PLANT MEDICINE

 

REMEMBERING WHO YOU ARE


I have had over 
A dozen experiences
With plant medicine
At this point in my life

And I can tell you
In no uncertain terms
That she has been my 
Greatest spiritual teacher

She may not be
For everyone
But everyone 
Is meant for her

She will show you

The most unrefined
Aspects of you

She will guide you
Through the most painful
And horrifying wormholes
Embedded in your psyche

She will reveal to you
Everything you need
To know
To see
To heal

In order to get
To the other side
Of You

She will take you
If necessary
Through past
Lifetimes

She will extract 
From you
Your deepest
Darkest 
Secrets

She will relentlessly
And unapologetically
Help - or sometimes force
you - to see what
You would most prefer 
To ignore

Not in others
But in yourself

Because this 
All knowing
Powerful
Loving
Steady
Medicine...

She is the wisest
She is the Grandmother
The Mother of all Mothers


The one who knows
The one who sees
The one who cannot be 
Manipulated
Tricked
Bought
Or sold

She will take you
To the depths 
Of hell

Only to show you
That the person
At the center of that hell
Is you

Yes, it will make you
Want to rage
And scream
And shout
And cry

It will make you want to revolt
To declare that you don't 'agree'
To declare that you don't submit
To declare that you don't 'need' her

But in the end
If necessary
She will bring you
To your knees

She will open your eyes
Against your so-called will

And create within you
A reality where You are the 
Only one
In charge

At first
This responsibility
May frighten you

But in the end
It will relieve you
Of all the burdens
You have been carrying around
For millennia 

In the end
She will leave you
With a self-awareness
That no money can buy
And only a true, sincere
And ongoing self-inquiry
Can sustain

She will help restore you
- as long as you commit 
to following the path -
To your true power

She will remind you
Of all that you really are

She will show you
The judgemental nature 
Of your own mind
And give you 
Opportunity 
After opportunity
To let go
Of all of it

In the end
She will help you remember
Who you truly are 
And why you truly came

She will help wash away
Everything that isn't true
And help reveal to you
The Light and brightest
Version of you

She will help you see
That joy is your natural state
That expansion is your truest birthright
She will help you find your way home

To our collective growth,
Tara x

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PLANT JOURNEY: 9 Weeks Pass

 

Our thoughts are not all our own.


PERU 🇵🇪 It was 9 weeks ago today I went on my first plant medicine journey. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to fully describe the underworlds I visited — places I’ve never seen before, not even in my worst nightmares — but here’s the thing I realized. They are all worlds that exist in me, and yet they aren’t actually mine. They weren’t created by me. Although they are a part of me.
In order to explain, I’ll share with you guys something that I shared with a client last night:

I consider myself a non-believer in many ways. I mean, sure, I believe in a power greater than myself, I believe in the Universe’s mystical ways and I believe in Mother Earth as an entity in her own right.


BUT... I didn’t grow up particularly religious, and the idea of a hell/heaven dichotomy after we die always humored me more than it frightened me.
That’s not to say that the plant medicine changed any of that. It didn’t.


During my first journey, I was in an underworld within underworlds that was full of darkness, with literally no light coming through (and I mean none) for nearly 6 hours.
But that wasn’t the interesting part.


I was in SO deep, that the Spirits actually said to me — in a voice as real and audible as if I were standing behind you in line at a Starbucks making small talk about the weather: “You’re in too deep. They’ll never be able to get you back, so stop trying. You’re never getting out of here. There is no escape. So you might as well turn and face it.” Of course what they were really telling me is that I had to turn and face myself.


I share this with you to make a point. Well there are many points I could make, but I’m just gonna make the one for now . . .
The power of our collective consciousness is undeniable.
Our thoughts are not all our own.
They are part of humanity’s thoughts.
Part of humanity’s hell.
Part of humanity’s darkness.
But the dark irony is that despite this, there is still no way out — not for any of us — but through.
The day will eventually come when each of us must face ourself.
Whether we do so with grace or via chaos, that is up to us.
Indeed it might be the only thing that is truly up to us in the end. ♥️ Tara x

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PLANT JOURNEY

 

RESET & REWIRE.


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Thanks to my @iamcoltonwinkelman for this one ❤️
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I have to say, for over 2 weeks of no caffeine and only minimal amounts of sugar (only in the form of fruit and that’s only been the past 48 hours) I can’t remember the last time I needed such little sleep w/o the use of illicit substances. .
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I’m talking 3 to 5 hours a night. Perfect example, I just woke up. It’s 6:22 AM right now The last time I saw before I went to bed was 2:27 AM.
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I thought being vegan brought an increase of energy and clarity (and if you haven’t tried it for yourself yet, believe me it does) but add plant medicine to the mix and you’re operating on a whole other level. .
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The plants out here in the Peruvian jungle can reset and rewire your entire system, and do so in a very short amount of time. That’s obviously not all they do, it’s just one of the unintentional side effects. Don’t get me wrong, it’s uncomfortable AF, but so worth it. .
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This was my last night at the retreat grounds. At 10 AM I get picked up and head to a beautiful ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ hotel here in Cusco to spend another 1-2 days integrating before flying back home to California — oh how I have missed thee! It will be so weird to be back out in civilization after nearly 2 weeks of not leaving the grounds, except for a very short walk yesterday, but I didn’t get very far because my fur baby from here ended up following me.
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PS – in case you’ve forgotten to stop and tell yourself lately, you’re doing great. Remember that the point isn’t to complete the process of life. It’s to live it. Besides, it can’t be completed anyway. The point is to enjoy it. To forgive (Self) more. To love (Self) more. And to be grateful. That’s the only thing we actually have control over in the end. .
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To our collective growth,
💗 Tara x

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