What Could You Gain by Taking the Indigenous, Plant-Based Medicine, “Ayahuasca”?

I went on a 7-day ayahuasca retreat to find out.

Jeff Valdivia

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Photo by Cesar Carlevarino Aragon on Unsplash

In May 2022, I didn’t meet nine perfect strangers but 20 of them. We had all signed up for a retreat in Costa Rica where we would drink an ancient, indigenous, plant-based medicine called ayahuasca.

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Jeff Valdivia

Following my curiosity and hoping it will lead me to wisdom. I write about psychology, meditation, self-development, and spirituality.