Ayahuasca researchers Dr Simon Ruffell, right, and colleague Nige Netzband in the Amazon jungle. Deep in the Amazon jungle a team of scientists from the UK have been busy studying a powerful plant medicine not readily available in Western society. Back home they’ve seen patient after patient present with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other mental […]
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Therapist Ends Her Cycle of Depression Through Plant Medicines
Roxana Calin, from Romania. The consistent clouds of depression hanging over Roxana Calin eventually led her down the road of self-discovery where she embraced plant medicines. This path led to her decision to become a transpersonal therapist. Ancestral medicine was a route Roxana took following a lot of careful consideration, research, and listening to her inner […]
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Man Regains His Lost Sense Of Smell Using Psilocybin Mushrooms
Itay Nevo, who completely lost his sense of smell after a serious car accident, was amazed that mushrooms appeared to finally bring it back three years later. At the time of his accident, he had to be airlifted to hospital by helicopter and had broken numerous bones, suffered a multi-system failure, and experienced severe head […]
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Carlos Tanner with Shipibo Maestro Don Enrique. Carlos Tanner woke up in his car in the darkness and realized he was in serious trouble. Moonlight reflected off the water shown that his car was sinking. Carlos, talented and only in his twenties at the time, had blacked out behind the wheel and crashed into […]
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Let’s Work Together To End The Stigma Surrounding Plant Medicines
David Grillot, co-founder of #ThankYouPlantMedicine. David Grillot’s experience with ayahuasca was so profoundly positive that it led to him creating a global campaign to increase awareness of the benefits of such medicines. The 32-year-old from Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica was at a low ebb in his life last year after Karma Tribe came to an […]
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Cannabis Gave Us Our Lives Back
Marie Fleming with Tom Curran before her health deteriorated. For 20 years, Tom Curran, and his late partner, Marie Fleming, ran their own cannabis farm at their cottage in Wicklow, Ireland. As they were breaking national laws, they kept their growing secret; they feared the risk of telling anyone, including friends and family. Cannabis was much […]
Read MoreMoving Past Addiction With the Help of Ibogaine
Anders Beatty, who used ibogaine to heal from drug addiction. By the time you join the Foreign Legion, you really have got serious about running away from yourself. Anders Beatty, now 50, was pretty good at running away most of his adult life. “I tried everything,” he admitted, “hard drugs, detoxes, rehabs, 12-step programmes. I […]
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Can Plant Medicine and Meditation be Catalysts for Personal Growth?
Jonathan Glazer, co-founder of #ThankYouPlantMedicine. It has been a long path of growth and self-discovery for Jonathan Glazer, co-organizer of the #ThankYouPlantMedicine movement. Here, in his own words, Jonathan explains how plant medicines helped transform his life and prompted the launch of this global movement aimed at destigmatizing entheogenic plants and psychedelics. When I began […]
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Father Overcomes 20-Year Heroin Addiction With Psychedelic Medicines
Shashi Dansanghani, center, with his wife and kids. Shashi Dansanghani, overcame his 20-year heroin addiction using ayahuasca and has become a strong believer in the #ThankYouPlantMedicine movement. We are grateful he has come out to share his inspiring and life-affirming experience, and that he is helping us promote this important campaign which is rapidly spreading […]
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How Ayahuasca Freed Me From Sexual Abuse Trauma
As a young girl, Astrid Heijnen recalls being sexually abused by three different adults. The first time was at the age of three, again at six, and then at thirteen. On two of these occasions, it involved close relatives. Those childhood traumas impacted Astrid emotionally and psychologically through her entire life. Now 57, she revealed, […]
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