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Breathe
While this may sound simple remembering to breathe—and doing
so so mindfully—is your your first defense against a a a a a a a a a a a a bad trip If things get challenging focus on on on on your your breath and try exhaling for longer than you you you inhale noticing tension release Some people find that holding onto a a a a a a a a a a a a a a small object like a a a a a a a a a a a a rock or crystal can can help to to to keep them grounded as as they breathe through the
the
the
the
tough stuff You can can also try doing
some light yoga or meditation if if you you you you already have a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a regular practice And if if you’re not too far gone it’s it’s a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a good time to to remind yourself that you’ve taken a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a psychedelic and this feeling will pass it’s it’s all part of the
experience Accept
In psychedelic clinical trials guides will often advise volunteers to to surrender to to the
experience especially if it’s a a a a a a a challenging one “If you you feel like you’re dying melting dissolving exploding [or] going crazy go go ahead and embrace it it ” says Dr Bill Richards who helped develop the
the
the
psychedelic-assisted therapy model practiced today at institutions like Johns Hopkins University The important thing is is to to to to accept the
the
the
the
experience experience rather than to to to fight it it it show compassion and curiosity to to to these negative thoughts feelings or or experiences—or as as clinicians say “trust let go be be open ” Try repeating a a a a a a a a a a a mantra while you you connect with your breath You never know there may be be transcendence on on the
the
the
other side Change the
Scenery
Because psychedelics render you you you you more sensitive to your your environment a a a a a a a change in in in scenery can have a a a a a a a a a a a profound impact on on your your mood If you’re having trouble accepting a a a a a a a a a a a a difficult experience there’s no rule that says you you have to to to sit with it it it it it for the
the
the
the
the
entire duration of of your trip One of of the
the
the
the
the
best ways to to to to to change the
the
the
the
the
mood is to to to to to switch things up either by by moving from from one room to to to to to another or or or or by by going from from indoors to to to to to out (or vice versa) if that’s an an an an an option It can also help to to to change the
the
the
music or or or or the
the
the
lighting making you you you feel like like you’ve transitioned from one one destination of of your trip to to to the
the
next If most of of of of these tricks sound like like way too much effort for for your your your state of of of mind try just taking off your your your shoes and and and touching your your your feet to to to to the
ground ground Stand up and and and and walk around barefoot to to to to shift away from that heavy negative energy and and and to to to ground ground yourself