EP 20: My Psychedelic Healing Journey - Ayahuasca, Mushrooms and Sacred Ceremony

This episode is one of the most personal I've ever recorded. I'm taking you inside my entire journey with psychedelic medicine - from the moment a friend first said "mushrooms can help with that," to sitting in over 100 Ayahuasca ceremonies, to becoming a facilitator alongside my teacher and my best friend in the jungles of Costa Rica.I share the full timeline - my first mushroom ceremony with my husband, the grief and the bliss that cracked me open, the death and rebirth cycles that taught me how to surrender, moving to Sedona for nine months to study and heal, and the moment facilitation found me without me ever looking for it. I also get honest about safety in ceremony spaces, the importance of working with experienced and tradition-rooted facilitators, and why integration is the piece most people skip that matters the most.My hope is that this episode meets you where you are on your path - whether you're curious, called, or already deep in the work, and reminds you to trust the timeline of your own healing.I also talk about:Why I took a seven month pause from all ceremony and medicine workThe difference between safe and unsafe facilitation and what to look forHow neo-shamanism and lack of tradition can create harm in psychedelic spacesThe role of shamanic music and set and setting in ceremonyHow every program I've created was channeled through AyahuascaEpisode Related Resources: Read the Blog post for this episode here! Interested in joining Lauren for a retreat in Costa Rica? Find the details here: https://www.solwindlegacy.com/retreatListen to Lauren’s other plant medicine episodes on the Lauren of Love Show:EP363: Ayahuasca, Sexual Trauma, and My Recent Healing: https://laurenoflove.mykajabi.com/podcasts/the-lauren-of-love-podcast/episodes/2149110809EP347: My Healing Experience with Ayahuasca in Peru: https://laurenoflove.mykajabi.com/podcasts/the-lauren-of-love-podcast/episodes/2149110826EP338: Healing My Womb and Sexual Trauma with Kambo and Bufo-5 Meo DMT: https://laurenoflove.mykajabi.com/podcasts/the-lauren-of-love-podcast/episodes/2149110835EP329: Ayahuasca Lessons from Costa Rica: https://laurenoflove.mykajabi.com/podcasts/the-lauren-of-love-podcast/episodes/2149110843EP327: Plant Medicine, Spiritual Warfare & Mental Health: https://laurenoflove.mykajabi.com/podcasts/the-lauren-of-love-podcast/episodes/2149110845EP298: Q&A! Plant Medicine, Ayahuasca & Self Healing Path: https://laurenoflove.mykajabi.com/podcasts/the-lauren-of-love-podcast/episodes/2149110875EP297: The Hard & Healing Road of Ayahuasca Plant Medicine: https://laurenoflove.mykajabi.com/podcasts/the-lauren-of-love-podcast/episodes/2149110876EP296: My Teacher and My Favorite Ayahuasca Vision Memories: https://laurenoflove.mykajabi.com/podcasts/the-lauren-of-love-podcast/episodes/2149110877EP295: My Most Impactful Ayahuasca Visions: https://laurenoflove.mykajabi.com/podcasts/the-lauren-of-love-podcast/episodes/2149110878EP294: Going to Peru, Ayahuasca, and My Four Year Study with Plant Medicine: https://laurenoflove.mykajabi.com/podcasts/the-lauren-of-love-podcast/episodes/2149110879Lauren of Love Resources: Join the Magic App with dozens of courses, resources, and a private community! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://laurenoflove.com/app⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freebies, courses, blog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠laurenoflove.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@laurenoflove⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Grab our free Manifestation Sheets!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our weekly Magic Notes insiders list!⁠⁠