Holding Space for PAT Workshop
If you've completed your CPAT training, but don't have any experience holding space for psychedelics, this is for you.
(If you haven't completed a CPAT course, see the longer format course here)
Come along for a full day workshop focusing on the practical skills needed to effectively hold space for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy. This is an experiential workshop that includes exercises to help you learn, and a workbook so you can continue to practise and integrate these skills.
These teachings and techniques come from traditional shamanic and neo-shamanic practises, and includes many concepts that might sound 'woo-woo' until you experience them, particularly while in an altered state.
When: 10am - 5pm Saturday, April 18th
Where: Ourimbah, NSW Central Coast (about an hour north of Sydney)
Cost: $395
When: 9am - 4pm Friday, April 24th (Sydney time - UTC+10)
Where: Zoom
Cost: $380 (AUD)
You can also make a bank transfer to:
Account Name: Temple of the Soul Foundation
BSB: 633000
Account number: 188611008
Reference: Your name + in person or online
If you can't attend one of these dates, send me an email to be added to the email list of courses.
Workshop Content:
- Preparation recap: a quick refresher on the key phrases to repeat to patients during preparation
- The art and science of dosing: a discussion of the significant differences in people's response and sensitivity to medicines, particularly psilocybin, and a discussion on the interactions of different medications
- Holding Ceremony: why use ceremony and the skills involved:
- Grounding: why and how
- Creating space: creating an altar, clearing space
- Opening Ceremony
- How to hold space:
- Staying connected
- Maintaining a high vibration
- Managing energy in the space
- Interpreting energy
- Not taking on a client’s energy
- Clearing/healing techniques
- Closing Ceremony
- Releasing energy: cutting cords, giving energy back, clearing and grounding
The Facilitator
Andrew Edmonds been holding ceremony with plant medicine since 2018, after extensive personal work and shamanic training in Peru as a Tabaquero Curandero (tobacco shaman and healer). Andrew is also a psychotherapist, a Reiki master and teacher, and has completed the Mind Medicine Australia CPAT training.
If you have any questions, contact Andrew via email or via phone
