09/09/2022
Six Ways Ayahuasca Heals Trauma👇 (русская версия в карусели)
1️⃣ Evoking and re-living experiences. Ayahuasca’s propensity to dredge up past traumas in vivid form is well-known. In ceremony, these are frequently witnessed from a third-person point of view, complete with the emotions one felt at the time.
2️⃣ Releasing repressed memories. An ayahuasca session can unearth buried memories. Frequently, this involves childhood trauma, although suppressed memories from overwhelming events experienced as an adult can also arise. By releasing past memories and their accompanying emotions, ayahuasca rebalances the psyche, creating room for growth.
3️⃣ Amplifying emotions and sensations, bringing awareness into the body. Ayahuasca does this extremely well, triggering intensely visceral waves of somatic and emotional information to free what’s been long held in the body. This release can emerge in the form of vomiting, trembling, yawning, or sensations of heat or freezing cold - all recognized signs of trauma discharge in body-based trauma therapies.
4️⃣ Offering new realizations. Insights that arise in ceremony can bring healing perspectives on oneself and one’s past. These can manifest in sudden understandings, expressed as: “I saw that there is nothing wrong with me”; “It wasn’t my fault”; “I did the best I could.”
5️⃣ Resourcing the nervous system with positive experiences. This can occur through the spontaneous emergence of resources like:
* Healing imagery. This includes visions of exquisite beauty or universal love, as well as one’s own healing capacity, resilience, or ability to create a different reality.
* Emotional support. Feelings of love, safety, or connection can arise spontaneously, focusing on a loved one, a spiritual figure, or visionary beings.
* Sense of wholeness. To see that you remain a complete human being, regardless of the trauma you’ve experienced, is one of the most precious experiences reported.
6️⃣ Generating compassion and forgiveness for self and others. Participants may report seeing an image of their injured or neglected younger selves, inspiring a more conscious and compassionate relationship with these exiled parts.
