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I believe that we all have the inherent capacity and desire to heal ourselves, but that can only occur if we are safe and in the right environment. After too much time has passed or the wound is very deep, getting our bodies-emotions-minds to that safe, healing space can be very difficult without help. Itβs why humans seek out relief from doctors, psychologists, priests, gurus, trainers, diets, addictions, etc. We all have individual levels of resilience. Sometimes we need help to get us out of the hole, to jumpstart our healing, to recalibrate our inner balance. I truly believe that is why Mother Earth gifts us psychedelics. To find our way back.
My role is to help you find your way back to your true self, to help you reawaken your own self-power, to help you reconnect with yourself and the world around you. I do not believe in βgurusβ or that you need to surrender your power to yet another person in order to find healing or enlightenment. That divine, magical, energetic (whatever you choose to call it) power has always been rightfully yours.
What that looks like in practical terms is that I will guide you through working with the body, especially if trauma is present, using movement and somatic exercises, some breathwork and imagination techniques. I will guide you through reconnecting that to your emotions, your heartspace, your feelings. Re-establishing trust, acknowledgement and identification of your emotional waters. I will then help you contextualize your experience through the mind and refer you when necessary to your psychotherapist for long term βmindworkβ or mental health care.
For psychedelic integration, this occurs within the container of your intention and trip experience. It also includes the very important element of ceremony design, creation, and performance. In my view, ceremony and ritual is where the healing experience truly settles into our bones for future change.
For trauma healing, this process occurs within the context of your personal journey and whether you are looking to heal from a singular event or heal the root cause of symptoms you are experiencing. My trauma healing philosophy is very body-based and uses creativity as a key processing method as I have found it to be the most effective approach for treatment-resistant trauma (PTSD, complex or developmental trauma, sexual traumas). I can also incorporate ceremonial practice and non-psychedelic plant healing into our work if you would like to explore that.
I tailor every healing program to you as an individual, depending on your needs. Every exercise, ceremony, and session is truly tailor-madeβas it should be, because we are all unique beings living in unique bodies.
I work with clients from all backgrounds, cultures, and spheres of life who are committed to their healing journey and ready to engage in deep inner work, especially clients dealing with shock trauma or complex trauma. Itβs important that you are undertaking this journey of your own volition, open to change, and ready to accept the consequences that often accompany growth and healing change. Preparation sessions are key to this step of the process.
Women are absolutely centered in my practice. Helping other women and spreading female-to-female healing is what led me to create Psychedelic Goddess in the first place. Women experience a unique journey in this life and it is deeply beneficial when healing exercises are created specifically for womenβs physical and emotional experience. This is especially true when women are healing from sexual trauma or physical violence, or women with PTSD or complex trauma. Unfortunately, these women are often a highly underserved population. As a survivor myself, healing that wound is what brought me into this work and led me to help heal others. I am also in the midst of developing a tailored healing program for female victims of sexual trauma.
If you are interested in paying-it-forward so that another woman can join a healing program who otherwise couldnβt afford it, please contact me at mashamendieta@gmail.com to make a donation.
I am certified in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy from Numinus, a training partner of MAPS (the Multi-Disciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), and also work as a training instructor for psychedelic therapy certification programs. I am also extensively trained in movement, somatic methods, imagination, and energy-body techniques. I use the artistβs viewpoint as an entryway to healing. I am also educated in trauma-informed care and the fundamentals of psychology and psychedelics so that all of my work is complementary to the psychotherapeutic work you may already be doing or later seek out. Most importantly to me, however, I am the latest recipient of wisdom in a long line of medicine women in my female line and of indigenous Quechuan peoples in my paternal line. I draw upon and seek guidance from Mother Earth, the Goddess, the Moon, the Sun, and all of Nature when I engage as a healer.