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Entities, Mediumship, and Boundaries

A loving call to clarity in a confusing paradigm. This post is not meant to dismiss anyone’s spiritual experiences; we’re writing it because we care deeply about integrity related to those experiences – how we hold them and how we let them shape our worldviews. The topic of entities and entity attachments has become a […]

Trauma-Informed Facilitation Is the Standard

It’s 2026. By now, it’s common knowledge that every human being carries trauma — whether it’s “big T” or “little t.” This is not revolutionary information anymore. It’s foundational. So, if we, as facilitators of ceremonial spaces, are not prepared to skillfully meet people in their vulnerability, what are we doing? If we haven’t taken […]

The Dangers of Making Ceremony Your Primary Source of Income

Leading ceremony is a sacred calling. But in all our time working in these spaces, we’ve observed a disheartening trend: more and more facilitators are making ceremony their primary source of income — and with that comes a host of ethical concerns. When your survival depends on filling seats, it becomes harder to say no. […]

Should Westerners Facilitate Ceremonies At All?

Obviously, we have personal bias on this topic, being Westerners ourselves. But our answer to this question is unequivocally yes. Are all Westerners who are facilitating this work doing a great job? Definitely not — but that’s a topic for another time. So why do we feel that Western facilitators have a place in all […]

Everybody Wants to Be a Guardian

Guardian: Someone who supports the main facilitator(s), the container, and the flow of the ceremony in a plant medicine experience. We get it. Plant medicine is amazing. Having life-changing experiences is amazing — and the idea of being part of that journey for someone else is easy to romanticize. But guardianship is not something to […]

“The Plants Made Me Do It”: Bypassing in Disguise

In the world of plant medicine facilitation, there’s a disturbing pattern we’ve seen too many times to ignore: A participant expresses a real concern — maybe they’re naming a boundary that was crossed, or simply sharing that something didn’t feel good — and the facilitator responds with something like… “That’s what the medicine told me […]

Why We Facilitate the Way We Do

There’s a widespread — and frankly strange — belief in many spiritual circles that suffering is a prerequisite for growth. Yes, challenge can catalyze growth. But the truth is, transformation fully blossoms when we feel safe, supported, and resourced. It’s not the pain itself that expands us — it’s the healing that happens afterward, in […]

About the Feathers

If you’ve clicked around our site, or looked through our telegram group, you’ve undoubtedly seen photos of us wearing Yawanawá regalia, including cocars (feather crowns). Let’s take a moment to dispel any potential misunderstanding surrounding this topic. The reality is, we simply would not have any of these items if the Yawanawá did not want […]

Vana & Nisvirua Yawanawá

Launch: February 23, 2024. Completion: March 24, 2024. Total raised: $600 USD (about 3000 Brazilian reals). When we launched this initiative, Sam had recently returned from his first samakei (dieta) in the Yawanawá tradition, which he completed in Aldeia Sagrada (the Sacred Village). He shared: “During my time in the Sacred Village, I became very […]

Tools for Challenging Moments in Ceremony

If you’ve worked with plant medicine, you’re no stranger to those deep moments that push your edges — the intense contractions that often precede the beauty. The realignments of your frequency that usher you into the exalted realm of the plants and their magic. If you’re preparing to work with plant medicine for the first […]

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