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Hello beautiful world! I am Kara and have been working with Shipibo Shaman's for almost 9 years now! Studying with some of the most amazing healers you can imagine. Learning and diving deep into my own healing along with how to facilitate this healing for others.
I am now hosting retreats at two of my teachers centers. The next on is in March & April 2019 outside of Iquitos Peru with an amazing Mastra named Matilda.
When I placed an ad up on Facebook to my community for this women's retreat - I was contacted by a dear friend of mine that is about 20 years younger than me asking about details. I have know this woman and really have honored and enjoyed what she brings to life and was super interested in the fact that she had interest in coming!
As I read her story tho - it was about her coming but also about her sister coming with her. Her sister has an addiction that she has been working toward letting go of for quite some time now. And - has been doing great with the help of other support medications.
She explained to me just how fragile her sister is in the whole of her healing and we talked for a long time about the detoxification that would need to take place before she could sit with the Shaman. Some medications - this one especially - must be out of the system and body for at least two weeks prior...which puts her sister at risk since it's the support of her not relapsing. My friend the older sister of the two would be taking care of her during these two weeks leading to the retreat.
This touches my heart as I have a niece who to this day is still struggling with the same type of addiction. It is a hard path to love someone who can only think of a drug - that basically was made for people dying.....and it is no way to live for anyone - let alone such young girls. So - this story touches my heart deeply and I feel for them as I know the struggle. Only difference for me is that my niece doesn't want to help herself yet - so I just pray she can come to a space my friends sister is in at some point soon.
Since both of these ladies are still quite young and they don't have thousands of dollars to go on this type of a healing journey AND the reason for coming is for such deep work and healing - I felt the call to assist in any way I knew how.
Hence my campaign on here to help support these two beautiful souls to come into the Peruvian Amazon and receive healing from a strong and powerful Shaman Culandera.
The 10 days with the Shaman is $1200 each, the cost for travel from the US to the Center of Inca Shipiba is $1400 for both as this time of checking online, and the miscellaneous expenses of travel and two nights in a hostel between cities and flights would equal $600 for both. Totally $4,400.00USD for the both of them.
I am asking for you assistance - not for me - but for this brave soul of a young girl who is ready to change her life - is already doing so as much as she can and is asking for more assistance and support.
If we can save one young adult to the addiction of hard drugs - then we are on the right path. It is a serious epidemic in the US - in the world and I pray we can learn to support these young souls and assist them in their healing.
I have sent an email to the family letting the ladies know that I am putting out this call for help. I asked if they would like to contribute to the story with their own words or photos and I will add them if they reply with a yes. And - if it's too personal - I totally get it and that is why I am here - to help be that bridge to freedom for them.
Please share what you can to help save a life from a life threatening addiction. <3 It takes a tribe to raise the collective of health and wellbeing. <3
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