frequencyelevation
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I want to share a lesser discussed benefit of psychedelics that has had a profound positive impact on my health and overall quality of life.
That benefit being their incredible ability to form and strengthen the mind body connection, which for me, resulted in what I can only describe as a full blown postural awakening, i.e, allowing me to fix 30+ years of extremely poor posture from playing video games at a very young age, then continuing to sit at a computer desk through early adulthood into middle aged adulthood resulting in degenerative disks in my neck and military neck where the curve in my neck disappeared into a straight line.
These posture issues caused gradually worsening pain over a multi year period to the point that doing anything was painful, including sitting on the couch and sleeping. I was going downhill with no end in sight despite physical therapy.
I then seemed to hit a wall of rapidly progressing pain and issues, and during this time, about 6 months ago, I decided to take 4g of iboga mixed with a few hits of cannabis (for me, cannabis synergizes well with iboga) for an unrelated intention, something I've done countless times before but never when my neck issues were this bad.
Towards the middle of the iboga experience my neck began to hurt badly, as, by this point, it always does when I lay down, and the pain began to"ruin" the trip, it's all I could think about, switching pillows, readjusting my position, nothing was helping.
Then, something profound happened. My life began flashing before my eyes, going through my childhood, teenhood and adulthood, showing me instances of my poor posture over those years that led to my current issues. Then a lightening bolt of realization hit me, not on an intellectual level, but on a deep physical level, on how to correct it. My body began contorting and stretching into positions I didn't even know were possible. It became clear that if I didn't correct this now I'd be more and more limited in life due to it. It ignited an urgency to solve this and gave me hope that my body was capable of solving it.
I came out of the experience realizing that I needed to correct my forward head posture immediately, and it showed me the position to keep my head in throughout the day to begin the healing process. Despite it being extremely uncomfortable to do so, I held that position for the next 2 days.
48 hours after the initial experience I took another 4-6g dose of iboga to reinforce the connection. Once again, during the middle of this experience my body began contorting and stretching itself, then, what I can only describe as a miracle occurred - my neck began cracking as if I had 100 chiropractors working on it simultaneously - crack, crack, crack, crack, crack. Immediately, relief washed over me, I could actually fully turn my neck side to side, something I didn't even realize I was limited on - I felt like an owl, I never realized my neck should have this range of motion.
Next, my back began to get into "correct" posture, it was difficult to hold due to weak muscles but it was painfully obvious this was the way forward.
This went on for hours, cracking, stretching, contorting. Anytime I moved my neck it would crack and my tightness would get less and less.
I came out of this experience pain free for the first time in a very long time. My muscles were no where near strong enough to support this new found posture but I was laser focused on maintaining it. I immediately booked another round of physical therapy in order to continue strengthening my muscles.
I continued making progress and remain relatively pain free to this day.
Fast forward 4 months from that initial iboga experience, I took 600mg of mescaline HCL for an unrelated intention, and once again the sole focus of the experience was posture. The focus this time was on my chest and shoulders, and the medicine allowed me to open those areas up, and the "crack crack crack" happened in my chest area that has now allowed me to maintain what I believe to be near perfect posture and further reduced the strain on my neck and traps.
All this to say, these plant medicines profoundly changed my physical health for the better. I'd consider those initial iboga experiences the 2nd most profound experiences of my life, right behind my initial spiritual awakening on high-dose mushrooms some years ago.
The benefits of this new posture are far greater than just pain relief, I am much more confident in my day to day and my body dysmorphia (body image issues) are ~90% reduced, something I've dealt with since early childhood due to childhood medical trauma.
Thank you plant medicines, I owe ya' one.
That benefit being their incredible ability to form and strengthen the mind body connection, which for me, resulted in what I can only describe as a full blown postural awakening, i.e, allowing me to fix 30+ years of extremely poor posture from playing video games at a very young age, then continuing to sit at a computer desk through early adulthood into middle aged adulthood resulting in degenerative disks in my neck and military neck where the curve in my neck disappeared into a straight line.
These posture issues caused gradually worsening pain over a multi year period to the point that doing anything was painful, including sitting on the couch and sleeping. I was going downhill with no end in sight despite physical therapy.
I then seemed to hit a wall of rapidly progressing pain and issues, and during this time, about 6 months ago, I decided to take 4g of iboga mixed with a few hits of cannabis (for me, cannabis synergizes well with iboga) for an unrelated intention, something I've done countless times before but never when my neck issues were this bad.
Towards the middle of the iboga experience my neck began to hurt badly, as, by this point, it always does when I lay down, and the pain began to"ruin" the trip, it's all I could think about, switching pillows, readjusting my position, nothing was helping.
Then, something profound happened. My life began flashing before my eyes, going through my childhood, teenhood and adulthood, showing me instances of my poor posture over those years that led to my current issues. Then a lightening bolt of realization hit me, not on an intellectual level, but on a deep physical level, on how to correct it. My body began contorting and stretching into positions I didn't even know were possible. It became clear that if I didn't correct this now I'd be more and more limited in life due to it. It ignited an urgency to solve this and gave me hope that my body was capable of solving it.
I came out of the experience realizing that I needed to correct my forward head posture immediately, and it showed me the position to keep my head in throughout the day to begin the healing process. Despite it being extremely uncomfortable to do so, I held that position for the next 2 days.
48 hours after the initial experience I took another 4-6g dose of iboga to reinforce the connection. Once again, during the middle of this experience my body began contorting and stretching itself, then, what I can only describe as a miracle occurred - my neck began cracking as if I had 100 chiropractors working on it simultaneously - crack, crack, crack, crack, crack. Immediately, relief washed over me, I could actually fully turn my neck side to side, something I didn't even realize I was limited on - I felt like an owl, I never realized my neck should have this range of motion.
Next, my back began to get into "correct" posture, it was difficult to hold due to weak muscles but it was painfully obvious this was the way forward.
This went on for hours, cracking, stretching, contorting. Anytime I moved my neck it would crack and my tightness would get less and less.
I came out of this experience pain free for the first time in a very long time. My muscles were no where near strong enough to support this new found posture but I was laser focused on maintaining it. I immediately booked another round of physical therapy in order to continue strengthening my muscles.
I continued making progress and remain relatively pain free to this day.
Fast forward 4 months from that initial iboga experience, I took 600mg of mescaline HCL for an unrelated intention, and once again the sole focus of the experience was posture. The focus this time was on my chest and shoulders, and the medicine allowed me to open those areas up, and the "crack crack crack" happened in my chest area that has now allowed me to maintain what I believe to be near perfect posture and further reduced the strain on my neck and traps.
All this to say, these plant medicines profoundly changed my physical health for the better. I'd consider those initial iboga experiences the 2nd most profound experiences of my life, right behind my initial spiritual awakening on high-dose mushrooms some years ago.
The benefits of this new posture are far greater than just pain relief, I am much more confident in my day to day and my body dysmorphia (body image issues) are ~90% reduced, something I've dealt with since early childhood due to childhood medical trauma.
Thank you plant medicines, I owe ya' one.
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