Retreat Centers: A Cautionary Tale | DoubleBlind

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  • @jussiniemi9560
    @jussiniemi9560 4 місяці тому +19

    I would never trip with any unknown person. Let alone a bunch of them. I don't even like to trip with my friends. Most of the psychonauts I know (including myself) prefer to trip alone with the set of their own choosing and in their own settings. (also to my understanding syrian rue is not a DMT containing plant, but a MAO inhibitor, so it can be used as PART of ayahuasca brew)

  • @NyreeAlana
    @NyreeAlana 4 місяці тому +8

    It's very important for people to hear these stories and be aware of potential risks. Any time we are putting ourselves in the care of another, when we are in a vulnerable state, we need to ask plenty of questions, check reviews and have a plan if we see red flags. Some of us are more vulnerable to the freeze state of fear and enter a survival mode of compliance. This is not our fault, we're all wired differently and many with early traumas. It's certainly important for anyone with previous traumas to be very comfortable with the person leading them in a psychedelic ceremony, because hallucinations can draw from these traumas.
    Thanks Shelby for all you do around harm reduction ❤

  • @KingsMom831
    @KingsMom831 4 місяці тому +4

    Shelby, as an author & content creator is such an incredible resource for this community.
    Thank you so much to Shelby & everyone in her circle who continue putting all this information out.

  • @markeverett3917
    @markeverett3917 4 місяці тому +33

    My retreat center is my bedroom

  • @prichardgs
    @prichardgs 4 місяці тому +2

    The talk-through was crucial- What right should look like- So important. What wrong looks like, really important as well.

  • @starburstmemories
    @starburstmemories 4 місяці тому +1

    It's great that you guys also put out cautionary tales such as this one. There are people out there, dumb or evil, or often.. both, and mushrooms, as hugely beneficial as they can be, won't protect you from them. Sometimes, quite the opposite...

  • @stevenglass8824
    @stevenglass8824 4 місяці тому +3

    It’s tragic that people are taken advantage of in such a vulnerable state. So much healing, learning, and growth when used in the right context. Let’s hope we can weed this out enough through education like this.

  • @dieodd9866
    @dieodd9866 4 місяці тому +3

    Thank you for spreading awarness about this topic. This is huge so many fake healers fake gurus that only goal is your money.

  • @melissalovesnature3370
    @melissalovesnature3370 4 місяці тому +8

    Your hair is pretty!

  • @infowarriorone
    @infowarriorone 4 місяці тому +5

    Trust your intuition. Thanks for reporting on this.

  • @7-ten
    @7-ten 4 місяці тому +3

    Grow your own medicine! 🍄 💙 except nothing else.

  • @jeremyjetson1965
    @jeremyjetson1965 4 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for reporting this. People need to know

  • @toreschanke4086
    @toreschanke4086 4 місяці тому +3

    I think I know when it's time or not to take a psychedelic, it's 40 years since I first tried Liberty Caps, I picked in a pasture. I don't think a (commercial) 😂"retreat center" or any people to tell me what substances I should take is anything but totally alien to me! I researched this field already in my late teens and when I was a student.. I don't do meds as a hobby. They are tools for a better life and very personal. I don't know what I need a "guru " or "saviour" for! 😊
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  • @janesimpson8590
    @janesimpson8590 4 місяці тому

    what a nightmare. How strange to stay when you are "in terror"....definitely a cautionary tale.

  • @thecatsbackyard4833
    @thecatsbackyard4833 4 місяці тому

    Thanks Shelby. I was actually thinking about going to Mexico for ibogaine as a possible treatment for ADHD. This is definitely food for thought.

  • @cdholistic
    @cdholistic 4 місяці тому +2

    *me pausing halfway to grab my notebook, pen and snacks* I was fully invested in this video 😂

  • @jerealamos
    @jerealamos 4 місяці тому +1

    6:15 sirian rue is not a dmt containing plant, it has harmalas!

  • @jeffhucle6436
    @jeffhucle6436 4 місяці тому +1

    Invaluable informative video.

  • @iliketohideincloset
    @iliketohideincloset 4 місяці тому

    And thats one of the reasons I don't go to retreats. Once psychs have become legal and the facilitators get regulated this might change...

  • @infowarriorone
    @infowarriorone 4 місяці тому +4

    I believe the term Shelby is describing is 'delusions of grandeur'.

    • @ChromeDrone.
      @ChromeDrone. 4 місяці тому

      Or megalomania perhaps?

    • @infowarriorone
      @infowarriorone 4 місяці тому

      @@ChromeDrone. The two often go hand-in-hand.

  • @NomadicNirvana420
    @NomadicNirvana420 4 місяці тому

    Love the video but everyone is divine ❤️

  • @JOCO1911
    @JOCO1911 4 місяці тому

    I wish I could be a facilitator. I'd love to take care of and guide people to enlightment. To experience what I have.... hit me up lol

  • @ricktyuio283
    @ricktyuio283 4 місяці тому

    Uh-oh! That poisonous word ‘regulated.’ On the surface sounds like a great idea, we can weed out those who lack integrity as you say. But take a look at those in charge of anything regulated now. Seems mostly, those who lack integrity are drawn to those positions, guaranteeing at best a limited experience.
    Sounds like what you’re doing- word of mouth, we can flush out the bad apples better than any ‘authority’ can.

  • @nickydonaldson670
    @nickydonaldson670 4 місяці тому

    I'm all up for psychedelics and seriously think theyre tools that can change us for the better. These fuckin retreat centres the rich psytrance kids go to just ring alarms anytime i hear of them

  • @theinnernatureproject
    @theinnernatureproject 4 місяці тому +2

    Don't go anywhere to be "trained" to serve plant medicine. Especially some place for $5,000 for 15 days. There are lineages and cosmologies with deep roots and these chosen people train for years if not decades before ever serving any medicine, regardless of the form of medicine. Stop with this guru BS. What a horrific experience and I don't mean this with any hint of shame towards these woman and anyone who attended.

  • @mayamachine
    @mayamachine 4 місяці тому

    regulation is not proof of safety, how many regulated programs turn out to be horrible?

  • @sitindogmas
    @sitindogmas 4 місяці тому +1

    ✌️💚

  • @bradhansen2065
    @bradhansen2065 4 місяці тому +1

    I subscribe to your channel and always enjoy your videos. But this video was too rambling and incredibly confusing. Too much information. Who were you talking too? Certainly not any novice. You want to tell folks to avoid a certain retreat fine. But all this in-depth information is way over the top. And very unnecessary and disturbing.

  • @COSMEREAUDIO
    @COSMEREAUDIO 4 місяці тому

    Trump talked about legalizing medical marijuana and possibly some psychedelics like mushrooms in Lex friedman podcast

    • @BigDG80
      @BigDG80 4 місяці тому +2

      You gonna trust him?? 😂😂 Had his chance, did nothing. ~Maybe you missed the multiple times he talked about executing drug dealers. How do you think he would treat the average user??

    • @BigDG80
      @BigDG80 4 місяці тому +2

      He'll say and do anything to stay out of prison.

    • @jc301-OTECH
      @jc301-OTECH 4 місяці тому

      Did nothing huh.. Geez wtf have you been watching.. While the country is decimated.. lol...

  • @realone4341
    @realone4341 4 місяці тому +4

    There are hundreds of boomers who have more than a passing desire to do psychedelics but have no path to do so. How can DB act versus advise? DB tutorials initiate tangible results upon the acts of others in cultivation. Growing your own mescaline, extract your own DMT safely and securely or yet-to-be discovered methods to expand our conscientiousness within Mother Nature? You have such great credibility where others just don't.

  • @vortexofdew8489
    @vortexofdew8489 4 місяці тому +1

    Jerry Garcia would approve this message😊😂 I did several double blind studies with the Grateful Dead🎉🪄✨️😇👏💃🍄