DIETA PREPARATION & POST DIETA COMMITMENTS

One of the most important aspects of the master plant dieta is following the time-honored tradition of a restricted diet and not engaging in specific activities before and after your time with us. This is to prepare and nurture the mind, body, and spirit for the powerful energetic work to be done.

Preparing Your Inner Soil

Just like when planting a seed to grow a healthy plant, it is necessary to prepare the soil; remove impurities, and nurture it with nutrients. To allow your inner soil to thrive takes awareness of what you consume and engage with physically, mentally, and emotionally before your diet.

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If you arrive with us having prepared and nurtured yourself, the work you do here will be able to go deeper and produce far stronger and more resilient roots.

Post Dieta Commitments

The post diet commitments, a set of specific instructions given to you by the maestros about which foods and behaviors to abstain from for up to 6 weeks after the diet, are an essential part of the diet. Following these restrictions is a commitment you make to yourself, to your plant and to your maestros. The post diet period helps to integrate the healing energy of the plants, ayahuasca, and all the energetic vibrations the maestros have imprinted in you. It is essential to continue the diet once you have left us to ensure the Ikaros and plant remedies you have received are given sufficient time to integrate, cleanse, and heal. According to the maestros, the dieta is not complete until the post diet commitments have been fulfilled. They say that if the dieta could be compared to taking a University Course, completing the post diet is like taking the final exam. If you don’t pass the exam, you have to redo the course to earn the credit.

Your Journey Continues

The dieta doesn't start when you arrive or end when you leave. Your relationship with the plant spirit begins before arrival and, in many cases, continues for life. The more care and attention you bring to this relationship, the stronger the bond, the clearer the wisdom shared, and the easier the integration.

Plants communicate through vibrational energy and are incredibly sensitive to their environment and the vibrations of humans around them. With this in mind, we encourage you to:

  • Seek loving and nurturing environments pre and post-dieta

  • Engage with loving thoughts and actions

  • Cultivate seeds of joy within

  • Find pleasure in creativity

  • View any challenges from dietary and sexual restrictions as part of the healing—a gift to yourself

PRE-DIETA RESTRICTIONS

6 Weeks Before Your Dieta

NO:

  • Antidepressants, SSRIs, anti-anxiety medications – Taper off with your doctor's support and discontinue completely 6 weeks before

Note: We recommend a gentle tapering process with medical supervision, ideally being completely off SSRIs for at least 3 months before your dieta. Withdrawal effects typically begin around 7 weeks after discontinuation. Stabilizing your energy and emotions before a dieta is essential for your safety and healing.

4 Weeks Before Your Dieta

NO:

  • Pork

  • Cannabis

  • All street drugs (cocaine, MDMA, amphetamines, etc.) – Obligatory for your safety

2 Weeks Before Your Dieta

NO:

  • Most pharmaceutical drugs & antibiotics

  • Alcohol

  • Red meats

  • Junk foods, processed foods, canned foods

  • Spicy food (chili, hot sauce, Indian/Thai cuisine, etc.)

  • Added spices, including chili

  • Animal fats & dairy products

  • Carbonated drinks (sodas, energy drinks, non-alcoholic beer)

  • Certain supplements: St John's Wort, Kava, Kratom, Ephedra, Ginseng, Yohimbe, Sinicuichi, Rhodiola Rosea, Kanna, Boswellia, Nutmeg, Scotch Broom, Licorice Root

  • Other plant medicines: Kambo, microdosing, psilocybin, Wachuma, etc.

Begin reducing salt & sugar intake

1 Week Before Your Dieta

NO:

  • Sexual activity & sexual thoughts of any kind, including self-pleasure

  • Very sweet, acidic, or over-ripened (fermenting) fruits – fruits in moderation are okay

  • Caffeine & stimulants (cacao, coffee, maté, black tea, etc.)

  • All dairy products

  • Pungent or caustic vegetables

  • Fermented foods (soy sauce, pickles, kimchi, sauerkraut, miso)

  • Sweets & chocolate

  • Refined sugar

  • Seafood and ocean fish

  • Added spices, including chili & pepper

  • Ice, cold drinks, or ice cream

  • Supplements or superfoods with strong energetic effects (Ayurvedic or Chinese herbs, maca, medicinal mushrooms, cacao, etc.)

  • Oils (a small amount of olive, sesame, or coconut oil is acceptable)

  • Mild pharmaceuticals (Advil, Tylenol, etc.)

  • Hapé & Sananga

Continue reducing salt & refined sugar