Ayahuasca Microdosing: Results (2020) 🇺🇸
- See our latest results (2021 Q1) - May 2021 -
Ayahuasca is a sacred plant from the Amazon known for its ancestral ceremonial use and its visionary and healing powers. Recently, scientific research and new therapeutic approaches have begun to dialogue with the indigenous worldview to build respectful ways to innovate in the field of mental health and consciousness using sacred plants. After a year of hard work, a Peruvian team of volunteers is unveiling the first preliminary evidence of a series of observational studies and has launched a course to expand, train and share this new space of knowledge.
During 2020, with contributions from professionals in science and ancestral practices, Microhuasca has had more than 70 users taking Ayahuasca microdoses under 4-week protocols. A microdose corresponds to 10% of a ceremonial dose and, unlike its full version known for trance states and revealing visions, this generates a very subtle effect that allows you to carry out daily activities normally. Users were asked to complete a daily log where, among other things, they rated 14 variables from 0 to 5 for their perceived intensity:
Microdoses act on 4 personal dimensions
Within the theoretical framework that Microhuasca’s team has built, they highlight that ayahuasca microdoses act on 4 dimensions: Physical, Emotional, Cognitive and Spiritual.
Feedback from participants and data show substantial improvements since day one, and interesting correlations between the behavior of certain variables related to their dimensions and their possible holistic interconnection, constant in multiple areas of human health. For example, when microdosing, the improvement in a mainly emotional variable (mood) could explain the improvement in a mainly physical variable (energy).
César Farías, transpersonal psychologist -Facilitator in Microhuasca and General Director of the Research Institute for Ontological Practice (IIPPO)
Focus could explain the behavior of other variables
We found interesting results in Focus -within the cognitive dimension- which we defined for the participants as:
"I manage to direct my attention completely to the tasks that I perform (HIGH: High concentration, being aware, being present, mindfulness (full attention), intuition, greater interest, disciplined, greater perception. LOW: Low concentration, distraction, being careless, being clueless) "
The correlational analysis between the 14 variables showed that if we see that a user’s ability to focus improves over time, we could say that at least 9 more variables might also have a similar improvement behavior. The team seeks to delve into these relationships and has already begun a study measuring brain frequencies using a portable EEG device.
The team uses the Muse 2 device, created to aid meditation, but alternate functions enable it to collect thousands of data points of brain activity.
"One of the most common and immediate improvements is reported in their focus, in multiple areas of their lives," says psychologist Federico Infante PhD, coordinator at Microhuasca and president of the Peruvian Transpersonal Association. "Participants maintain a balance that they continue to experience even months after finishing their processes."
Reports also show great results microdosing ayahuasca prepared only with the vine, that is, the same natural preparation but without the chacruna leaf, which contains the psychedelic DMT. This has long been known by indigenous healers and is legal in many parts of the world.
Sharing the experience in a course
There are many variables, dimensions and other attributes analyzed. The Microhuasca team has compiled these main learnings in an experiential course, in which students will be able to microdose in a guided way and, together with what they are experiencing, link the scientific foundations and the ancestral worldview that support this practice.
Ana Platzer - Facilitator Training Coordinator at Microhuasca
Microhuasca is an independent and self-funded non-profit. This year, as a way to generate resources, they are open for applications for their course (in Spanish) for professionals interested in the field, which begins April 19th 2021, seeking to strengthen a community of experts and facilitators within a context of respect and integrity with ancestral knowledge.
If you’re a professional, philanthropist or enthusiast that would like to join or collaborate to the cause, contact me at alvaro@microhuasca.com and let’s connect. You can also donate to help us go on. If you liked what you saw, please share this with others.