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Ayahuasca in Costa Rica

3/31/2015

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PicturePlaying melodica on ayahuasca
Psychedelic tourism seems to be in favor these days. People are traveling to far away countries to meet shamans to practice with drugs like peyote, ibogaine, and ayahuasca. Back in 2012 in Costa Rica, I experienced the psychedelic drug of Ayahuasca with a Columbian Shaman. The ceremony was unlike anything I'd ever experienced in my life, and it uncovered quite a few layers of myself and the world around me. It also taught me to bring my melodica with me around the world. This was my story, originally posted on my personal blog. Read More...

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andrea
4/8/2015 03:56:34 pm

Simply amazing. I too feel that I am supposed to go to costa rica. It's like a bee going home to a hive. I've just been googling and found your post. Ty for writing about your experience.

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Vivian
4/23/2015 09:50:29 am

IAM looking for an experience like yours. IAM currently in cr. please help me locate who I need to locate n where I need to go :) eternally grateful. Vivian

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SeVen
6/25/2015 12:18:59 pm

I am a shaman seeking others on the path. Headed to C.R.
Can you direct me to the medicine man you sat with?
Email me: [email protected]

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Maria
1/2/2016 12:54:52 pm

Hi,could you tell me what's the place you've been to?And the shaman's name if possible?Thank you.

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frankee
1/30/2016 05:40:22 pm

Thank you for sharing. You elevated my mood and filled me with Joy. Namaste my brother.

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Emil link
10/8/2016 04:01:35 pm

Thanks for the article. I had my first ayahuasca experience in Costa rica too, with "Sound of light", in Florestral, south pacific zone. I been to 3 other centers since , but Florestral is the most authentic and natural so far.

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Gordo link
9/27/2017 10:02:54 am

I second "Sound of Light" I just had a pretty incredible experience there, I wrote about it here:
http://gordosoft.com/costarica2017/

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Tam
3/2/2017 02:56:39 pm

I normally don't comment or reply, but here I go...unsure of why I am compelled to do so now?! As opposed to a Shaman/light worker, based on your own writing and self-description, what I perceived several times while reading, is that you sound more like a self-centered, clumsy, attention-seeking toddler, trying to learn how to walk. Seems on several occasions during the ceremony, you had absolutely zero respect for your fellow "journiers". That's clearly why Mia had to softly, sweetly suggest alternate strategies for your expression, several different times, as it was invasive to the others. I, too, plan on going to CR to partake of plant medicine this year, and one of my fears is to go into ceremony with someone like who you've described yourself to be. Hopefully, since this experience occurred over 4 years ago, you've discovered a more gentle, aware stride! And I express this knowing it holds a reflection of me within it....Namaste!

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Russ
3/6/2017 08:26:59 am

Hi Tam! Thanks for your thoughtful reply and reaction. Indeed, I've come a long way since this experience, and indeed, I've had similar afterthoughts about my clumsy approach to my first ceremony. I had so much going on in my life at that time, and having a shaman with such a "open" approach to his ceremonies who never set any boundaries definitely let my sparks fly. Some legit shamans tightly control the situation with boundaries and rules and others let things go to where they seem to get out of control, but in reality, are perfectly in control. If this is something you wish to control, you may want to do some research on your shaman, as I've heard many other stories far worse than my own as far as participant interactions. As you will soon learn through your own experience, the universe seems to have a way of giving everyone in a specific ceremony exactly what they need at that moment, so I'd be willing to hazard a guess that my fellow "journiers" would look back at that experience and my role in their experience as what it needed to be in that moment. Obviously, at this point, my self growth has led me down a path to be much more aware of my own external expression explosions as well as how they affect myself and the people who surround me, but I am not carrying the hubris to believe that my self-growth in this area has come to its conclusion. I am still working on being more subtle to this very day! Namaste and thanks again for your contribution!

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makayla
11/22/2019 04:52:20 pm

Haven't had my own experience yet, but your response is amazing, and insightful. Many of these people should seek a lot more experiences I feel to open themselves up a bit more. sigh.

Gordo link
9/27/2017 11:58:59 am

I felt exactly the same way when I was reading this, it was painful just to read. I would totally hate it if someone acted this way at a ceremony I was participating in. You do have a point about "not knowing the rules" so to speak. The place I went to also didn't really give any rules, and probably a lot of first timers wouldn't necessarily know how to behave, so if anyone is reading this - now you know, during an aya ceremony, keep quiet, its an introspective event, don't bother anyone else, don't try to help anyone else, let the staff/leader/helpers do that. DO NOT under any circumstances, bring a musical instrument or anything else that makes noise unless some group participation musical event is actually planned as part of the ceremony and this is requested. The place I went to did do some group singing at the beginning of the night, but that was it, the only other external "human" noises I heard for the rest of the night were from people puking and the leader playing music - I guess I was lucky in that my friend and I were the only first timers at our ceremony and neither of us even puked so we weren't making any commotion whatsoever...

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Ganeshena
7/1/2017 12:42:43 pm

Hi. Thank you to share your experience. I am thinking about doing an ayahuasca ceremony in costa rica, in pa....ma.. could you tell me where you did that? I want to have a good chaman... thank you

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Gordo link
9/27/2017 12:04:38 pm

I've only been to Sound of Light, but it was very good. Someone else above said they've been to 4 centers, and Sound of Light was the best. They grow the 2 ingredients right there on the property, they even made a time lapse video of producing the ayahuasca which you can view here: http://gordosoft.com/costarica2017/
Notice how much, time, energy, care, and love they put into it! I didn't know the process takes 5 days until I saw that video, it makes me appreciate it even more.

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