Quality intention setting is so much more than writing an affirmation on a piece of paper (<-- that's just a reflection of your intention). It’s also easy to conflate intentions with goals. Yet they’re two distinct things.

When I meet someone who has gone on a guided journey and not gotten much out of it, I ask them how many times the facilitator worked with them pre and post journey knowing what their answer is going to be.

Any legit plant medicine guide and facilitator must ask for your medical history and be knowledgeable and open about interactions between the substance used for the guided journey, anything you’re taking, and any conditions you may have.

CW: Sexual Assault

When you’re tripping, whether recreationally or therapeutically, you are in a vulnerable and suggestive state.

This places the impetus of your physical safety and well-being on the facilitator or tripsitter.

People don’t like that I call this out because it kinda flies in the face of the aura of guided psychedelic experiences. But I stick by it: what a facilitator calls themselves, or refers to themselves as, is important.

There are some not obvious, but no-so-small things that a plant medicine guide or facilitator shouldn’t overlook.