What is the best mushroom strain for microdosing and healing? 

Golden Teachers: The grandmother's choice

In further answering your question, "What is the best mushroom strain for microdosing?", I'd love to first share a remarkable story. 

The mushroom ceremony grandmother excitedly expressed over the phone to my shamanic sound practitioner teacher, who was sobbing apologies for her lateness. 

My teacher was running exorbitantly late for her magic mushroom ceremony with the infamous curandera mushroom grandmothers.

She didn't expect to be met with excitement and praise about her crying when she apologized for her lateness.

The grandmothers believe that crying, common around mushroom ceremonies, is a form of energetic cleansing, a byproduct of embarking on a healing journey with the historically renowned mushrooms.

The mushrooms my teacher were given during her ceremony with the grandmother were the Golden Teachers. 

In the ceremonial psychedelic world, my experience is the Golden Teachers are often the preferred strain for healing, offering deeply insightful, and often spiritual or mystical, experiences. 

If you're starting your own healing journey with psilocybin mushrooms and are interested in cultivating your own medicine, Golden Teachers are the best mushroom strain for microdosing. 

Their name is quite apt.

Why golden teachers are the best mushroom strain for microdosing and healing

Perhaps the best story to illustrate the power of this healing mushroom strain is that of my client, Mary, now a dear friend, about whom I write often.

I first started working with Mary in 2022, when Colorado decriminalized magic mushrooms statewide.

This means we can grow and share our own medicine, and offer it in conjunction with mental health services or in ceremonial settings. 

However, selling mushrooms in Colorado remains illegal, unlike cannabis.  While some believe mushroom dispensaries are widespread, they are not. 

In this age of fentanyl, I would never consume mushrooms from an unknown source.

Unless you personally know the cultivator, the risk is simply too high—like playing Russian roulette.

If you are interested in growing your own mushrooms, read this article. 

Mary, like me, was a nurse, distrustful of the pharmaceutical world.

 She worked in oncology, where she was "sick of giving people poison."

She was also horrified to learn about the corruption within the oncology field, where doctors are known to receive substantial kickbacks for every chemotherapy prescription. 

So, while patients are subjected to the horrific harms of chemotherapy, some doctors profit and happily take extra golf vacations. 

But I digress…

When I met Mary, she was eager to address her chronic anxiety and childhood trauma through a natural, non-pharmaceutical approach.

I taught her how to cultivate her own medicine, and we chose the best mushroom strain for microdosing- the Golden Teachers- to support her healing journey, in partnership with her trauma therapist. 

I admire her openness with her children, then aged seven and nine, about the mushroom medicine she was growing.

She educated them about the mushrooms, pharmaceutical medications, and essential oils, emphasizing that they were off-limits.

After several months of microdosing, Mary expressed interest in a solo, higher-dose ceremony using her homegrown Golden Teachers.

I helped her prepare and held space for her during her mid-dose journey.  When we reconnected afterward...

She shared a remarkable experience, unlike anything I'd encountered in over 25 years of working with magic mushrooms.

Almost immediately after ingesting a mushroom tea made with about 1.5 grams of Golden Teachers, Mary perceived beautiful geometric patterns dancing on her walls.

Then, following my suggestion, she took an Epsom salt bath. 

Epsom salts, and salt in general, are known for their physical and energetic cleansing properties. 

Denise Linn, a Native American ceremonialist, often says that if she had only one tool for cleansing a space, it would be salt.

While in the bath, Mary noticed the geometric patterns dancing on her body. 

She quickly got out to examine herself in a full-length mirror. 

"I am so beautiful," she observed, tears streaming down her face. 

At 38, having endured a childhood of neglect and abuse, Mary had never felt beautiful. 

But now, she held a new image of herself, a gift she will carry for the rest of her life.

I had never witnessed anything like it!!

Mary's experience was divinely tailored to her specific needs. 

Incidentally, many of my clients are mothers, especially of young children.

Through this short but powerful experience, Mary healed decades of trauma that had impacted her life.  Healing from PTSD is an ongoing journey, but significant improvement IS possible, especially with homegrown mushroom medicine.

Golden Teachers are the best mushroom strain for microdosing and guiding your own healing journey.

Happy healing!

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