Who am I?
My first Ayahuasca ceremony ended a 15-year struggle with anxiety and began a life-changing transformation. Five years of deep work with plant medicines have shown me their incredible power to heal.
My purpose is to be your bridge to profound healing. I connect you with trusted, safe Ayahuasca ceremonies and provide the essential guidance to ensure your journey leads to lasting transformation.
I believe true change requires more than the ceremony itself, it requires a dedicated container of support. I focus on the critical work of preparation and integration, helping you to approach the medicine with clear intention and to apply the insights into your daily life long after the ceremony ends.
By combining a guaranteed safe ceremonial experience with dedicated one-on-one support, I maximize the potential for a single ceremony to become a genuine turning point in your life.
So, whether you’re:
✓ Called to sit with medicine
✓ Exploring plant medicine for the first time
✓ Seeking a new path to healing
I invite you to reach out. Let’s talk. No expectations, just open hearts.
Every journey begins with a conversation.
My work is rooted in Pisac, Peru
What do I offer?
If you're in Peru, feel a call to drink Ayahuasca and you expect to visit Cusco and the sacred valley, I would love to guide you through the process.
This is what we'll do:
We will meet days before the ceremony.
I will explain anything related to the ceremony/medicine, and answer any questions you may have. We will also dive into your intentions for drinking.
We will sit in ceremony together.
I will join you in the ceremony. We will go to a safe, supportive and beautiful place, with experienced ceremony guides that have been serving medicine for decades.
Assistance and guidance before and after ceremony.
We will meet before and travel to the temple together. If you want, before the ceremony we can chat and I can show you around and introduce you.
I will also be there to share about the ceremony after we're done.We meet again some days later.
In this meeting we will talk about the experience, do an integration and I will give you guidance on how to implement and keep the lessons alive.
To be a friend to you throughout the process.
From the moment you decide to take the plunge up until whenever. I'll be there for a talk, whether it's a week after the ceremony, or 5 years.
What is Ayahuasca?
Ayahuasca is a sacred plant medicine used for centuries by Indigenous Amazonian communities as a bridge to healing, self-discovery, and spiritual awakening. Often called "Mother Ayahuasca" or "Grandmother Ayahuasca," she is revered as a compassionate but fierce teacher. One who reveals hidden wounds, releases trapped emotions, and offers clarity in ways that conventional healing sometimes cannot.
The brew is made from two primary plants:
Ayahuasca vine (Banisteriopsis caapi) – Opens the body’s ability to process the medicine.
Chakruna leaves (Psychotria viridis) – Contains DMT, the compound responsible for visionary experiences.
Together, they create a synergy that allows deep access to the subconscious and spiritual realms. Indigenous traditions believe this process doesn’t just heal the mind, it realigns the soul.
Ayahuasca ceremonies are deep, immersive experiences that can bring:
Visions and insights – Vivid imagery, ancestral messages, or symbolic revelations.
Emotional release – Surfacing of buried grief, fear, or joy.
Physical purging – Vomiting, sweating, shaking, or other releases (all normal and part of the healing).
Purging is how the medicine clears blockages, not just in the body, but in the energy and emotional layers beneath. What may feel uncomfortable in the moment often leads to deep healing and change.
Many who sit with Ayahuasca describe it as one of the most profound experiences of their lives. It’s not easy, but it’s often exactly what’s needed.
An Ayahuasca ceremony is a traditional group ritual designed for deep inner work. We will sit in a circle in a temple. It is led by a trained facilitator who holds the space for the duration of the night. The structure is intentional, with several key components:
A Held Container: Your safety is the top priority. The ceremony is conducted in a secure, supportive environment where experienced guides are present to assist you throughout the process, ensuring a foundation of care and stability.
Music and Silence: The guide sings icaros (traditional medicine songs from the jungle) and more general medicine songs to shape the energy of the space and guide the experience. There will also be periods of quiet, giving you the stillness needed to listen to the teachings of the medicine.
The Duration: This depends on where you drink. Ceremonies can last anywhere from 5 to 10 hours. Some start in the evening and end in the morning, some end at midnight.
The ceremonies I will bring you to generally last 6 hours.
An Ayahuasca ceremony is a traditional group ritual designed for deep inner work. We will sit in a circle in a temple. It is led by a trained facilitator who holds the space for the duration of the night. The structure is intentional, with several key components:
A Held Container: Your safety is the top priority. The ceremony is conducted in a secure, supportive environment where experienced guides are present to assist you throughout the process, ensuring a foundation of care and stability.
Music and Silence: The guide sings icaros (traditional medicine songs from the jungle) and more general medicine songs to shape the energy of the space and guide the experience. There will also be periods of quiet, giving you the stillness needed to listen to the teachings of the medicine.
The Duration: This depends on where you drink. Ceremonies can last anywhere from 5 to 10 hours. Some start in the evening and end in the morning, some end at midnight.
The ceremonies I will bring you to generally last 6 hours.
The transformative potential of an Ayahuasca experience goes beyond the ceremony itself. True healing is a journey that begins with intentional preparation and continues with dedicated integration. These two phases are essential parts of the whole process, allowing you to fully receive the medicine's teachings and integrate them into your life.
Preparation is your offering to yourself. It is the diligence that will reward you after.
Integration is how you make the lessons real. It is the work that brings lasting change.
Together, they form the container for your transformation.
Good preparation allows the medicine to work more deeply. You've likely heard about the importance of a "diet" beforehand. This makes sense: the cleaner you are going in, the more profoundly the medicine can work.
Remember, this "diet" isn't just about food. Consider it anything you consume, whether through your eyes, your ears, or your mind.
I like to see this preparation as an offering. An offering, first and foremost, to yourself. You are seeking Ayahuasca to heal. While the medicine has the potential to show you the way, ultimately, you are the one doing the healing.
The diligence you show beforehand is a gift to your future self. When you consciously avoid something you know isn't good for you; certain kinds of food, media, or negative habits: you are proving to yourself how dedicated you are to your own transformation.
So, prepare mindfully:
Reduce your screen time.
Be conscious of what you watch, eat, drink, and consume.
Pay attention to how you speak to yourself and others.
Ask yourself, as deeply as you can: Why do I want to drink this medicine? What do I want to heal, and why is that healing important to me?
The ceremony itself can be powerful, but the real work begins afterward. Ayahuasca can show you the path to healing, but it is your effort to integrate those lessons that leads to lasting, unimaginable change.
If the insights aren't put into practice, the potential for healing is often greatly reduced.
So, How Do You Integrate?
It's a simple question with deeply personal answers. Integration is an individual process, but it often starts by sharing your experience after the ceremony.
Putting the experience into words, especially with others, can bring new insights and a deeper understanding of the medicine's lessons. In the weeks, months, and even years that follow, integration means consciously changing old patterns and living what you were shown.
Ways to help support this can be journaling, meditating, spending time in nature, therapy, breathwork. Basically, practices to either support your nervous system or enhance your understanding of who you are and why your patterns and ways of behaving are the way they are.
An example from personal experience:
Before my first ceremony, I struggled with debilitating anxiety for 15 years. I was ashamed, felt like a failure and a weirdo, and never accepted myself. I hid that part of me for others.
Ayahuasca showed me the possibility of self-acceptance and self-love. I could have held that feeling from the ceremony and felt good for a while afterwards. But it was the integration process that led to a completely changed life and overcoming the disorder for good.
My integration was about overcoming shame. I started by practicing self-acceptance and telling people my story. Over the years, I’ve shared my long held secret with hundreds of people. It was through this active work that the healing potential of the medicine truly flourished.
It took action and commitment. It required more than just drinking the medicine.
How Can I Support Your Journey?
While the ideal healing path involves multiple ceremonies and dedicated integration circles, I understand that a longer retreat isn't always possible.
This is where my support becomes essential.
I offer dedicated one-on-one guidance for both preparation and integration, specifically designed for those attending single ceremonies. My role is to ensure that your experience (whether it's your first or your fifth) is not just profound in the moment, but truly transformative for your life.
I provide a confidential space to:
Prepare your mind, body, and spirit to fully receive the medicine and clarify your intentions.
Process your experience in depth, translating visions and insights into actionable steps for your life.
Receive ongoing support with the peace of mind that I remain available for check-ins via message long after.
My service is built on the core belief that with the right support, a single ceremony can be a powerful catalyst for deep and lasting change.
Is Ayahuasca Right for You?
This medicine isn’t for everyone, but if you feel called, whether for healing, clarity, or spiritual growth, I invite you to explore the medicine with respect and care. Together, we can ensure your journey is held with the wisdom and support it deserves.
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Contact information
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