Return

We're going back to Brazil!

As soon as I got there the first time I knew we had to return. That feeling only got stronger as the week went by. My experience there was wonderful and meaningful. If I never drank the ayahuasca again that would be okay, as I got what I really needed from it. However, I would love to drink it again. Mike, however, NEEDS to drink more. He is not at all finished with his journey with the plant medicine. He had a good experience the first time around but it really did feel incomplete. Thus, we need to return.

Not only that, but we felt really strongly that we had to go for BOTH weeks the next time. And we have been aiming for March of 2009 to give us enough time to prepare financially. I mean, the first time was really expensive and that was WITH mileage tickets for Mike and myself and Jake at 10% of an adult fare. This time we have no more frequent flier miles and Jake is now 60% of an adult fare. I was never sure how we were going to make it, but nevertheless I have been asking Aya (my nickname for the ayahuasca female plant spirit) almost daily to somehow make it possible for us. She made it possible the first time around, despite the difficulties with my family and initially having no idea how to finance it. And we made it.

This time we are going to make it again. We have already paid for and have our passports. The visas are good for 5 years. We've been saving up and I recently found out that the first week of the workshop is going to be FREE for us, and the second week will be discounted, through programs that the Heart of the Initiate has just recently set up. So now, financially, going back is totally within our reach. I am elated!