What you will receive

Confidence in understanding how to appropriately select music for the entire arc of a journey

Deep Dive into Musical Influence

Learn how to integrate music selection into the screening process, in order to co-create unique and effective playlists along with your client

Practice of deep listening

Broaden how you discover new music beyond Spotify algorithms

About the Course

Music and sound are inseparable from the long history of ceremonial psychedelic use. In contemporary psychedelic facilitation, music often holds a crucial role in helping clients navigate emotional challenges and integrate the benefits of a psychedelic experience. The art of holding space in a safe and non-judgemental manner significantly depends on our musical choices, which are informed by our sensitivity and understanding of the arc of psychedelic experiences. In practice, facilitators and clients often find that music is just as important as the substance - music is the medicine. Research has shown that the extent to which clients are able to connect with the music greatly impacts the likelihood of therapeutic outcomes. This 6 week course, designed for both experienced facilitators and those in training, explores how deepening our relationship to music can empower our capacity to facilitate spaces of transformation and wellbeing.

Meet Your Instructor,  John Z. Newton

John is a guitarist and producer who has worked as a psychedelic facilitator since 2019, and is both a former facilitator and graduate of the Synthesis Psychedelic Practitioner program. He has played live music for hundreds of clients internationally, and has extensive experience in providing psychedelic harm reduction services. John has trained as a meditation instructor in the Buddhist insight meditation tradition with senior Dharma teacher Christopher Titmuss, and has arduously explored the depths of contemplative traditions East and West for over a decade. Some of his music can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wDNtH4lBfBFzCHxfNXYBI

Course Curriculum

1 Chapter · 6 Lessons

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    The role of music in psychedelic facilitation

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      Week 1: Introduction and fundamentals - music and the arc of the psychedelic experience

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      Week 2: Live music and sound

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      Week 3: Aesthetics and broadening music discovery

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      Week 4: Music, sound bathing and meditation

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      Week 5: Music and nature connection

    6. (Included in full purchase)

      Week 6: Music and integration

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