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Enhance your trip with mindfulness meditation

Researchers Find That Mindfulness Meditation Boosts Psilocybin’s Beneficial Effects

Meditating while VR-tripping sounds relaxing, but the real deal might be even more powerful. New research from meditation experts suggests that mindfulness meditation can increase the positive effects of psilocybin. The University of Zurich recruited 40 meditation experts for a five-day meditation retreat where some were given psilocybin and others were given a placebo. Four months later, researchers found that the psilocybin group showed higher levels of optimism, openness, empathy, and self-acceptance, as well as “beneficial changes in psychosocial functioning.”

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Tripp mimics psychedelic experiences with VR

Psychedelic VR meditation startup Tripp raises $11 million Series A

Looking for a spiritual awakening but don’t want to commit to a five hour trip? Now you can trip with VR instead. Tripp, an LA-based wellness company, developed an immersive VR experience that combines relaxing meditation exercises with trippy visuals and audio. Users can relieve stress and practice mindfulness in just eight minute sessions. The company recently raised $11 million in funding for a total of $15 million in funding to date.

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Bob Marley’s family launches functional and psychedelic mushroom brand with Silo Wellness

Marley One Launches The First Global Functional And Psychedelic Mushroom Brand

Don’t worry about a thing – Bob Marley’s family is partnering with Silo Wellness (SILO) to launch the first global consumer brand of functional and psychedelic mushrooms, Marley One. The first round of products will be a line of functional mushroom tinctures for a variety of benefits such as immunity, sleep, cognitive function, and gut support. The psychedelic mushroom products will be introduced later this year, followed by functional mushroom gummies, capsules, and cosmetics. Cedella Marley hopes that “these products will empower people to experience oneness with nature and the universe at large – and ultimately, achieve greater self-actualization.”

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Red Light Holland will acquire 51% stake in Acadian Exotic Mushrooms Ltd.

Red Light Holland to Partner with Leading Fresh and Dried Mushroom Producers on East Coast Facility

Red Light Holland Corp. (TRIP), an Ontario-based company that sells truffles in the Netherlands, will acquire 51% of Acadian Exotic Mushrooms Ltd. (AEM), a mushroom production facility that is expected to produce 5,000 lbs of Shiitake mushrooms per week. Red Light Holland’s CEO, Todd Shapiro is excited to have another revenue generating farm, which has potential to serve as a psilocybin production site in the future. Shapiro envisions throwing concerts on the land, a 4 acre plot in Eel River Crossing, New Brunswick.

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Psychedelic therapy retreat aims to use psilocybin to treat traumatic brain injury (TBI) in veterans

Ground-breaking research to explore the potential for psilocybin to treat traumatic brain injury

This Fall, Heroic Hearts Project will begin psychedelic therapy retreats in the Netherlands and Jamaica to study the effect of psilocybin on veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Many veterans sustain brain injuries during their service, which can lead to issues like anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. The retreats aim to study both the psychological and physiological impacts of psilocybin therapy.

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Patient overcomes childhood trauma through psilocybin therapy, easing her anxiety and fear of death

B.C. health researchers harness the ‘magic’ of psychedelic mushrooms

After beating cancer, Mona Strelaeff suffered from crippling depression and anxiety rooted in childhood trauma and a fear of death. She tried several anti-depressants with extreme side effects before receiving approval for psilocybin-assisted therapy. The experience allowed her to come to terms with childhood demons. “When [the doctor] gave me the treatment and I came out of it in a place of peace,” she said. “My anxiety was basically gone. And to this day I still feel at peace. I’m not afraid of death.”

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Mom finds relief from post-partum depression through microdosing

Using Psychedelic Plants as Medicine – A New Solution for Mental Health Disorders

After having her second child, Melissa Lavasani became so severely depressed that she could barely function. She finally found relief through microdosing psilocybin. “It was as if I was blind and deaf and could see colors and hear again. The quality of my life vastly improved”. She explained that there are no hallucinogenic effects with microdosing, rather “a feeling of empowerment” in which she felt well-rested and in control of her emotions.

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53% of US voters under 30 believe that psychedelic drugs have medical uses

Over a third of US voters say magic mushrooms and other psychedelics have a medical use, new poll shows

According to a recent poll, 35% of American adults believe that psychedelics like magic mushrooms have medical applications, including 43% of Democrats and 23% of Republicans. While voters over 30 years old tended to disagree, 53% of voters aged 18-29 believe that psychedelics have medical value.

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A counsellor’s experience with psilocybin-assisted therapy

A clinical counsellor describes his legal trip on magic mushrooms

A registered clinical counsellor, Dave Phillips, went on a mushroom trip for research purposes and said it was “the most powerful personal experience I’ve ever had in my life” and that it gave him “the most overwhelming sense of being loved”. During the six-hour trip which was guided by an expertly-curated playlist, Phillips was able to connect with his father and son who both passed away, and saw himself as an embryo. Phillips said that experiencing psilocybin gave him an understanding of how to respond effectively when patients undergo the treatment. He believes that the treatment is effective because it “opens up the connectivity power of the brain” so that the brain can solve its own problems. Although the experience was overwhelming, he believes that there are no bad trips, only challenging ones.

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Mike Tyson claims psilocybin mushrooms saved him from suicide

Mike Tyson says psychedelics saved his life, now he hopes they can change the world

After battling internal struggles that led him to the brink of suicide, Mike Tyson says he feels better than ever since using psilocybin for mental and spiritual exploration. Tyson is partnering with Wesana Health to bring awareness to the benefits of psilocybin, as he believes that it is an “amazing medicine” that should be accessible to the world because it could create “a more empathetic and just society”. Former NHL player Daniel Carcillo also participated in psilocybin treatment and claims that he is 100% cured of traumatic brain injury and related symptoms such as slurred speech, headaches, insomnia, anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation.

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