**Slow Medicine for the thresholds of care**

I’m Naomi, a somatic counsellor, educator and doula. I offer teaching, workshops and individual support for people exploring psychedelics or making sense of an experience afterwards.

My work is concerned with how we meet significant moments in life from becoming a parent to navigating loss, changing identity and questions about death and dying. Times when familiar ways of understanding ourselves may shift and we need space to find our way.

Ways to Work With Me

You’ve had the experience. What happens now?

Perhaps you’ve returned from a retreat, ceremony or private psychedelic session and found yourself carrying more than you expected.

Something important may have opened up, but everyday life has carried on. People around you might not understand. Perhaps the support afterwards was limited, or you don’t feel comfortable talking honestly with the person who facilitated your experience.

You might feel changed, confused, disappointed or unsettled. You may have experienced something beautiful and still feel alone with it.

I offer a place to talk openly about what happened and explore how it is affecting you now. Together, we can make room for the feelings, questions and experiences that haven’t yet found somewhere to go.

There is no pressure to find a positive lesson, accept someone else’s interpretation or decide what it all means. We can take time to understand what matters to you and what support you need.

This is often called psychedelic integration: the ongoing process of making sense of an experience and finding how, or whether, it fits into your life.

Teaching, writing and conversations

I offer talks, workshops and practitioner education exploring psychedelics and the care surrounding their use.

My interests include microdosing, preparation and integration, motherhood, grief, and the questions that arise around death and dying. Across these subjects, I’m interested in how we accompany one another through experiences that can change our understanding of ourselves and the world.

My teaching brings together research, practical experience and space for thoughtful questioning, with attention to relationships, culture, ethics and the circumstances of people’s lives.

For more information, please email me through the contact page.

Podcasts conversations

In this episode, I interview Naomi Tolson. Naomi is a microdosing coach, psychedelic guide, advocate and community science researcher. She specialises in supporting parents who choose to microdose during their pregnancy and postpartum journey. Join us as we discuss how microdosing can support the pregnancy, birth and postpartum journey. You’ll hear about Naomi’s journey of discovering microdosing and how it led her to stop attending births as a doula, the benefits of microdosing, debunking myths, and how microdosing can help heal birth trauma.

Naomi shares her personal journey and professional insights on how families can benefit from microdosing to enhance connection with themselves, their babies, and the community. The conversation explores the nuances of dosing, the importance of community support, and the role of psychedelic education in breaking societal stigmas. Join this in-depth discussion highlighting the healing power of psychedelics in parenthood and beyond.

Testimonials

I felt supported, validated, and genuinely listened to, with space to understand myself more deeply.
The support helped me clarify my own intention and trust myself to continue independently.
Her classes and trainings are phenomenal
Anyone can talk wisely about the medicine and the journey but to truly guide someone, knowing when to adapt the pace, when to step in and when to allow instinct to unfold, that takes someone special. Thank you Naomi"
Naomi changed my perspective to be more understanding and compassionate for myself instead of feeling stuck in the past and in a constant cycle of self hate. There was always a feeling that I was being held, and that is exactly what I needed.
I feel like I have grown as an individual more in this time than over the last few years! I felt fully supported and understood throughout the course and am sad it has come to an end! I feel that being part of this course has changed the trajectory of my life in such a positive way and I am so excited to continue to work with Naomi. “
What’s remarkable about Naomi is the way she holds space in a steady, spacious, warm, and utterly non judgemental way.
Working with Naomi is unlike anything I’ve experienced before. She brings a rare combination of grounded somatic skill, deep intuition, and an ability to make even the most complex inner terrain feel safe to explore.
I’ve worked with therapists before, but Naomi is different. There’s depth here, and real care. I’ve learned to listen to myself again and that alone has changed so much.