Tudo sobre ayahuasca + cerimônia: documentário

0:00Ayahuasca.

0:01The most controversial brew

0:03in the world.

0:04Ayahuasca experiences

0:06are very challenging.

0:09For some, it is a blessing...

0:10There is no doubt, nowadays,

0:12that it really can be a medicine.

0:14And for others, it can be

0:16upsetting.

0:19And then I said: it may come.

0:23Because I'm ready.

0:26After all,

0:27can anyone drink Ayahuasca?

0:29People who have

0:31schizophrenia

0:32bipolar disorder,

0:34a diagnosis of psychosis...

0:36And what happens to our brain

0:39and body after we drink it?

0:41And then my body started to levitate.

0:43In order to find answers,

0:45I traveled to the heart of the Peruvian Amazon

0:48and performed an Ayahuasca ceremony

0:50with a local shaman.

0:51And now our experience begins.

0:54But feeling

0:56the healing effects

0:56on your skin and soul

0:58was not enough.

1:00It was a very magical

1:02and transformative experience.

1:04At the same time, it was a difficult one.

1:07In order to unravel

1:09all the mysteries of this brew,

1:12I went to Natal

1:13to talk to two of the greatest

1:16Ayahuasca experts in Brazil

1:18and to understand what scientists

1:21have to say about it.

1:22It is completely not recommended

1:24to mix it with ayahuasca...

1:25One of the main questions is...

1:28At the end of this documentary,

1:30all your main questions about Ayahuasca

1:33will be answered.

1:35Let's go.

1:36Have a great trip,

1:38my friend Pedro.

1:47Let's start with the basics.

1:49What is Ayahuasca?

1:51Ayahuasca is a brew

1:53that originated from

1:55the originial people in Amazon watershed.

1:57Fernanda Palhano, Researcher at the Brain Institute - UFRN

2:03And it is mainly a blend

2:05of two plants, right?

2:07Which are popularly known

2:08as Jagube, or Mariri,

2:10and Chacrona.

2:12Now he has found the Chacrona.

2:15Chacrona is the other ingredient in Ayahuasca

2:18to make the right effect.

2:21Linder, tourist guide and Shaman's helper

2:26And this is what cures you of all your ailments.

2:30It cleans you up.

2:31Give you intelligence.

2:34And many other things.

2:35Leoncio, local shaman.

2:39And then you can see how precious the world is.

2:43And it can be a medicine for people

2:44who are in a state

2:46of illness, of sadness...

2:49Prof. Nicole Galvão Coelho, Department of Physiology and Behavior UFRN

2:54of very serious symptoms,..

2:56Especially we, who treats mental health issues,

2:58have prescribed different types of treatment

3:00that have had no response

3:01But we really see patients

3:02returning to life.

3:06Chacrona and Mariri within it.

3:11Perfect.

3:12Here we mix them.

3:15Let's put them

3:18over here...

3:25For example, this amount

3:27of Mariri and Chacrona

3:31is enough for how many ceremonies, more or less?

3:35More than 8.

3:36More than 8?

3:37More than 8 small glasses.

3:41On average, do people drink one glass at each ceremony?

3:43Yes, yes...

3:45There are a lot of questions

3:46that we must ask.

3:47Is that specific person capable of drinking it,

3:50in terms of physical and mental health?

3:52Are them ready?

3:53Is it performed in a suitable environment?

3:55A controlled environment?

3:56Is it safe?

3:57Do you know what's inside that preparation?

4:00Is it really Ayahuasca?

4:02In general, what we say about Ayahuasca

4:05or any other psychedelic substances

4:08is that people who have

4:10schizophrenia

4:12bipolar disorder,

4:13some diagnosis of psychosis

4:17of their own or even in their family, right?

4:19When you have a close relative with this diagnosis,

4:21it should be avoided.

4:22And also

4:24the issue of

4:26decompensated cardiovascular disease,

4:29some types of medication

4:30should also be avoided. There are some

4:32older types of antidepressants,

4:34which should also be...

4:36avoided.

4:36It is completely not recommended to mix it with Ayahuasca.

4:42The population goes to religious centers.

4:45Not only in the city

4:47but also in the forest.

4:49The shamans are very careful

4:51to observe all these criteria

4:53so that a person who cannot

4:55actually drink Ayahuasca

4:57bacause it cant lead to some negative effects,

4:59as we sometimes hear about.

5:02Do you also put cigarettes inside?

5:05Yes. Those are mapachos.

5:07Tobacco.

5:09Tobacco is what we call MAPACHO here.

5:12Mapacho?

5:13Yes...

5:13And what is mapacho for?

5:16It works to cleanse the stomach and body.

5:20Ah... so you can clean it up.

5:21As a cleaning substance too.

5:23Yes.. To clean it.

5:24This is mixed with Mariri.

5:29Perfect.

5:30And chacrona.

5:31And is this also natural?

5:32Yes. It's natural.

5:34It's natural.

5:36Tobacco is a plant.

5:37Which measures approximately 1.30m

5:40Perfect.

5:40So you take the tobacco straight from the plant

5:44and put it here?

5:45And we put it here.

5:46And do people smoke too?

5:47Exactly...

5:48But it's super natural. Isn't it like cigarettes?

5:50Super natural...

5:52Normally shamans smoke a lot during the ceremony

5:55and clients

5:56and tourists can do so if they wish.

5:59Is there a reason for it to be like this?

6:01Yes. It's for healing our entire body.

6:06Very well...

6:07Now let's add water.

6:08That. That's fine.

6:13Put it on, put it on without fear. You can put it all over.

6:26They are boiling together

6:28for hours or even days.

6:30It will depend a lot on the tradition

6:32behind the preparation.

6:35They will give form to,

6:36they will give rise to this

6:39brownish liquid

6:40that some traditions call Vegetal,

6:43others call Daime,

6:44they call Ayahuasca,

6:46they call Hoasca...

6:47So there are many names for the same preparation.

6:51Maniti Eco Lodge (Our hotel for 4 days in the Amazon)

6:56There are many

6:57important things that you have to keep in mind

6:59before doing Ayahuasca.

7:01One of them is a wish list

7:03of the things that you most want to come out

7:05during the ceremony,

7:06what you want to be healed

7:08or what you want to see during the ceremony

7:10and it is very important that you currently are

7:11in a very good state of mind

7:14so that you have the best experience possible.

7:17But one thing I want to make clear to you,

7:20as a request,

7:21as if it were my letter of intent.

7:23You have to be very careful on

7:25every guidance given during

7:27an Ayahuasca ceremony,

7:28such as following a special and almost vegan diet 3 days before

7:32not having sexual intercourse...

7:34and several others instructions that changes from place to place,

7:37I think the most important of all

7:39is knowing where

7:40you are going to take your Ayahuasca brew.

7:42One of the main issues is

7:45keeping yourself in a safe environment

7:46and alongside a person

7:48who knows

7:50how to deal with it

7:52and to guide

7:53the experience in a proper way.

7:55Do it with an experienced shaman.

7:57Look for reviews.

7:59Look for guidance.

8:00Don't do it with just anyone.

8:02Don't buy it anywhere.

8:03Because, then

8:04you can have a very negative experience.

8:07You have to carefully evaluate,

8:08whether there is authorization,

8:10whether the person doing the ceremony

8:12has experience or not,

8:14whether it is a place where,

8:15if you need any help,

8:16people will be able to help you.

8:18If there is someone from the medical field nearby,

8:20for example, taking part of it,

8:21if it is a case of

8:23a group environment...

8:25So do it carefully

8:27here in Iquitos, obviously you can do it

8:29at Maniti Lodge,

8:31here at the Camp

8:32you can do it with Maniti Expeditions,

8:34but regardless of where you do it,

8:37please be very careful

8:39and do it with someone experienced

8:41in order to have the best ceremony

8:42and experience possible.

8:44Ayahuasca is not a recreational drug.

8:47Whoever thinks that are going to take Ayahuasca

8:49in order to feel

8:51happy, joyful...

8:52it can happen, but a lot of difficult things may also come out.

8:55Especially in the context of people

8:56who is goig through some medical treatment,

8:58who have this issue of psychological support

9:00to be able to work through

9:01all this difficulty,

9:04this difficult feeling,

9:05old traumas, sometimes, that return...

9:07Feelings that the person is not prepared to deal with.

9:10So it is a very important issue

9:13and one that must be closely monitored

9:15by specialized people.

9:16That doesn't necessarily need to be a psychologist.

9:19We talk about a psychologist

9:20because we are in a clinical context.

9:22But it could be a shaman.

9:23This is Leoncio, who you already know...

9:27who has worked with us for many years.

9:30He is an elderly man

9:32who also has a lot of experience

9:34when it comes to Ayahuasca.

9:39Any questions?

9:40You can do it to Leoncio.

9:42No... I just want to thank you

9:45for the opportunity to

9:48take Ayahuasca

9:49and do this ceremony here in Iquitos

9:52with you.

9:53And I'm very happy, very happy.

9:56And may it be a very beautiful ceremony

9:59for all of us.

10:01And I just want to enjoy the night with you

10:05and thank you so much for allowing me to take part in it.

10:08Sometimes, someone didn't have a prior issue.

10:10But

10:12some issue arose during the ceremony

10:15and the person had to deal with it afterwards.

10:18And, many times, dealing with it afterwards is difficult.

10:21In many cases, people don't have a proper

10:23support, right?

10:24In order to deal with it the best way possible.

10:28So it could be something new

10:30that you can't

10:34handle it properly afterwards or there will be some issues

10:37that you have to deal with

10:39after...

10:41after the cerimony.

10:42Very good.

10:43Before you drink it,

10:46I'll show you that...

10:48we have a bathroom

10:49and I'll be responsible for you.

10:52We have a bucket in case you want to vomit...

10:57Sometimes you vomit, sometimes you don't.

10:59Because Ayahuasca works within.

11:02Very well...

11:03You also have your things

11:05and your water

11:06but during the ceremony you cannot drink it

11:09because the Ayahuasca has to work on you.

11:13If you want to wet your mouth

11:15after drinking it because it has a woody taste

11:18you can wet your mouth a little

11:20and then spit it into the bucket.

11:22Ayahuasca also has

11:23the issue of inducing vomiting and diarrhea,

11:25so it's interesting that, even if you don't want to

11:28take the spiritual component into consideration,

11:31please don't go for an Ayahuasca cerimony

11:33as you were going to a barbecue.

11:34Because you will still have that

11:36digestion process in our stomach, which is not very nice.

11:38So avoid some foods

11:41derived from milk, for example.

11:43Wine or sausages. Ham...

11:46These are foods that may interact

11:49with these monoamine oxidase inhibitors.

11:53And now our experience begins.

11:56I also want to ask you

11:57to have as much positive thinking as possible

12:00so that you can do this experience with me

12:02in order to keep us both safe.

12:04We hope to create this positive aura

12:06to make it a wonderful experience.

12:12We can start...

12:16This is a chacapa

12:18to remove bad things from the body.

12:21Perfect.

12:22Let's do some cleaning now.

12:26I am protected and clean.

12:28Of course...

12:29And will Ayahuasca also cleanse everything?

12:32Yes... and when you vomit too.

12:34Perfect.

12:38This is important because when we vomit

12:40or go to the bathroom

12:41people think it might be something bad

12:44but it is a good thing because it is cleaning up

12:46and taking all the bad things away from you.

12:49You understand what happens with medicine.

12:55Medicine always helps to cleanse, heal and protect.

13:00Let's do it.

13:03Each experience is very unique.

13:06Very individual.

13:07And very unexpected.

13:10So

13:11the same person

13:13can take

13:15Ayahuasca

13:16one day...

13:17But, a month from now, if they take it again,

13:19they will have a completely different experience.

13:21Even though in the same context

13:23with the same people and being himself.

13:27And, finally,

13:29the moment I waited

13:30for so many years has come.

13:33While I try to control my anxiety

13:36in these final minutes

13:37before drinking Ayahuasca,

13:39Leoncio reassures me with his prayer

13:42and the purification of the environment

13:44in order to everything goes well.

13:46In the name of the father, the son, the holy spirit, amen.

13:49Amen.

13:53Do I take it all at once?

13:55Yes. All at once.

13:59Ask for Ayahuasca.

14:00Close your eyes and

14:02mind. Make your wishes.

14:07All at once...

14:09and that's it.

14:17Cheers.

14:38You can wet your mouth if you want.

14:39No...

14:41You can give it to me.

14:45Now there's no going back.

14:47My transformative journey

14:49begins.

14:51Quiet, peaceful. Breathe.

14:53Let's begin the ceremony of Pedro,

14:55who took the medicine.

14:57May today it be a powerful

15:01and wonderful experience.

15:02Close your eyes.

15:03In the name of the father, the son, the holy spirit, amen.

15:13Turn off the light...

15:15Let's turn off the light now, Anita.

15:23Close your eyes, my friend Pedro.

15:25Concentrate.

15:27Follow the songs and you will hear

15:30the songs of the shaman.

15:34The songs you will hear, the whistles...

15:37This chacapa beats will sound like music for you.

15:41Have a great trip, my friend Pedro.

15:45Thanks!

15:51Leoncio insisted on doing the entire ceremony in the dark...

15:54because soon I'm going to start having very intense visions.

15:59When you take it,

16:00in a

16:02ritualistic

16:03context, the music is part

16:05of the experience.

16:06Music often guides the experience.

16:08Music can often

16:10rescue you from difficult moments.

16:34Once you drink Ayahuasca,

16:35after 20 or 30 minutes,

16:38you start to feel

16:40several changes, right?

16:42Changes in your body,

16:43changes in the way you see things,

16:45in the way you listen,

16:48in the way you perceive the environment

16:49and the passage of time...

16:51At the beginning, for example,

16:52it was as if I had it in the Arquivo Confidencial, you know?

16:55That a lot of people come and say good things about myself?

16:57But it is quite the opposite.

16:58My biggest traumas

16:59and things that trigger me the most showed up

17:01and then it started to give me despair.

17:03Man, I don't want to see this anymore, I don't.

17:05But you don't have that control, right?

17:06Ah, so a new image comes after the other...

17:08You don't have that control.

17:12After 50 minutes of ceremony I started to have many different visions.

17:18Linder: Are you okay, Pedro?

17:20Leoncio: How are you?

17:21Pedro: Well, well, well...

17:22Leoncio: I'm glad you're okay.

17:24Pedro: Yes, yes, yes. We can continue...

17:29Experiences with Ayahuasca

17:31are very challenging.

17:33It's not usual that people

17:35ask for another another one

17:36in a very short period of time.

17:38This is also something that greatly differentiates it

17:40from other psychedelics.

17:41There is also the physical issue:

17:43diarrhea, vomiting...

17:45So, among the classic psychedelics,

17:48Ayahuasca is

17:50one of the substances

17:51that really

17:52has the lowest risk of dependence.

17:55I started vomiting

17:56as if purging myself of everything.

17:58When I picked up the bucket,

18:00I was already crying

18:01with joy and laughing.

18:07Leoncio: throw it out, Pedrito.

18:11I vomited 4 times during the entire ceremony.

18:19Leoncio sings to invoke the Ayahuasca mother, the spirits and Jesus...

18:26to bestow their blessings and to give us strength during the ceremony.

18:56Pedro: Linder, can I go to the bathroom?

18:58Linder: Yes. Of course.

19:00Towards the end of the ceremony, I went to the bathroom to pee.

19:05I didn't have any symptoms of diarrhea.

19:13Generally, these effects

19:15will last 4, 5 hours.

19:17Afterwards, they will decrease.

19:20Linder: Pedro...

19:21Pedro: Hi...

19:22Linder: if you want to lie down, you can.

19:25Linder: If you want to lie down, you can.

19:27Pedro: Ah... perfect. I want to lie down.

19:32Pedro: Ok. Here's good.

19:35Pedro: Here it is good.

19:37At the end of the ceremony, I lay down next to Anna (my wife),

19:41who were alongside me throughout the ritual.

19:54Pedro: Ahhh, very good!

19:59Linder: Anita...

20:03Linder: If you want tostay with him, you can.

20:05Linder: Because he's conscious.

20:09Linder: If you want to give him a hand, you can too.

20:13Linder: Don't worry.

20:15Pedro: Mô...

20:15Anna: Hi...

20:16Pedro: That was the biggest...

20:21Pedro: I have to apologize for all the times

20:24Pedro: I used the word transcendental.

20:28Peter: I was wrong.

20:30Pedro: That’s transcendental.

20:33Peter: I'm sorry!

20:40Anna: I'm so happy for you!

20:43Anna: I love you. Pedro: I love you too.

20:44Leoncio: Pedro...

20:47Leoncio: Now I'm going to end the ceremony, ok?

21:01Everything you felt during the cerimony:

21:03memories, insights

21:07or difficult moments that you went through,

21:10you will have to carry them

21:12for the next day

21:13and the days that follow.

21:15Leoncio: In Christ, the almighty of medicine.

21:17Leoncio: In the name of the father, the son, the holy spirit, amen.

21:21Linder: Amen, amen, amen, Pedrito.

21:24Pedro: Thank you very much, Leoncio.

21:25Pedro: One of the best experiences of my life!

21:29Pedro: Thank you very much. Thank you very much.

21:37Pedro: Thank you, Linder.

21:39Pedro: Thank you.

21:40Linder: Quiet, calm.

21:45Anna: I took everythig. It's all right.

21:48Anna: Come on.

21:54Anna: Good evening.

21:55Pedro: Good evening, Leoncio. Thank you very much.

22:05The ceremony ended yesterday

22:06at 1 A.M.,

22:07now it's 9 A.M.

22:09at the same day, right?

22:10The next day.

22:11I'm still a little dizzy from the effects.

22:15But it was something...

22:17very magical

22:18and transformative

22:19and, at the same time, really difficult.

22:22It wasn't an easy process.

22:23There were some very difficult moments there.

22:26I almost went into panic.

22:29But in the end,

22:30it paid off completely.

22:33Things started to happen

22:36and then the crazy thing about it is that

22:37if I opened my eyes,

22:39I couldn't see anything that was in front of me.

22:41It was like I was watching a movie.

22:43And i had several views there.

22:45And when I closed my eye

22:47I saw another vision.

22:49But the most interesting

22:52and craziest thing about it

22:54is that despite all of it,

22:56I was seeing hallucinations with my eyes open

22:58and another ones with my eyes closed,

23:00I was present.

23:01At all times, I could hear the shaman's music,

23:04I could hear the shaman talking to me,

23:05I could also hear the leaves rustling.

23:08When I needed to talk to Linder, I could.

23:10Okay, I'm here. I'm going...

23:12If I wanted to go to the bathroom, I could talk.

23:14So this mix of reality

23:16and of feeling present

23:17versus

23:19seeing hallucinations wether your eyes open or not

23:21while I was in a completely different environment...

23:24It was really crazy.

23:26Then it was very interesting because in these

23:29"bad trip" moments, so to speak,

23:32everything I wanted to get rid of

23:34was coming

23:36and it's very strong

23:37when you have a lot of bad thoughts

23:39or things that you want to get rid of

23:41coming all at once.

23:42And then you start to despair,

23:44but then I became conscious

23:45and listened to the shaman

23:46until there was a moment when I said:

23:48man, I'm ready.

23:49It can come.

23:50All these thoughts can come, which I'm...

23:53I'm almost up to...

24:18And then, I...

24:21And then I said: It can come.

24:25It may turn out that I'm ready...

24:28to

24:29handle it, that I'm ready to change myself.

24:33To finally change

24:35several things that I know I need to change

24:36that still torment me from the past.

24:40Exactly at that time,

24:42I started vomiting.

24:44It was time, then, for purification.

24:46It was time... and the shaman...

24:48it's very funny because when I started to vomit,

24:50the music was following me.

24:53And he was very cute, because he said

24:55"Pedrito, Pedrito..." in Spanish. "Cleanse it!"...

25:00And immediately after that

25:02I... I don't know...

25:04I started crying

25:06desperately.

25:08Like, the tears flowed and I also started laughing uncontrollably.

25:11Like, I was just there...

25:12And it was like I was levitating.

25:13I was: Ahhhh...

25:15And then

25:16lots of good things came out.

25:18Then you see everything

25:20you can imagine.

25:21And my body followed the visions.

25:24Sometimes I was holding my fists.

25:26Sometimes I had my hand on my chest.

25:27Sometimes I was laughing.

25:28Sometimes I was lying.

25:30Anna came a lot of times,

25:31Moka also came,

25:32and then I just watched ourselves...

25:35so...

25:36it started to be a very incredible experience.

25:38In the end, I was lying down

25:40and then the shaman came to finish the ceremony

25:44and that's when I understood

25:46that my list of intentions,

25:48at least in my ceremony,

25:50in this case,

25:51everything I saw

25:53was item by item on the list.

25:55That's why I came through these ups and downs

25:57that were the things I wanted to get rid of,

25:58the things I wanted to improve,

25:59the things I wanted to know better.

26:01And I only realized it

26:03because the last item on my list

26:05was back pain.

26:07And then, while I was lying down,

26:10suddenly when the

26:11shaman came to play the final song,

26:13I started to squirming.

26:15as If I was getting exorcised,

26:17my arm went here, my leg was there...

26:19my spine went to one side and then to the other...

26:21that was only my point of view, right?

26:22I don't think I was doing that in real life.

26:24But I kept squirming a lot, a lot.

26:27As if there was, in fact, adjusting

26:29my spine, my body.

26:30And then, at the last

26:32moment, I was like that

26:34and then my body started to levitate.

26:36And when he did like that

26:38to the plant: “tchik”

26:40and ended the ceremony, my body fell.

26:46Fully synchronized.

26:48And then it hit me.

26:49I said: man, that was the list.

26:50Then when I went through

26:52each item and what I was seeing

26:55made a lot of sense

26:56and the list

26:58became what I saw.

27:00You can't control it.

27:01When I was having those bad visions

27:03and I wanted to get rid of it,

27:04I didn't go: Oh, I don't want to see that.

27:05Move on!

27:06But I think that the list

27:08your thoughts beforehand,

27:10and your actual moment in life

27:12has a huge impact on what you will see

27:14and how you will

27:16carry out this ceremony.

27:17I think that every year people are

27:20really understanding the benefits

27:22and the risks,

27:23and also understanding that it's not magic either,

27:25right?

27:26But there is indeed a potential there

27:29to actually be something that brings

27:31advancement to psychiatry field.

27:33for mental health.

27:34It even bacame part of the movement itself, from

27:37psychiatry

27:39to neuropharmacology...

27:41psychology societies, which include, for example,

27:44tables and panels on psychedelics

27:48within conferences, congresses.

27:51So, we see that these fields of knowledge

27:53are making room for it, right?

27:56So people can research and present

27:58new results, right?

28:01It sort of brings a lot of hope for us

28:03because now we know we are

28:06working with the most innovative

28:12treatments and therapies.

28:14We are hopeful

28:17that what will be implemented there

28:19will be properly regulated...

28:23We had another magical

28:24experience in Peru

28:26visiting the Witches' Market,

28:28in Lima.

28:29There, the impossible

28:31seems to come to life.

28:33Voodoo dolls,

28:34mysterious amulets,

28:36spells to attract wealth,

28:39and hundreds of products

28:41that defy common sense.

28:43In addition to all this,

28:44we convinced a local shaman

28:47to perform an esoteric ritual with me

28:49with everything recorded.

28:51To watch this episode,

28:52just click on the card

28:54that is now popping on your screen.

28:56It was a great pleasure

28:58to live this Ayahuasca experience

28:59with you.

29:00We look forward to seeing you

29:01on our next

29:03unusual trip.