Bethany's Peruvian Pilgrimage

• A little poetry... 9 years ago Medicine DanceWild mindSweating bodyDetoxDetoxCleanse on a cellular levelStill the mind andVibrate the bodyDance from the inside out andBreak the mouldsBreak the splintsThe restraintsThe masks thatKeep you captivePassiveUnwilling to look intoThe eyes of anotherFear of reflectionRejectionFear of and...
• Lessons on release and surrender 9 years ago I have decided to write a short blog post on the most profound lesson I have learned while being in Peru. For one reason or another, I have been taught this lesson over and over again these past two months. I find it amazingly profound and frustratingly simple and it is: No matter what I am...
• Integration and living like a local 9 years ago Well, friends, I am back in the city after two more plant dietas. I greeted the city with equal parts exhaustion and excitement! After two months of medicine work I was in need of a break...a real break that lasts longer than a couple of days. I was feeling squeaky clean, centered, and grounded but...
• Chapter 2: Tess and Tabacco 9 years ago So, many of you know that I felt guided to stay in Iquitos for 10 extra days (I thought) for rest and a peaceful place to decompress and integrate the work done at the temple. I didn't want to stay in the city but I wanted to be near the jungle and when I found Tess's house on AirBNB I immediately...
• Hola from Peru/ Chapter 1! 9 years ago Hello again beautiful people! I truly did intend to be updating this blog more often--pinky promise! :)  I really don't even know where to begin to describe what has been happening in my life since I got on a plane in Sacramento, CA and landed in Iquitos, Peru. The description part is actually a...

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