Emyria's Musical Templates

Wavepaths and the team at Emyria have curated a bespoke series of musical experiences for MDMA-assisted therapy, developed with care and understanding for the needs of your patients. This series is designed to be used in sequence but templates can be selected ad hoc and can be customised to meet individual needs. 

Emyria 1A

This template uses our public template “3.5 Journey” as it is, without any modifications.

The listener is guided through a diverse tapestry of subjective experiences and therapeutic functions. Infused with emotionally resonant bridges and interwoven with dynamically deepening crescendos, percussive interludes, and soothing passages, this template creates an ebb and flow that invites an ignition, deepening and release of emotionality.

The initial pre-onset phase offers a cocoon of deep relaxation at the start of the session, gradually transitioning into a slower, more spacious rhythm that gently evolves into a melody-driven pulse as the journey progresses through the onset and ascent to the peak. within the peak phase, you will find one deepening bittersweet wave, accompanied by one deepening wave of stillness and another of vitality.

The template is standardised to include a number of silences that can be used as pitstops/check-ins. These can be removed or customised as you wish. View template here.

Emyria 1B

This template is an adaptation from “3.5 Journey”, comparably making the overall session a little less emotionally evocative at first, yet still containing a number of powerful moments.

 

Key differences to 1A:

 

Removal of the deepen Bittersweet wave present at the peak in Emyria 1A that features highly evocative orchestral and soprano elements, this wave is now reserved for Emyria 2A and 2B.

 

  • String orchestra, female choir vocals and brass, by Robert Thomas and NYX
 

Addition of two different deepen Bittersweet waves during peak (Emyria 1A / 3.5 Journey has one)

  • Electronic drones with remixed female vocals, by Abdul Mogard
  • String orchestra, tuned percussion and drums, by Greg Haines
 

Addition of one different deepen Stillness wave during the return

  • Electronic drones, by Abdul Mogard
 

The template is standardised to include a number of silences that can be used as pitstops/check-ins. These can be removed or customised as you wish. View template here.

 

Emyria 2A

Compared to Emyria 1A and 1B, this template is designed to be overall more emotionally intense, with more emotional peaks (deepen waves), including sections that contain strong percussion. Also, in contrast to Emyria 1, this template contains the emotionality “Tension”, expressed in the functions Deepening, Soothing and Bridging.

 

Key differences to 1A and 1B:

 

Addition of bridges and deepen waves that are not present in 1B, thereby containing more musical novelty.

 

The template is characterised by a larger number of deepening waves of various emotionalities, each building to a crescendo. These are consciously interwoven with percussive interludes and soothing passages where the music is less emotionally demanding and allows “rest” and reflection. 


The template does not include preprogrammed periods of silences. These can be added as you wish. View template here.

 

Emyria 2B

Compared to Emyria 2A, this template is designed to be slightly more driving, by the addition of percussive deepen waves.

 

Key differences to 2A:

 

Addition of one percussive Stillness wave, near the end of the peak phase

 

 

  • Tribal Percussion (mixed with Stillness music), by Robert Thomas

 

Addition of one percussive Bittersweet wave during the return phase

 

 

  • Acoustic Drums (mixed with Bittersweet music), by Andrea Belfi

 

The template does not include preprogrammed periods of silences. These can be added as you wish. View template here.

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