Scott Riley shares the fascinating journey of mind, body, and spirit that helped him cure his rheumatoid arthritis and depression.

For complete show notes, visit http://youcuredwhat.com/podcast/scott[2:40] Scott provides his background dealing with rheumatoid arthritis.

[3:40] Scott tried some immunosuppressant drugs for his autoimmune condition: rheumatoid arthritis.

[5:10] Scott found one pharmaceutical drug which helped for about six months. But then it stopped working and this was very discouraging.

[5:55] Scott describes his rock bottom point. It was in June 2014: his joint pain made it difficult to open doors, brush his teeth, and to go up and down stairs.

[6:50] Scott also started to feel very isolated and withdrawn.

[8:40] Scott lacked any hope and had what might be described as suicidal depression. "I certainly did not want to be here."

[11:05] After researching people who had success with autoimmune conditions online, Scott came across the documentary Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. In the documentary, the main person Joe Cross, healed from an autoimmune condition by going on a 60-day juice fast.

[12:30] Scott decided a 60-day juice fast would be worth trying. He decided to combine the approaches of two juicing documentaries: Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead (by Joe Cross) and Super Juice Me (by Jason Vale).

[14:30] Six months out from January 2015, Scott booked a trip to the Peruvian Amazon to be treated by tribes there with plant medicines.

[15:30] In the Amazon, Scott was treated with wachuma, ayahuasca, and bobinsana. Scott originally heard about the idea from Aubrey Marcus on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

[17:45] What was Scott's experience like on the juice fast?

[23:45] What were some of the tangible effects of the juice fast that started to show up about four weeks in?

[28:00] Between the 60-day juice fast and his trip to Peru, Scott's diet was "clean" and consisted mainly of steamed veggies, chicken, and fish. No refined sugar, processed foods, or added salt.

[28:45] What was Scott's first solid food meal after his 60-day fast?

[30:45] Booking the trip to Peru was key for Scott in his healing and for him sticking to his juice fast.

[31:25] The place Scott went to in Peru is Sprit Quest Sanctuary near Iquitos.

[32:45] The treatments (the plant medicines mentioned earlier) have a psychoactive component.

[40:30] Scott describes the setup of SpiritQuest Sanctuary at his arrival.

[45:20] Scott recommends Michael Pollan's book How to Change Your Mind as a good Western look at psychedelic/psychoactive drugs/medicines. The book describes some of the neuroplasticity that can be achieved by psychedelics.

[50:00] Scott describes the start of the Peruvian treatment and the focus placed upon setting intentions. "Whenever you set the intention to actually take the medicine, it begins working."

[54:30] This (ayahuasca) was Scott's first experience with psychoactive medicine.

[1:00:00] Ayahuasca treatments were every other night at SpiritQuest Sanctuary.

[1:04:20] Part of the healing process involved the entire SpiritQuest group (approximately 20 people being treated) getting together and sharing their experiences the morning after ayahuasca treatments.

[1:10:00] The ayahuasca portion of treatment was challenging; the wachuma portion was uplifting. Scott had set two intentions in Peru: to help others improve the quality and circumstances of their lives, and to find other likeminded people to connect with.

[1:14:30] Scott found out about the Wim Hof Method and took the 10-week course: it took him from a prevention mindset (keep the bad symptoms away) to an optimization mindset (as in, "I'm capable of so much more than I realized").

[1:17:00] Scott became a certified Wim Hof instructor. The Wim Hof Method has 3 pillars: breathwork, cold immersion, and mindset. It helps train your nervous system to go from "fight-or-flight" to "rest-and-digest"; it helps