Kat Courtney: Ayahuasca, Dietas & Integrating with the Plants

Kat Courtney: Ayahuasca, Dietas & Integrating with the Plants : Episode 14, The Psychedelic Entrepreneur Podcast

Kat Courtney is a traditionally trained Ayahuasquera and Huachumera with 16 years of plant medicine experience. She is also a psychedelic integration coach and death doula.

In this episode, Kat Courtney and Beth Weinstein speak about…

Kat began apprenticing as an ayahuasca shaman 13 years ago

People attending one ceremony after the next without integrating… ‘whispers’ from the plants teachers may become ‘screams’

Embodying insights received in ceremony and how to bring them to life, otherwise they are just memories, not lasting changes.

Her previous career, how Ayahuasca showed her purpose – she had to get honest with herself and start making changes.

Being courageous to own your calling, pursue your true soul’s purpose, and how support then starts to line up!

Friending death since birth and how death plays an important role in her work

How Ayahuasca is about falling in love with life, not a fear of death

Many think psychedelic integration is not needed – and integration is equally as important as the ceremony work itself

The benefit of having outside perspectives and support from those who understands plant medicine and the integration process

Many people wait for a breakdown before they are motivated to have the breakthrough of receiving help

What is a master plant dieta?

The dieta as a container to working with a plant that has a vibration you want to become more intimate with… a marriage between our spirit and the spirit of a specific plant

There are two different types of dietas: an insulated process with a shamanic guide, or a “social” diet, which allows you to diet plants while engaging in your wordly life.

The jungle plant she recommend the most for dietas is Bobinsana, “the cheerleader”, and a powerful teacher of self love. (Which is one of Beth’s favorite plant to diet as well!)

Sage teaches the art of energetic protection

How plants do not have a voice, and how we can be messengers for them

Kat has a specific set of questions she asks an ayahuasca facilitator she’s considering working with

Becoming a plant medicine facilitator is a deep relationship with the plants…ask yourself if you truly have permission from the plant to work with it? The medicine has to say “yes”.

If you don’t know the answer is “yes”, get clarity on whether your work with the plant feels aligned or forced – if it feels forced, you need to ask yourself, “What do I need to learn before moving forward as a facilitator?”

Kat would like to see Western and indigenous worlds come together more in mutual respect – the larger conversation needs to be more open to indigenous perspectives

Her future hope for tailored psychedelic experiences for specific traumas and increased education about which medicines are more useful for which issues

Kat’s new book coming out, “Plant Medicine Mystery School” — learn how to work with the plant world from a place of humility and empowerment

Her new business that offers curated guidance about where to safely do ayahuasca, dietas and other psychedelic healing work.

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