Walking
the Path

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

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 —

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

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

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

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