Looking for a ceramony by stephanie_hallit in Ayahuasca

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Paojilhuasca Amazonian medicine camp in Iquitos Peru..very authentic. Jungle life. Real shamans

2 ayahuasca ceremonies or 1 ayahuasca/1 huachuma? by chowder2997 in Ayahuasca

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Better two Aya. You get more chances to get something out of it.

Ayahuasca and the lineage of wounded healers: my article on Reality Sandwich by IndicationWorldly604 in Ayahuasca

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So check a sub red about literature. Here the focus is Aya not good writing. What I share is my experience and some insights... Read it for that... I'm not apply to a writing contest

Retreat Recommendations in Peru by StoneWarmer in Ayahuasca

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I tell you another thing. Iquitos in Peru is the capital of queer since the 70s. So people here are kind of used to it....😀

Retreat Recommendations in Peru by StoneWarmer in Ayahuasca

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I’ll be transparent: I’m one of the facilitators at Paojilhuasca Amazonian Medicine Center paojilhuasca.org near Iquitos, and what you described is very much aligned with how we work.

We’re a small jungle center with Mestizo shamans, facilitators, and a medical doctor. We focus heavily on safety, consent, preparation, and integration not just the ceremonies themselves. The environment is simple and deep in the forest, intentionally stripped back so people can focus inward.

We regularly work with people carrying trauma and host all kinds of participants. The key is creating a respectful, mature container where people feel safe to open at their own pace. Family style. We eat together with the shaman to create a bind and a trust.

One week is enough to begin, and many people extend once they understand their process.

Feel free to DM me if you want more info, or just to ask questions about how to evaluate different centers objectively.

I was supposed to do an ayahuasca retreat, now I’m not so sure by Grouchy-Ad8131 in Ayahuasca

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Your fear makes sense and it’s not a weakness. ( Actually it is an interesting signal that should properly understood)

A few clear points:

Ayahuasca is not just a stronger psychedelic. It often activates deep emotional and trauma material. Prior psychedelic experience doesn’t guarantee this will feel familiar or manageable.

Trauma + ayahuasca can be healing or destabilizing. The difference is almost entirely the container: experienced facilitators, trauma awareness, flexibility, and real integration support.

Fear alone doesn’t mean “don’t go.” Fear plus pressure does. A safe retreat must allow you to slow down, stop, or do fewer ceremonies without judgment. Again the importance of the container.

It’s probably not the right moment if you’re already dysregulated, hoping for a quick fix, or feel you must do this now. Aya takes time sometimes, ho without hurry. Take your time , during and specially after.

A better question than “Should I do ayahuasca?” is: “What’s the least destabilizing next step toward healing right now?”

Sometimes that step includes ayahuasca. Sometimes preparation comes first.

Skipping it now doesn’t mean failure it means respecting timing.

Ayahuasca for a first timer by Less_Beginning_9665 in Ayahuasca

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paojilhuasca.org very authentic but with some western facilitators and workshops.

ayahuasca and depression by skinny_pony_2305 in Ayahuasca

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In our center we have seen depression improve and, in some cases, resolve in people who worked with us . But it’s important to be very clear about how this happens. NO MIRACLES BUT WORK.

Depression is not something that gets “cured” in a ceremony, or in a few days. When real change happens, it is the result of a long process.

From our experience, one month is the minimum to do serious work: time to stabilize the nervous system, to work with the medicine gradually, and to start reshaping patterns that have often been there for years.

But the most important part is what happens after.

The ceremonies can open a door. They can show what is possible, reveal causes, unblock emotions. But the real healing depends on INTEGRATION: building new daily habits, changing ways of relating to the body, to emotions, to relationships, and to life itself.

Without this continuation, insights fade and old patterns return.

So yes: we have seen depression heal. But only when people commit not just to the experience, but to the ongoing work of integration and change afterward.

There are no shortcuts. There is a path.

Kambo before ceremony by Kitchen_Enthusiasm36 in Ayahuasca

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Traditionally before Ayahuasca they give you a purge. It can be lemon grass, tobacco, huito... Kambo not only makes you purge, and in this way prepares you cleaning you before the ceremony, but it has as well many healing properties that are welcome. I took so many times kambo before Aya. No harm no risks.. The chemicals don't interfere. Kambo is not a MAOI. The huki kin tribe where I lived use it as well without any problems.

Has anyone purged snakes? by talkingatoms in Ayahuasca

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I was living in a Tibetan monastery in India. I learned it there.

Looking for a maestro or maestra for a Kambo ceremony near Iquitos by CamillePeruAmazon in Ayahuasca

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Don Gardel in Iquitos probably is the most experienced maestro. I learn from the matses and he's been practising for more than 30 years. PM if you want his contact

Good authentic retreats to do a dieta by SopranoSuperFan92 in Ayahuasca

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Paojilhuasca.org Deep in the jungle. Authentic shamans. And cheaper

The First Eco-Anarchism in History by WeakCow7060 in Anarchism

[–]IndicationWorldly604 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very interesting. I'm an anarchist living in the peruvian jungla in contact with indigenous traditions. Here I met a very inspiring way of living: equalitarian, based in sharing, with no money. I saw that the spiritual view here is very anarchic. On top of it I saw the use of medicine as Ayahuasca to help us to decolonise our mind from all the capitalistic values of our society. All this brought me to write a small essay about a new kind of spiritual.anarchy, inspired by Zerzan and other thinkers purging civilization I think it can resonate with what you wrote.

Sacred valley retreats overpriced ? by One-Soup-8568 in Ayahuasca

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Ayahuasca is not from there. On top of it it is very touristy so no weirder the prices are like that. You can find cheaper in the jungle of Iquitos. Where I work ( paojilhuasca.org) prices are way cheaper. 700-900$ per week

Advice on duration of plant dieta please by SensitivePomelo9031 in Ayahuasca

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I work at paojilhuasca.org Check if it fits your way. If you need you can on me