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Healing Depression Via Plant Medicines: The Holistic Approach To Wellness
Western medicine tends to fall short when dealing with depression, but what if a solution is through traditional medicines that have been demonized within our culture?
After working closely with hundreds of guests at a shamanic healing center, I learned a thing or two about the healing power of plant medicines in the context of tradition and ceremony.
The individuals who sought out ancestral medicines came for different reasons, however, I found there were three main camps:
- Curiosity: After reading the many stories tucked away in the deep corners of the web, many individuals simply wanted to see what all the commotion was about.
- Spiritual growth: Many individuals on a spiritual path wanted to further explore their consciousness, address certain roadblocks, and attain guidance or wisdom.
- Deep healing: The most common reason people sought out these medicines was to heal the emotional issues that they were facing.
The emotional issues people had were a mixed bag, and often they were quite severe.
Some of the people I supported throughout their medicine journeys involved:
- Substance abuse and addiction
- Lack of self-love, core shame, etc.
- Mourning and loss of loved ones
- PTSD (mostly in veterans)
- Emotional…