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Silvia Polivoy, Ph.D.

I have been investigating modified states of consciousness for over twenty-five years. I have carried out field research in Mexico with Mazatec shamans, as well as worked extensively with Ayahuasca, San Pedro, and other sacred plants in their native habitats.

I have a postgraduate degree in clinical psychology. For more than 20 years I had my private practice in Buenos Aires, starting with psychoanalysis and later progressed to transactional analysis and transpersonal psychology, and much later to shamanism and spiritual practices.

Since 1996, I have been hosting retreats in both the Peruvian and the Brazilian Amazon. At these retreats participants have the opportunity to “meet” the ancient plant teacher ayahuasca in it’s natural environment – the jungle.

In 2004, Zoe Seven and I co-founded TheVine Spiritual Center in the Atlantic forest of Bahia, Brazil, a space created to organize retreats for those interested in spiritual pursuits. I have been living here since then and host retreats once every month at this center.

Nowadays my work is in the spiritual realm so I don’t practice psychotherapy anymore. However, integrating my expertise in psychology, modified states of consciousness, shamanism, and other spiritual practices resulted in an effective method for spiritual development and ayahuasca integration — which is the current focus of my work and the core of my workshops during the #ayahuasca retreats. https://video.nostr.build/bb414ba51e1c009f167ac4c4d1f38ea2fde1726c52c30460f0386437d3f74601.mp4

Its always great to see people from a traditional psychology backhround change focus and open towards spiritual technologies like Ayahuasca.

This apptoach can be very beneficial towards bridging Junglr mysticism and the western approach to trauma / healing.

Stumbling on my way back half drunkenly to my family's Xmas from Gf's family. Having the strong urge to throw up next to a Football Stadion seems strangely fitting while in Hungary.