Portals - 7 Day Women's Ayahuasca Retreat

Shannon Brown is a Plant Medicine and Psychedelic Guide, Visionary Artist, Sound Therapist and Transformational Arts Facilitator. With over 25 years designing and facilitating arts and healing retreats, experiences, programming and ceremonies, including workshops at Beond Ibogaine Treatment Centre, Heritage Treatment Foundation, for the Psychedelic Association of Canada, the AGO, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, The School of Medicine at Queen’s University, and more, she brings her passion and skills to the realm of personal and collective wellness. Shannon combines multiple creative modalities in her healing arts practice including Sound Therapy, Expressive Arts, Shamanic Healing and Ritual, Dreamwork, Mindfulness and Reiki, and is a lifelong yogi, musician and dancer. During ceremony she works with the sacred plant medicine Cannabis Sativa and it is her wish that this ancient beautiful flower find it’s place of honour in the world of psychedelic medicines. Shannon is trained in Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Therapy® with the Centre for Medicinal Mindfulness in Cannabis Assisted Psychedelic Guiding and Atira Tan in trauma-informed Plant Medicine Facilitation and Somatic Integration and is certified in Sound Therapy with Toronto’s Institute of Traditional Medicine. She has degrees in Fine Arts (Concordia University), Education (ACE, Artist in Community Education BEd, Queen’s University), a Certificate in Human Psychology (Bishop’s University) and numerous graduate level courses in Creative Arts Therapies (Concordia University). Her teachers include Daniel McQueen, Atira Tan, Artist Alex Grey, Dreamer Robert Moss, Art Hive’s Janis Timm-Bottos and Plant Spirit Medicine Elder Liddy Flewelling as well as her parents Artist J. David Brown and Florist and Designer Mary Lou Siemonsen. Her psychedelic teachers include Cannabis, Ayahuasca, Psilocybin, San Pedro, 5MEO-DMT, MDMA and Cacao

Debbie is an Experience Designer, Conscious Marketer, Entrepreneur and Life Explorer. With her elements rooted in play, Debbie strives to bring communities together to co-create, connect, and cultivate experiences that ignite and activate the soul. She drums here and there too, so come prepared for a jam.

Since 2018, Gabriela (Hekxaloc) has studied and practiced many disciplines of the ancient spiritual, esoteric, energetic and healing traditions for the body, soul & mind. Her objective is to be able to cooperate with the awakening of humanity to a higher and respectful consciousness for the preservation and healing of the planet and of all human beings. She is currently the leader of the Hekxaloc Spiritual Development and Healing Center as a Medicine Woman, offering holistic and integrative therapies, teaching spiritual development courses, and providing the sacred medicine of the Temazcal.

Tl;dr: Pamela is just AMAZING!! (Writing this as someone who has sat with her in ceremony many times) Powerful, grounded medicine woman, AMAZING musician, one of the kindest soul with the biggest heart. She feels like a safe space. She is such a tiny human but her soul and heart is bigger than this universe. Her bio: With certifications in Biomagnetism, breathwork, and yoga therapies, Pamela started her shamanic journey in 2006 through the Ayahuasca church of Santo Daime. Utilizing a unique blend of music and sacred medicines, she has facilitated the healing of countless individuals worldwide. Known for her compassion, strength, and deep understanding, Pamela creates a nurturing environment where true healing can occur. Pamela’s training extends from the Red Path and vision quests to immersive experiences with Shipibo Masters in Peru. For several years, she has been a facilitator at the Sacred Valley Tribe Center, where she employs plant medicines to support the healing journeys of veterans with PTSD and individuals in addiction recovery. Guided by the Great Spirit, Pamela is grateful for the opportunity to facilitate the sacred medicine of Ayahuasca, fostering a connection with our internal teacher and sharing this transformative experience with the global family. Her vision is to assist others in delving into their subconscious, uncovering patterns of behavior, and transforming them to achieve inner peace and harmony.