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Sacred Plant Wisdom. Journey with your hosts, Nina and her guests as we educate, inform & support the conscious and responsible use of Ayahuasca in a western context. ~ Learn about Ayahuasca assisted therapy, supervision and training at avatarhealingarts.com Disclaimer: Ayahuasca and DMT are potentially illegal substances, and we don’t encourage or condone the use of these substances where it is against the law. However, we accept that illegal drug use occurs, and believe that offering responsible harm reduction information is imperative to keeping people safe. For that reason, this guide is designed to ensure the safety of those who decide to use the substance. We don’t encourage using Ayahuasca outside of a legal or traditional context.
Episodes
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
In this exciting new episode I am talking with Victor from Peru about his personal journey and how he met the sacred plant Ayahuasca while he was hiding from the military in the mountains of Peru.
Listen to this episode to learn how Victor’s life was changed by the Ayahuasca and how he dedicated his life to share this medicine with others.
Don’t miss this episode!
Highlights
9 years of apprenticeship
Discovering our inner truth with Ayahuasca
The true path is the humble and honest way
Going to the source of the knowledge
Exploring a wide range of Ayahuasca traditions
Ego is not a friend of self love, sacred plants can also amplify the Ego
To grow, to learn, to heal takes time
The plants can help us to access our ancient memories
How much medicine to drink?
Can the sacred plants harm you?
Ayahuasca and serious mental illness
Proper preparation for an Ayahuasca experience
Mantra for this week:
"We all have the innate ability to heal ourselves”
Remember, you are the healer and love is the medicine.
Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Facilitator Training 2024 – Apply now!
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/training
Look into my book: Heart Medicine, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy and the integration process
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/book
Join my Circle on YouTube: Healing & Awakening with Nina Izel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTkBkcqaF4SKt07HFtZAQQ
And join my mailing list here
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Join my Club: Healing & Awakening on Clubhouse
Every second Monday 6pm EST/CT: Live Ayahuasca integration room (recorded)
On Spotify: New Paradigm Healing, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/1rFFUXXJqZ9DH5eCxCdaep?si=a_z69luvTKSWPu8upjbUWg&dl_branch=1
On Vimeo: Avatar Healing Arts Podcast, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy
https://vimeo.com/newparadigmhealing
Connect with Victor
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
From addiction to sobriety with Ayahuasca
with Derek Januszewski
In this exciting new episode I am talking with Derek about his personal journey with the Medicine from addiction to sobriety while creating an Ayahuasca Church, Pachamama Sanctuary in New Hampshire.
Don’t miss this episode!
Highlights
A battle with addiction, trauma and abuse
The first Ayahuasca experience
From washing the buckets to hosting ceremonies for a living
A serious wake up call and a trip to the underworld
Diving into the integration process
The real shadow work
Working with the Medicine the right way
Ayahuasca exposes wounding (money, sex, power)
Taking responsibility
Transparency and authenticity
The contradicting legality of Ayahuasca in the US
Learning how to run a retreat center
Team work is key to success
Mantra for this week:
"In the end, there is nowhere to hide”
Remember, you are the healer and love is the medicine.
Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Facilitator Training 2024 – Apply now!
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/training
Look into my book: Heart Medicine, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy and the integration process
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/book
Join my Circle on YouTube: Healing & Awakening with Nina Izel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTkBkcqaF4SKt07HFtZAQQ
And join my mailing list here
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/contact
Join my Club: Healing & Awakening on Clubhouse
Every second Monday 6pm EST/CT: Live Ayahuasca integration room (recorded)
On Spotify: New Paradigm Healing, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/1rFFUXXJqZ9DH5eCxCdaep?si=a_z69luvTKSWPu8upjbUWg&dl_branch=1
On Vimeo: Avatar Healing Arts Podcast, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy
https://vimeo.com/newparadigmhealing
Connect with Derek
https://pachamamasanctuary.org/
Nina Izel
AVATAR HEALING. ARTS
www.avatarhealingarts.com
Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
In this exciting new episode I am talking with Steven about using Ayahuasca to build conscious businesses. Listen to this episode and learn how to grow your business as you evolve!
Don’t miss this episode!
Highlights
From consumer to creator
Business as an extension of our psychology
Use of psychedelic plants in the business space
How our shadow shows up in our business
Conscious business operators
Removing inner limitations
Ayahuasca support through threshold of change
Business is 80% psychology, 20% is strategy
Business is a spiritual sport
Organic plants vs synthetic derivatives
The importance of integration
Mantra for this week:
"Wherever you go there you are.”
Remember, you are the healer and love is the medicine.
Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Facilitator Training 2022 – Apply now!
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/training
Look into my book: Heart Medicine, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy and the integration process
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/book
Join my Circle on YouTube: Healing & Awakening with Nina Izel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTkBkcqaF4SKt07HFtZAQQ
And join my mailing list here
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/contact
Join my Club: Healing & Awakening on Clubhouse
Every second Monday 6pm EST/CT: Live Ayahuasca integration room (recorded)
On Spotify: New Paradigm Healing, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/1rFFUXXJqZ9DH5eCxCdaep?si=a_z69luvTKSWPu8upjbUWg&dl_branch=1
On Vimeo: Avatar Healing Arts Podcast, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy
https://vimeo.com/newparadigmhealing
Connect with Steven
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
Sunday Mar 19, 2023
In this exciting new episode I am talking with Greg Shanken about his healing from long term treatment resistant depression with Ayahuasca and other healing modalities. Listen in to find out how Greg recovered his ability to feel and embarked on a magical healing journey.
Don’t miss this episode!
Highlights
In the cage of depression
The Ayahuasca turning point
Recovering the ability to feel
Healing the inner child and family relationships
From isolation to reconnection
The healing power of breath
Trust and surrender
Legalizing psilocybin in Colorado
Being part of the change
Mantra for this week:
"Feeling is healing”
Remember, you are the healer and love is the medicine.
Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Facilitator Training 2022 – Apply now!
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/training
Look into my book: Heart Medicine, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy and the integration process
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/book
Join my Circle on YouTube: Healing & Awakening with Nina Izel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTkBkcqaF4SKt07HFtZAQQ
And join my mailing list here
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/contact
Join my Club: Healing & Awakening on Clubhouse
Every second Monday 6pm EST/CT: Live Ayahuasca integration room (recorded)
On Spotify: New Paradigm Healing, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/1rFFUXXJqZ9DH5eCxCdaep?si=a_z69luvTKSWPu8upjbUWg&dl_branch=1
On Vimeo: Avatar Healing Arts Podcast, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy
https://vimeo.com/newparadigmhealing
Greg Shanken
Colorado Psychedelic Society
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
In this exciting new episode I am talking with Dr Scott about what cultural appropriation really means in terms of the Ayahuasca and how to give back to the indigenous guardians of this sacred medicine.
Don’t miss this episode!
Highlights
What is cultural appropriation
The Authentic use of Ayahuasca
Sacred reciprocity
An example to follow in Ecuador with the Sacha Wasi
Creating ethical relationships
Transparency
What can you do?
Mantra for this week:
"Sooner or later, everything comes to light"
Remember, you are the healer and love is the medicine.
Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Facilitator Training 2022 – Apply now!
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/training
Look into my book: Heart Medicine, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy and the integration process
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/book
Join my Circle on YouTube: Healing & Awakening with Nina Izel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTkBkcqaF4SKt07HFtZAQQ
And join my mailing list here
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/contact
Join my Club: Healing & Awakening on Clubhouse
Every second Monday 6pm EST/CT: Live Ayahuasca integration room (recorded)
On Spotify: New Paradigm Healing, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/1rFFUXXJqZ9DH5eCxCdaep?si=a_z69luvTKSWPu8upjbUWg&dl_branch=1
On Vimeo: Avatar Healing Arts Podcast, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy
https://vimeo.com/newparadigmhealing
Connect with Dr Scott and the Sacha Wasi in Ecaudor
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
In this exciting new episode I am talking with the founder of Ouroboros Story Hour, Bob Cohen about his awakening with the Ayahuasca and how the medicine helped him through a challenging part of his life bringing many gifts through the change.
Don’t miss this episode!
Highlights
A near death experience
The call for change
Letting go heaviness and despair
New hope
Better relationships, Renewed creativity
Finding our way again
Accessing the unconscious
The art of listening, story telling and bearing witness
Deep thinking, self reflection and sharing
Writing our new story
Taking our power back
Mantra for this week:
"So within, as without."
Remember, you are the healer and love is the medicine.
Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Facilitator Training 2022 – Apply now!
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/training
Look into my book: Heart Medicine, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy and the integration process
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/book
Join my Circle on YouTube: Healing & Awakening with Nina Izel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTkBkcqaF4SKt07HFtZAQQ
And join my mailing list here
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/contact
Join my Club: Healing & Awakening on Clubhouse
Every second Tuesday 5pm CST: All about Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy
On Spotify: New Paradigm Healing, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/1rFFUXXJqZ9DH5eCxCdaep?si=a_z69luvTKSWPu8upjbUWg&dl_branch=1
On Vimeo: Avatar Healing Arts Podcast, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy
https://vimeo.com/newparadigmhealing
Bob Cohen – Ouroboros Story Hour
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2624199914461390
Contact: ouroborosstoryhour@gmail.com
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Mastering change with Ayahuasca
- with Steven Twohig
In this exciting new episode I am talking with Steven about his healing path with the Mother Ayahuasca and his way of helping others to go through their Hero’s Journey.
Steven spent some exciting years with Tony Robbins before he was led to the Mother Ayahuasca and currently combines cognitive behavior therapy, zen buddhism, plant medicine and coaching in his breakthrough offerings.
Don’t miss this episode!
Highlights
Ayahuasca in recovery from addiction
Accessing core wounds
What you want to heal you have to feel
The only way out is through
Soul retrieval
There are no ‘bad trips’
Going beyond our programming
The power of community in healing
Changing our story
A path back to wholeness
Mantra for this week:
"All ending is a new beginning"
Remember, you are the healer and love is the medicine.
Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Facilitator Training 2022 – Apply now!
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/training
Look into my book: Heart Medicine, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy and the integration process
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/book
Join my Circle on YouTube: Healing & Awakening with Nina Izel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTkBkcqaF4SKt07HFtZAQQ
And join my mailing list here
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/contact
Join my Club: Healing & Awakening on Clubhouse
Every second Tuesday 5pm CST: All about Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy
On Spotify: New Paradigm Healing, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/1rFFUXXJqZ9DH5eCxCdaep?si=a_z69luvTKSWPu8upjbUWg&dl_branch=1
On Vimeo: Avatar Healing Arts Podcast, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy
https://vimeo.com/newparadigmhealing
Steven Twohig
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
In this exciting new episode I am talking with the founders of The Plant Medicine Path, Michelle and Mark and they share their journey with the Mother Ayahuasca.
Tune in to learn how the Mother Ayahuasca helped Michelle and Mark to heal themselves and change their life and also how She inspired them to create The Plant Medicine Path for people who are on the plant medicine journey!
Don’t miss this episode!
Highlights
Going deeper with Ayahuasca
Finding a different way to live our lives
Total recovery is possible, you can heal yourself!
The healing light of awareness
Integration is the key for healing and wholeness
There are many ways to integrate
Educate yourself
The truth will set you free
Mantra for this week:
"Yes, you can!"
Remember, you are the healer and love is the medicine.
Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Facilitator Training 2022 – Apply now!
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/training
Look into my book: Heart Medicine, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy and the integration process
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/book
Join my Circle on YouTube: Healing & Awakening with Nina Izel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTkBkcqaF4SKt07HFtZAQQ
And join my mailing list here
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/contact
Join my Club: Healing & Awakening on Clubhouse
Every second Tuesday 5pm CST: All about Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy
On Spotify: New Paradigm Healing, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/1rFFUXXJqZ9DH5eCxCdaep?si=a_z69luvTKSWPu8upjbUWg&dl_branch=1
On Vimeo: Avatar Healing Arts Podcast, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy
https://vimeo.com/newparadigmhealing
The Plant Medicine Path
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
In this exciting new episode I am talking with my dear sister Bonnie again about 5 vital questions you need to ask (and answer:) before you go to an Ayahuasca ceremony.
These 5 steps will support you to stay safe and take the most out of your Ayahuasca experience.
Don’t miss this episode!
Highlights
WHY – why do you want to work with the Mother Ayahuasca? what is your intention for your Ayahuasca Journeys,
WHAT – what is in the Ayahuasca brew, who prepared it and how it was prepared
WHERE – where is the Ayahuasca ceremony, in what kind of environment
WHO – who is serving the medicine, holding the sacred space, facilitating the experience
HOW – how to prepare for and integrate your experience? Practical considerations
5 Steps for responsible preparation (Ayahuasca Journey)
Mantra for this week:
"What you put in, you get out"
Remember, you are the healer and love is the medicine.
Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Facilitator Training 2022 – Apply now!
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/training
Look into my book: Heart Medicine, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy and the integration process
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/book
Join my Circle on YouTube: Healing & Awakening with Nina Izel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTkBkcqaF4SKt07HFtZAQQ
And join my mailing list here
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/contact
Join my Club: Healing & Awakening on Clubhouse
Every second Tuesday 5pm CST: All about Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy
On Spotify: New Paradigm Healing, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/1rFFUXXJqZ9DH5eCxCdaep?si=a_z69luvTKSWPu8upjbUWg&dl_branch=1
On Vimeo: Avatar Healing Arts Podcast, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy
https://vimeo.com/newparadigmhealing
Bonnie Divina Maa
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
In this exciting new episode I am talking with Fabrizio Dimitri biomedical researcher and scientific explorer about his journey with Ayahausca toward freedom and opening an Ayahuasca retreat center in Peru.
Don’t miss this episode!
Highlights
Working with reputable and experienced healers
Exploring our reality with Ayahuasca
Transcending the fear of death
Interconnectedness
Non-dual consciousness and personal growth
Flow and synchronicities
Healing our community and creating a better world
Mantra for this week:
"Heal yourself, heal the world"
Remember, you are the healer and love is the medicine.
Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Facilitator Training 2022 – Apply now!
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/training
Look into my book: Heart Medicine, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy and the integration process
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/book
Join my Circle on YouTube: Healing & Awakening with Nina Izel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYTkBkcqaF4SKt07HFtZAQQ
And join my mailing list here
https://www.avatarhealingarts.com/contact
Join my Club: Healing & Awakening on Clubhouse
Every second Tuesday 5pm CST: All about Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy
On Spotify: New Paradigm Healing, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/1rFFUXXJqZ9DH5eCxCdaep?si=a_z69luvTKSWPu8upjbUWg&dl_branch=1
On Vimeo: Avatar Healing Arts Podcast, Ayahuasca Assisted Therapy
https://vimeo.com/newparadigmhealing
Fabrizio Dimitri