to allow full integration. More is not more — depth is more.