My Journey To The Amazon: Shamans, Plant Medicine Ceremonies & Life Altering Realisations

About this episode

Davina Rankin shares her transformative experience in the Amazon, exploring shamanic ceremonies and her vision for future retreats.

I have been so excited to share this episode with you. My week in the Amazon was a wild and life-changing ride. A journey deep into the jungle where I sat in ceremony with shamans and sacred plant medicines, and met myself at whole new depths. In this episode, I open up about my time at Arkana Spiritual Centre in Peru, how profoundly transformational it was for me, and how this experience has set the course for a lifelong dream: to bridge the Amazon and Australia by leading my own retreats at Arkana in 2026. What you will hear in this episode: Immersion in the Amazon jungle and the atmosphere at Arkana Spiritual Centre The experience of sitting in ceremony with shamans and sacred plant medicines The insights, breakthroughs, and moments of transformation that stayed with me How this journey revealed a clear path to bridging Australia and the Amazon The dream of hosting my own retreats at Arkana in 2026. I hope you love this episode and for all the info on my upcoming retreats head over to https://www.theupgradebydavina.com/retreats

People in this episode

Host: Davina Rankin

Topics covered

• plant medicine
• shamanic ceremonies
• personal transformation
• retreats
• spiritual journey
• Amazon rainforest

Keywords

• Amazon
• shamans
• plant medicine
• transformation
• retreats
• spirituality
• Arkana
• Peru
• Australia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arkana Spiritual Centre

Places: Amazon, Peru, Australia

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