John Robertson, Author at Maps of the Mind

About John Robertson

John Robertson is a psychedelic facilitator and educator. His work focuses on access, empowerment, and community – and his mission is to spread the wondrous gifts of psychedelics by helping people to safely and effectively work with them. You can find John at www.mapsofthemind.com

Entries by John Robertson

Psychedelics, Tripsitting

Session Agreements

The psychedelic experience is an inherently wild entity and it is useful in to have a strong and steady container to contain such a thing. Having certain strict confines for a session can help to…

11/07/2020/by John Robertson

Psychedelics, Tripsitting

How to Tripsit Friends

Tripsitting friends can be complicated. When you have a specialist tripsitter or psychedelic guide that you pay for, much like with a therapist, the relationship is clear. There will probably be clear agreements in place…

10/07/2020/by John Robertson

Psychedelics

How To Trip When You Have Flatmates

Finding a place can be a big part of preparing for a psychedelic experience. If you live with flatmates and don’t have your own private apartment or house, it can be the biggest obstacle to making…

09/07/2020/by John Robertson

Blog, Psychedelics, Society

The Changing Landscape of Attitudes Towards Drugs

Something I find very interesting is how perspectives change on a collective and societal level. At our current point of incredible and accelerating global change, many societal shifts are underway, and this is happening with attitudes towards different types of drugs too. Very taboo ones, like psychedelics, are becoming more accepted, championed even, and party drugs […]

08/07/2020/by John Robertson

Psychedelics

Psychedelic Breathing (AKA Breathwork)

Breathwork is a way of altering consciousness by breathing in certain patterns. This could be in different ways, for example, in long hard breaths, with no gap between the exhale and the inhale. In the tradition of yoga, the practice of pranayama could be considered breathwork as it is a way of controlling the breathing […]

07/07/2020/by John Robertson