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.
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