Listening to Ayahuasca: New Hope to Depression. Addiction, Ptsd, and Anxiety

I think this is a very useful book to both allay fears of people thinking of trying ayahuasca and inspire ideas regarding how to better integrate aya after ceremonies. The author is very sweet and honest and unpretentious. I feel there are some aspects that she doesnt quite understand, for example the use of tobacco in ceremonies, but then she doesn't pretend to be all-knowing and her own analysis is really quite useful. Really pleased to see attachment theory brought so central as I also used that as a framework for my own path with aya. Much thanks and gratitude Rachel for all the hard work and dedication in bringing this work together and demystifying (as much as is possible with an inherently mystical medicine!!) the therapeutic potential of aya. Aho!!!!

Excellent. Intelligent and informative. Written by a professional Therapist, this work adds significant academic weight to the growing western understanding of the therapeutic benefits of this incredible traditional medicine.

Awesome

OK. Bit too much psychobabble and not enough about ayahuasca

I loved reading this book. As someone who is about to go on their first ayahuasca retreat, I've been reading everything I can about this plant medicine. This is by far the most helpful and informative one I've read.

Um livro para mudar sua vida, se você ler em inglês este é O livro que vai curar sua depressão de uma vez por todas e te fazer dar uma volta de 180° em sua vida. Não se trata de uma religião ou muito menos droga, mas é uma nova esperança para milhares de pessoas. Após 5 anos de depressão considerada alta, conhecer a Ayahuasca por este prisma me fizeram trocar 12 comprimidos diários para o chá/vinho de duas plantas da Amazônia

J aime avoir des regards croisés sur les etudes que j entreprends. Livre tres interessant et simple. Vraiment, cette liane est une connexion a l adn humain, j en reste convaincue. A lire egalement, le serpent cosmique 😉

I found the book of great value before going to my first ayahuasca ceremony. I found very interesting what the author describes about her ontological crisis in regard to going from strict rationality to the world of spirituality, I think it takes courage to do that. Personally, I come from a science background and I think that ayahuasca can open up the doors of the unseen and basically change your point of view about what you previously believe or unbelieve. Although, more and more often I'm more confortable with the perspective of the shamans, I'm still interested in science and I think that ayahuasca might potentially open what Julian Jaynes called the bicameral mind, which is a whole new way to perceive and navigate in the world, which doesn't involve the prison of the rational thought.

The research shed light on the integration part of plant medicine, from a western psychological perspective. A good entry to these unknown realms.