PT461 – Vinitha Watson, CHT & Judson Frost – Holding Space, Hypnotherapy and Psychedelics, and the Importance of Courage
Psychedelics Today
Psychedelics Today, LLC
4.6 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Vital Psychedelic Conversations, David speaks with two current Vital students: Certified Depth Hypnosis Practitioner and Founder and Executive Director of Zoo Labs, Vinitha Watson, CHT; and artist and outdoorsman with decades of experience in bodywork, structural integration, and Vipassana meditation: Judson Frost.
They talk about their personal paths: Watson's work educating musicians about the music business and their value with Zoo Labs and Frost's work as an artist; as well as how their experience as parents has grounded them, and how they found Vital. They discuss the importance of integration, having a process, and recognizing how long that can take; being adequately prepared and learning mindfulness skills ahead of a journey; and bringing courage to the space (and as the space-holder, encouragement). They talk about how they hold space, and how one needs to view integration from a spiritually-open perspective to enable people to find their own meanings behind what they experienced.
They discuss how Watson uses a combination of hypnotherapy, transpersonal psychology, and buddhism to create a slowed down mystical experience; how hypnotherapy can benefit a psychedelic experience; bodywork and how we can't view the mind and body separately; and more. And since they're nearing the end of their Vital experience, they discuss what they've gotten out of it, and reflect on something they didn't expect: a collective feeling of regenerative healing inside their Vital community.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, David here. I'm sure you've noticed that every passing year, psychedelics are |
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