HEALING CEREMONY with TAITA JUAN CHINDOY from COLOMBIA.
January 18th.
Joing us for a Healing Ceremony with
Taita Juan Guillermo Chindoy Curandero
of Inga indigenous community, Colombia.
Taita Juan Guillermo Chindoy Curandero
of Inga indigenous community, Colombia.
Juan Guillermo Chindoy
At the time of his birth 27 years ago in Putumayo, an Amazonian jungle region between Ecuador and Colombia, Juan Guillermo Chindoy, was recognized as a curandero and leader by the shamans of his Inga indigenous community. Born into a lineage of traditional healers, he was trained from an early age in plant medicine and given a big responsibility of helping people to
heal. His intimacy with the sacred medicine, enabled him to expand his knowledge Working with individuals, Juan Guillermo looks into each person and is given information on where they need healing, physical or spiritual, and may use a variety of plants to assist in the process.
Juan Guillermo has come to Costa Rica to fulfill a prophecy from the elders of the
meeting in this location in the center of the Americas of the teachings of the
condor, representing south, the eagle, representing the north, the serpent
representing the earth, and the jaguar representing nature. The prophecy is
about the unification of all these medicines bringing hope for the next generation.
His mission is to open the path in Costa Rica for other medicine and knowledge. The Ceremony is being offered January 4th. & 6th. with a Sweat-lodge in the mornings. The ceremony is $100, and for the sweat-lodge any donation of money, food, or anything that you wish to give will be blessed.
Accommodations
When you are only joining the Ceremony and leaving just after breakfast, than you will not need accommodation, but if you stay longer just to relax and rejuvenate at Alya than we commander for you to make reservation for accommodation.
If you wish to have a Bungalow or a bed in a Dormitory style, please contact us asap for reservations.
you are welcome to bring your tent, there is a fee of $5 per person par day staying in a tent. using outdoor showers and bathrooms.
breakfast is provided each morning of the ceremonies and its included in the ceremony's price.
In addition to the complimentary breakfast we are offering to people who stays longer a vegan lunch and dinner for $7 a meal.
What to bring with you?
A blanket and a pillow since the ceremony is out side in nature.
Comfortable ware, loose ware. a T-shirt, long sleeve shirt. change of cloths.
Bathing suit for the Temazcal.
A flash light, a container/bottle for water.
A towel, any toiletry.
How to prepare:
The participants fast for a few hours before the ceremony. They usually have a light lunch and then nothing else until the next day. The purpose is to try and make your body and your spirit as pure as possible in order to receive "la medicina".
Certain foods and especially certain prescription drugs have to be avoided because they could chemically interact with the medicine (see Diet below). As a general guideline salt, fat. sugar, spices, anything fermented or smoked and alcohol should be avoided before and after the ceremony to give the chance to body and spirit to absorb the properties of the plants in full.
The Diet
There are certain kinds of foods beverages and prescription drugs that should be followed when somebody wants to experience a healing ceremony (in case of prescription drugs it MUST be followed, because their combination with the chemicals of the medicine can be lethal).
The following is an exhaustive list. The aim of this long list is NOT to scare you or put you off the experience, but to INFORM you so that your experience can be fully conscious and responsible.
Which foods should be avoided?
Basically foods that are aged, preserved, dried, fermented, pickled, cured (meats), rancid, old, outdated, overripe, or even slightly spoiled.The following foods are recommended to be avoided with MAOIs:
Meat that is not fresh, especially unfresh liver (fresh meat and fresh liver are safe)
Smoked, fermented, pickled (herring) and otherwise aged or dried fish, lox; any fish that is not fresh
Sausage, bologna, pepperoni, salami, corned beef
Aged cheeses (cottage cheese and cream cheese are safe)
Protein extracts
Liquid and powdered protein dietary supplements
Brewer’s yeast, yeast vitamin supplements, or yeast extracts
Fermented tofu, fermented bean curd, fermented soybean paste, soy sauce
Canned soups, or soups made with protein extracts or bouillon
Miso soup (contains fermented bean curd)
Shrimp paste
Sauerkraut
Fruits that are bruised or even slightly overripe, especially bananas and apples; raisins and other dried fruits, fig newtons, etc
Avocados, if ripe or overripe (slightly underripe avocados are fine in moderation). Guacamole should be avoided.
Red wine, especially Chianti; sherry, vermouth, champagne, brandy; beers and ales, including nonalcoholic; whiskey and liqueurs
Dairy products that are close to the expiration date or that have been unrefrigerated (fresh yogurt is safe)
Aspartame (Nutrasweet)
Fava beans, especially if overripe
Peanuts – in large quantities
Raspberries – in large quantities
Spinach, New Zealand prickly or hot weather – in large quantities
Chocolate – in large quantities
Caffeine in large quantities (note: in a few rare individuals, there may be a severe interaction with even small amounts of caffeine)
How long do they need to be avoided? 24 hours before and after drinking the medicine should be sufficient.
Is it really important to avoid those foods? The warnings about tyramine interaction sound very serious, because they are adapted from warnings about interactions with pharmaceutical MAOIs. However, food interaction is frankly not as serious a matter as it is with pharmaceutical MAOIs. However, while there are no reports of fatalities from food interactions, food interactions could conceivably be life-threatening for a person with severe high blood pressure or serious heart disease. People with these conditions, therefore, should follow the MAOI safety diet very strictly when taking the medicine.
What can I eat? In terms of the MAOI safety diet, basically foods that are as fresh as possible and not overripe, preserved, or spoiled in any way.
Is it really dangerous to combine some pharmaceutical drugs with the medicine? YES. Unlike food interactions, whose consequences are unlikely to be serious, interaction with pharmaceutical drugs and meds (including some over-the-counter drugs and certain herbs) can be potentially life-threatening.
Which drugs are dangerous with the medicine? A list of meds to be careful of with MAOIs:
other MAOIs
SSRI’s (any selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor)
amphetamines (meth-, dex-, amphetamine)
antihypertensives (high blood pressure medicine)
appetite suppressants (diet pills)
medicine for asthma, bronchitis, or other breathing problems
antihistamines, medicines for colds, sinus problems, hay fever, or allergies
CNS (central nervous system) depressants
antipsychotics
alcohol
Some specific drugs that should not be combined with MAOIs:
Actifed, Amantadine hydrochloride (Symmetrel) , Amoxapine (Asendin) Benadryl, Benyl , Bupropion (Wellbutrin), Buspirone (BuSpar), Carbamazepine (Tegretol, Epitol), Chlor-Trimeton,Clomipramine (Anafranil), Cocaine,Cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril), Cyclizine (Marezine), Desipramine (Pertofrane), Dextromethorphan (DXM), Disopyramide (Norpace), Doxepin (Sinequan), Ephedrine, Flavoxate Hydrochloride (Urispas), Fluoxetine (Prozac), Imipramine (Tofranil), Isocarboxazid (Marplan), Levodopa (Dopar, Larodopa, Loratadine (Claritin), Maprotiline (Ludiomil), Meperidine (Demerol),Methylphenidate (Ritalin), Nortriptyline (Aventyl) , Oxybutynin chloride (Ditropan),Orphenadrine (Norflex), Parnate, Paroxetine (Paxil), Phenergen, Phenelzine (Nardil),Procainamide (Pronestyl), Protriptyline (Vivactil), Pseudoephedrine,Quinidine (Quinidex),Salbutemol,Salmeterol,Selegiline (Eldepryl), Sertraline (Zoloft), Tegretol, Temaril, Tranylcypromine (Parnate), Tricyclic antidepressants (Amitriptyline, Elavil), Trimipramine (Surmontil), Yohimbine
Also avoid the following herbs:
St. Johns Wort, Kava, Ephedra, Ginseng, Yohimbe, Sinicuichi
PLEASE NOTE:
Using Tricyclic antidepressants within two weeks of taking MAOIs may cause serious side effects including sudden fever, extremely high blood pressure, convulsions, and death. Using Fluoxetine (Prozac) within five weeks of taking MAOIs may cause high fever, rigidity, high blood pressure, mental changes, confusion and hypomania.Using Meperidine (Demerol) with pharmaceutical MAOIs has resulted in deaths from a single dose. Using cocaine with MAOIs may cause a severe increase in blood pressure, increasing the chances for stroke and cerebral hemorrhage and making it possible to overdose on a relatively small amount of cocaine. (A fatality has been recorded involving combining Peganum harmala and cocaine.) Using Bupropion (Wellbutrin) within two weeks of taking MAOIs may cause serious side effects such as seizures. Using Buspirone (Buspar) with MAOIs may cause high blood pressure. Using Carbamazepine (Tegretol) with MAOIs may increase seizures. Using CNS depressants with MAOIs may increase the depressanteffects. Using Dextromethorphan with MAOIs may cause excitement, high blood pressure, and fever, or brief episodes of psychosis. Using Tryptophan with MAOIs may cause disorientation, confusion, amnesia, delirium agitation, hypomanic signs, shivering. Using alcohol with MAOIs may cause side effects like angina (chest pain) or headaches. The headache may mask or be mistaken for hypertensive crisis caused by MAOI interaction. Using Kava with MAOIs may result in hypotensive crisis (severe blood pressure drop). Using Temaril with MAOIs may increase chance of side effects. Special note to diabetics: MAOIs may change the amount of insulin or oral antidiabetic medication that you need.
How long do you have to stay off them before and after a ceremony? Depends on the drug. May be 24 hours, may be six months. Two to six weeks is typical, but do not guess. Find out for sure from your doctor.
heal. His intimacy with the sacred medicine, enabled him to expand his knowledge Working with individuals, Juan Guillermo looks into each person and is given information on where they need healing, physical or spiritual, and may use a variety of plants to assist in the process.
Juan Guillermo has come to Costa Rica to fulfill a prophecy from the elders of the
meeting in this location in the center of the Americas of the teachings of the
condor, representing south, the eagle, representing the north, the serpent
representing the earth, and the jaguar representing nature. The prophecy is
about the unification of all these medicines bringing hope for the next generation.
His mission is to open the path in Costa Rica for other medicine and knowledge. The Ceremony is being offered January 4th. & 6th. with a Sweat-lodge in the mornings. The ceremony is $100, and for the sweat-lodge any donation of money, food, or anything that you wish to give will be blessed.
Accommodations
When you are only joining the Ceremony and leaving just after breakfast, than you will not need accommodation, but if you stay longer just to relax and rejuvenate at Alya than we commander for you to make reservation for accommodation.
If you wish to have a Bungalow or a bed in a Dormitory style, please contact us asap for reservations.
you are welcome to bring your tent, there is a fee of $5 per person par day staying in a tent. using outdoor showers and bathrooms.
breakfast is provided each morning of the ceremonies and its included in the ceremony's price.
In addition to the complimentary breakfast we are offering to people who stays longer a vegan lunch and dinner for $7 a meal.
What to bring with you?
A blanket and a pillow since the ceremony is out side in nature.
Comfortable ware, loose ware. a T-shirt, long sleeve shirt. change of cloths.
Bathing suit for the Temazcal.
A flash light, a container/bottle for water.
A towel, any toiletry.
How to prepare:
The participants fast for a few hours before the ceremony. They usually have a light lunch and then nothing else until the next day. The purpose is to try and make your body and your spirit as pure as possible in order to receive "la medicina".
Certain foods and especially certain prescription drugs have to be avoided because they could chemically interact with the medicine (see Diet below). As a general guideline salt, fat. sugar, spices, anything fermented or smoked and alcohol should be avoided before and after the ceremony to give the chance to body and spirit to absorb the properties of the plants in full.
The Diet
There are certain kinds of foods beverages and prescription drugs that should be followed when somebody wants to experience a healing ceremony (in case of prescription drugs it MUST be followed, because their combination with the chemicals of the medicine can be lethal).
The following is an exhaustive list. The aim of this long list is NOT to scare you or put you off the experience, but to INFORM you so that your experience can be fully conscious and responsible.
Which foods should be avoided?
Basically foods that are aged, preserved, dried, fermented, pickled, cured (meats), rancid, old, outdated, overripe, or even slightly spoiled.The following foods are recommended to be avoided with MAOIs:
Meat that is not fresh, especially unfresh liver (fresh meat and fresh liver are safe)
Smoked, fermented, pickled (herring) and otherwise aged or dried fish, lox; any fish that is not fresh
Sausage, bologna, pepperoni, salami, corned beef
Aged cheeses (cottage cheese and cream cheese are safe)
Protein extracts
Liquid and powdered protein dietary supplements
Brewer’s yeast, yeast vitamin supplements, or yeast extracts
Fermented tofu, fermented bean curd, fermented soybean paste, soy sauce
Canned soups, or soups made with protein extracts or bouillon
Miso soup (contains fermented bean curd)
Shrimp paste
Sauerkraut
Fruits that are bruised or even slightly overripe, especially bananas and apples; raisins and other dried fruits, fig newtons, etc
Avocados, if ripe or overripe (slightly underripe avocados are fine in moderation). Guacamole should be avoided.
Red wine, especially Chianti; sherry, vermouth, champagne, brandy; beers and ales, including nonalcoholic; whiskey and liqueurs
Dairy products that are close to the expiration date or that have been unrefrigerated (fresh yogurt is safe)
Aspartame (Nutrasweet)
Fava beans, especially if overripe
Peanuts – in large quantities
Raspberries – in large quantities
Spinach, New Zealand prickly or hot weather – in large quantities
Chocolate – in large quantities
Caffeine in large quantities (note: in a few rare individuals, there may be a severe interaction with even small amounts of caffeine)
How long do they need to be avoided? 24 hours before and after drinking the medicine should be sufficient.
Is it really important to avoid those foods? The warnings about tyramine interaction sound very serious, because they are adapted from warnings about interactions with pharmaceutical MAOIs. However, food interaction is frankly not as serious a matter as it is with pharmaceutical MAOIs. However, while there are no reports of fatalities from food interactions, food interactions could conceivably be life-threatening for a person with severe high blood pressure or serious heart disease. People with these conditions, therefore, should follow the MAOI safety diet very strictly when taking the medicine.
What can I eat? In terms of the MAOI safety diet, basically foods that are as fresh as possible and not overripe, preserved, or spoiled in any way.
Is it really dangerous to combine some pharmaceutical drugs with the medicine? YES. Unlike food interactions, whose consequences are unlikely to be serious, interaction with pharmaceutical drugs and meds (including some over-the-counter drugs and certain herbs) can be potentially life-threatening.
Which drugs are dangerous with the medicine? A list of meds to be careful of with MAOIs:
other MAOIs
SSRI’s (any selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor)
amphetamines (meth-, dex-, amphetamine)
antihypertensives (high blood pressure medicine)
appetite suppressants (diet pills)
medicine for asthma, bronchitis, or other breathing problems
antihistamines, medicines for colds, sinus problems, hay fever, or allergies
CNS (central nervous system) depressants
antipsychotics
alcohol
Some specific drugs that should not be combined with MAOIs:
Actifed, Amantadine hydrochloride (Symmetrel) , Amoxapine (Asendin) Benadryl, Benyl , Bupropion (Wellbutrin), Buspirone (BuSpar), Carbamazepine (Tegretol, Epitol), Chlor-Trimeton,Clomipramine (Anafranil), Cocaine,Cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril), Cyclizine (Marezine), Desipramine (Pertofrane), Dextromethorphan (DXM), Disopyramide (Norpace), Doxepin (Sinequan), Ephedrine, Flavoxate Hydrochloride (Urispas), Fluoxetine (Prozac), Imipramine (Tofranil), Isocarboxazid (Marplan), Levodopa (Dopar, Larodopa, Loratadine (Claritin), Maprotiline (Ludiomil), Meperidine (Demerol),Methylphenidate (Ritalin), Nortriptyline (Aventyl) , Oxybutynin chloride (Ditropan),Orphenadrine (Norflex), Parnate, Paroxetine (Paxil), Phenergen, Phenelzine (Nardil),Procainamide (Pronestyl), Protriptyline (Vivactil), Pseudoephedrine,Quinidine (Quinidex),Salbutemol,Salmeterol,Selegiline (Eldepryl), Sertraline (Zoloft), Tegretol, Temaril, Tranylcypromine (Parnate), Tricyclic antidepressants (Amitriptyline, Elavil), Trimipramine (Surmontil), Yohimbine
Also avoid the following herbs:
St. Johns Wort, Kava, Ephedra, Ginseng, Yohimbe, Sinicuichi
PLEASE NOTE:
Using Tricyclic antidepressants within two weeks of taking MAOIs may cause serious side effects including sudden fever, extremely high blood pressure, convulsions, and death. Using Fluoxetine (Prozac) within five weeks of taking MAOIs may cause high fever, rigidity, high blood pressure, mental changes, confusion and hypomania.Using Meperidine (Demerol) with pharmaceutical MAOIs has resulted in deaths from a single dose. Using cocaine with MAOIs may cause a severe increase in blood pressure, increasing the chances for stroke and cerebral hemorrhage and making it possible to overdose on a relatively small amount of cocaine. (A fatality has been recorded involving combining Peganum harmala and cocaine.) Using Bupropion (Wellbutrin) within two weeks of taking MAOIs may cause serious side effects such as seizures. Using Buspirone (Buspar) with MAOIs may cause high blood pressure. Using Carbamazepine (Tegretol) with MAOIs may increase seizures. Using CNS depressants with MAOIs may increase the depressanteffects. Using Dextromethorphan with MAOIs may cause excitement, high blood pressure, and fever, or brief episodes of psychosis. Using Tryptophan with MAOIs may cause disorientation, confusion, amnesia, delirium agitation, hypomanic signs, shivering. Using alcohol with MAOIs may cause side effects like angina (chest pain) or headaches. The headache may mask or be mistaken for hypertensive crisis caused by MAOI interaction. Using Kava with MAOIs may result in hypotensive crisis (severe blood pressure drop). Using Temaril with MAOIs may increase chance of side effects. Special note to diabetics: MAOIs may change the amount of insulin or oral antidiabetic medication that you need.
How long do you have to stay off them before and after a ceremony? Depends on the drug. May be 24 hours, may be six months. Two to six weeks is typical, but do not guess. Find out for sure from your doctor.
Direction from NOSARA
from Nosara, go north, after 8km passing OSTIONAL, continue for about 5 km. now you are 1km before SAN JUANILLO, you will see on your right hand side signs that says: ALYA, HACIENDA DEL SOL, HACIENDA DEL CIELO AND MORE.. turn right and drive for 1.8km. on the right hand side you will see a bamboo gate with a small sign says ALYA. go in the drive way and park.