The Indigenous Time ~ lessons from the Forest.

Context

In September 2022, I had the privilege of returning to the Amazon Rainforest to participate in and contribute to the IV Indigenous Ayahuasca Conference.

This gathering of 35 Indigenous Leaders from North, Central, and South America focused on discussing the use, transportation, spreading, and protection of plant medicine, ancestral healing practices, and indigenous wisdom. The week-long event hosted over 400 people, with only 10% being non-indigenous.

As a collaborator with the Yorenka Tasorentsi Institute, my role was to interview the leaders about how non-indigenous people can approach plant medicine and indigenous healing traditions in a respectful, honourable and regenerative way.