I think this is an important question. There is a lot of strange stuff that happens in the space. You really want to know someone who knows someone. If you are serious about it, maybe we can chat sometime. Also, it may be a good idea to dip your toe in without going all the way down to Peru. Where do you live?

I went from feeling quite traumatized to having love for myself and my story. I used to feel like a victim of my story and now I feel empowered. I used to be quite overweight. I felt older at 30 than i do now at 40. It has been healing for my mind, body, and spirit. It has taught me so much. I think we all deal with trauma in our lives. Its all relative and valid. And working through and processing that experience has been key for me feeling whole again. For many years, I was living a life that felt like it wasn't for me. I was doing what everyone else wanted me to do. These days I trust myself and lead from my heart, the best that I can. And ayahuasca has played a pivotal roll in the growth. It has been quite the blessing for me.

I have stepped away from it many times. Its hard to say what it would take to get me to a "never again" place with it that actually sticks. I have some of the most challenging experiences of the life with ayahuasca. There have been times where i thought, never again, what the fuck was i thinking? And then with time I am able to appreciate the experience. For me the "bad trips"have been the ended up being the ones that impacted me the most positively.

Oh man. I learned that lesson big time...I know a lot of people that never left the soace. It's beautiful medicine. But some people never get to the integration part. Most of my time with this "church" I was facilitating. I have gone through it big time. And it's easy to get lost for sure. I am so grateful for my time with Ayahuasca and I will probably sit again at some point but you are completely right.

That is a great question. It seems that with Ayahuasca, group settings can be very powerful. There seems to be an energy exchange where the group helps to heal the group. I have not sat with Ayahuasca in a solo setting. Might be good. For me, mushrooms are much better for solo journeys. Or with maybe just a couple close friends.

All ceremonies are different. But there is generally sacred music of some sort. I have been in ceremonies where all i could do was lose my mind. And I have also been a facilitator who contributes With song, dance, moving energy. It has been quite a journey.

I almost forgot the purging. That is a big part of it that scares people off. There tends to be vomiting. It is part of the experience. And can be very powerful. But it was scary to me at first.

I haven't heard the thing about milk. I don't have any fear of a fatal issue. I do think that the lighter someone is going in, the better they will connect with the experience. Heavy energies like red meat can block out the experience. But there many schools of thought on this stuff. Also, purging can be more challenging depending on how we show up.

I believe we always get the lessons we need. I think it is important to finding a group that you trust. We must feel safe to get the most from it. A lot of people that describe "bad trips" just aren't ready to face their shadows yet. I think practices like this can be very powerful but it all comes down to intention.

I was. Sleeping. My favorite rabbit hole.

When I was 10, my mom got with a man who ended up being my guide for many years. He was like a step father also. He got me to a lot of new things in my life. He got me into doing electrical work in fact. We were partners in business for years. And he is the last person you would think would be into this sort of thing. But he went, told me about it. I was resistant bit something told me to go. It immediately changed my whole life.

This would be a long list. It has changed everything. Now I understand my reality though energy and vibration. I am spiritual now. And I never was at all before. I used to be all logic. I could write a book about it probably.

They are well quite different to me. I used LSD a lot when I was young, starting at 13 years old. It was an escape and I had a lot of challenging experiences. So strange. To me LSD lacks the spiritual component. There is no other energy to connect with. Mushrooms feel extra terrestrial to me. I feel like I am communicating with aliens. I love mushrooms still. Ayahuasca is very feminine energy, jungle energy. I also work with bufo which is a whole other energy. It's also different for everyone. I think our beliefs and perspective going into the experience inform how we perceive these energies.

Not really. I have been part of a church here in AZ for quite a while so I have met 1000s of people at these ceremonies and many people do connect with entities that way. For me, it tends to be an inward journey. It all depends on our intentions. I never had a focus on meeting beings beyond the veil. It's a very personal experience.

Its quite been different every single time. I don't feel like there is much that has been recurring. Maybe a recurring theme, showing me what god feels like to me. Helping me connect to my higher self. Before I came to this space, I had no faith in anything like that.

I did have 2 experiences of death or an ego death with ayahuasca, when I was in Peru. Felt as real as anything else I have experienced. But both times were very different.

It's new every time for me. There is always something to learn. Just like in "normal" life. I keep showing up while three is more to learn. There are many layers. Great question. Thanks.