A Johns Hopkins trial participant just said what the psychedelic field doesn't want to hear. The drug isn't the treatment. Community, guidance, and integration are.

A 16-minute Alan Watts meditation that actually works. Here’s why it matters for men doing psychedelic integration.

Seven years ago, psychedelic researcher Martin Ball sat in a lab with electrodes on his head and inhaled 5-MeO-DMT. Neuroscientist Jeff Tarrant recorded what happened to his brain in real time. The result was one of the first detailed EEG maps of this compound's effects. Since then, the research has expanded dramatically. Here is what we have learned. The original study Tarrant used a 19-channel electrode cap to capture Ball's brain activity during the experience. The data sh

Ikigai is a Japanese concept that roughly translates to "a reason for being." It became popular in the West after researchers noticed that people in Okinawa, one of the world's Blue Zones, seemed to have something most of us lack: a clear sense of why they get up in the morning. The concept gets visualized as four overlapping circles: What you love doing. What you are good at. What the world needs. What you can get paid for. Where all four overlap is your ikigai. Source: Bend