Integration Guide
A gentle guide for before and after your session — to help you arrive with openness and carry your insights forward.
Set Your Intention
What do you wish to receive from this session?
Write this in your journal before your session. Return to it after.
The Science
Default Mode Network & Neuroplasticity
Ketamine temporarily quiets the Default Mode Network (DMN) — the brain region responsible for your sense of self, rumination, and habitual thought patterns. This creates a window where rigid neural pathways become flexible again. Combined with a 72-hour surge in Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), your brain is primed to form new connections. Integration is how you guide those connections toward lasting change.
In the 72 hours following your session, your brain is in a heightened state of plasticity — meaning new neural connections form more readily. This is when insights can become lasting change. What you feed your mind right now matters more than usual.
Your experience speaks in many languages. Use these as a starting point — simply notice, without judgment.
Return to these over the 72 hours after your session — and beyond. You don't have to answer all of them. Let the ones that pull at you lead the way.