by Anne Lyons Jess Grotfeldt is an acupuncturist, community healer, ceremony leader, and the founder of Luz Eterna Retreats, which provides psilocybin healing spaces for women, by women. In her work, she is a vessel and a bridge; her commitment to the plant medicine path has connected her to many people across the world, across […]
Read MoreAyahuasca 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 […]
Read MoreBett Williams in California, smiling among juniper branches In the high desert south of Santa Fe, Bett Williams lives with her partner and their four dogs. For three years, they ran their own store in a small coal town where they sold psilocybin-mushroom T-shirts, LSD pendants, and psychedelic-inspired pencils labeled with the names of entheogenic […]
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After her first encounter with plant medicines, Tania de Jong decided to devote her life to making them accessible and affordable to those who are suffering from mental illness. As far as model citizens go, Tania de Jong provides a blueprint that’s about as pristine as one can get. Over the past two decades, she’s […]
Read MoreThis story is about healing grief, which I feel is one of the most profound gifts Ayahuasca can give us. I lost my first partner to suicide. The Medicine helped me find peace and heal all of my guilt and the pain of his passing, after 8 years of severe emotional struggle and suicidal […]
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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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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 […]
Read MoreCarlos 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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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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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 […]
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