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The Transformative Power of Ayahuasca: Wisdom from the Psychedelics w/ Jakob Gricar
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Episode 1 – Today's guest is Jakob Gricar, the co-founder of Vortex Retreats, a retreat company that combines movement, breathwork, sound healing, and plant medicine. Jakob has travelled over 40 countries in the world and has worked with Indigenous communities in Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. For the last four years, he’s done deep work with plant medicine and psychedelic journeys.
He joins me today to dive into:
• his Ayahuasca experiences in Peru
• his experience with 5-MeO-DMT and Yopo
• his microdosing experiments with psilocybin
• how Jakob overcame depression
• the lessons he's learned from plant medicine
• what it was like to leave his home country
• how to listen to the clues and signs from the Universe
• his dilemma when it comes to manifestation
• how Dolores Cannon's work impacted him
• his self-hypnosis experiments
• and his wild travel stories
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:35 Jakob's story of healing his body
14:00 Leaving his home country to travel
26:35 Jakob's first time trying shrooms
43:19 Jakob's wild hitchhiking story
51:57 Jakob's first Ayahuasca trip
1:02:30 Doing the shadow work
1:09:25 Finding the magic in life
1:24:27 The nature of reality & Dolores Cannon
1:41:00 Trusting the Divine Plan
1:55:44 How to live an epic life
Connect with Jakob Gricar:
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jakobgricar/
• Vortex Retreats: https://www.vortexretreats.com/
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• Newsletter: https://jamesxander.com
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/emperorjames
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/emperorjames
• Mission: https://1billionhumans.com
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