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Harvest of medicinal plants - 2018
Born as a strategic project to combine the conservation of the environment and the inclusive development of the indigenous communities, the Takiwasi Laboratory is now the productive unit of the Center, dedicated to Biotrade and the generation of added value in the sustainable use of Amazonian biodiversity resources. In order to produce high quality natural products, inspired by the ancestral knowledge of Traditional Amazonian Medicine, Takiwasi Laboratory works with families of agroforestry producers, in indigenous and mestizo communities, training them in the sustainable management of forest resources and guaranteeing a fair price for the harvest and care of medicinal plants, with a focus on the promotion of the women’s role. Through this strategy, Takiwasi also promotes the valorization and conservation of the Amazonian rainforest and ensures that the native communities gain control over their ancestral knowledge related to the use of medicinal plants. A close alliance has been developed with the association of medicinal plant producers "Ampik Sacha". One of the results of this work is the line of Amazonian infusions Sumak. More information: Takiwasi Laboratory
Author : Laboratorio Takiwasi
Audio : Spanish
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Ayahuasca and Addiction Treatment in the "Singing House" - December 2017
Presentation by David O’Shaughnessy based on his doctoral research at the Takiwasi Centre in Peru from 2014-2015. In an attempt to understand the evolution of patients undergoing treatment for addiction at Takiwasi, he conducted an observational pilot study using methods drawn from biology, psychology, and anthropology. While the results were positive, understanding Takiwasi itself poses certain philosophical challenges that are not easily solved. In addition to the results of the study, David discusses these challenges in relation to the use of ayahuasca (and other plants) as medicines. Content was recorded at the 2017 EGA Psychedelic Symposium in Melbourne, Australia.
Author : Entheogenesis Australis - Entheo TV
Audio : English
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Ayahuasca use in the New Age context - September 2017
Speaker: Dr. Jacques Mabit. Founder and Executive President of the Takiwasi Center. Lecture delivered at the International Transpersonal Conference 2017, Track: Shamanism and Its Potential for Modern Man. Prague, Czech Republic. 29-09-2017. Interpreter: Susana Bustos, Ph.D. Over the last years, ayahuasca has come to represent the probably most widely-used substance in the context of the search for meaning and the mental health context on a global scale. This exponentially rising usage has so far mainly drawn on currents from the new-age movement, rather than on concepts from the scientific paradigm or from Judeo-Christian spiritual or religious traditions. Yet, some features of the new-age movement are in stark contrast to the traditional medicines paradigm, as well as to the indigenous groups this medicine originally stems from. We wish to highlight some of these contradictions, as well as the dangers and confusions they may hold. Another version of the video with slides: Ayahuasca use in the New Age context
Author : ITC 2017
Audio : Spanish
Subtitle : English
Abrete Corazón - August 2017
Ikaro "Abrete Corazón" by Rosa Giove played by the french musical group Orâma. Abrete Corazón is a healing song (ikaro) used in the traditional Amazonian medicine rituals at the Takiwasi Center. This version has been recorded in the Romanesque chapel of Chateauvieux (Yzeron - 69) during the live concert of Orâma, August 12, 2017, to celebrate the end of the summer residency dedicated to the recordings of the 2 new albums.
Author : Orâma
Audio : Spanish
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Traditional Amazonian medicine and its potential for addiction treatment - May 2017
Presentation by Verónika Kavenska, psychotherapist at the Takiwasi Center, in the framework of the 1st Workshop on "Science, Mental Health & Spirituality" held by the Transpersonal Association of Peru, May 25-28, 2017, Lima - Peru.
Author : Asociación Transpersonal del Perú
Audio : Spanish
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Ayahuasca, rituality and interpretation - April 2017
At the Takiwasi Center ayahuasca is used always as part of a process and is ingested in a ritual setting. What is defended is not ayahuasca, but a certain ritualized use of this plant. Rituals are part of the life of the human being since he began to look for a way to give meaning to life and death, and serve to formalize and mark stages in the growth of the human being. The symbolic function of ritual in the framework of the ayahuasca session help to give it a meaning on different levels: at the physical level, that of the ordinary life, and at the spiritual level. A conversation with Fabienne Bâcle, psychotherapist at Takiwasi Center.
Author : Martin Huamán
Audio : Spanish
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The Ikaro or Healing Song - April 2017
Lecture by Dr. Rosa Giove given in the auditorium of the Takiwasi Center.
The ikaros are essential elements of the Traditional Amazonian Medicine and represent a source of cultural resistance by preserving both linguistic elements and knowledge related to Amazonian world-view and medicinal resources, which go back in time to the original cultures. They are considered the essential means of transmitting wisdom and healing practices.
More information: The Icaro or Shamanic song
Author : Martin Huamán
Audio : Spanish
Subtitle : English
Sumak - 2017
The herbal teas SUMAK have been developed and elaborated by the Takiwasi Laboratory in partnership with the Association of Producers of Medicinal Plants - Ampik Sacha that gathers the Kechwa-Lamista communities of the El Dorado province, San Martin. This is an initiative that seeks to rescue and re-evaluate the collective knowledge of the indigenous peoples of the Peruvian Amazon.
Author : Ricardo D'Aguiar
Audio : Spanish
Subtitle : English, Français
With a twist of conservation: medicinal plants - December 2016
Emerita, Awajún woman from the Native Community of Shampuyacu in Alto Mayo, San Martín, Peru, works together with Takiwasi Laboratory and Conservation International to recover the ancestral knowledge of her people. The objective of this project is to transform this knowledge into a line of aromatic teas with medicinal properties.
Author : Conservation International
Audio : Spanish
Subtitle : English, Français
Ayahuasca, global heritage? - October 2016
Speaker: Dra Rosa Giove. Responsible for the Biomedical Monitoring of the patients of the Takiwasi Center. Lecture delivered at the II World Ayahuasca Conference, ICEERS Foundation, Río Branco, Brazil, October 2016. Case report of the experience of Takiwasi Center which has been in charge of elaborating and reviewing the application report so that the "Traditional knowledge and uses of Ayahuasca practiced by native Amazonian communities" could be declared Cultural Heritage of the Peruvian Nation. National Directorial Resolution nº 836 / INC, July 2008. The document submitted before the Peruvian State is part of the book "Ritual del Ayahuasca", Rosa Giove, 2016. Published by the Ministry of Culture of Peru, Regional Office of San Martin. For more information read the book: Ritual del Ayahuasca
Author : ICEERS Foundation
Audio : Spanish
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