Plant medicine refers to sacred, ceremonially used plants that have been part of healing traditions across many cultures for thousands of years. They are not recreational substances. They are tools — tools that, used with intention and care, can open parts of the self that are otherwise hard to reach.
In my practice, the primary medicine I work with is Rapé (pronounced ha-peh) — a sacred snuff used by indigenous peoples of the Amazon, made from tobacco and other plants. It is administered through the nose using a pipe, either self-administered or blown by a practitioner. It is not smoked.
Rapé works quickly. It brings the mind to stillness, drops you out of your head and into your body, and creates a clarity that can feel almost physical. For some people it brings emotional release. For others, a deep settling. For others still, it surfaces something that has been waiting to be seen.
The second medicine I work with is psilocybin — the active compound in certain mushrooms used ceremonially across many traditions for centuries. Where Rapé clears and grounds, psilocybin opens. It softens the boundary between what is known and what has been kept out of awareness. It can bring profound insight, emotional depth, and a different relationship to the body and its held material. Psilocybin sessions are longer, less predictable, and ask more of both of us — which is why they are only offered after significant established work together, and always with full preparation and integration built in.
Other plant medicines may be introduced over time as our work together develops.