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‘I Tried Ayahuasca and My Life Changed Completely’

By Lauren Paton — 2021

It was as if I were being shown my life from a greater distance. The ceremony gave me clarity. At some points I even sobbed; deep, body racking sobs that I don't think I'd cried since I was a child. I also vomited heavily. As I did, I had a physical sense of relief; as if emotion that had been stuck deep inside me had been expelled.

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