News
03 January 2023
Ayahuasca’s plant-based healing effects may be enhanced by traditional music, new research shows
The positive effects of Ayahuasca, an ancient Amazonian plant-based psychotherapy that has seen renewed interest in recent years as an alternative therapy for those suffering from addiction and other problems, may get a boost when paired with traditional music, according to a new study.
31 March 2022
Video tribute to Dr. Rosa Giove
Video tribute to the memory of Dr. Rosa Giove, co-founder of the Takiwasi Center. Her activity was developed as a clinical doctor, psychotherapist, healer, researcher, professor, consultant.
29 March 2022
We have collected some of the numerous comments and messages of condolences received that describe Rosa, her personality and her way of being, seen by the people who met her on the path of life. We believe that there is no better testimony of the impact that Rosa had on the lives of so many people, and of her legacy both on a human level and as a health professional dedicated to helping others.
21 March 2022
Presentation of the preliminary results of the ATOP project
Dr. Brian Rush, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), will be one of the panelists at the conference “From Research to Reality - Global Summit on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Medicine”, May 27th-29th, 2022, Toronto, Canada, with the lecture entitled “Preliminary results from the Ayahuasca Treatment Outcome Project (ATOP): Takiwasi Center Peru”.
03 March 2022
Symposium of the Swiss Ethnobiology Network
The 13th symposium of the Swiss Ethnobiology Network will take place at the Natur-Museum in Lucerne, Switzerland, on March 26, 10-17h. The meeting will also be broadcast online. Our scientific director Matteo Politi will be participating with the following lecture: “Traditional Amazonian medicine and psychedelic assisted-therapy; implications for mental health”.
