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What does a truffle ceremony feel like?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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What does it feel like to take truffles? What is a psychedelic experience actually like? If you are considering a truffle ceremony, you are probably asking yourself these questions. You can hear stories and read about it, but it is still difficult to imagine. The experience is so different from what you are used to in everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though I may have been through the experience hundreds of times, I still find it difficult to put into words what you experience during a psychedelic journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, I will try to give you as clear an idea as possible of what you might expect. I will take you through three phases of a psychedelic experience with truffles: the effects coming on, the peak experience and the effects gradually wearing off. These phases flow into one another. Things may become quieter for a while, then the experience can grow more intense again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The effects coming on: the first changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After taking the truffles, there is a period of waiting. Perhaps you are listening to the music and wondering: can I feel anything yet? After around 30 to 45 minutes, you may begin to notice the first effects, sometimes a little sooner or later. The changes can be subtle: your body feels different, your surroundings seem different or the music feels more intense. Sometimes you mainly notice in your body that the experience is beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I often feel my body becoming very heavy. I get tired and start yawning. Sometimes it feels as if I am being gently pulled downwards, as if all I want to do is lie down and close my eyes. I can also feel a little nauseous, but for me that always passes quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It can take a little getting used to<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In this first phase, you may still be very aware of what is happening. What am I feeling? Is this normal? Will it become stronger?<\/em> It can be difficult to let go into the experience. You notice things differently and may try to understand where the experience is taking you. That can feel unsettling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tell your guide what you notice, especially if something feels unpleasant or frightening. You do not have to go through it alone. Your guide can support you with what you are experiencing in this first phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The peak experience: what might you experience?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As the effects become stronger, the way you feel, think and perceive things may change. Your sense of time can change too. During the peak of a truffle ceremony, a few minutes may seem to last a very long time. Sometimes you barely notice how much time has passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A truffle experience may be mainly physical, emotional, sensory or spiritual. Thoughts can also play a big part. Often these things overlap. The most intense phase may last around two to three hours, but this varies from one experience to another. Even during that time, there can be quieter moments between the more intense periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What might you feel in your body?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Your body may feel heavy or light. You might feel warmth, cold, tingling or other physical sensations. Sometimes your attention focuses on particular parts of your body, such as your neck, shoulders or back. For many women, this may also be the abdomen, womb or pelvic area. These can be places where you notice tension or emotions in your body in everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes an experience is mainly physical. You may have fewer visual effects, thoughts or insights, for example. Your attention is mostly on what you feel in your body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, I supported a woman whose body began to tremble as the truffles started to take effect. Sometimes she also made small jerking movements. At first, she found it difficult to allow those movements. When she was able to, it felt to her as if she were releasing tension. She actually found that pleasant. She felt that a lot of stress and tension had been held in her body and that she could finally let some of it go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a lot is happening in your body during a truffle ceremony, it can feel as if stress, tension and emotions are starting to move. That is how the women I support often describe it. At the same time, trembling or jerking by itself does not tell you exactly what is happening. It does not automatically mean that stored tension or trauma is being processed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What emotions might you feel?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

During a truffle ceremony, you may feel sadness, start crying or suddenly laugh a lot. You might feel afraid, but you may also experience joy, gratitude, or a deep sense of love and compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psychedelics such as truffles can bring feelings more strongly to the surface. Sadness, old pain or fear that you have pushed away may come up during a psychedelic experience. Sometimes these are feelings from long ago that you rarely think about in everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You could compare it to a ball you are trying to hold under water. As soon as you press down less firmly, it floats back up. Feelings you have pushed away for a long time can come back to the surface in the same way, both difficult and pleasant ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may sound strange, but in everyday life we can also push away joy, love or pleasure. During a psychedelic experience, it may feel as if you are holding the ball less tightly. Those pleasant feelings may have more room too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes you understand where an emotion comes from. You think of someone, remember something that happened or notice something you rarely pay attention to in everyday life. At other times, you simply feel something without a clear story attached to it. You do not always have to understand it. Sometimes it helps to feel an emotion first, even if you do not yet know where it comes from or what you want to do with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Will you always see images, colours or patterns?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

During a truffle experience, you may see, hear, smell or taste things differently. Colours may seem brighter or more intense, for example. You may also experience flavours and smells more strongly, and sounds can feel different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music can feel very different from what you are used to. I find this one of the most beautiful things about a psychedelic experience. You can become completely absorbed in the music. A beautiful piece of music may move you deeply, strengthen an emotion or take you further into the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people hear stories about psychedelic experiences in which colours, shapes and patterns change. With your eyes closed, you may see images, sometimes abstract and sometimes recognisable. It may feel like a vision or a dream. Sometimes you mainly see colours or moving shapes rather than recognisable pictures. But not everyone sees vivid images. Seeing lots of images does not in itself say anything about how meaningful an experience is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a misconception I would like to clear up: a truffle journey is not always a colourful visual spectacle. An experience may be mainly about physical sensations, emotions or thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During my most recent experience, I saw very few images, colours or patterns. It was mainly a physical experience. I felt a lot in my body and was extremely cold at first. I did not experience much else at that moment. The insights and emotions came later. It was not the most spectacular experience. It was still very valuable because afterwards I felt much lighter and more settled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do you still have thoughts during a truffle journey?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Some women expect their minds to become completely quiet, so that they finally have a moment without any thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But thoughts do not always disappear during a psychedelic experience. Sometimes they move into the background and your attention goes mainly to what you feel, the music or the images. At other times, you may have a lot of thoughts. You may have helpful insights or see something differently. But thoughts you also have in everyday life can be very present. That can be quite irritating: there they are again, only much clearer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a psychedelic experience, the way networks in the brain work together changes temporarily. I picture it as a maze. In everyday life, you keep walking around the same loops: the same stories, beliefs and thought patterns. During a psychedelic journey, it may feel as if you rise above the maze and look at it from a different perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is good to know that thoughts or insights can feel very convincing during the experience. That does not mean they are always true. Afterwards, you can explore what feels familiar, what has meaning for you and what you would rather leave alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you get stuck in negative thoughts or keep going round in the same circle, tell your guide. They can help you shift your attention and reconnect with your body or your surroundings. Do not be afraid to ask for help. That is what we are there for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A mystical experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For many women, a psychedelic experience is also a spiritual experience. Sometimes people call it a mystical experience. What that means is, of course, very personal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people experience a deep connection with nature, the universe, other people or life as a whole. The boundary between themselves and their surroundings may feel less distinct. There may be a sense of unity, connection or something sacred that is difficult to put into words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, you may feel completely part of the nature around you. You may already know that you are part of it, but during the experience you feel it very strongly too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, I supported someone who wanted to go outside halfway through the experience. That was fine with me, so we moved to the garden. She lay flat on the grass. Afterwards, she told me that she could feel the earth beneath her and see the sky above. For the first time in her life, she felt completely held by a force greater than herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You do not have to be religious to experience this. And it is important to remember that not everyone has this kind of experience. I think it is better to see it as something that may happen, rather than a goal you have to reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The effects wearing off: the experience begins to settle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As the intensity decreases, things often become clearer again. You may become more aware of the time. Perhaps you wonder what time it is, or feel hungry and wonder when the soup will be ready. What you may especially notice is that your thoughts become more organised. I find this a very important part of the experience as the effects wear off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may still feel a lot, while also being more able to think about what you have experienced. Perhaps you can put it into words for the first time. Or you begin to understand something you experienced during the peak, and the insight only now starts to sink in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valuable insights may arise in this phase, about a relationship, a pattern or something you need. The experience begins to settle within you. Gradually, you may understand more clearly how the things you experienced fit together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can be tempting to think: the strongest effects are over, so the journey is finished. But there may still be more to come. Perhaps you want to talk, write something down or simply lie quietly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can be helpful to look back a little on your experience already. But you do not need to have a clear story or conclusion straight away. Later, during integration, you can explore further what the experience means to you and how you want to relate to it in everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a nutshell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps you will recognise a lot of what I have described when you have your own truffle ceremony. Perhaps only a small part will feel familiar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A truffle ceremony unfolds in different phases: from the effects coming on, to the peak experience, and then the effects gradually wearing off as the experience begins to settle. You may encounter physical sensations, emotions, thoughts, images or a mystical experience. It can feel powerful and overwhelming, but it can also be subtle and small. And everything in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You cannot predict exactly what you will feel. These three phases give you an idea of what is possible. Of course, your own experience may unfold differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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