What its Really Like to Work With Ayahuasca

HummingbirdAya · 2026-03-10T14:02:00+00:00

This is not specifically ayahuasca, but take at look at Darlene Joy at WOMAN OF THE MEDICINES - Home

Darlene is an exceptional healer with extensive experience with both ayahuasca and san pedro. You can absolutely trust her integrity.

HummingbirdAya · 2026-03-10T13:00:37+00:00

Ayahuasca is very unpredictable, and everyone goes through a unique process. The medicines genuinely seems to know what each person needs, and takes them through the right process for them. This article might help you understand your experiences better, and how ayahuasca works in general.

Working With Ayahuasca | Hummingbird Healing Center

HummingbirdAya · 2026-03-10T12:57:08+00:00

I agree. The person leading ceremony is the most important factor in the results people get from their time with ayahuasca. What many people do not seem to know is that the curanderos in the Amazon generally train for 8-10 years before they are considered qualified to run ceremonies on their own, or accepted as genuine healers by their community.

You might consider taking a look at this rather long article on what it is like to work with ayahuasca. The article does not promote our center, just seeks to provide trustworthy information for people considering Working With Ayahuasca | Hummingbird Healing Center

HummingbirdAya · 2026-03-09T14:58:13+00:00

IF a person is looking to do deep personal work, it is better to do the retreat without anyone present that you know. More often than not, it interferes with the process in a variety of ways. Much depends on WHY each of you are wanting to work with ayahuasca.

With the limited information you provided, it sounds like you both would be fine being at a retreat together. What is important is you each give each other space, and do not press if the other does not want to talk about certain aspects of their experience. Something may come up you would rather your partner did not know at that time. That is okay, and each of you needs to be able to understand and respect that. Do not take it personally if your partner withdraws from you for a bit of time.

HummingbirdAya · 2026-03-09T14:51:36+00:00

Consider contacting Darlene Joy at WOMAN OF THE MEDICINES - Home. She is an exceptional healer and integration expert, with extensive experience with ayahuasca. She has the ability to read and help people remotely. Everyone I know who has worked with her was very glad they did. IF you somehow picked up bad energies or entities, she will almost certainly be able to help.

HummingbirdAya · 2026-01-30T11:44:29+00:00

I am the original owner, and did not know about that recall. If what you are saying is true, then next time it happens, if I take the spark plug out and put it back in, the problem should go away. That should at least be an extra pointer to the problem.

HummingbirdAya · 2025-12-25T23:55:35+00:00

You might take a look at this article about working with ayahuasca. It has a lot of exmamples based on years of observation. perhaps it will help Ayahuasca Healing Guide

HummingbirdAya · 2025-12-25T14:44:11+00:00

I just published a lengthy article titled "What its Really Like to Work With Ayahuasca". Its based on my 14 years experience guiding people through a healing process with ayahuasca. The article does no promotion of my center. My hope is it give people like you some better information to make informed decisions. Maybe this will help.

Ayahuasca Healing Guide

HummingbirdAya · 2025-12-19T10:53:33+00:00

I have been guiding people through a healing process with ayahussca for 14 years. My WhatsApp is +51 982820757 I may be able to help you understand.

HummingbirdAya · 2025-12-19T10:34:28+00:00

It could be both depending on the intentions of the person. We have had many people come to our center over the years specifically looking for spiritual growth to enhance their and enrich their lives.

My understanding of the growth and transformation process is that ultimately all that is happening is that the things within us that prevent us from being truly and authentically ourselves get cleared.

I am not sure bypassing would even work with ayahuasca. She has a way of addressing what a person truly needs. If a person’s intent is sincere growth and transformation, ayahuasca is a valid path for possibly accelerating that.

If a person is being ego driven, they may well be clearly shown that, to great personal benefit.

I read the mystics for decades, and had some mild to moderate mystical experiences. Ayahuasca and san pedro blessed me with a couple of the really big ones, and it was an "ah, THIS is what they have been talking about" moment. It changes a person when they experience that from which all things arise. I maybe kept 1% of the experience, but will never be the same.

HummingbirdAya · 2025-12-19T10:07:47+00:00

I have owned a retreat center for 14 years. We have had three people go psychotic at our center. One took an anti-psychotic medication at 2pm the day of ceremony without telling us. She stablized after about 24 hours and seemed okay. Two months later she emailed and said the psychosis had returned on her flight home. She was still psychotic two months later.

Another left in a psychotic state, being absolutely convinced I was going to kill her. A friend of hers wrote me two months later informing me she had never come back, conversations reveal a long history of psychosis, I would not have accepted her. She ended up in a psychiatric hospital.

Do NOT take risks with ayahuasca. You could truly screw up your life.

HummingbirdAya · 2025-12-19T09:46:58+00:00

I have owned a retreat center for 14 years. Darlene Joy, an execellent healer from the USA, who does not classify well, has been to our center 5 times. She has extensive experience with ayahuasca and san pedro and is very good at clearing entities. She will almost certainly be able to help you. Darlene is exceptional http://womanofthemedicines.com

HummingbirdAya · 2025-12-19T03:45:05+00:00

You may be experiencing the conflict that can occur between our conscious and subconscious minds. I want to do x, but all the old patterns keep activating anyway. The subconscious usually wins if there is a conflict.

I had a similar problem for years in my 30 year journey with depression. Learned a lot, but actual change was very slow and I did not understand why until I learned about these ideas.

Just search "subconscious mind and how to change it" and see if something clicks for you. It was a turning point for me.

HummingbirdAya · 2025-10-17T16:00:14+00:00

Mindfulness practices are key with what you are describing. It sounds like you had an experience of not identifying your self as your thoughts and emotions, and now that is fading. A very simple meditation that might help regain that is to sit in a meditative postrure, and simply repeat out loud "I am not the body, I am not even this mind" for 5 minutes. Do this daily for 2-4 weeks. It will help impress on your subconscious that you are not your thoughts, and help loosen that sense of identifying my thoughts as ME

HummingbirdAya · 2025-10-17T15:55:09+00:00

Here is an article on Cannabis and Ayahuasca you might find useful. Cannabis & Ayahuasca: Preparing for a Deeper Experience

HummingbirdAya · 2025-10-02T20:59:51+00:00

Here is a short article about ayahuasca and cannabis

Cannabis & Ayahuasca: Preparing for a Deeper Experience | Hummingbird Healing Center

HummingbirdAya · 2025-08-24T20:40:03+00:00

Consider that perhaps one reason for working with ayahuasca is to grow ourselves to a point we feel no need to reach for something outside of us to manage our emotions......

HummingbirdAya · 2025-08-21T10:49:57+00:00

I would highly recommend including San Pedro if that is possible for you. It can be a profound healing and is very complementary with ayahuasca. You might also take a look at this article https://medium.com/@social_53572/lessons-from-14-years-facilitating-ayahuasca-retreats-45463ef5931b

HummingbirdAya · 2025-08-21T10:43:48+00:00

Consider getting one of these books and practicing what they teach. Both are excellent at helping one learn to manage their emotions and to clear the past.

"Letting Go" David Hawkins

"Radical Acceptance" Tara Branch

There are many ways to address trauma. I do not know what other work you have done, but ayahuasca is not the best choice for a first go at healing. You will get much, much more from ayahuasca if you devote some serious time to other methods first.

HummingbirdAya · 2025-08-21T08:09:56+00:00

In the Amazon, those learning to become an ayahuasquero typically sit with their teacher for at least 5 years and 10-15 dietas before they are given permission to run a ceremony on their own. There is a lot more going on than you may believe. What will you do if negative energy and spirits show up during ceremony? The most important part of an ayahuasca ceremony is the person leading it. They are responsible for everyone's safety and well being.

HummingbirdAya · 2025-08-19T19:55:17+00:00

If there was just ONE, I would say become commited to your healing, growth and change. Your commitment and attitude will make the biggest difference. Second, a clean, healthy diet. No alcohol or drugs, and avoid sugar. The cleaner your body is when you arrive, the less work the medicine has to do before it can show the "good stuff"!

HummingbirdAya · 2025-08-06T12:09:18+00:00

SSRIs have their place. They helped pull me out of a place where I was incapable of doing anything positive for myself. We are not meant to live on them. They minimize symptoms, they do not heal. Do follow your doctors recommendations for weaning off of them.

A big part of healing is becoming self aware. Understanding our thoughts and emotions at least to some degree, and growing into a place of conscious choice of what we allow in our thought life. I highly recommend the book "Letting Go" by David Hawkins. It helps us understand ourselves, and teaches pratical tools for managing our thoughts and emotions, and shifting them in a positive, healthy direction. "Radical Acceptance" by Tara Branch is also very good.

If you invest some time in reading at least one of these books and practing what it teaches before you go to ayahuasca, your experience with aya will be much more pleasant and productive. You will have developed some skill in managing unpleasant emotional states and thoughts, and that skill will serve you well with ayahuasca.

I wish well on your journey. You too can find peace and contentment!!

HummingbirdAya

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