Footsteps

Footsteps is a 6-week online course that integrates one specific psychedelic experience. Participants will go through a structured process to reconnect with the experience, identify and embody the insights gained, and apply them to real-life changes.

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  • Last updated Nov '23
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Course Description

Footsteps is a 6-week online course that integrates one specific psychedelic experience. Participants will go through a structured process to reconnect with the experience, identify and embody the insights gained, and apply them to real-life changes. The course consists of 2 sessions per week (live session + peer group), each lasting 1.5 hours.

The main goal of Footsteps is to help individuals explore and understand the connections between their life and psychedelic experiences. It is designed to make a transformative impact on one’s life by enabling one to draw meaningful changes from the experience. Footsteps is suitable for individuals who have returned from a retreat or guided session and want to keep working with their experience, those who want to learn more about integration and build it into a life practice, and those looking for connection and growth. The course provides an opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals through group work and peer group meetings.

Facilitators for the course include Patrick Wentorp, Victor Jivanescu, and Hannah de Waal, who bring expertise in breathwork and integration facilitation. The course comprises six live webinars, practical exercises, integration tools, and group work. It is offered multiple times per year.

You will learn:

  • What is Bwiti?
  • Roles in Bwiti initiation/treatment
  • Instruments in Bwiti: ngombe, mogongo
  • What is an Nganga
    • Maboundi/Yombo
    • Maboundi/Yombo
  • Sustainability/reciprocity

You will learn:

  • History of the Fang tradition
  • Dissumba vs. Dissumba Fang
  • Ombwiri/Mbumbayano Fang
  • The kambo
  • State of Fang Bwiti in Gabon
  • Impact of Westerners coming to work with the sacred wood

You will learn:

  • History of the Missoko tradition
  • Various branches of Missoko initiation:
    • Miobe/Mioba
    • Ngonde Na Dipuma
    • Sengedia
  • The impact of logging on the tradition
  • What the future of Bwiti could look like in Gabon

You will learn:

  • History of Dissumba
  • Various branches of Dissumba initiation:
    • Abanji/Mabanji
    • Ilombo
    • Ombwiri
    • Ombudi
    • Loro
  • The ngombe (sacred harp)
  • Healing rituals involved in her tradition
  • Training to serve the wood
    • What does it involve?
    • How long does it take?

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Tatayo

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About Instructor

Tatayo (“Fruit of the Wind”) first arrived in Gabon in 1971 at the age of 21 and became a Gabonese citizen. In 1979, he became the first white person to be initiated into the Bwiti Fang tradition in Gabon. In 1994, he was initiated into the Misokko tradition. As a guide for numerous expeditions and missions, including those of National Geographic, the BBC, and others, Tatayo is considered to have “opened the door” to westerners in Gabon.

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Please see below for start and finish dates/times. This course is currently being offered live and dates/times will change throughout the year.

€364

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This course includes

  • Modules 6
  • Duration 6 Weeks
  • Skills Beginner
  • Language English
  • Availability Cohort
  • Certificate No

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