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Posted in Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies, The Path of Enlightenment on Apr 3rd, 2012
I had a recent dance with Ayahuasca. I think it was my 9th cycle – something in that range. She is such a perfect metaphor for life, this glorious plant medicine – just when I think I’ve got things down, that I’m old enough, wise enough, experienced enough to understand how to Be, a fucking [...]
Posted in Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies, The Path of Enlightenment on Jan 9th, 2012
Sitting down to write these words, my heart is in explosion-mode — my God have I missed this space. There’s no where else I have had the courage to be balls-out honest, in every way – and really, as I have learned so well, that is one of many keys to this spiritual ascension we [...]
Posted in Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on Jul 27th, 2009
If my silly little ego thought it was conceivable that all of me would actually accept a subpar, surface-skimming ceremony on my 34th birthday. . .well, she had a vision-filled wild awakening hot on her heels. Yes, I had admittedly wasted the better half of this cosmic ceremony, consumed by fears that I’d return to [...]
Posted in Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on Jul 24th, 2009
Twenty ceremonies. That’s a lot of dancing with the sacred vine. It’s a normal assumption that many cast my way – surely the training wheels are off now, sweet girl. Surely you know how to let go. To go deep. To be not afraid. And yet, that’s not how these energies work. It seems the [...]
Posted in Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on Jul 10th, 2009
My 19th Ayahuasca ceremony had drawn to a non-dramatic yet truly painful close. We had all assembled around the burning candles and cozied up close to the Shaman. Stories were revealed. Revelations and struggles laid across our laps like blankets. No matter how nightmarish the journey may have been, we felt cocooned and safe. The [...]
