Dietary Guidelines
The diet, or dieta, is one of the most important practices in both preparing to take ayahuasca, as well as for maximizing the benefits of integration following your journey. The preparatory diet should not be taken lightly. Indeed, you can seriously endanger yourself by failing to honor the dietary precautions, and otherwise guarantee a much more difficult and painful process as Ayahuasca cleans out the toxins and heavier energies accumulated from a poor diet. The following dietary guidelines ensure that you will be as receptive as possible to the miraculous gifts that Ayahuasca can give. IMPORTANT: For your safety, you must tell us if you are currently taking any medications or supplements. Some medications have dangerous contraindications with Ayahuasca. Please review our Medical Guidelines here.
Pre-Retreat Guidelines
At least 2 weeks before ceremony, abstain from
- ALL recreational or synthetic drugs such as cocaine, LSD, MDMA, heroin, amphetamines, etc. (This is essential for your safety)
- Pork
- Sex, including masturbation
- Alcohol
- Cannabis
- Psychedelics such as mushrooms
- Cold or frozen foods such as ice cream, popsicles
- Carbonated drinks
At least 1 week before ceremony, abstain from
- Red meat
- Refined sugars
- Junk or processed foods
- Salt or pepper
- Garlic
- Sweets
- Chocolate
- Oils
- Butter and other animal fats
- Carbonated drinks
- Dairy products
- Fermented foods
- Caffeine and other stimulants
Further Guidelines
- If you are menstruating during the retreat, please inform us.
- Pregnant women should not take Ayahuasca
- Avoid using synthetic, petroleum, or other chemical-based body products such as soaps, perfumes, etc. For the ceremony, please do not wear any products with sharp smells as the sacrament will heighten everyone’s sensitivity.
By following these preparatory guidelines for diet, you set yourself up to maximize the benefits from encountering this sacrament. Entering into a relationship with Ayahuasca is to work with a master teacher. Therefore, the student should be as prepared as possible both as a sign of respect for the teacher as well as to ensure the highest learning. The more commitment you show to Ayahuasca, the more you prove yourself as a worthy student who may be trusted with deeper communion and higher knowledge.
Post-Retreat Guidelines
2 weeks following ceremony abstain from
- Spicy foods
- Alcohol
- Sexual activity
- Cold foods (Ice, ice cream, ice drinks)
- Carbonated drinks
2-4 weeks following ceremony abstain from
- ALL recreational drugs (cocaine, MDMA, LSD, etc.)
- Cannabis and other plant medicines
- Pork
- Massage and other energetic work
2-4 weeks following the ceremony, minimize
- Refined sugars
- Red meat
- Dairy
- Carbonated drinks
- Fermented foods
- Junk or processed foods
- Salt or pepper
- Garlic
- Sweets
- Chocolate
- Oils
- Animal fats
- Caffeine
- Stimulants
