METASEQUOIA DIETS

NOBILITY || GNOSIS || AWAKENING || PRIMORDIAL WISDOM

METASEQUOIA // YAWANALEH

Around 100 million years ago, when tropical climes covered the Arctic, a small redwood species developed an evolutionary competitive edge and spread the seeds of its miniature cones across North America and Eurasia. At the peak of WWII, a Japanese paleobotanist discovered fossils of this small and mighty redwood species. Nothing like it had ever been described in the botanical literature, so he deemed it extinct, naming it

Metasequoia.

UPCOMING METASEQUOIA DIETS

BRITISH COLUMBIA // AUGUST 8TH - 10TH

AUSTRALIA // SEPTEMBER TBA

ANCIENT GRANDMOTHER

As an enduring jewel of the primeval epoch from which she rose, Metasequoia is a living Tree of Life, bridging Earth & Cosmos inside our bodies. Modern science places the origin of the Metasequoia in the Cretaceous period, when dinosaurs walked the Earth. Her 50 million year old+ fossils match the DNA of living Metasequoia trees. That means the tree has not evolved for at least the last 50 million years, placing her amongst the few living fossils known on Earth: Gingo, Wollemi Pine & Yew.

Metasequoia teaches trust in the long vision, the innate nobility of life, Gnosis or the birthing of deep self-awareness and wisdom grounded in the historical witness of creation. She is a true ancestral teacher and tree from which many others have been born.

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THE PROTOCOL

STUDYING LEGAL SACRED PLANTS WITHOUT PSYCHEDELICS

Deep study with plants connects us to the wisdom of the natural world in a way that is grounded and real. The most powerful way to engage this work is through sober, focused containers, while sitting in shamanic meditations with our plant teachers. To facilitate this enduring and traditional form of study, we turn to the ancient technology of tobacco.

⁜ OPEN THE BODY WITH TOBACCO ⁜

⁜ CONNECT TO OUR MASTER TREE ⁜

⁜ MEDITATION CULTIVATE WEAVE IN ⁜

1L of Sequoia Tea is consumed each day. The medicine slowly builds inside the body, cleansing the liver and nourishing the digestive organs, electrifying the mind and strengthening connective tissue.

Through our shamanic meditations with tobacco we weave the medicine of Sequoia into our being and awaken to the teachings of the plants.

WHAT TO EXPECT

THE VIBES OF A TREE DIET

Sacred Tree Diets are spaces for quiet remembrance. Processes are private, individual, inward, gentle and spacious. Medicine is served twice per day and an afternoon meditation divides breakfast and lunch. Noble silence will be observed in common areas throughout the day. Each night, we gather and sit with tobacco as a group.

The lands we work on are always spacious and accommodate for daily sunbathing, yoga, and journaling while contemplating the sunset. All meals are traditional plant diet preparations and are hand prepared, clean and simple: saltless oatmeal and boiled green plantain in the morning and vegetable soup in the late afternoon.

Medicine processes are typically very gentle but can sometimes be intense and will often include physical purging (vomiting), the processing of strong emotions, and the onset of physiological changes. Our space will be cared for by highly adept space holders. Safety, privacy and cleanliness are the highest priorities. This tree diet can also be undertaken as a complete fast, without food.

BOUNDARIES & INTEGRATION

A 6-WEEK PERIOD TO WEAVE THE MEDICINE WITHIN

During our Tree Diet, the following Boundaries will be held with strict discipline:

Sex, Masturbation, Drugs, Alcohol & other Medicines including pharmaceuticals, Phones & Screens, Work & Communication with The Outside World. Cosmetics & Scents, Soap & Toothpaste, Salt, Meat, Sugar, Dairy, Oil, Spice and Talking (outside of sharing circles.)

For 14-days following our Tree Diet, the following Boundaries will be held with strict discipline:

Sex, Masturbation, Ejaculation, Substances & Medicines including Alcohol, Drugs, Pharmaceuticals, Strong medicinal herbs including medicinal mushrooms, Shamanic medicines & Plant Medicine Ceremonies, Pork, Shellfish, Red meat, Dairy, Fermented foods, Canned or Preserved foods such as Smoked Fish, White sugar, Iced / Freezing Cold drinks, Spicy (Chilli Peppers), Caffeine, Heavy Oils // Deep Fried Food, Seed Oils and Processed Food.