Ajo Sacha, often referred to as “jungle garlic,” is a powerful Amazonian plant known for its cleansing, protective, and activating properties. Used to ward off harmful energies and entities, it is a spiritual defender that sharpens awareness and clears energetic stagnation. Ajo Sacha is frequently dieted to strengthen the body’s energetic field, increase vitality, and support courage and decisive action. Its spirit brings clarity, confidence, and a fierce commitment to personal truth and integrity.
Bobinsana is a beloved heart-opening plant spirit native to the Amazon, known for its gentle yet deep emotional healing. It is often used to support grief release, heart expansion, and dreamwork. Spiritually, Bobinsana enhances connection to the waters of emotion and intuition, helping to cultivate empathy, resilience, and inner softness. She is considered an ally for navigating heartbreak, restoring trust, and deepening spiritual relationships with both self and others.
Devil’s Club is a sacred plant in Indigenous traditions of the Pacific Northwest, revered for its powerful protective and spiritual properties. It is commonly used to ward off negative energies, cleanse spiritual toxins, and create energetic boundaries. Spiritually, it serves as a bridge to ancestors and deeper wisdom, offering strength, resilience, and empowerment in times of challenge. Always approached with deep respect, Devil’s Club is considered a fierce guardian and potent ally in spiritual healing.
Wild Rose is a gentle yet powerful plant spirit often associated with heart healing, emotional balance, and unconditional love. In many Indigenous and herbal traditions, it is used to soothe grief, restore trust, and open the heart to deeper connection—with oneself, others, and the natural world. Spiritually, Wild Rose brings softness, protection, and clarity, helping to release old wounds and invite in compassion. As a spiritual ally, Wild Rose reminds us of beauty, resilience, and the power of love to transform pain.
Giant Red Cedar is a sacred tree in many Indigenous cultures of the Pacific Northwest, deeply associated with protection, purification, and ancestral wisdom. Spiritually, it is used in cleansing rituals, smudging, and prayer, offering a strong, grounding presence. Cedar connects us to earth and sky, acting as a bridge between physical and spiritual realms. It is a tree of renewal and strength, often called upon in ceremony to clear negativity, honor ancestors, and restore spiritual balance.
Piñon Blanco is a powerful Amazonian master plant known for its clarity, purification, and energetic protection. Spiritually, it works to clear confusion, remove heavy energies, and strengthen one’s boundaries—especially useful for those who feel energetically porous or overwhelmed. It is often dieted to sharpen intuition and align the mind with higher guidance. As a teacher plant, Piñon Blanco supports mental clarity, focus, and spiritual discernment, acting as a fierce yet cleansing force on the path of healing.
Social Plant Dieta
A Modern Evolution of an Ancient Shipibo Tradition
What is a diet?
A Plant Dieta is a sacred healing practice rooted in the Amazonian traditions of the Shipibo-Conibo people. The dieta is a disciplined and intentional process of entering into relationship with the spirit of a master plant. Through this communion, the plant becomes a teacher, healer, and guide. In a traditional Shipibo dieta, participants follow strict protocols: no salt, no sugar, no sexual activity, no drugs or alcohol, and no external stimulation. Food is simple and minimal—limited to green plantains, rice, and fish—while the focus turns inward. Physical and social isolation, long periods of solitude, and fasting from sensory input create a space where deep energetic and spiritual communication can occur.
There are also social dietas, which allow for integration with everyday life. In these cases, one continues to work and interact socially, while still maintaining the integrity of the dieta through boundaries, awareness, and adherence to the core protocols. These dietas offer a bridge between the traditional form and modern life, supporting ongoing healing and spiritual development.
Whether done in isolation or within daily life, a plant dieta is a powerful tool for transformation—an invitation to slow down, connect with the unseen, and allow the spirit of nature to teach and guide us from within.
Meet your Plant Teachers
Outline of the Experience
According to your chosen timeframe (4-6 weeks)
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Opening Ceremony
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Closing Ceremony
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Preparation call to set intentions, clarify protocols, and create a strong foundation for your dieta
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4-6 private conversation for guidance and support to help you move through your process with greater clarity and focus
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Prayer and meditation practices to invite deeper transformation and connection along your path
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Stay connected with ongoing personal support through direct message
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Shipibo language course to open up the world of the diet through language and the ability to sing your own songs
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Guidance on how to connect more deeply with your plant dieta, center yourself in the process, and strengthen your relationship with the medicine
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Teachings and practices on the use of smudges energized with icaros to protect and strengthen your energetic field
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A plant ally who walks with you, offering wisdom, protection, and healing for life