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Why Connecting to the Earth May Be a Vital Part of Psychedelic Healing
June 14, 2023 | By Leia Friedwoman
Tripping is great and all, but don’t forget to put your feet in the soil.
As a child, I spent a lot of time outside communing with the beings of the forest floor, the endless sky, the river bank, the garden. My friends and family were lily of the valley, fluffy clouds, chickadees, dandelion, pine, warm rain showers, hydrangea, clover, tiny mushrooms, soft grass, sandy soil. As I grew older, school became more demanding, family and friendships became more complicated, my relationship with nature withered….
Sacred Rebels, Iquitos, Peru, opens doors to men in recovery
April 3, 2023 | By Haley Nagasaki
In association with Nihue Rao Centro Espiritual ayahuasca retreat centre, owned by Shipibo curandero master Ricardo Amaringo, comes a new permaculture-based retreat centre, Sacred Rebels Recovery, for men struggling with drug and alcohol addiction.
Beneath the experienced shamanic practitioner of 43 years, Vancouver Island-raised curandero and addiction recovery advocate Sapha, co-founded Sacred Rebels Recovery in 2021. Sapha is an apprentice of Ricardo Amaringo…
Respecting Indigenous Authority in Psychedelics
October 19, 2023 | By Devon Scoble
When ancient tradition meets modern medicine, who gains?
A lot can change in eight years. For Sapha, a Persian-Canadian Vancouver Islander who goes by his first name, it’s the difference between days focused on scoring and using alcohol, opiates and stimulants and days devoted to helping others overcome their addictions to those same substances.
“In the throes of addiction” for 16 years, he no longer takes what he calls hard drugs or alcohol. But he does credit the psychedelic drug ayahuasca as a medicine in his healing journey, even though it wasn’t offered at any of the early recovery programs he attended….