Our articles about the Ayahuasca brew and related traditional healing practices in Mesoamerica and South America.
Convulsions — usually associated with epileptic seizures — are conditions in which muscles continue to rapidly contract and relax quickly, and cause uncontrolled shaking of the body. Client’s self-induced convulsions, or convulsions induced by a [ Read more … ]
Shamanic De-Armoring is not just one particular De-Armoring modality (although some providers use that term to define their work) but a range of De-Armoring treatments that associate themselves fully or partly with ancient Shamanic concepts [ Read more … ]
The word appropriation has several meanings, but the meaning we talk about in this post is that of to “take something for one’s own use, typically without the owner’s permission.” We will further on also [ Read more … ]
You may have noticed that many Ayahuasca retreats also offer Breathwork training and sessions. In this post, we’ll explain the relationship between these two practices and why they often go together. The Ayahuasca brew is [ Read more … ]
Apart from taking the effects, precautions, contraindications and risks of ingesting Ayahuasca into account, appropriate safety and security measures in relation to Ayahuasca retreats are of utmost importance for your wellbeing, especially when the retreat [ Read more … ]
There are several ways of experiencing Ayahuasca, and it depends on your preferences, healing needs, time, and financial situation what will be the best means for your particular circumstances. In any case, you should always [ Read more … ]
Vinho da Jurema (Yurema), which contains Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), is a psychoactive drink known from Northern Brazil and commonly made from the root bark of the Mimosa hostilis plant (also called Mimosa tenuiflora) or from some [ Read more … ]
Everyone who joins an Ayahuasca retreat has some sort of expectation of the results. Some go for physical or emotional healing, others go for personal growth and spiritual enlightenment, and again others join out of [ Read more … ]
An Ayahuasca ceremony involves drinking the Ayahuasca brew, commonly a group activity (which can also be one-on-one, by the way) that is usually led by a Shaman, Curandero, or Ayahuasquero, and which typically starts in [ Read more … ]
The term Ayahuasquero can raise some ambiguity, because it can refer to someone who only prepares and/or administers Ayahuasca, or to someone — typically a folk healer — who cures physical, mental, and/or spiritual health [ Read more … ]