Jun 28, 2022
Cannabis meets a lot of people where they're at; maybe they're
not ready to do an inner child healing workshop but they might be
open to the idea of praying before interacting with cannabis and
setting an intention. So, we meet them where they're at and allow
them to experience what this whole world is with a conscious
cannabis practice. Also, we teach them how to heal without it; you
don't need these plant medicines to access a higher self or heal
but they do show you what's already possible and what is there in
your life. Plant medicines give you the direct experience so that
you then have the motivation and inspiration to actually start
diving into the real work. - Ryan Sprague
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Wellness + Wisdom Episode 455
Co-Creator of Connect with Cannabis and fellow
Podcast Host, Ryan Sprague, breaks down the ethical,
conscious, and practical use of conscious cannabis, how to create
an intentional cannabis practice if it is right for you, Ryan's
journey healing his anxiety with cannabis when prescriptions like
Zoloft never helped, and RSO or Rick Simpson Oil and how it has
helped people all over the world.
What toxic propaganda has hidden the truth
about cannabis for decades? Why was the oldest use of this powerful
plant medicine only recently discovered?
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this widely misunderstood plant and how to use cannabis in the most conscious
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Listen To Episode 455 As Ryan Sprague Uncovers:
[1:30] The Master of Conscious Cannabis
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- The Feminine Side of
Cannabis
- The fact that this episode is not about giving medical advice;
just a conversation exploring conscious cannabis.
- Ryan's background, his many layers, and who he is today.
- Breaking down the yin and the yang energies.
- How the feminine energy comes into play
with cannabis.
- Why cannabis can be good for an individual depending on what
they're currently facing in their wellness journey.
- The difference between a peek and peak experience.
- Ryan's first experiences with cannabis and why he used to abuse
it like Josh used to abuse the gym and exercise.
- His journey trying to heal his anxiety and why none of the
prescriptions like Zoloft he was given were helping him; they were
actually making him feel more and more disconnected.
- Ryan's interaction with cannabis and how it became more
spiritual over time as it helped him heal.
[15:00] The History of Rick Simpson Oil (RSO) and (Full Extract
Cannabis Oil) FECO
- The Boston Freedom Rally
- Research being done on how cannabis can cure cancer.
- His first time interacting with MDMA and why he wanted to
experience it with his father.
- The moment his father told him that he had terminal cancer and
the challenges that followed.
- How they made RSO (Rick Simpson Oil) / FECO (Full Extract
Cannabis Oil) out of the cannabis they grew to help his
father.
- Chris Bennett, Author at Cannabis
Culture
- Cannabis and the Soma Solution by
Chris Bennett
- The history of cannabis including the bold claim that Jesus
used FECO in his anointing oils.
- Ryan's deep experiences with his father as they sat together
and used RSO/FECO.
- How RSO/FECO helped his father make amends with his family as
well as extend his life by 1 year longer than diagnosed by
doctors.
- Ryan's experience losing his father to cancer.
- Why many people create stories around how their family members
and close friends are supposed to die and why that approach isn't
helpful.
[23:40] Unlocking Real Life Purpose
- His definition of purpose and how he began to
unlock his after the death of his father.
- Eckhart Tolle
- How Ryan knew that his purpose was to begin working in the
cannabis wellness industry and how he began his
journey from that moment onwards.
- His experience working as a patient care advocate helping over
5,000 people on their healing and wellness journeys.
- Why Ryan decided to continue working at the same dispensary for
another 3 years under new owners even though the cannabis medicine they were
selling was suffering because of their business tactics.
- How Ryan began to suffer because his actions staying at the
dispensary were going against his heart and purpose.
- Ryan's dependency on cannabis during those 3 years and the
moment an MDMA ceremony helped him realize that he was interacting
with cannabis unconsciously.
- The incredible transformation and lessons that
came to Ryan when he took a 3-month break from cannabis.
- 284 Mike Bledsoe & Mark England:
Cognitive Fitness & Building Verbal Strength
- Enlifted
- How his friend, Mark England, helped introduce him to the idea
of being a coach.
- The 2-year experience Ryan went through saying 'yes' to all of
these new experiences and programs.
- How he began to create all of these different programs for
breathwork, meditation, and manifestation around
cannabis.
- The spiritual awakening he actually had at a strip club at Las
Vegas while attending a conference with Rachel to find investors
for their own dispensary business.
[36:30] Honoring & Respecting Cannabis
- Why many people will blame cannabis for their problems when
they need to take full responsibility.
- High expectations people have for cannabis
quite often and how to set out with the right expectation before
using it for your wellbeing.
- How Ryan has created a wellness practice around cannabis where
he will now only use it on weekends and with the proper intention.
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- How people can use cannabis and other medicines like kava,
kratom, nicotine, or caffeine respectively rather
than as a crutch.
- Ryan's daily morning practice with breathwork, sunlight, and
movement.
- Joe Dispenza
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- Ryan's different programs for cultivating a good practice and
relationship with cannabis at highlyoptimized.me.
- The process they're in right now to create a manual to help
people use cannabis consciously.
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[46:00] Pairing Cannabis with Other Healing Modalities
[1:01:00] The War on Consciousness
- Exploring why healing modalities especially
plants like cannabis become demonized.
- Maybe it's not a war on plants but a war on consciousness when we see
fear-mongering happen.
- Specific findings on how cannabis can help with depression and
why people have to be more careful in this scenario.
- 290 Dan Brulé
- The big difference between interacting with cannabis in a
hospital setting vs a more calming environment.
- How to separate who you are from the anxiety, stress, or depression that you might
feel.
- Ryan's advice for exploring and processing different thoughts
and emotions before using cannabis consciously to help you
heal.
- The science behind how cannabis helps us open up our subconscious minds.
Restructuring Your Relationship with Cannabis
"I wanted to make sure that I wasn't just numbing out stress
during the week with cannabis so I have restructured my
relationship with it. I now only use it for ceremonial purposes
during the weekend to help me tune in with myself better. Now when
I experience stress, I'm better at recognizing what I need to do to
alleviate that anxiety like taking a break if I have too much on my
calendar. If I'm just hitting the reset button every night with
cannabis and not doing anything else, then how will I know what my
body is trying to tell me?" - Ryan Sprague
Setting Your Own Intentions with Cannabis
"It's not my responsibility or my intention to tell people how
to interact with cannabis or how often to interact with it. I'm
here to bring awareness to how someone might interact with it
consciously because I have met people who have a very healthy
relationship with the plant that do use it pretty frequently and
also people who interact with it only once a month that have a very
unhealthy relationship with it." - Ryan
Sprague
Becoming Highly Optimized: Creating a Better Life
Experience
"Cannabis can help us create a greater reality for ourselves by
opening up our imagination. If we're able to level up our wonder
and curiosity with it then we're able to go into our subconscious,
look at our belief systems, and the emotions we may have attached
to them. Next, we can consciously choose which ones we want to take
away, translate, or flip the script on and from that new belief
system have a more optimized experience of life." -
Ryan Sprague
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About Ryan Sprague
With cannabis gaining traction in
our modern world, Highly Optimized is poised to shift the
perspective on cannabis. By combining science, ceremony, and
integration practices for interacting with Cannabis you can
cultivate a conscious and empowering relationship with
Cannabis.
As a cultivator and teacher, Ryan is a world-class cannabis
expert. Through cannabis, he has been able to engage with thousands
of people worldwide, teaching them the language of cannabis.
Through medicinal experiences and ceremonies, Ryan has used
cannabis to create spiritual, mental, and physical breakthroughs in
hundred of people.
Connect with Cannabis
Ryan co-created the Connect with Cannabis Course as a pathway
for those who wish to co-create a conscious relationship with this
plant.
And for those called to cultivation, the Grow with Cannabis
Course is a world-class experience for anyone wanting to grow their
own high-quality medicine.
Together they are leading the conscious Cannabis revolution and
helping others step into their roles as leaders and advocates for
Cannabis!