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Many of us are ditching prescription medicine and becoming more open to alternative methods. If you aren’t interested in spending years in talk therapy, ayahuasca promises to send its users on a life-affirming trip to connect with their soul and cleanse them from deep rooted trauma. Tracy Fields is a two-time Iraq War veteran who tried for years to combat his PTSD and childhood trauma through traditional therapy. After a single encounter with ayahuasca almost completely eradicated symptoms that had been plaguing him for almost a decade, Tracy started on a journey of extreme healing, which included more than 20 ayahuasca experiences. Today, he is a huge advocate for breaking down the misconceptions around this magical South American brew and facilitating others as they use it to find their own healing. If you’ve been wondering if this experience is for you, make sure to tune in today!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Tracy's experience of being in the military twice before witnessing an extreme road accident.
• Healing modalities he tried, including talk therapy, hypnosis, reiki healing, and EMDR.
• How he heard about ayahuasca from some friends after being diagnosed with PTSD.
• Coping mechanisms, including partying, drinking, sleeping around, and bad choices.
• The period of time he spent in traditional talk therapy supplemented by other modalities.
• How Tracy prepared for his first ayahuasca ceremony through a plant-based diet and abstaining from sex, medication, and alcohol.
• How a good practitioner sets the conditions for success during an ayahuasca ceremony.
• The ceremonial portion of the experience, which entails sitting in absolute silence.
• What happens next: you lie on your mat, and do very little, before it comes on.
• Why the feeling of being completely in tune with your feelings is what is most important.
• The conversation that ensues with the spirit of ayahuasca.
• Comparisons between near death experiences and ayahuasca. 
• Historical mentions and uses of ayahuasca.
• The integration piece of the ayahuasca experience, which happens in conversation.
• How the energy that hasn’t been serving you is released.
• Why Tracy believes that the minimum threshold should be three ceremonies.
• Why he has chosen to do the ceremony more than 20 times and chooses to facilitate it.
• The importance of transitioning off SSRIs before doing an ayahuasca ceremony.
• Why you should always do the research and find a true, experienced Shaman.
• One thing he wants listeners to know about his experience: anything is possible!
• Why ayahuasca has been categorized as a Schedule 1 drug and how you can experience it legally through a church as your right to freedom of religion.
• Why Tracy loves to share the magic he has been blessed with.
• How lessons appear in daily life well after the ayahuasca experience.
• The reaction from Tracy’s parents and stepdaughter after he started using ayahuasca.
  
  

Tweetables:

“You can work out the body, you can work out the mind but, sometimes, where we lack is that we don’t work out the spirit and the soul.” — Tracy Fields [0:07:59]

“Any good practitioner will work to set the conditions for success; it’s safe, it’s comfortable, you’ll have what you need but, more importantly, you have the space available to do the work.” — Tracy Fields [0:11:46]

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