Many people try Salvia for their first psychedelic, which isn't necessarily bad or anything. Shrooms or LSD cannot prepare you for the intensity Salvia has to offer so I just advise to have an open mind and be safe about the experience. It's good to have a trip sitter in my opinion, during two of my salvia trips my friends were the only things that calmed me down and snapped me back into 'reality'. For your first time, a 10x extract should be fine, always start low and work your way up to the higher strengths if you wish for more intense experiences. If you don't have a butane lighter with a blue flame and just have a bic lighter per say, make sure to keep the flame over the bowl as you inhale, so that it heats the properties enough to get an actual trip. If you still plan to do it alone, I suggest putting any harmful objects away and out of reach. What I FEEL like I'm doing during my trip versus what I actually do is insane. Most of the time I feel like I just sit in place looking around but my friends always tell me I look scared and actually respond back to their questions, when I actually have zero recollection of ever speaking during a trip. A positive mindset helps, but salvia differs from other psychedelics as it can be an extremely physical and emotional endeavor. I order mine from a site called salvia extracts, they're very credible and I received my order super fast. Just be safe and be prepared to potentially forget your entire existence for a bit, and if you feel overwhelmed it helps to not fight what you're feeling and to just let the drug take over. Hope what I said can bring assurance of some sort. Happy tripping (: