Episode 42: An Ayahuasca Journey of Rebirth with Tara
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In this episode, I had the honor of speaking with Tara. Tara is a licensed professional counselor, who shared her Ayahuasca story of rebirth and finding joy within herself. And it wasn’t easy! … So…let’s hear from Tara.
We discussed:
- Licensed Professional Counselor
- Ayahuasca
- Don’t have a ton of trauma but carry emotions, empathy
- Divorce; ended up in bad space
- Noticed a change in a depressed client – ayahuasca
- Did research
- Told parents, all-female yoga retreat
- Went to Soul Quest; brutal experience; everyone else had loving experience; got her ass kicked; last day, belly breathing; had a sudden rush of intense “joy”; felt like giving birth; kept breathing; saw it as mom giving birth to her; freedom from mother;
- “I don’t need anything outside myself.”
- You have to do the work
- Got a download
- Dad discovered her Ayahuasca trip; told him she wanted to come home and smoke a joint; he agreed
- Recommended to an integration coach; took time to break through rigid beliefs
- Don’t do so much research that it sets your expectations
- Terrifying/brutal experience; yage’ brew; male presence; metal box on the moon, represented weighing on her; mental prison; unforgiving; death and rebirth – hard night, next day rebirth;
- Start integration work before you start
- Helped her become a better therapist
- Understood the meaning of self-love; allow crappy feelings
- Learned to trust her own feelings in her work
- Felt braver to go deeper in session
- Started attracting clients on her level, more in line with her beliefs;
- The only regret is not doing it sooner
- Advice: refer them to an integration coach; not a cure-all; have to deal with stuff; accountable; integration work is critical;
- Stigma: too bad that basic self-care sounds “hippie-ish”
- Need to be okay first before going out and helping others, writing books, etc.
- Research the place!
