The Curandera Podcast

Part 2 of our September 2026 webinar special in The Curandera Podcast.

Watch Part 2 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUHihqRczr8
Watch the webinar on our website: https://www.curandera.co/ayahuasca-education/webinars/september-2026/?utm_source=transistor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=webinar_september_2026&utm_content=part_2
Listen to Part 1: https://share.transistor.fm/s/cb449f8a

Ayahuasca, the right use of sacred medicine, and becoming whole.

In Part 2 of this September 2026 webinar, Tatiana Aya Tupinambá returns from the Ayahuasca Forum in Spain, where Indigenous voices spoke louder than ever before, and asks a question for all of us: what is the right use of sacred medicine?

Speaking from the Atlantic Forest on Brazil's Costa Verde, Tatiana reflects on what happened to tobacco when it was taken out of its sacred context, the push to patent and legalize plant medicines, and the Indigenous communities who still guard the forest where ayahuasca comes from.

She shares how she found her way back to the jungle, the moment her maestro sent her to bring the medicine to others, and why a curandera is first someone who heals herself. She also speaks about master plant dietas, isolation and fasting, and how to choose who to sit with in ceremony.

Audience questions cover retreats in Portuguese, couples and ceremony, protecting the forest from overconsumption, and whether to try psilocybin before ayahuasca. Tatiana also shares upcoming offerings in Brazil, including December ceremonies with the Yawanawá and a New Year's retreat. It closes with an ícaro for Mocura, a plant of life force, and words of gratitude.

Watch Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gl7zTXmrFk

CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome back
00:51 Indigenous voices at the Ayahuasca Forum in Spain
02:23 What is the right use of sacred medicine?
05:27 What happened to tobacco? A lesson for ayahuasca, iboga, and psilocybin
07:26 Where the medicine comes from: the forest and its guardians
09:26 A new home in Brazil's Atlantic Forest
12:35 Learning the Amazonian way: dietas, isolation, and fasting
14:13 Ayahuasca and master plant dietas
15:53 Every plant is medicine: learning from the divine in nature
19:47 Inner conflict, outer war: know thyself
22:22 How does someone become a curandera?
23:51 Tatiana's story: from hell back to the jungle
25:18 "Go bring this medicine to others"
27:08 Returning to her roots and becoming the medicine
29:27 Self-proclaimed shamans and choosing who to sit with
32:51 Q&A: Will there be retreats in Portuguese?
34:12 Protecting the forest: territory, mining, and consumerism
36:13 Should couples drink ayahuasca together?
37:07 Upcoming retreats in Brazil and dietas with the Yawanawá
40:05 Should you try psilocybin before ayahuasca?
43:57 Letting go and becoming whole
47:10 How the dieta windows will work
48:10 Ícaro for Mocura, the plant of life force
51:28 Gratitude and farewell

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A NOTE ON CARE
This conversation shares personal experiences and traditional and spiritual perspectives. It is not medical advice or a substitute for medical care. Health claims made by a speaker should not be taken as established clinical evidence. Do not stop prescribed treatment or use plants to treat illness on the basis of this video.

Ayahuasca is not a quick fix. Preparation, informed consent, appropriate screening, and integration matter. Sexual predation, financial exploitation, manipulation, and patriarchal abuses of power must be named and challenged. Your boundaries and your freedom to say no or leave must be respected. Responsibility for abuse belongs to the person who commits it.

#Curandera #Ayahuasca #IndigenousWisdom

Part 1 of our September 2026 webinar special in The Curandera Podcast.

Watch Part 1 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gl7zTXmrFk
Watch the webinar on our website: https://www.curandera.co/ayahuasca-education/webinars/september-2026/?utm_source=transistor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=webinar_september_2026&utm_content=part_1
Continue listening to Part 2: https://share.transistor.fm/s/1aa9e68d

Ayahuasca, discernment, and the lifelong path of a curandera.

In this September 2026 webinar, Tatiana Aya Tupinambá shares reflections on Indigenous knowledge, learning with the forest, and remembering how to care for ourselves and one another.

What does it take to become a curandera? How do we approach a facilitator with discernment? And how can a relationship with nature begin in our everyday lives?

Speaking from Brazil, Tatiana reflects on her years of learning in the Peruvian Amazon, returning to her ancestral land, and the responsibility that accompanies working with sacred plants.

The conversation includes traditional plant dietas, songs and ícaros, rapé, women's autonomy, and audience questions. It closes with a sung ícaro and words of gratitude.

You do not need to take ayahuasca to belong in this conversation. There is room to listen, question, and move at your own pace.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome: remembering what lives within us
01:48 Indigenous voices at the World Ayahuasca Forum
05:38 Responsibility, humility, and malpractice
07:45 Choosing a facilitator with discernment
09:09 Ceremony, celebration, and serious inner work
12:59 Returning to Brazil and the Atlantic Forest
17:48 What does it take to be a curandera?
21:53 Intention and tending the inner garden
26:12 Training in the forest: isolation, fear, and learning
32:33 Plant dietas and honoring a teaching lineage
36:00 Audience questions and community updates
37:44 Traditional plant knowledge and the elders
45:50 Plant songs, listening, and respect
50:52 Connecting with the plants around you
52:19 Rapé: tradition, intention, and overuse
57:14 Women's cycles, autonomy, and patriarchal taboos
1:01:18 What does “Jedi training” mean?
1:05:04 Closing ícaro
1:09:22 Gratitude and farewell

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Which reflection stayed with you? Share a timestamp and your thoughts in the comments, without sharing anything you would rather keep private.

A NOTE ON CARE
This conversation shares personal experiences and traditional and spiritual perspectives. It is not medical advice or a substitute for medical care. Health claims made by a speaker should not be taken as established clinical evidence. Do not stop prescribed treatment or use plants to treat illness on the basis of this video.

Ayahuasca is not a quick fix. Preparation, informed consent, appropriate screening, and integration matter. Sexual predation, financial exploitation, manipulation, and patriarchal abuses of power must be named and challenged. Your boundaries and your freedom to say no or leave must be respected. Responsibility for abuse belongs to the person who commits it.

#Curandera #Ayahuasca #IndigenousWisdom

What does it mean to create a home where learning from the plants becomes part of everyday life?

In the first episode of the Curandera Podcast, Charles Johnston and Tatiana Aya Tupinambá introduce the forest home and center they are developing in Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest. Tatiana shares why she wanted a place that combines immersion in nature with comfort, stability, and time to learn beyond a weekend retreat.

Reflecting on her years studying with Maestro Juan Flores, she describes her vision for plant dietas, quiet reflection, and longer periods of learning. The conversation moves from life in the garden and the relationship between soil and food to the old jequitibá tree nearby, professional support, and opportunities to learn alongside Indigenous teachers and elders.

At its heart, this opening conversation is about the relationship between the medicine and the way we live—how we eat, spend our time, care for our surroundings, and become examples for one another.

Watch the video episode:
https://youtu.be/dzO6dSRjFMI

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