Dave Achula

My path with plant medicine began over eleven years ago, and it has profoundly shaped the way I live, heal, and serve. Along the way, an Ayahuasca ceremony gave me a clear calling to begin holding space for others and to share music as medicine. Since then, I have been devoted to creating ceremonies that invite deep healing, connection, and remembrance.

As a plant medicine guide, herbalist, dancer, musician, and space holder, I weave together ritual, movement, live music, and immersive digital soundscapes to create grounded and transformative experiences. I believe that music has the power to open the heart and gently guide us into deeper relationship with ourselves.

My work is supported by both lived experience and professional training. I completed a Psychedelic Integration training with ICEERS and a Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Facilitation training with Atira Tan, which continue to inform the way I hold safe, compassionate, and trauma-aware spaces.

My journey has also been enriched through learning with indigenous wisdom keepers in South Africa, including the Khoi and Sangoma lineages, while developing a deep respect for the shamanic traditions of the Amazon and Andes. Today, I bring together these teachings with a lifelong love for plants, music, and community, offering spaces where people can reconnect with their own inner wisdom and innate capacity to heal.