Good to Know

I was initiated Ebando in Gabon. That's where this started. But what came through didn't stay inside one lineage. The ceremony kept opening — pulling from traditions across continents that the wood itself seemed to recognize. What I practice now is something that grew out of Bwiti but doesn't belong to it. I don't claim a lineage I'm not living inside. I practice what's alive.

No. I'm a facilitator. I don't perform healing on you. The wood does the work. I hold the space, read the field, and make sure the container doesn't break. Calling myself a shaman would be claiming something that isn't mine to claim.

This isn't clinical work and I'm not a therapist. There's no diagnosis, no treatment plan, no therapeutic framework. What happens in ceremony operates on a level that therapy doesn't reach — not above it, not below it, different axis entirely. If you're in active psychiatric care or on certain medications, we'll talk about that in screening. Some situations aren't compatible with this work.

This is a fair question and I take it seriously. You're considering something significant and you deserve to know what you're walking into. Legality depends on jurisdiction, and I'm transparent about where things stand in every location I work. We cover this directly in our first conversation — no ambiguity, no evasion. You'll have full clarity before you commit to anything.

The fact that you're asking means you're paying attention. That's a good sign, not a disqualifying one. But "bad trip" is a frame from recreational use that doesn't apply here. Ceremony gets difficult. It's supposed to. The wood shows you what you've been avoiding — that's not a malfunction, that's the point. The difference between this and a bad experience is preparation, screening, and a facilitator who's been through it and knows the territory. That's what the entire structure exists for.

Ceremony is one-on-one. The space shapes itself around one person's field, and a second person changes the container in ways that compromise the work. That said — if you and your partner share a genuine bond and are both called to this work, there are cases where sitting together is the right move. A marriage at a crossroads. Two people at the same threshold. In those cases, you'd both go through screening separately, agree to the same terms, and enter the same ceremony. I don't pair strangers. I don't pair friends who think it'd be cool. The closeness has to be real and the commitment has to match. If that's your situation, we talk about it.

No. Microdosing has its place but it's not what this practice is. This is full ceremonial work — a complete passage, not a maintenance protocol.

One. The work is designed as a single ceremony with full preparation before and integration after. This isn't a program you subscribe to. Some people come back months or years later for a second passage. That's their call to make, not mine to prescribe.

This isn't a ceremony you show up to. By the time you sit down with the wood, weeks of work have already happened — screening, preparation, location coordination, and building a container specifically for you. After ceremony, integration support continues. The entire arc is one-on-one. There's no group to split costs across and no corners to cut. The price reflects the weight of what this is and the care that goes into holding it. I'd rather work with fewer people at full depth than dilute the container to make it cheaper.