Adopt an Ayahuasca

A big thank you to all the people who decided to join our project for the protection and conservation of Ayahuasca vines and other Amazonian teacher plants.

At Takiwasi we have been planting Ayahuasca and other teacher plants for more than 25 years in our Botanical Reserve, a protected area of 54 hectares located inside the Cordillera Escalera conservation area, on the outskirts of the city of Tarapoto.

Our goal now is for 50 new Ayahuasca seedlings to be sponsored and planted and thanks to your support we are halfway there! Join our conservation actions by adopting an Ayahuasca vine or another teacher plant. Thank you!

Canta la Ayahuasca - Healing Ikaros recorded live

Dear friends, we are launching a new production of ikaros recorded live during an Ayahuasca ceremony held at the Takiwasi Center a few months ago!

It includes alternative versions of the ikaros received by our healers that follow the rhythm and intensity of that specific ceremony. Some ikaros are sung in groups by two or more healers, while others are extended versions.

It also includes an unreleased ikaro traditionally sung by José Vela during ritual plant baths!

New research article evaluating the efficacy
of Takiwasi's treatment protocol
on depression and anxiety

The article “Pilot Evaluation of a Residential Drug Addiction Treatment Combining Traditional Amazonian Medicine, Ayahuasca and Psychotherapy on Depression and Anxiety” has been recently published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. The authors of this paper are: Cecile Giovannetti, Sara Garcia Arce, Brian Rush and Fernando Mendive.

The present study evaluates the impact of integrating ayahuasca and traditional Amazonian medicine with psychotherapy on depression and anxiety in the inpatient addiction treatment program of Takiwasi, by analyzing the results collected from the first set of patients recruited by the Ayahuasca Treatment Outcome Project – ATOP. From pre- to post-treatment, patients showed significant reductions in scores of anxiety and depression. Similarly, they showed higher scores of quality of life and spirituality upon discharge.

The Bitter Side of Ayahuasca

An article by Itzhak Beery published online on Lucid News, July 23, 2020.

Excerpt: "The missing piece in today’s dialogue around the rampant popularity of plant medicines such as ayahuasca and other hallucinatory rituals in the Western world is one simple word: greed. In our technologically driven Western culture, many push the idea that the ayahuasca experience is a gift from its spirit to humanity. They claim that the spirit of ayahuasca decided that this is the time to spread its healing wisdom to a world suffering from emotional pain and spiritual emptiness. Maybe. Or maybe there is another motive behind this trend".

Takiwasi Center Prolongación Alerta 466, Tarapoto, Peru Phone: +51 (0)42 522818 / +51 (0)42 525479 www.takiwasi.com takiwasi@takiwasi.com

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