Tag: integration

  • Life after Aya (2023-24)

    Life after Aya (2023-24)

    An account of the rollercoaster-like life-events post my 2023 Ayahuasca retreat: What awaited me after coming back home was a series of unimaginable life-events that were a mixed bag – some excruciating, some shocking, some delightful, surprising, catalysing, isolating, heartbreaking – some everything all at once. I will do my best to write about them…

  • Ayahuasca Again (Oct’23) Part2

    Ayahuasca Again (Oct’23) Part2

    (Contd.) 3 Aya ceremonies I took part in, in Oct’2023 and the aftermath: SHARING THE GIFT OF MY STORY & ART WITH FELLOW SEEKERS: One evening, I managed to have all my fellow seekers at the retreat gathered in one place, after we had had a short little hike as a group. I nervously spoke…

  • Ayahuasca Again (Oct’2023) Part1

    Ayahuasca Again (Oct’2023) Part1

    An account of the second time I got to sit in Ayahuasca ceremonies (October’ 2023): In mid 2023, it seemed like I would be getting another chance at sitting with the Ayahuasca energy, with the same shaman and team that I sat with in 2020. I was excited. This time things were vastly different from…

  • Post-Ceremony Process (6) – Talking to Her

    Post-Ceremony Process (6) – Talking to Her

    One thing that became a regular part of my routine life, after ingesting Ayahuasca, is The Conversation with Her. Yes, I frequently speak with Her, to Her, at Her. And after this many years (FOUR!), I do believe and understand it in my bones – SHE IS LISTENING and RESPONDING. All the time. In the…

  • Post Ceremony Process (4)… The Art

    Post Ceremony Process (4)… The Art

    Before I begin with this crucial piece of my journey with Ayahuasca, I must briefly describe/ re-iterate a pivotal event from my childhood. The memory lacks details like my exact age, or the before and after of the event. It’s like my brain blocked it out to survive. Don’t know. I was a little girl…

  • Post-Ceremony Process (3) – The Typhoon & Dog-Love

    Post-Ceremony Process (3) – The Typhoon & Dog-Love

    Looking back, it is very interesting to me – the kinds of themes I was experiencing in my ‘integration’ process post the 3-ceremony retreat with Ayahuasca, the grandmother energy in March 2020. It seems now that all the situations I was faced with in the 3 months after (and of course the next 4 years…

  • Post-ceremony ‘Process’ – the main thing really… (1)

    Post-ceremony ‘Process’ – the main thing really… (1)

    Life after leaving the ceremonial space, returning to the sacred mundane human life: Its been close to 4 years since I returned home post my first set of Ayahuasca ceremonies, and even though I have well-documented journals to dip my toes into from that time, Today is still a long way away from then. In…