Nature based wisdom, art & healing

We are back home from another magical journey to Peru - we couldnt have had a more perfect trip! We had a wonderful group for the retreat...

Two days ago we hosted a Rapé workshop in the woods near Seattle. We had an excellent time sharing Rapé and songs with everyone. There...

Travis will be interviewed tonight by Cinnamon Moon - the interview starts at 5pm Pacific time and you can listen live, or listen to it...

As I prepare to start my second Salvia Divinorum dieta I happen to stumble upon a video about Salvia! I wasnt researching or looking up...

Many people have heard about the psychedelic brew called Ayahuasca. Its growing popularity as a treatment for depression and PTSD has...

Does consciousness continue after clinical death? Is consciousness dependent on the brain? Interesting research here:...

Especially when you are new to the world of plant medicines or spirituality it can be a bit overwhelming thinking about where to learn...

I notice that many people have common misconceptions about how plant medicines work within a shamanic practice or a traditional healing...

In the curanderismo traditions I study music is the main mode of magic and healing. If you want to cleanse the patient you sing. If you...

Not every ceremony is like this, but I wanted to share my favorite ceremony with plant medicines ever - this was at Lesleys house where...

Recently I was blessed with the opportunity to diet Mama Coca under the care of a good friend who has dieted her before and was able to...

For a long time my heart has felt drawn to the Andes. I don’t know why I was called to somewhere so far from where I lived, but once I...

Someone recently asked me if smoking cannabis after Ayahuasca ceremony was okay.... Eventually in our conversation it came about that the...

I started working with datura a little over a year ago.... Spent a year meditating with it before I ever ingested it, then started...

This last visit to Peru I had a few lessons come to me on being humble. This wasn't shown to me by plants but just by the behavior of...

Back from Peru and we couldn't have had a more amazing trip! Deep healings and adventure all around! Maybe the best part was the new...

When telling others about plant ceremonies - such as traveling to Peru to work with Ayahuasca or San Pedro, there will always be someone...

This is a medicine not too many people work with these days despite a long historical usage - perhaps the longest historical usage of any...

Modern culture teaches us to fear nature. We live indoors where there is an illusion of control and we see ourselves as somehow separate...

Was remembering today the first time I met Lesley and the twins Mark and Simon in Cusco. Met them that day and we went to drink San Pedro...