Joe Rogan talks to Dennis McKenna about people who micro-dose psilocybin
In the video above, Joe Rogan talks to Dennis McKenna about people using psilocybin in small doses for its benefits. This also includes its use in different physical activities to aid in spiritual growth. According to Dennis McKenna, these things allow people to step out of their usual reference things, especially things that were initially suppressed.
He also highlights the need to be able to separate the self from the external environment. This is basically what psilocybin and similar substances can do. Dennis McKenna is an American ethnopharmacologist, researcher, lecturer, and author. He gave further accounts of the effects of combining psilocybin and movement and other experience in the YouTube video above.
Psychedelics: Chemicals, Consciousness, and Creativity
Could psychedelics make you more creative? Shift your mind, connect you to others, and help you access a younger, more malleable version of yourself? Activist Rick Doblin, neuroscientist Gül Dölen, and musician Reggie Watts join Brian Greene for a mind-bending and multidisciplinary conversation about the promises of these “magic” molecules and their impact on creativity, connection, and consciousness
Aaron Rodger the best player in the NFL says taking Ayahuasca helped improve mental health, self-love and spurred MVP seasons in 2020 and 2021 by integrating psychedelics
How to Change Your Mind | Official Trailer | Netflix
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney and New York Times best-selling author Michael Pollan present this documentary series event in four parts, each focused on a different mind-altering substance: LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, and mescaline. With Pollan as our guide, we journey to the frontiers of the new psychedelic renaissance – and look back at almost-forgotten historical context – to explore the potential of these substances to heal and change minds as well as culture. How to Change Your Mind is directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Alison Ellwood and two-time Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Lucy Walker.
Micro-dosing magic mushrooms | Full interview with CA mom – The Adjustment of Life and Becoming a Better Parent
Recent studies have shown psychedelic mushrooms can treat or even cure depression. Now, more and more moms are coming forward admitting to taking psychedelics in small doses. It’s called microdosing, and according to one North County mom who does it, it’s growing in popularity in San Diego. Mikaela, wanted to share her story of vast change and growth in using a microdosing protocol.
Psilocybin Rewires the Brain for People with Depression
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2022/04/422606/psilocybin-rewires-brain-people-depression/
Psilocybin fosters greater connections between different regions of the brain in depressed people, freeing them up from long-held patterns of rumination and excessive self-focus, according to a new study by scientists at UC San Francisco and Imperial College London.
The discovery points toward a general mechanism through which psychedelics may be acting therapeutically on the brain to alleviate depression and possibly other psychiatric conditions that are marked by fixed patterns of thinking.
Depression:
The depressed brain encourages rigid thought patterns that impact well-being. This can be viewed as a “landscape” with deep wells that make it difficult for patients to “move between” different thoughts and perspectives. Image by Richard Daws, Kings College London
Psilocybin:
Psilocybin therapy “flattens” the brain’s landscape and “opens up” the rigidity of the depressed to allow new thoughts, insight, and perspectives to emerge. Image by Richard Daws, Kings College London
Post-treatment:
Post-treatment, a flatter landscape makes it easier for patients to experience healthier flexibility and diversity in their thought patterns. Image by Richard Daws, Kings College Lon
Enhanced Performance with the Usage of Microdosing
There are many physical activities that microdosing can help in boosting performance. A study using participants from different disciplines, including weightlifting, personal training, and yoga, highlights the effects of combining microdosing and movement. According to the study, microdosing increased the physical performance of 20 participants. The key benefits were increased concentration, coordination, and sensory awareness.
An article from the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies highlights the role of microdosing in extreme sports. These sports include skateboarding, surfing, mountain biking, snowboarding, and skiing. From the report, a cohort of 40 year olds used LSD for underground extreme sports and had better performance. This includes an increase in concentration, lightning speed, and better balance.
In conclusion, microdosing helps increase cognitive function and flexibility, which translates to better decision-making and response time in sports. Another impressive finding is that psychedelic substances help people to overcome fear.
The brain undergoes a great “rewiring” after age 40
In the fifth decade of life, our brains start to undergo a radical “rewiring” that results in diverse networks becoming more integrated and connected over the ensuing decades, with accompanying effects on cognition. The networking changes likely result from the brain reorganizing itself to function as well as it can with dwindling resources and aging “hardware.” Proper diet, regular exercise, and a healthy lifestyle can keep the mind in good working order and put networking changes on hold, sometimes well into old age.
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/great-brain-rewiring-after-age-40/
Important Definitions- Psychedelic Dictionary
https://psychable.com/introduction/important-definitions-psychable-dictionary