Benefits of Ayahuasca Retreats
Travelers from around the world join with local people in the South American countries where ayahuasca grows wild in river basins of the Amazon, Orinoco,
Travelers from around the world join with local people in the South American countries where ayahuasca grows wild in river basins of the Amazon, Orinoco,
My previous experience sitting a ten-day Vipassana meditation course served me well for a ten-day ayahuasca retreat. In both cases, I arrived with a backpack
Whether in an hour of meditation, exploring a new city, or going on an ayahuasca retreat, practices of surrendering and accepting serve well. For all
There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen. It’s been a quiet year here at Pisatahua. The Maloca has
After four ayahuasca ceremonies that had taken place in the darkness of the night, I was vibrating with excitement to work with a master plant
With the rise in publicity and media attention given to the potential physical and mental health benefits of ayahuasca psychotherapy and other Amazonian plant medicines,
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By Shalynn Pack By trade, I am a wildlife conservation scientist – I study species of birds, mammals, and amphibians to understand how we can
THE STRANGE SENSE OF HUMOR OF AYAHUASCA Even if you’ve tried Ayahuasca before, you never exactly know where she will take you. Every time it’s
SEARCHING FOR JAGUARS By Shalynn Pack, Conservation Scientist The largest and most powerful cat in the Americas. Black panther. Panthera onca. Jaguar. The name “jaguar”
WILD COCOA FRUIT A Story of Wild Cocoa in the Bolivian Amazon Miguel Palomeque is perched on a large, dry, fallen tree trunk on his
CURIOSITIES OF THE AMAZON Did you Know? The Bolivian hero in War of the Acre was a Tacana Indian named Bruno Racua. Using