Nick Polizzi created a documentary taking eight severely ill patients to the Amazon for thirty days to experience a natural healing using indigenous medicine — a journey through a both physically and mentally life-transforming experience. Listen to this outrageous trip, expand your perception, and even find the answers that traditional medicine has not been able to give you.

 

Key Takeaways:

[:18] How far will you go to heal?

[1:18] Nick Polizzi´s career

[3:21] Tracking an indigenous medicine man in the amazon

[3:59] The gurus in indigenous cultures

[5:05] What is important in the ceremonies and rituals?

[6:01] Confronting your own mortality

[7:04] Adults more grounded; physically and mentally healthy.

[7:22] The elders in different cultures

[8:37] Rites of passage

[9:31] Willingly putting yourself in discomfort is very powerful.

[10:07] To force yourself to face fears.

[10:56] Ancient wisdom and the contribution to health

[11:41] Reverence for the medicine

[12:41] Being thankful and connect with the medicine you are about to take

[13:30] Documentary

[14:35] Severely ill patients that were looking for anything to save their life

[17:35] Remove any distraction you might have that would allow you to escape from who you really are.

[18:34] You and nature, nothing else

[18:50] Disease as an opportunity for spiritual growth

[19:35] Confront thoughts.

[20:10] What happened with the patients that participate with the documentary?

[20:59] Biggest takeaway from the whole experience

[21:25] Perception of death and dying

[21:41] Shamans do not heal, but remove the blocks that prevent the patients from healing themselves.

[23:00] What is the thing that you do everyday, that makes a big difference in your life?

[24:56] Connectedness with everything around

[25:51] Fear of giving up the person we think we are

[26:44] Get into yourself, and just be.

[27:15] Jjvirgin.com/nick

[27:58] Have the right breakfast.

[28:22] jjvirgin.com/products

[28:40] Listeners’ questions

[28:48] How do you stay healthy when travelling?

[28:56] Habits give you freedom

[29:02] What do you need to pack?

[30:01] Burst training

[30:50] Room away from the elevator

[31:04] Facebook page JJVirgin fanclub

 

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