It’s great to see that our people first approach which is centric to our work has been recognised. We are now listed on journeyaya.com, a useful resource for people wanting to find safe, trusted and verified places to drink Ayahuasca in Central and South American. If you want to take a look at what they say about us click here.

Drinking Ayahuasca is not without its risks, so needs to be treated accordingly. 

Choosing to drink with someone who not only understands this but prioritises safety in all aspects of their practice, is one of the most important factors to consider. 

Image: Mauro Reategui Perez

Working with plants is on the whole socially acceptable to people, borderline, but just about acceptable.

On the other hand, being open about plants speaking to me and having a voice can be very divisive.  People either get it, because they’ve also experienced it. Or they think I’m absolutely insane.

The sacred mirror that Ayahuasca shows us is often the thing that most scares us about working with this medicine. There is an innate resistance/protection in us all to fully see our true selves and not just the persona we believe ourselves to be. 

Mama Aya helps us to meet those parts, with love and grace, for when we have greater understanding and compassion for ourselves we can embrace it all and show up in the world in all our flawed yet beautiful completeness. 

I really wish this had never even happened but it has. The world of spiritual practice has merged with social media and the results are confusing at best but if we’re being honest it’s mostly a hellish cringe fest.

I spoke about this a year ago, asking that ceremony be kept sacred and not filmed or photographed to be used for social media.

My point being that ceremony is carried by our intention, and if you are filming it, the intention changes to attention automatically.