Microdosing via Zoom ?
Psychedelic transformation is now offered via online breath work sessions
On my never-ending search to find an instant solution for internal happiness and a blissful life, I began to research options for microdosing psilocybin retreats. The business model is brilliant: You spend five days with like-minded people in a fancy Dutch retreat center. Trained psilocybin trainers guide you through multiple ceremonies. Mediation, vegan food, and breath work is all-inclusive. Due to Corona all the retreats are cancelled. Psychedelic transformation is now offered via online breath work sessions. I decide to book one of those. I want to get a sense of the microdosing crowd. My breath session is scheduled 7–8:30pm on a Thursday night. The day of the workshop is filled with back-to-back online conference work meetings. The kids are at home. They are bored. The hamster is running around. My daughter decides to play ball in front of the laptop. By 7pm I am a Zoom zombie. Still I feel obliged to get something out of my suggested 20 Dollar donation. I sign myself into the breath workshop. The teacher is a friendly Dutch woman. Her profession is breath consultant. Eight other women join the workshop. Apparently, the group consists of regulars. Nonetheless the teacher wants to start with an introduction round. She encourages us to share our intentions for joining in today: I…
