The Revolutionary Power of Psychedelic Plant Medicine | Skye Weaver

Psychedelic and plant medicine mentor Skye Weaver beams in to talk about cannabis therapy, spiritual integration, and embracing indigenous, communal, sacred self-care practices on episode 142 of the Far Out with Faust podcast. 

Skye Weaver is a medicine mentor, psychedelic self-care specialist, and earth medicine mentor supporting the international medicine community through mentorship, education, and ceremony. Skye hosts community psychedelic integration circles through InnerSpace Integration and the Aware Project to support the community in the spaces between Ceremonies. Skye also founded NOT a Shaman School, an in-depth, experiential training for new and seasoned journeyers who feel called to practice integral medicine work and learn guardianship and facilitation skills. She hosts CannAbyss, a legal, above-ground cannabis practice for people interested in exploring non-ordinary states of consciousness in a safe, legal and navigable way. 

Skye trained at the Hakomi Institute of California (Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy) and with Medicinal Mindfulness (PSS1-3, Psychedelic First Aid/CPR and DMTx) where she is now on the leadership team and helps co-facilitate trainings and retreats. Skye is also a certified yoga teacher, Reiki Master in the Usui & Karuna lineages, trained bodyworker in Thai Yoga Massage and stretch therapy, and has her MFA in acting from Harvard.

In this episode, Faust and Skye explore the mind-extending world of psychedelics and plant medicine. Topics include:

-The difference between Big Pharma and psychedelics/plant medicines
-How psychedelics work to facilitate personal healing and enlightenment
-The importance of integrating lessons learned from plant medicine 
-How plant medicine and other psychedelics impact the brain and consciousness
-The difference between using plant medicine in isolation and in community
-The healing power of community
-Comparing and contrasting various indigenous tribal plant medicine practices
-The therapeutic benefits of cannabis
-Cannabis as a Somatic Psychedelic
-Cannabis as a Mother Medicine vs. other types of plant medicine
-The decriminalization of psychedelics
-The future potential of psychedelic healing and therapeutic modalities

Connect with Skye Weaver
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theskyeweaver/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSkyeWeaver/
InnerSpace Integration: https://innerspaceintegration.com/
Aware Project: https://awareproject.org/


0:00 - Skye Weaver Podcast
1:37 - Introducing Skye Weaver
4:47 - Skye’s background and how her personal journey led her to the spiritual work with plant medicine
9:36 - Balance between psychedelics/plant medicine and pharmaceuticals … the right time, place and function for appropriate support. Also diving into the importance of INTEGRATION - “the work between the work”
20:25 - Diving into the positive effects of psychedelics on the brain, creating more interconnectivity, breaking unhealthy pattern and healing trauma
43:10 - Importance and benefits of healing and integrating with COMMUNITY … throughout history to present day.
50:13 - The sacred arts and healing technology of Shipibo lineage and diets with master plants 
55:58 - Skye’s therapeutic work with cannabis, looking beyond its recreation and examining the profound spiritual and somatic healing benefits

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