5 tips for your first ayahuasca retreat
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- I see a lot of requests for advice from people who are going on their first ayahuasca retreat about how to get the most out of the experience. Here are 5 tips that have served me well on the various retreats I have been on.
A couple more tips--
A lot of people vomit during ceremony, which may be a good way for you to cleanse, however it is not the only way. You can cleanse and release through tears.
If something scary comes up, cover it with Love and you will move into Love.
Ayahuasca was the hardest thing I've ever experienced emotionally. The fear I had going in was profound, during was even worse. I don't care about the purging, the surroundings etc. It was the emotional torture that was terrifying. Dont think I'd ever do ayahuasca again, it opens pandoras box, and it actually had a negative effect on my life.
I would agree that not every medicine is for every person
@@AdeptusPsychonautica well yes, I preferred San pedro as it was more outrospective. Aya the focus is on you, and there's no getting away.
Great video created with a pure intent. Thank you
I have been searching the web for ages looking at peoples reviews on retreats and experiences.This has been the best advice I have seen and to top it you have stayed at the Sacred Valley retreat which is where I’m booked for my first retreat in May. Thank you 💫
Those are really helpful, thank you. I'm about to do my first.
Good luck!
Very good tips, thank you for your video. About the diet, I would say that it is important not only for the reason you give but also because the cleaner your system is the easier it gets when you drink Ayahuasca. You will not have as much physical discomfort. I think that is why there are no con-senses in what diet to follow. Do a diet to clean your system and that will help a lot. Also, the purpose of drinking Ayahuasca is to elevate your energy to higher levels so you can see more clearly into life and heavy diets just ground you.
Good point ! There’s no one size fits all diet some people do better on a plant based diet whilst some people respond better to meaty diets. In general that is I mean but specifically to prepare for ayahuasca try and eat clean, light and foods that will alkalise the system . Cut out sugar, salt , spices and dairy basically do what’s possible eat bland and make some sort of sacrifice diet wise I’m sure ayahuasca will appreciate it!
Very usefull and true. Thanks
Great video, just watched this for the 1st time. Deffo still one of the best around on the topic and certainly nowt wrong with it whatsoever, but when I watch your earlier stuff it really sticks out a mile how much your style of narration has really come on since then.
Thanks mate. I think this was actually my first proper video after I decided I was going to give this CZcams thing a whirl, just did it on my phone without a proper plan for what I was going to say :)
It seemed to go OK so I just kept on trucking!
After my first time doing ayhuasca I became very hungry. I’m way too skinny and got what I needed.
Great advice man 👍
Thanks! This was actually one of my first videos which is why the quality is so crappy. I was thinking of re-doing it now that I have worked out how to use a camera 😀
Advice is from the heart - thats all that matters.
Christine Lord no I havent tried making it myself. I have a few friends who have done it and they said it was fairly easy.
if you are a first timer, what would you say the benefits of a longer stay would be (14 days) compared to just doing a week? do you think two weeks is too much if it’s your first trip? :) great video btw!
It depends greatly upon your reason for doing such a retreat. If you are purely just looking to do some self exploration then 7 days (4 ceremonies) is usually enough, but if you are going to heal from some kind of severe trauma like PTSD then longer is usually better.
Also factor in a few days on either side of the retreat to overcome the stress of travel. I normally try and get there at least 48 hours before the retreat starts so that I can rest and look around, and then at least another day at the end so that I'm not leaving the retreat and jumping straight on a plane. So with that in mind even a 7 day retreat turns into more like 10 days.
yeah, cool...but how to find a place for the retreat ? I'm going through some rough stuff spiritually but I don't have very open friends who know places where you can try that... Should I just go on my own and look up online for places nearby ?
I have ceremony through the weekend at soul quest. I have experimented with some psychedelics before but very little with natural ones. Good video man.
how was it? i'm doing next month
@@xx-jd5yg how was yours?
@@Widderic nutty. I’ve done 11 ceremonies now. Feel a bit stuck nc of fear but had a “god” experience snd I don’t believe in god but now def more open to prospect.
@@xx-jd5yg Having my first one in a few months. Do you have to sit in the same spot the entire time or do they let you walk around? Go out for a smoke? I feel like I'd get anxiety if I had to sit down the whole time.
@@Widderic how was your journey?? I'm going to soul quest in 3 days
Thank you for al your tips and videos. Im preparing for a ayahuasca retreat in April 2020. Im thinking going for Arkana. Or do you advice another centrum? Thank you for your reaction!
I would definitely reccomend Arkana. They have two centers, and personally I prefer the jungle one but they are both great.
How was it at Arkana? I was thinking of booking with them for this November as they have one time slot still open for two weeks in the Amazon and machu pichu. I want to do it so bad but husband isn’t really for it so I would have to go alone.
@@GingeRenee Did you go, and how did you handle your partner not being for it? My wife doesn't do these things, but she understands that this is important to me. That said, leaving for a week or longer without her seems off to me (we're newly married).
Great video!!!!!!! ( try to do better audio, this is only constructive critism) your video and message is on point
Monicaa Sanchez I totally agree. This was one of my first videos when I started the channel, since this ive bought some new mics so the audio is a bit better on my newer videos.
Im going to keep buying new bits and pieces of equipment as i go along, and im still learning a lot of the software side during editing.
So thanks for the comment, and constructive criticism is always welcome!
Thank u. Going to ayahuasca retreat Friday for 2 weeks
Vashti Ruiz good luck on your journey!
@@AdeptusPsychonautica I must admit that I am beyond nervous.
Vashti Ruiz thats very normal. I’ve been doing this for years and must have about 30 ceremonies under my belt, but I still get anxiety EVERY SINGLE TIME before a retreat.
I made a video all about how to handle the fear and anxiety going in, you might find it useful - czcams.com/video/V1TZjJws3wk/video.html
so how was it?
@Vashti Ruiz how did it go??
thanks
You're welcome!
I thought the diet is important because the Ayahuasca contains Mao inhibitors to make the font orally active. You can die if you eat certain food when you hav maois in your system
Death due to not following the diet is incredibly rare, I have not heard of such a case. Any deaths or sickness related to ayahuasca are always associated with taking pharmaceuticals in conjunction with the medicine.
I do reccomend following the diet, however I know many people who never follow the diet, and I have on occasion been very loose with it without any negative effects.
What happen's if you see the childs face out of the exorcist and massive spiders climbing up the walls?
Well option 1 would be you explore that imagery, and work out why you might be seeing stuff like that. What does it mean to you? Are you scared of it? Why?
Option 2 would be that you don’t use psychedelics.
Id go with option 1 😀
Just hug this qute child
Does your phone and stuff ever get stolen and how do you go on your own do you get any help if you can’t speak the language?
No I have never had anything stolen, and the staff at hotels and the retreat centers speak English. Outside of that you learn a few key phrases like “how much?” and “thank you” and that will get you by.
Its no different to visiting any foreign country.
I'd really like to go to an ayahuasca retreat but what worries me, is that whenever I read a 'Preparation Diet' for ayahuasca, or even the diet while there, is basically just a vegetarian diet focused on grains and vegetables. Now I appreciate this may work for some, but I followed this diet for 20 years and it has had disastrous effects on my health and mental state. I had (have) rheumatoid arthritis, skin conditions, contestant constipation, depression, zero sex drive et al. Red meat, specifically beef, is pretty much the only food that doesn't flare up my conditions. I don't know how I'd manage a retreat if I'm suffering from the pain that grains give me 🤥
Hi Paul, the traditional ayahuasca diet is not vegetarian. I have been on many retreats in Europe and South America and none of them are vegetarian, so if a center is claiming that you need to eat vegetarian that that is just their new-age belief that they are putting on top, its got nothing to do with the tradition.
In any traditional retreat there will be a lot of chicken, fish, eggs, along with fresh vegetables. Red meat is prohibited on the diet so there is no beef or pork, but there are plenty of other sources of protein. Grains like rice do tend to appear on the menu, but any decent center will cater to your dietary needs. Just contact them beforehand, explain your situation and ask if they are OK with it.
What retreats would you recommend
It would depend on which countries you are prepared to travel to, what your budget is, what kind of experience you are looking to have etc.
I imagined pretty much anyone who is a Dungeons & Dragons nerd / hardcore Christian in high school that take the ceremony would be one of the people that proclaimed they were the Messiah, or at least some of the people I grew up with anyway probably would haha. In all seriousness though, thank you for this. I'm hoping to do my first ceremony in December in Northern California, so no bugs or heat, just beautiful snowy California Wilderness out in the Redwoods in Winter, just where I need to be.