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Interview with Indigenous Leader Nemonte Nenquimo - August 2025
Nemonte Nenquimo is an Indigenous Waorani leader from the Ecuadorian Amazon and a renowned defender of the rights, territory, culture, and spirituality of Indigenous peoples. She is a co-founder of the Ceibo Alliance and has led significant struggles against oil extraction in the rainforest. Nemonte first came to know Takiwasi in May 2024, when she participated in a seminar organized in collaboration with the Ceibo Alliance and Amazon Frontlines, aimed at a group of 12 Indigenous women leaders. Following this initial experience, she decided to return to Takiwasi to deepen her personal process with medicinal plants.
Author : Fabio Friso, Martín Huamán
Audio : Spanish
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Defending Nature for Good Living: The Vision of the Wampis Nation - August 2025
The Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampis Nation (GTANW) is the representative body of the Wampis people, located in the northeastern Amazon of Peru, near the border with Ecuador. Established in 2015 from the collective will of its inhabitants to protect their territory, culture, and autonomy, the GTANW promotes initiatives that defend the territory, conserve the Amazon rainforest, ensure the responsible management of natural resources, and strengthen the local economy. Within this framework, the Wampis Nation maintains a strategic alliance with the Natural Products Laboratory of Takiwasi. Through this collaboration, we aim to develop projects for the sustainable use of biodiversity, integrating traditional and scientific knowledge with the goal of transforming medicinal and aromatic plants into high-quality, value-added products.
Author : Fabio Friso, Martín Huamán
Audio : Spanish
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Takiwasi's Veterans Retreat Testimonial - July 2025
“I found a lot of clarity after this retreat. It helped me a lot really get past that blockade in my mind and actually work through my problems instead of just pushing them further down and lock them away, throwing away the key like I've always done. I feel like many, many veterans, many people in the service also do that”. Gabriel is 23 years old and spent 4 years serving in the United States Marine Corps. After that he decided to participate in a healing retreat with medicinal plants in the Peruvian Amazon.
Author : Fabio Friso, Martín Huamán
Audio : English
Subtitle : Español, Français
Testimonial from a Master Plant Retreat/Diet Participant – Grey - July 2025
Grey, a 53 years old lawyer from Florida, United States, shares the testimonial of his participation in Takiwasi’s Retreat/Diet with master plants. “One of the downloads I got is that the generational trauma stops with me. And I sat there and I cried for all those before me. But then I felt light and I think about my own children, they're not gonna go through that. Because the love I have for myself this will be passed on to them and then they can pass it on, and we can end the generational trauma. What a beautiful thing”.
Author : Fabio Friso, Martín Huamán
Audio : English
Subtitle : Español, Français
Master Plants Retreat for Veterans and First Responders - July 2025
Military veterans and first responders often carry invisible wounds such as PTSD, anxiety, traumatic brain injuries, hypervigilance, depression. At Takiwasi, we’ve created a unique therapeutic retreat to help them heal through traditional Amazonian plant medicine, held in a safe, structured, and ritualized setting.
Author : Fabio Friso, Martín Huamán
Audio : English
Subtitle : Español, Français
Military Veterans’ Testimonials on the Retreat/Diet - July 2025
In this video, three U.S. military veterans share their honest and moving testimonials about their participation in the retreat for veterans and first responders at the Takiwasi Center. Gary, Gabriel, and James speak openly about how they have had to cope with post-traumatic stress disorder, guilt, grief, and depression in their lives, and how, through the therapeutic processes, they found clarity, forgiveness, and a renewed sense of purpose. In their testimonies, they reflect especially on the time spent alone in the jungle during the retreat/diet and the psychotherapeutic workshops that helped them carry out deep introspective work.
Author : Fabio Friso, Martín Huamán
Audio : English
Subtitle : Español, Français
Botanical Identification of Medicinal Plants: Scientific Method vs. Traditional Perspective - July 2025
This webinar, featuring Edilberto Chuquilin, Head of the Botanical Garden at the National Agrarian University of La Selva (Tingo Maria, Peru), offers a practical introduction to the botanical identification of medicinal plants, addressing both the scientific approach (taxonomy, nomenclature, ecology) and traditional knowledge based on vernacular names and cultural use.
Author : Martín Huamán
Audio : Spanish
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Healing with Medicinal Plants - U.S. Army Veteran Testimonial - June 2025
“Through the processes here, I was able to find some peace and actually process the things that I was going through. Spending time out in the jungle, just being able to completely decompress everything and just let go of the things that I was carrying.” James, U.S. Army veteran, shares a testimonial of his participation in Takiwasi’s Retreat for Veterans and First Responders.
Author : Fabio Friso, Martín Huamán
Audio : English
Subtitle : Español, Français
Healing PTSD with Medicinal Plants - U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Testimonial - June 2025
“During the phase of going into the jungle where you're there for eight days and you're in solitude and when you're hungry, tired, and in solitude that is where real healing takes place and through the course of the week I worked on three major issues in my life that needed resolution”. Gary decided to look for help for his post-traumatic stress syndrome by participating in a retreat with master plants at Takiwasi.
Author : Fabio Friso, Martín Huamán
Audio : English
Subtitle : Español, Français
Experiential Seminar for Indigenous Students - June 2025
Between late April and early May, a group of young Indigenous people from the Waorani, Kofan, and Siekopai nations of the Ecuadorian Amazon participated in an experiential seminar at Takiwasi to reconnect with their identity, ancestral medicine, and cultural roots. Through plants intake, therapeutic workshops, and moments of deep introspection, these young people began a process of personal healing that strengthened them and gave them new tools to face the challenges their communities face, such as alcoholism, suicide, and the loss of cultural identity.
Author : Fabio Friso, Martín Huamán
Audio : Spanish
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