The yagé or ayahuasca diet
The medicine diet about conscious consumption.
Preparation for Yagé ceremony begins with intention and cleansing in your regular life. The diet or ‘dieta’ helps to keep ceremony safe and comfortable and show intent for a clear and healing ceremony. But in reality the diet extends far beyond ceremony, as you learn how to eat with intention.
Fresh food for ceremony from the Colombian Amazon
The medicine is an amazing way to learn how to heat well for your body. This is not only in eating the right foods for ceremony, but it can extend into life-long changes in consumption and eating habits.
Diet for yagé or ayahuasca ceremony
Ideally you begin your dieta one week prior to ceremony. But you should follow these eating and lifestyle recommendations for a minimum three days prior, and twenty-four hours afterward.
During the ceremony the diet we provide is specifically tuned to restore electrolyte depletion, strengthen you for ceremony, and not interfere with the healing and restorative processes.
To prepare for ceremony, avoid foods such as red meat, pork, dairy, spicy foods, garlic, citrus, and dark drinks (coffee, chocolate and sodas), ice, ice cream, ice cold drinks, and alcohol.
In their place select plant-based foods that are organic and as natural as possible. Food that are preferable include fish, eggs, vegetables, lentils, soups, rice, beans, and fruits.
Extending the diet for yagé or ayahuasca ceremony
The ceremony diet isn’t just about foods, its also about conscious use of chemicals, intellectual stimulants, and distractions.
During the ceremony and in preparation for the ceremony avoid synthetic soap, perfume, toiletries. Especially misquito spray containing DEET and other strong chemicals.
It is also wise to refrain from social media, and television and substitute activities like meditation, journaling, and gratitude practices.
Refrain from sexual activity and other forms of sexual release for three days prior to the ceremony to conserve vital energy for the ceremony itself.
Menstruation and yagé or ayahuasca ceremony
Women who are menstruating are not allowed to enter into traditional ceremony in the Colombian Amazon.
This ceremony is administered by male medicine doctors and female menstruation is considered a time of strong feminine energy which can disrupt the balance of a ceremony. To be respectful in traditional culture, women should time ceremony attendance so it doesn’t conflict with menstruation. We can accommodate women who are menstruating on site, but they may have to use separate living and eating accommodations during their cycle.
(We’re happy to explain this further, just contact us!)
