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Mutum Diet Center

Launch: June 2025. Completion: February 2026. Total raised: $2000 USD (about 10,500 Brazilian reals). We launched this initiative after Sam returned from his studies in Mutum over the winter. He shared: “As many of you know, I spent this past winter in deep retreat with the Yawanawá people of the Brazilian Amazon, specifically in the village of Mutum. […]

Aldeia Sagrada Family US Tour 2025

In October of 2025, several members of the family from the Yawanawá village Aldeia Sagrada visited the US — specifically Sedona, AZ! The Chieftess of their entire tribe, Putanny, journeyed here with several of her children (Mukashahu, Mukaveine, and Nawashahu — as well as Nawashahu’s husband, Peu). We were honored to be able to host […]

Mutum Study 2024-2025

Two of the primary ways that we cultivate reciprocity with the Yawanawá are: The exchanges we are able to give for both study and physical items create direct support to the people providing the services/goods, and through both of these avenues of reciprocity, we are blessed to establish relationships with the people who offer them. […]

Vana & Nisvirua Yawanawá part 2

Launch: July 30, 2024. Completion: November 16, 2024. Total raised: $800 USD (2x Vana’s initial goal!). You can read about our first initiative for Vana and Nisvirua here. Sam connected deeply with this family during his time in Aldeia Sagrada that year, and when Vana reached out asking for additional support to make repairs to her home and […]

Sundance Prayer in Rosebud, SD 2024

Launch: June 2024. Completion: July 2024. Total raised: $100 USD. This was another short initiative that we ran simultaneously with the Kuntanawa Land Demarcation Effort. While we are not affiliated with any organizations that offer a Sundance prayer, some of our local community are heavily involved and have been for years. We were happy to be able to […]

Kuntanawa Land Demarcation Effort

Launch: June 8, 2024. Completion: July 8, 2024. Total raised: $100 USD. This fundraiser was sparked by a public sharing from the chief of the Kuntanawa, who launched a GoFundMe to protect their home in the forest and the people living there, who were facing a foreign industry’s efforts to launch a large railroad project within the territory. […]

Flood Damage Remediation

Launch: April 10, 2024. Completion: May 12, 2024. Total raised: $959.75 USD (about 5000 Brazilian reals). Shortly after Sam returned from Aldeia Sagrada (a Yawanawá village) earlier that year, he learned that the entire region had been plagued by massive flooding, causing many to lose their homes and crops. The tribe’s chief, Nixiwaka Biraci, created a multi-phase plan […]

Aldeia Sagrada Study 2023-2024

Two of the primary ways that we cultivate reciprocity with the Yawanawá are: The exchanges we are able to give for both study and physical items create direct support to the people providing the services/goods, and through both of these avenues of reciprocity, we are blessed to establish relationships with the people who offer them. […]

Reclaim Your Power or Give It Away

Our Shipibo Maestro once told us: These words have rung true again and again since then, and they point to an important concept worth unpacking within the context of this work. In our view, sitting in ceremony with plant medicines (as well as related practices like dieta) is meant to deepen our individual and personal […]

The Path of Dieta: Guidance for the Modern Seeker 

What this sacred practice really is — and how to approach it with discernment What is a dieta anyway? Why are so many people getting into it these days? Dieting is a deeper layer of study related to the plant medicine path. It’s a commitment to maintain certain austerities — yes, around food, but also […]

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