News
20 August 2020
Who Turns to Amazonian Medicine for Treatment of Substance Use Disorder?
Complementary medicines are an emergent field in the treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs) and include Amazonian medicines, such as ayahuasca. The aim of this multimodal cross-sectional study was to investigate characteristics of people who seek treatment for SUDs at the Takiwasi Center that applies Amazonian medicines along with conventional psychotherapy. New research article published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, August 2020.
01 August 2020
Dear friends, we want to inform you that the dates scheduled for the retreats/diets for the coming months have been confirmed, respecting the calendar published in our web page. We hope that the soon re-start of national and international flights will allow us to resume normal therapeutic care. People interested in booking their space can go through the regular registration process, with eventually the possibility of postponing the participation in the retreat/diet to a subsequent date in case it is not possible to travel immediately due to a lengthening of the period of border closure.
22 July 2020
Canta la Ayahuasca - Healing Ikaros
Ikaros recorded live during an Ayahuasca ceremony held at the Takiwasi Center in 2020. It includes alternative versions of Takiwasi’s ikaros, sometimes sung in groups by two or more healers, while other are presented in extended versions, which follow the rhythm and intensity of the ceremony. It includes as well an unreleased ikaro traditionally used during ritual plant baths.
20 July 2020
A big thank you to all the people who decided to join our project for the protection and conservation of Ayahuasca vine and other Amazonian teacher plants. Our goal now is for 50 new Ayahuasca seedlings to be sponsored and planted and thanks to your support we are halfway there! Join our conservation actions by adopting an Ayahuasca vine or another teacher plant.
30 June 2020
ALA2020 Congress - Symposium "The narcotization of the world"
Psychologist Uriel López will represent Takiwasi at the VI Congress of the Latin American Association of Anthropology that will be held online in November 2020. Uriel will participate with an oral presentation entitled "The positive dialogue between the Western and the Indigenous World regarding drug use as a consequence of existential emptiness and neoliberal carelessness”.
