Responsible practice

A room for slowing down

Educational tools you can use on this device: a readiness checklist, a set-and-setting planner, integration prompts, and red flags. They are not a diagnosis, not a clearance, and not advice to use any substance.

Readiness checklist

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Tick what is true for you today. Unchecked items are invitations to pause, not a score to beat.

Sleep is stable enough to notice If you cannot tell a typical night from a crash, pause. Exhaustion masquerades as spiritual urgency.
I am not in acute crisis Active suicidality, mania, or untreated psychosis belongs with emergency and clinical care, not with an experimental experience.
Medicines and conditions are on a written list Cardiac history, MAOIs, lithium, pregnancy, and complex psychiatric regimens are not items to “see how it goes.”
I can state the legal status where this would happen Licensed service, clinical trial, or illegal setting are different worlds. “Everyone does it” is not a status.
I can say why in one unadorned sentence If the sentence only works with grand language, wait until it works without it.
I can decline without losing the relationship If saying no would cost you love, standing, or the group, the container is already unsafe.
The week after has a plan Sleep, food, a person, and a decision freeze on major life changes. Peak is not the whole event.
My existing care is informed, or I have a reason it is not Hiding an experience from a clinician is sometimes a safety issue of its own. Know which it is.

Set and setting planner

Saved only on this device. Useful before any demanding psychological work — a therapy hour, a licensed service, or a decision to wait.

Intention, in one unadorned sentence

Setting: place, people, legality, medical backup

Who knows, and who can help in the week after

The week after: sleep, food, and a decision freeze

Integration prompts

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What actually happened, in sensory language, without interpretation?
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What did I hope would be solved, and what is still here?
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Who can hear a true version of this without needing me to be transformed?
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Which ordinary practice (sleep, walk, meal, appointment) will I keep this week no matter how I feel?
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Is there an urge to make a large decision? If yes, I will date it two weeks from now and not act today.
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What support did I need and not have? That is a note for the next time I evaluate a container.

Private notes

Red flags

Any one of these is enough to walk away. Charm does not cancel them.

Sexual or romantic framing of the work, including “energy” explanations.
Secrecy about dose, substance, training, or injuries.
Pressure to decide on the call, or a claim that delay will worsen your trauma.
Discouraging contact with your existing clinician or family.
Mockery of screening, medicine, or “Western” safety as spiritually inferior.
No named person responsible if you become medically unstable.