Every breath is a doorway. Every sensation is a message. What if the body itself is the integration?
Psychedelics can open extraordinary windows of perception, memory, and healing. But the nervous system – shaped by years of protection, survival, and stored experience – determines whether those windows become transformation or overwhelm.
In this talk, Rachel Flower draws on 30+ years of somatic and breathwork training, her studies in Psychedelic Somatic Interactive Psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing, and her own journey through Stage 4 cancer to offer a living, embodied framework for the psychedelic healing process.
We will explore:
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Why somatic preparation is the most overlooked – and most essential – element of psychedelic work
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How conscious breathwork can regulate the nervous system before, during, and after a journey
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The role of sound as a vibrational container that speaks directly to the autonomic nervous system
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What integration actually means in the body – and the simple somatic practices that allow transformation to take root
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A practical overview of the Sohum Path: five stages from Arrive to Remember, applicable to both breathwork sessions and psychedelic integration
This is not a talk about psychedelics as substances. It is a talk about the living field in which healing happens – the body, the breath, the resonant field of sound — and how we, as guides and practitioners, become that field for others.
Whether you are a practitioner, a curious explorer, or someone in the process of integrating your own medicine experiences, this talk offers a body-first map for the journey home.
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About Rachel Flower:
Rachel Flower is a somatic practitioner, trauma-informed plant medicine facilitator, breathwork guide, and founder of Soul Flower Somatics. With over 30 years of somatic training and experience, and a decade of apprenticeship and training with pioneers in the plant medicine world, Rachel holds certifications in Psychedelic Somatic Interactive Psychotherapy, Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Facilitation, Somatic Plant Medicine Integration, and Transformational Energy Healing, along with years of breathwork and sound healing training.
Through practices including mindfulness, body awareness, inner tracking, movement, somatic breathwork, and sound healing, she helps individuals reconnect with the body and access their innate capacity for healing, resilience, creativity, and transformation. Rachel hosts retreats and workshops at her retreat space in Incline Village, Nevada, offering an embodied approach to healing that honors the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit.
