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Photo Update / Happy Leap day!

2/29/2016

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Below is a little digital album of our trip so far. We have added captions to the pictures, so enjoy! 
We completed our stay and isolation fast at Takiwasi, and have now eaten up with some healthy food.

The next stage of our journey will be at the retreat center: Medicine of Light a retreat center founded by our friends Jimmy and Miska. This center is still in its infancy stages and we are very grateful to be of help in its development! We have a lot to learn and look forward to the discipline of farm life. 

We will not have access to internet or electricity for extended periods, starting from later this week, so Adios Amigos!

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A crucial transition

2/23/2016

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Hello everyone,

We have returned to the city of Tarapoto, Peru from the 8 day period of isolation at Takiwasi. Though it was a reset and a good way to cleanse for the new year, after going through the dieta we were thoroughly reminded of how unromantic it can be. We were quite far apart from each other and as this was a focused isolation it was much more strict, so we did not write letters to each other, no mapacho (jungle tobacco for insects), no toothpaste, no nada- just bare essentials and a soap they concocted from plant matter that has an oatmealish aroma. There were others around the property as well, all instructed to keep distance from each other and remain in the process of self reflection. 
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Zain's tambo during the dieta at Takiwasi
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Zahra's tambo during the dieta at Takiwasi
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We made a pilgrimage down to the rejuvenating, cold river to bathe at least once a day.
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Our only food (if we felt hungry) for the duration of the diet. No salt, sugar or other seasoning; the idea is to eat neutral food to cleanse the body. There were also plant medicines assigned to each of us "dietandos."
All the local inhabitants like the blue morpho butterflies, hummingbirds, spiders, snakes and of course those ever so hungry mosquitos.. greeted us as the mobile representatives of nature. The tambos are each the dwelling place of different medicinal plants, so for example Zahra’s tambo was named Oje (Oh-Hey), you can see the trunk and roots in the forefront of the picture. It’s pretty massive.

Also, the psychologists have all been through diets themselves, and are not so different from any of us. There was no "brain washing" or superiority complex, they were very professional and share in Takiwasi's vision of "de-New Age-ifying” Ayahuasca and plant medicine work. So the process and “spiritual retreat" here is extremely rigorous, effort based and thoroughly documented. It is one of the seeds of a societally integrated traditional medicine hospital. 

What we felt strongly while we were here, is that the key is not the plant medicine work or having to go to the jungle- this is our manifestation of passion in life- but the undercurrent is the importance of discipline, clear thinking, prayer, facing the dark night of the soul with courage, integrating that into daily life, and staying vigilant towards creating one’s vision and dreams in physical form here on earth. 

Thank you all for your prayers, we send you our love always.
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Zain & Zahra
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