"My 6th time to Rythmia"
Last December was my 6th time going to Rythmia. As always, the breathing classes, yoga classes, meditation classes, and the integration classes are the best to help the ayahuasca ceremonies. To me, the food in Rythmia is the healthiest food in the world. All the staff are so helpful so friendly. The massage in Rythmia is the best, and plus the steam room, mud bath, hot jacuzzi, and cold pool are so helpful for balancing your energy there. By the way, my four night ceremonies are crazy but under control! Monday night! I indulged myself again, dancing, whistling, swearing, and bringing the results of my practice from Burning Man to Rythmia to make trouble! Especially the words and actions towards women! They all have some F color! Unhealthy harassment of women and everyone. The most disappointing thing is that I do so many disturbing things, but I think I do a good job! I also want to thank a brave lady who stood up and told me that mother ayahuasca asked her to tell me that I have come so many times and I can practice at home. I don’t need to come to Rythmia anymore! Her words sounded a wake-up call for me! Tuesday, Shaman Chris’s night, I already felt that I did something too much on Monday, so as soon as I entered Maloca, I knelt down in front of Chris and said that I thought I was too wild on Monday night. Chris immediately said to his shaman happily, "Look, I haven't even found him yet, but he has already found me!" Chris specifically told me that I must respect women!" I promised him that I would not indulge myself again. I told him that I am not that kind of person normally. In his opening speech, Chris also told everyone to respect each other, especially respect women. Every time I drink Ayahuasca brewed by Shaman Chris, it could easily knock me out of earth! This time was no exception! I was tripping as hard as everyone else. My bro Michael said that he didn't feel strong after drinking the first cup, and when he lined up for the second cup, he was standing in the middle and felt dizzy, "Bang! " He fell backwards, first onto a man, and instantly the boy was knocked back and sat on the ground (big Michael was at least 250 pounds), and he himself fell to the ground and fainted! Immediately, there was chaos in the middle of the room. Shamans and Shaman helpers were surrounded him, Blessing him, Blowing potion on him, then he woke up. They took him outside to get some fresh air. During this time, I was going to check on him, but the helpers wouldn’t let me go close to him, and told me to take care of my own journey. When I saw him on the floor, I was so sad. I could not stop crying for a few minutes. Because this was his second time passed out. Monday night during the ceremony, he was trying to stand up from his mattress. As soon as he stood up, he fell right on his mattress and passed out! Again he got woken by shamans and their helpers. I worried about him and went out side the Maloca see him in a distance until the helper helped him up, and walked him back to his mattress. He seemed all right and later he got up slowly and drank his second, and later third cup. He told me he felt the whole night he was in a war zone. By the way our mattresses were only 3 to 4 feet from each other. I remembered when I was dancing crazy, and my hands were pretending to hold a machine gun while my mouth was making, "Da.Da...Da.Da...Da.Da.Da.Da.Da!" sounds. Also, I pretended to be pulling a wire out of a hand grenade, and throw it outside. Then, I crawled down on the floor with two hands holding my ears. And waiting for the explosion. After all that, I was pretending to hold a shovel and dig dirt, and said, "I'm going to bury everyone!" I thought I was in a World War II action movie. 😆🤣 Maybe the music triggered me to act that way. One thing I was sure about was that I didn’t speak any F words and dirty language in English. I tried not to look at any woman. However, on Wednesday, our soul sister S told us that I said some unbelievable curse words in Chinese. 😓 I might as well have said those words to the enemy soldiers of WWII. On Wednesday, control yourself and dance on the mattress to give everyone more dance floor! After the ceremony was over, the shaman told me I was well behaved. 😅🤟 Fourth night, Taila’s night, the Colombia ayahuasca yahei night. A lot of people got assigned mattress. Male on left side of the Maloka, and female on the right side. I chose the left corner. The whole night, the live music was amazing. Musicians were absolutely out of this world, including Taita himself. The healing circles were one round after another. I thought all the Shamans and Shaman’s helpers were angels. Or they are like candles, burning themselves to light others! I was so touched by so many beautiful soul. My tear dropped. I really appreciate Gerry, Taita, Mitra, all the shamans and helpers, the medical team, and the staff of Rythmia. All of you helped me change my life, I used to drink alcohol every day, and was drunk or passed out three times a week. My mother, my wife and my kids all hated to see me drunk. After my trip to Rythmia last December 3rd, I stopped drinking any alcohol. Right now it’s been 9 months living in an alcohol free life. I saved my money, my time, my liver, and my health. My kids, my wife and my mother are all so happy to see who I have become! It’s truly a miracle! I just booked another trip to Rythmia at the beginning of next year. I want to go there to show everybody in Rythmia who I have become, and report to mother Ayahuasca how I am doing. I believe she will be proud of me. ❤️🫡🤟🌟✨
Michael Q
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