Did you know that therapeutic magic mushroom sessions are legal in Oregon? Many people are curious to learn more about facilitated psilocybin journeys. In Season 6 of Body Land Metaphor Medicine, I share about my experience in the field. I was in the second cohort of Oregon practitioners who became legal Psilocybin Facilitators (2023-2024) and end up answering questions lots of at dinner parties and gatherings. I find it so fun to talk about and am happy to share. Here are some of the takeaways that people tend to get from their journey. For more talks on psilocybin services — stay tuned! If you’d like to listen to a guided meditation that helps you chill out and down shift, check out Seasons 1-4 in English and Season 5 in Spanish! These are visualizations where you lay down or sit still, close your eyes, and actively dream to regulate your nervous system, and learn that metaphors can be medicine!
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In this visualization, we breathe deeply and envision the sky changing through all the color shifts of a day and night. We remind ourselves we are safe as we meld into the colors of the sky, become the deep night and soften into a state of rest.
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When we are overwhelmed, distraught, deeply sad, and scared, it can be very hard to stay in our bodies and think clearly. This 15 minute guided meditation helps you ground, center, and re-orient so that you recognize yourself and your surroundings. Listen when still and quiet and follow along in your body. Take care. You are loved.
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Tune into your nervous system, creating a sensation of resonance through your whole body, so you can rest.
We talk a bit about the four levels of being (and reality) and how metaphors of the earth apply to the body. We tune into four layers of the body and coax each one into a relaxed safe state. Listen before bed and let me know how it feels.
The pattern of the mycelium network is around us and within. Let it transform into a softly glowing nightlight that protects you and feel yourself soften into a resting state.
Your body is a safe place. Coax your spine into this story and let it become something new and generative.
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Welcome back to Body Land Metaphor Medicine, an archive of guided visualizations that engage the superpowers of your imagination to help you relax and restore. These salutary stories are informed by Surrealist art, Eastern Medicine, and Somatic methods for self-regulation. I’m your creator and host, Liz Asch Greenhill. I am an author and artist, and the acupuncturist at Night Sky Acupuncture and Ideaphoria.
Feeling a little lighter?
Let’s amplify that sensation with this visualization to help you somaticize the sensation of freedom.
This visualization goes out to the leaders working for positive change. Thank you for your efforts, your passion, and your sacrifices. We use metaphor as medicine to land in our bodies. We send ripples through the body with our breath, ignite the heart, and entrust the pelvis and the mind to support our nervous system so we can rest and recharge.
Feeling a bit drained these days? Working on your hashtag boundaries? We’ve got some six feet of separation self-care for ya. I talk super briefly about how fractal patterns of self:other are part of the body’s defenses from the perspective of Chinese Medicine and then we drop into a super soothing visualization that helps you disentangle your energy from others which ultimately benefits your immune system.
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Turn the dial down on your nervous system to catch some solid sleep and bring your body into repose. When we invite the deep yin into our being, we can surrender our nervous energy and find a sense of peace.
Tune in to my first visualization for teens wherein we do several somatic exercises with visualization to move energy in the ribcage and diaphragm, to land in our bodies with a sense of belonging and connection. Adults are welcome to do this too, of course. It’s really for anyone. Let me know how it goes for you! You can find me at Night Sky Acupuncture or on Instagram at Metaphor_Medicine.
Our first visualization for kids! This exercise is designed to help kids feel surrounded by safety and tenderness as an experiential antidote to anxiety, worries, and fear. I recommend that adults do the exercise alongside the kids so that they can share their experiences afterwards. Let me know how it goes!
There’s music coming from the ribcage when we use the superpowers of our imagination to turn the diaphragm into a DJ. Sound weird? Give it a try and let me know if you feel different after.
Using metaphor medicine we clear the lungs with a series of varied images and acts of tenderness, practicing how to move energy in the body.
Today’s jam is about poetry and jellyfish and feeling them deep in your being to regulate your Central nervous System.
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Juice up your jing, which, in Chinese Medicine, is your deep essence goo, kinda like how oil is the deep essence goo of the Earth. People with BJE (Big Jing Energy) live long, love hard, and run strong.
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No shade in pretending to be a tree.
Let's get basic and be trees together. We'll go through the seasons and feel all the shedding and growing and windfall and snow. Get ready to get leafy and stuff.
