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Laura Ritchie
Mar 7
First Time Fears with Ayahuasca
Call of Ayahuasca: Embracing Fear on a Journey to Healing Life has an uncanny way of leading us down paths we never expected, and guiding...


Jeanae White
Aug 17, 2024
Celebrating 10 Years!
It’s hard to believe we’ve just passed a milestone of a whole decade free of drugs and working with plant medicine. What a DREAM!...


Laura Ritchie
Jun 28, 2024
The Dangers of Perfectionism: How Striving for the Best Can Backfire
Perfectionism is the relentless pursuit of flawless performance, and an unattainable standard of excellence.


Jeanae White
Apr 30, 2024
If your Ayahuasca Facilitator uses a Playlist, they haven't been Formally Trained. Here's Why:
Recorded music or a playlist can not interpret the energies that exist in a space.


Jeanae White
Jul 13, 2023
Jeanae's Story
Get to know Jeanae, one of the owners and facilitators of New Life Ayahuasca.


Laura Ritchie
Jun 14, 2023
Evaluating and Improving Self-Worth
Improving Self-Worth and Confidence We all have a deep-rooted desire to feel confident in ourselves and our abilities. Yet, we often...


Jeanae White
May 5, 2023
Finding the Best Ayahuasca Retreat in Costa Rica
Finding the best ayahuasca retreat can be difficult, here we offer some guidance to find the best ayahuasca retreat in Costa Rica.


Jeanae White
May 1, 2023
PART 3 - Guide to choosing an Ayahuasca Retreat
Welcome back to our guide on choosing an ayahuasca retreat. In PART 1 and PART 2 we covered location, accommodation, shaman, ceremony,...


Jeanae White
May 1, 2023
PART 2 - Guide to choosing an Ayahuasca Retreat
In PART 1 we established that when choosing which ayahuasca retreat is right for you, the first thing is to decide on a location and what...


Jeanae White
May 1, 2023
PART 1 - Guide to choosing an Ayahuasca Retreat
Welcome to PART 1 of our 3 PART series on how to choose an ayahuasca retreat. Let’s start with the basics, where do you want to drink...


Jeanae White
May 1, 2023
The Ultimate Guide to choosing an Ayahuasca Retreat - UPDATED 2024
You’ve felt the medicine calling and you’ve decided to attend an ayahuasca retreat, but where do you start? With the growing popularity...


Laura Ritchie
Feb 27, 2023
Obstacles to Spiritual Health & How to Overcome Them
Many of us pay special attention to our physical health. We exercise, stretch, drink a ton of water, eat the right foods. Physical...


Laura Ritchie
Jan 21, 2023
Setting Intentions: Expectation vs. Intention
Expectations are ideals we create in our minds of how things should be. They create demands on ourselves and others that are often...


Laura Ritchie
Dec 20, 2022
Gratitude and Surrender
Gratitude It’s easy to be grateful when good things happen to us. We got a promotion we’d been wanting, had a beautiful baby, or started...


Jeanae White
Nov 22, 2022
The Ayahuasca Diet and Master Plant Dietas
What exactly is the ayahuasca diet? Is it the same as a dieta? Do you really need to abstain from sex? What about alcohol and salt?

Jeanae White
Oct 27, 2021
Matt's Story - HBO's VICE
Get to know our owner and ayahuasquero, Matthew, and how he went from being a heroin addict in Philadelphia to become an ayahuasquero....


Jeanae White
Sep 21, 2021
Embracing Darkness to Find Light
We all hold light and darkness within our self. Light can only exist because of darkness. Both light and dark experiences are teachers,...


Jeanae White
Nov 11, 2020
Lessons from Ayahuasca
The first time I experienced ayahuasca was in 2014 and my mind was completely blown by the things I learned. The mother spirit revealed...


Jeanae White
Sep 27, 2020
How to Prepare for a Retreat
6 Ways to Prepare for an Ayahuasca Retreat So you’ve booked a retreat and now you’re wondering how to prepare. It’s normal to feel...


Jeanae White
Aug 7, 2019
Can group sizes affect the ayahuasca experience?
In this blog we discuss the value of experiencing ayahuasca in an intimate group setting with less than 10 participants per retreat.
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