Ayahuasca, San Pedro & the Journey Back to Self — Michele Costa & Ruben Orellana

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• 0:00Intro
• 3:11Ruben’s childhood and first encounter with curanderismo
• 6:06Initiations, lightning strikes, and the making of a healer
• 10:44Michele’s early life, spiritual upbringing, and healing journey
• 17:59The wisdom of San Pedro and what it really means to “see”
• 23:46The western distortion of Indigenous diets, rituals, and language
• 28:29Michele’s life-changing experience with Ayahuasca
• 34:30What’s happening at a cellular level during ceremony
• 41:46How Michele and Ruben “see” energy in others during healing
• 47:17Intergenerational trauma, cellular memory, and systemic wounding
• 53:01How plant medicine helps us feel, release, and return to being
• 57:24Is plant medicine for everyone? What to know before you start
• 1:03:15The future of consciousness and Ruben’s 10-year outlook
• 1:17:43The forgotten role of the healer: restoring harmony for others

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