Ceremony and ritual as a Holistic Framework
This holistic approach recognizes that true healing does not happen in isolation but within an interconnected web of relationships. Ceremony provides an intentional space for individuals to reconnect with themselves, their ancestors, and the greater forces of existence.
By embracing the ceremonial approach, we honor a way of healing that is not only personal but also collective, recognizing the intricate relationships that sustain us. Through ceremony, we acknowledge our connection to the sacred, to the Earth, and to each other, fostering a sense of wholeness and well-being.
Bridging Modern Neuroscience and Ancestral Plant Medicine: A Holistic Approach to Well-Being
In a world increasingly disconnected from nature and the sacred, uniting neuroscience with ancestral plant medicine is not just an opportunity but a necessity. By embracing both, we honor the complexity of human experience and unlock deeper pathways to healing and growth. As we learn to bridge these worlds, we step closer to a future where well-being is truly holistic, honoring both the ancient and the modern in our pursuit of health and wholeness.
EYES THAT CAN SEE IN THE DARK: EXPLORING your SHADOW
Working with your shadow is about working with your unconscious and blindspots, with what you cannot see or what you haven’t known about yourself. It is a process that requires the confrontation of strangeness and otherness. It is a process that invites you to integrate disowned and rejected parts of yourself that are necessary for your growth, the strengthening of your character, and the expansion of your awareness and consciousness.
THE JOURNEY WITHIN: self-discovery & personal growth
Knowing one self, or the multitudes that live within, can become a pilgrimage; a journey. Every journey begins with an inner calling, a curiosity, a need, a heartbreak or a sense that there’s a different way to walk, a different way to live and a capacious way to allow life in.
THE DREAMING MIND
The dreaming mind thinks in networks, connections and associations. It's not subject to the constrictions of time nor the fixed stability of space. In the dynamic narratives that come alive while we dream, what we’ve experienced and has meaning to us, along with what we continuously absorb from the world, and what is yet to happen coexist in a creative way. Our past becomes present again, what we feel far away becomes close, and what we feel as impossible comes into being.
PSILOCYBIN MUSHROOMS: BEYOND OURSELVES
Beyond the Psychedelic Renaissance and the current research on the use of psychedelics to improve mental health and relieve anxiety, depression, PTSD, etc. Psilocybin mushrooms have been a sacred medicine for indigenous communities around the world for thousands of years. There is a rich history of traditional ceremonial use, particularly in the Mazatec tradition of Oaxaca, Mexico.