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09/22/2025

Thank you to the land and skies of Joshua Tree, California. Our beautiful, sacred home of the Buena Vida Sanctuary 🍄

09/06/2025

California long weekend. Small group. Big nervous system reset! 🍄 go inward and stay local.

09/01/2025

Meditation is not a test of endurance. Calm is not earned through long hours of silence.

When the nervous system senses stress, the sympathetic response activates: heart rate rises, cortisol increases, and the brain’s default mode network becomes overactive. Prolonged stillness can actually amplify this response for many people, which is why traditional meditation can feel frustrating or inaccessible.

Short, intentional micro-resets are often far more effective. A few deep belly breaths, a gentle body scan, or sixty seconds of sensory awareness signal safety to the brain. This engages the parasympathetic system, allowing the body to release tension and regulate naturally.

The science is simple. Regulation happens through consistency, not duration.

Save this practice for the moments you feel overwhelmed. Share it with someone who needs a softer, evidence-based path back to balance.

08/28/2025

New research shows psilocybin may play a role in slowing cellular aging.

Scientists found that human cells treated with psilocin—the active form of psilocybin—lived up to 50% longer, showing stronger DNA repair, reduced stress, and healthier aging markers. In mice, regular low doses improved survival rates and slowed visible signs of aging.

At Buena Vida, we honor these breakthroughs by guiding psilocybin journeys in a safe, supported, and intentional way—helping you explore healing and transformation grounded in science and care.

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08/18/2025

Take a look at these women. Divinely human. Raw. Uncensored. Bold. Tender.

We just completed leading a 7-day immersion 🍄 with seven women who walked through fire in profound spiritual, emotional, and physical healing.

We danced in the way of the Aztecs beneath the Tepotzteco mountains.

We came back into our bodies after decades of disconnect. We crawled into the womb of the earth to sweat, cry, sing and scream.

We spoke shame into a circle that held none of it.

Words cannot hold the explosion of light these retreats ignite.

The work is very hard. No one can be warned what the medicine will do once surrender begins.

But sacrifice births riches of sanity, wholeness, joy, peace and the unshakable gift of remembering what it feels like to be utterly free.

08/14/2025

Our beautiful medicine woman A***e sharing her traditions, music, heart, laughter, rituals, stories and love during our psil0cybin ceremony in Tepotzlan, Mexico.

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