to partake in a traditional ayahuasca tea ceremony. About 50 people from hardware, software, and financial tech startups have passed through the program so far. A significant number come from the ...

Glimpse into the daily life of a female shaman who hosts ayahuasca ceremonies for tourists in the Peruvian Amazon ...

But in recent years, a boom in Western interest in psychedelics has started to reshape ayahuasca ceremonies and practise.

It contained “la medicina,” a syrupy brown decoction of chacruna leaves and ayahuasca vines boiled down for two days and then decanted into old water bottles. At the start of the ceremony ...

Growing numbers of tourists are travelling to the Peruvian Amazon to drink ayahuasca, a traditional plant medicine said to bring about a higher state of consciousness. Foreigners come looking for ...

Ayahuasca ceremonies don't always take place near hospitals, Embassy officials noted. "These incidents often occur in remote areas near or within the Peruvian Amazon, far away from modern medical ...

The aim of retreats is to aid a person's journey to self-discovery or healing. Depending on the programme, retreats may also combine ayahuasca ceremonies with practices such as yoga, meditation and ...

Cacao ceremonies are being performed at yoga studios, meditation centers and sound baths. Here's the story behind this growing trend.

Consider it ayahuasca lite. “I was genuinely in such a state of bliss the whole time.” “It’s not like any drug I’ve ever taken,” said Kat Ho, who started leading cacao ceremonies in ...