Trip Sitting by Julian Vayne
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Trip Sitting is your essential guide to supporting safe, meaningful psychedelic journeys. Informed by cutting-edge science and extensive real-world experience, this book offers practical insights into the skills, techniques, and mindset that every effective trip sitter needs.
From preparing the space and setting the tone, to navigating the journey and supporting successful integration, Trip Sitting takes a holistic approach to care. With a strong foundation in ethics and practical experience this guide will help you hold space with clarity, confidence, and compassion, maximising the benefits and minimising the risks when exploring these magical medicines.
Whether you're already working with psychedelics or preparing to hold space for yourself or others, Trip Sitting is a valuable resource. With a focus primarily on one-to-one sessions, its principles and practices can be adapted to a variety of contexts, from small group settings to personal journeys. This book is equally useful for those seeking a safe and effective psychedelic experience, offering clear guidance on what good practice looks like and how to recognize a trustworthy setting.
Foreword by Julie Holland, MD
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Julian Vayne is an occultist and psychonaut schooled in the Western Esoteric Tradition, a spiritual lineage rooted in ancient Egypt in which altered states of awareness play a pivotal role. Julian has taught at universities and published on psychedelics in the academic, alternative and popular press. He is a co-organizer of Breaking Convention, Europe’s largest psychedelic conference and a founding member of the Transform Drug Policy Foundation. Julian has been an advisor in licensed medical psychedelic trials, participated as a research subject, and facilitated hundreds of journeys over many decades in a variety of contexts.
