In this episode, Kyle interviews Laura Northrup, Marriage and Relationship Somatic Psychotherapist and creator of the podcast, Inside Eyes. Inside Eyes is an audio series about people using entheogens and psychedelics to heal from sexual trauma. 3 Key Points: If you think sexual abuse is happening, its important to speak up! We live in a world where it's scary to speak up, but at its core, it's really scary to not speak up, and to let these things happen to our fellow humans. Somatic work brings people the autonomy of their body that usually gets taken away when trauma is formed. Dissociation is usually a side effect of trauma, and it's common for a trauma patient to take psychedelics and become re-associative after one experience. But, if a patient was traumatized at a young age and dissociated their whole life, becoming re-associated can be stressful, and integration becomes really important. Support the show Patreon Leave us a review on iTunes Share us with your friends – favorite podcast, etc Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics Trip Journal                                               Integration Workbook Show Notes Inside Eyes  Inside Eyes is an audio series about people using entheogens and psychedelics to heal from sexual trauma. Laura says the name 'Inside eyes' means to look inward Sexual violence happens in every community, as well as in the psychedelic community “Entheogens and psychedelics can wake us up so we can be more empowered and better stewards to the earth. But just because someone uses these substances, it doesn't mean that they will be operating at their highest self.” - Laura Somatics Laura is a psychotherapist in the Bay area who works with survivors of sexual trauma There is a place where people get with their healing that is very difficult to move past There is something on a spiritual level that needs to move to heal someone past their ‘block’ Somatic therapy is a huge part of preparing for and integrating these experiences to heal from trauma Laura says when people talk about their healing, its common to only talk about the part when the entheogen or psychedelic comes in, but maybe not the 6 years of therapy they had before hand She says she really wants to create the balance of including both the therapy and the entheogenic/psychedelic use Laura says she also believes in community based healing There is so much shame in secrecy One theory of somatic therapy, is that there was a physical response that our body may have wanted to make during a moment of sexual trauma, and psychedelics and entheogens brings those movements out in therapy, to be able to heal Somatic work brings people the autonomy of their body that usually gets taken away when trauma is formed Integration This thing can happen when you become extremely dissociated from trauma, and then you use psychedelics or entheogens, and you become associated after just one experience, thats great But if you have trauma from a young age and have been dissociated for your whole life, one psychedelic experience can be very stressful It takes a lot of integration to deal with the difficulties Ketamine Dissociation when you're already suffering from dissociation has a healing effect “Part of healing is going toward wholeness” - Laura There is a lot of variation in what someone considers dissociation “Being embodied is empowering, and being disembodied is different than being dissociated. People can become more embodied after using a dis-associative medicine.” - Laura Laura also covers how people function in their relationships as they heal from their trauma Alcohol is legal, its horrible for your body, it causes so many deaths yearly, yet we don't look at Ayahuasca and MDMA and all these other medicines as a collective culture Bystanders If you think something is going on, it's important to not just be polite and not say anything