Why You Should NOT Try Ayahuasca | My Ayahuasca Experiences

In this video, I share my Ayahuasca retreat experiences in Peru and why I don't recommend you try this psychedelic. I also share how to be safe and avoid a bad trip.

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[waabapet]

ayhuasca will always give you the worst fear and anxieties you can imagine. That's always the first part. It's teaching you to conquer your fear. Fear keeps you in place. Fear keeps you from doing things. Fear keeps you from chasing your dreams, living your life to the fullest. You have to face your fear, stare it down right in it's eyes and until you realize that you are still fine and all those fears are just presumptions from your own thoughts. And it will just go away.

[LSDuke]

I've done 9 ayahuasca ceremonies, it's the most beautiful and life changing experience. You're of course going to encounter negative or even dark things, but that's the point..

[roarodneal]

Ayahuasca was life changing for me. I became one face of a multi-faceted experience prism, my side being my particular life experience. My awareness expanded and my social anxiety and depression was entirely gone. Truly magical!

[almahealingcenter]

"It was really scary, but also really profound, having this ego-death experience. It is what really triggered me and helped me awaken, and after that I've been on the spiritual path. I'm really grateful I did ayahuasca, but I still don't recommend it."

This is, unfortunately, a very simplistic perspective on the deep and purifying medicine of ayahuasca, not to mention other therapeutic psychedelics. For anyone listening that is researching ayahuasca and deciding whether to try it, make sure to watch/read other resources - don't base your decision on this video alone because it is full of blanket statements.

There is an element of truth in a lot of what you say, @spiritnomad, however it comes from a place of naiveté (a lack of experience). You should start by saying that every person can find healing in different ways. You should also avoid using clickbait titles like "Why you should NOT try ayahuasca" when it isn't really what you're saying.

Through my work, I have seen many people healed of physical and mental ailments by drinking ayahuasca. I myself have grown immensely over the last 10 years since first drinking ayahuasca. As ayahuasca ceremonies and ayahuasca retreats become more popular globally, we are observing how travelers approach their ayahuasca experience as just another item on their bucket list and this is, in fact, the biggest problem.

True statements from your video:
- An ayahuasca experience can be scary and difficult, as facing ones fears often is.
- Choose your ayahuasca retreat center carefully - definitely don't choose someone you happen to "bump into" in Iquitos, Peru.
- Your other tips are good, but the whole "sleep under the same roof" means your ceremony was never properly closed before people were allowed to go to their rooms, which usually happens at dawn with limpias/cleansing rituals.

Other notes:
- @spiritnomad, please don't scare people with your concept of negative entities. It simply promotes superstition and paranoia.
- reviews don't ensure that someone is a "real" shaman
- seeing snakes in your ayahuasca visions is, symbolically, a blessing, but if your archetypes of evil include things like a boogie man or snakes, you will probably be afraid. With experience, and trust, you learn to appreciate these visions in a deep and healing way.
- a regular dose of ayahuasca last for about 4 hours. If you drink another cup, it will last longer. There are, of course, variations depending on how the plants were brewed.
- ayahuasca is from the entire Amazon, not just Peru. This includes Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil.

[Christopheroflyng]

Disagree I don’t believe in negative entities that’s just parts of yourself you aren’t willing to face yet from my experience

[but]

Ayahuasca is not going to do all your work for you. You still have to sit up thru the hard parts and face the tiredness and the scary parts. When you get better at working with it, you don’t hide from your problems, instead you ask to see them because you know the taste of victory and liberation that comes from it. The beauty and strength of staying connected to and growing our connection with creator is far better than any temporal experience.

[Teodoroviski]

Feeling I was going to die was the easiest part. The worst was feeling I was going to suffer infinetely and endlessly; suffering much worse than death. But I did it 8 times. Why? Because the good part was so good that going through the bad moment was worth it

[lecutter]

Psychedelics aren't for everyone, I agree. But as someone who did a LOT of acid over the years, and shrooms, peyote, etc. I only ever had 2 bad trips out, say, 200'ish trips plus or minus. And LSD profoundly changed my life. After my first trip I went from a military track - ROTC/Air Force - to studying philosophy, poetry, art etc., things I had never engaged prior to doing acid - I ultimately got a degree in art history.

Unless you want to stay home your entire life you're never going to be safe. Every single day someone going to the store for some milk, or what have you, gets killed. Every single day. If you want to fully experience life, you have to take the crunchy with the smooth. You'll never have lived a full life without taking risks.

[hamiltontrades]

Going in the middle of the rainforest with strangers at night when it’s raining and having language’s I don’t understand begin chanting would prep me for a bad trip as well.

[alexandre..]

I agree with others.. You tried it yourself, took good precautions and you had a good trip despite going in with fear, but other people shouldn't try it because you've heard a few people have not-so-good experiences...? Ayahuasca is not a recreational "drug"... If you're doing it for fun, then just DONT. 2.) No shaman experienced or not can protect you from yourself or your fears. It's not evil entities you encouter, it's YOU. Your dark side. Your fears. Very misleading review. I guess we should ask, WHY did you do it...? What was your reason/purpose?

[HawaiiLimey]

Ayahuasca saved my life. I also first chose Dreamglade and returned again 2 years later, they're incredible and will take very good care of you even if you're unintentionally abrasive as I was. I had so much pain that had been perpetually wearing me down and causing conflict. I recognize it all now. I faced my demons and quit drinking after 27 years. Still sober 5 years later. Integration is everything, it is you who must take responsibility for your healing. I call it radical self honesty, kinda the reverse of narcissism. Some people get confused and regard the suffering as negative and fail to see the lessons contained within such experiences. Really they're avenues to growth, accept that they're temporary and the pain transient in nature, the storm will pass.

[jaredbis]

It can go both ways. All I can say, I was in a non developed country which is perfect. No new age distractions.

I was in such pain, it is unexplainable. My mind, my body hurt so badly. I knew it was just the ayahuasca. I thought I would wait it out until ayahuasca went away.

Then I realized that it wasn’t the ayahuasca, this pain existed inside me already. I manned up and decided to touch the present moment. It took a long time to submit, but eventually I began sobbing. Screaming and crying like a kid, and reliving things I’ve been through. Trip fades out, and I start laughing and yelling happy birthday to myself. It’s a game changer, but let me tell you. It is so painful, so incredibly painful. You have to be ready. Make sure you can’t run. Give your phone to the proper before you start.

When you come back, don’t let the modern world destroy you. It is poison. It is a lie. We aren’t supposed to live this way.

[howardstrougo]

it's safer then living in New York City

[purehell]

Many more positive experiences than negative. Any “bad” trip I’ve had on lsd, shrooms, mescaline, or dmt... have been some of the best learning experiences I’ve ever had in my life.. bad in the moment but amazing for my soul

[calicrypto]

You also “shouldn’t” try:

1. Sky diving
2. Falling in love
3. Getting a tattoo
4. Moving to a different country
5. Quitting your job
6. Becoming a millionaire
7. Writing that book
8. New experiences

[DreamyVibes]

I just did my first Aya journey. Life changing, beautiful, profound, magical. This is one persons OPINION. To tell people what they should and shouldn’t do isn’t right. This should be titled “Just so you know...” not “Why you shouldn’t”. One of the main points of Aya is for trauma, fears & shadows to be shown in order to heal - if you can’t handle that, then yeah - maybe it isn’t for you, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t for someone else or that they will even experience a “negative” journey. If anything, the way you’re choosing to present this could cause others to have a “negative” experience bc you’re setting that kind of tone. Your perception of the Aya experience is just that - it’s yours. Please don’t project it onto others.🙏🏽🦋🌸

[AskChristian]

The only reason you can attract a low vibrating entity is if you are in a low vibration. Before doing ayahuasca, bufo or any other psychedelic you should spend the previous days meditating and raising your vibration. By law, you cannot attract low vibrational entities if you are in a high vibrational state. Your friend was probably in a negative mood before taking the trip, which is normal if she was afraid, anxious, or even sad. You have to get into it with full trust in the universe and removing the fear of death. I suggest to do a Bufo Alvarius ceremony which is stronger than ayahuasca but it last much less, the reason of this is because with Bufo Alvarius your ego will dissolve immediately and you will experience dead ego and you won’t have time to feel fear. After Bufo experience you can go through Ayahuasca and enjoy the journey with a different perspective and completely fearless knowing that you are nothing and all what it is.

[invectrum]

My 'bad trips' are actually good trips because I learn lessons from them.

[robinskaggs]

I've attended two ceremonies with a shaman. 1st was to heal my marraige and it helped me/saved it. 2nd time I channelled 3 girfriend's pain, their pain and their children's pain. Some of those friends will be joining me for my 3rd ceremony in June. May all who stumble to this page/channel find the peace and love you're looking for. My experiences were priceless. Use your own discernment and find out if it's right for you.

[funmachine]

Anyone afraid of feeling bad is actually afraid of a deeper part of themselves. There’s a reason why you feel what you feel. There’s a reason that negative entity attached to her. I believe the purpose of ayahuasca is to help the light overcome darkness. But some people have to go deeper than others to find their light