Ceremony isn’t about taking something and waiting for an experience to happen. Ceremony is presence. It’s taking time and space to be with ourselves, with each other, with Spirit — and being with whatever is arising in the moment.
When we are truly present, connection happens. And this applies not only to ceremonies, but to life. The more we practice being in ceremony, the more life itself becomes ceremony.
As a somatic therapist trained in Core Energetics, my work is all about helping people feel. Most of us are experts at not feeling. We numb, avoid, distract — anything to not face the pain or the memories that live in the body. But presence, feeling, breath, and consciousness are all different words for the same thing: Life Force.
When we cut off feeling, we cut off our energy. That is where trauma lives — in the places where we say “no more feeling.” Trauma isn’t only what happened to us; it’s the experience of powerlessness that gets frozen in the body. Healing happens when we become active participants in our own process, reclaiming our power and allowing energy to move again.
In many indigenous medicine traditions, healing is not passive. The person is not a “patient.” The plants are teachers, allies that meet us to support our healing journey. Working with Maestro Alonso del Río — a master of consciousness and plant medicine — offers the rare opportunity to experience this healing work in its original depth and integrity.
If you feel the call to work with the plants in this way, and undergo a deep healing process for the body, mind and spirit, you can learn more here about our upcoming traditional Amazonian Master Plant Dieta in Peru.
👉 https://mailchi.mp/therisingjourney.com/96ihtwzrpz
Plant medicine integration included!
