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Yourself

“Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

-Rumi

Ayahuasca holds a mirror to you. It reflects your internal landscape onto the surface of awareness, where you’re forced to confront it, to hold it, to listen to it, to learn from it. It sheds your stories and defenses and exposes your true nature, your true self.

It can be an uncomfortable and challenging process because it brings our deepest fears, emotions, and discomforts to the surface so we can face them directly.

This is where transformation begins. This is where we come to a place of wisdom – through facing these challenges and being able to see and understand their root causes, acknowledging and addressing them, and, finally, freeing ourselves from them – letting them go.

Self-transformation or liberation isn’t something you can ‘think’ your way through. It is something that must take place in the heart. It must be ‘experienced’ and felt directly.

Trying ayahuasca can be intimidating. It is an incredibly powerful psychedelic and entheogen. And it can bring much of what you have hidden in the depths of your subconscious to the surface of awareness – pains and traumas, self-deceits and defenses, but also your deepest gratitudes, values, and aims.

It shows us that your path to healing begins by facing yourself – all of yourself. You must first open to, accept, and feel the pain, fear, trauma, and regret you have buried deep within before you can let it go and begin to heal.

So, if you have any questions or concerns before you embark on this journey, let’s talk. I want to do everything in my power to make sure you feel safe and loved while you explore the deepest dungeons and highest peaks of your being.

You are undeniably beautiful. A truly remarkable fact of existence.

John

More About Ayahuasca

Ayahuasca is a powerful and sacred brew that has been used by cultures near the Amazon basin for thousands of years to heal mental and psychological illnesses.

Ayahuasca is a tea-like brew sought by spiritual seekers, CEOs, artists, veterans, and wounded souls alike.

It has been known to cure chronic depression, drug and alcohol addiction, and has been especially effective for emotional and psychological disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (or PTSD).

The psychoactive ingredient in the brew is dimethyltryptamine (DMT) – a chemical that occurs naturally in the brain and is associated with dreaming and the visions that accompany near-death experiences.

Ayahuasca is powerful and should be approached with reverence and respect – (some even encourage to approach it with trepidation). It is a strong entheogen and the most potent hallucinogen on the planet. It can bring you to the highest peaks as well as the darkest dungeons of your soul.

The experience is normally led by one or more shamans and the brew is consumed in a group setting. The ceremony typically lasts about four to six hours and takes place at night in a dark room, usually a ceremonial building that has cultivated a sense of love, reverence, and openness.

The shamans usually begin by gathering the participants’ intentions before offering each person a small cup of the brew. Although it varies from person to person, the medicine usually takes 30 to 40 minutes to kick in and the peak lasts for about an hour. After that it is common to experience the medicine in waves that last about 30 minutes each.

Rapé

Rapé is incredibly grounding. It raises all the energy to what is commonly referred to as the ‘third eye,’ clearing and sharpening the mind.

It’s is an excellent way to prepare for Ayahuasca because it provides you with the opportunity to hold your intention while the medicine works on you. It can also cleanse your body, and sometimes even cause you to purge, physically and/or emotionally.

It is native to several Amazonian tribes in Brazil and has been used by their people for thousands of years.

It gets snorted into your nostrils using a special bamboo stick or pipe. And is composed primarily of tobacco but also includes barks and leaves of numerous medicinal trees from the Amazon jungle.

San Pedro

San Pedro (Echinopsis pachanoi) is Spanish for “St. Peter’s cactus.” Like St. Peter, who guards the gates to heaven, San Pedro can give you a peek into heaven.

The use of this cactus as a plant medicine and entheogen dates back at least two thousand years to the Moche culture.

The cactus contains a variety of alkaloids, including the well-known chemical mescaline, the same chemical in Peyote.

Its effects are generally reported as a gentle but profound connection with people and nature, which can last for up to ten hours.

San Pedro pairs wonderfully with a hike and engaging with nature. It also puts you in an excellent place to contemplate your priorities and direction in life.