Prepare Your Body & Mind for the Medicine Gentle guidance to help you align physically, emotionally, and spiritually before ceremony.
Diet Preparation
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Fresh vegetables, fruits, grains, herbal teas, clean water.
Red meat, alcohol, spicy food, dairy, coffee, sugar.
Journaling, meditation, gentle exercise, silence.
Reflect on your reasons for attending; set your heart and mind in alignment.
Sleep well, spend time in nature, stay hydrated.
Why Dieta Matters
The diet or ‘dieta’ is more than a list of food restrictions.
It is a sacred commitment to prepare your body, mind, and spirit as one unified vessel for the medicine.
Through simple, natural foods and intentional living, we begin to cleanse not only the physical body but also the emotional and energetic layers that influence our inner state.
This period of preparation invites you to slow down and reconnect with yourself.
By simplifying what you eat, limiting stimulation, and spending time in silence or nature, you create space for clarity to emerge.
Every mindful choice from the food you prepare to the thoughts you allow becomes part of the ceremony long before you enter the ceremonial space.
Traditional healers in the Amazon understand that the dieta is a dialogue between the plants and the person.
The more we align with the process, the more deeply the medicine can work — teaching, cleansing, and restoring balance.
When we honour this preparation with respect, discipline, and humility, the ceremony itself becomes gentler, clearer, and more transformative.
Approach the dieta not as deprivation, but as devotion
a time to honour your body as the temple of your spirit,
to listen deeply, and to prepare yourself to receive the wisdom of the plants with openness and gratitude.
Helpful Practices
Mindfulness
Spend time in silence each day.
Movement
Gentle stretching, yoga, walking.
Rest
Limit screens, go to bed early, breathe.