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Ayahuasca: Some Thoughts on Integration and How We Continue to Fool Ourselves
I am no expert of ayahuasca, I will leave that to the shamans who dedicate their life to this work.
I have had an incredible healing of an autoimmune disease, with the help of ayahuasca and other Amazonian plants. I lived in the Amazon jungle in Peru off and on for over two years, living with and learning from indigenous peoples and other maestros (masters).
I wrote about it here:
I now work as an integration psychotherapist, helping and supporting people who have taken psychedelics.
This is what I have learned so far.
Take it or leave it, you may not like what you read!
When I moved back to the U.S. after spending almost three years in Peru, I was shocked by the ayahuasca scene here.
It seemed that anyone and everyone was calling themself a shaman or shamanic practitioner. This concept had taken off like a viral trend.
