Recordings
Recordings & Group Talks with Sanango
What is Ayahuasca? (45min)
In this retreat talk in preparation for an Ayahuasca ceremony, Maestro Sanango talks about what Ayahuasca is and what we may experience during a ceremony. Some of the topics include:
- Observing ourselves and our reality
- Learning to listen to what the plant is showing me
- Coming out of fears and difficulties
- Trusting in our experience, in life, in (our) Truth
- What is a ‘shaman’?
The Opportunity of the Shamanic Diet (41 min)
In the diet, we learn directly from a master plant healer. This can mark a turning point in our existence, a moment in our life where we take true action and create the opportunity to understand the deeper causes of our suffering, to heal wounds and karmic cycles that may have otherwise defined the rest of our life. In this process of letting go, we forge ourselves a new path in life aligned with our truth and being.
Sanango also begins to elaborate upon some essential rules of the shamanic diet which provide security for this process to unfold safely and for the maximum benefit of the dieter.
Masters Ajo Sacha, Bobinsana & Ayahuasca (26 min)
In this talk, Sanango shares about three of the sacred plants that we often diet with at Sinchi Runa: Ajo Sacha, Bobinsana, and the pure Ayahuasca vine ‘Caapi’ (without Chakruna).
Master Plants are the physical manifestations of divine entities, teachers and healers that we can learn from, heal and develop a relationship with.
Each master plant could itself become a life-path, and has a personality, healing characteristics, and archetypes. They open the heart, each in their own unique way, bringing about the cultivation of understanding and wisdom.
In this talk, Sanango shares about three of the sacred plants that we often diet with at Sinchi Runa: Ajo Sacha, Bobinsana, and the pure Ayahuasca vine ‘Caapi’ (without Chakruna).
Master Plants are the physical manifestations of divine entities, teachers and healers that we can learn from, heal and develop a relationship with.
Each master plant could itself become a life-path, and has a personality, healing characteristics, and archetypes. They open the heart, each in their own unique way, bringing about the cultivation of understanding and wisdom.
Defending Our Inner Territory - The Jaguar and Nirsimha (23m)
In this episode, we explore the archetype of the Otorongo – the Jaguar – through the lenses of Toltec wisdom, Vedic archetypes, and Amazonian shamanism. This sacred feline represents the inner warrior, the vigilant force that guards our internal territory – our body, mind, and energy – from invasive forces and unconscious patterns.
This warrior energy exists in all of us, and can be cultivated to helps us confront and dismantle the “inner demons” within – negative thoughts, emotional chaos, or intrusive external frequencies that influence us and disconnect us from rectitude and ourselves.
The energy of the Jaguar teaches us to remain alert and sovereign over our internal state, and to not be dominated by the thoughts, sensations and reactions that arise at any given moment, even (or especially) when they are most intense and overwhelming. It is a state of vigilance, where through awareness of the the mind and discipline of thoughts and reactions, we maintain our center in the storm and can take true action, stepping beyond the mechanisms of the mind that are based in our fears and reactions.
Like the feline that stalks it’s territory against any intruder, to invoke the energy of the Jaguar is to learn to defend our inner territory and free ourselves from the projections and illusions that falsely shape our reality. The Otorongo is not just a symbol, but a living energy and frequency we can seek to embody.
Integration: Becoming Human through Love & Service (38 min)
The post-ceremony sharing circle is a bridge from personal insights to collective understanding, and we explore topics related to love & fear from the ceremony, and how to integrate the insights and understanding into our life.
“We are love” is an expression often heard in spiritual circles, but to discover it’s true meaning we must go deeper than this. Love is an inherent truth of our being, but to live this state is a discipline we must practice.
To truly embrace our humanity and become that love and compassion that we are, we must live with a constant search and practice of it in our daily life. There are many possible paths to open the heart, such as the path of service for humanity, and the devotional path of Bhakti Yoga, that help us with this.
The lens we see our Ayahuasca ceremonies (and life) through shapes our experience, and we must learn to observe our fear and the noise of the mind to truly live the experience. True freedom arises when we can step beyond our immediate circumstance, and when we are able to see clearly beyond these distortions into deeper self-understanding.
The Smoky Mirror of Perception (34 min)
Why is it ‘normal’ to show scenes of gore, torture or extreme horrors, yet we cannot show images of the naked body, of intimacy, or the birth of a child (one of the most sacred moments in our existence)?
If we analyzed the collective conscious, with all it’s behaviours, as an individual person – what might we think of the health and well-being of this person? What do these forms of expression say about our collective fears, shames, and relationship to nature and ourselves?
This episode is an invitation to see beyond the “smoky mirror” of perception, into a reality shaped not by culture, but by communion with nature, spirit and oneself. We explore some of the distorted reflections and illusions of reality that our culture indulges, many of which are rooted in our disconnection and wounds.
This talk was born from a plant dieta retreat with Ajo Sacha and Ayahuasca, where we confronted the strange norms of modern culture and it’s misconceptions when approaching this sacred medicine, often seen as the magical fix that solves all problems.
Through intimate storytelling and philosophical reflection, we explore the seductive trap of looking to plants as quick fixes, the romanticizing of spiritual experiences, and the quiet ache of our disconnection from the Earth – and the sacred opportunity we have to heal our disconnection from nature, spirit and our true essence.
Untouchable: The True Meaning of Virginity (25 min)
We explore the powerful symbolism of the Virgin Mary and how her understanding can helps us heal and awaken with Ayahuasca and Master Plants – the Virgin who in her in perfection and virginity can help us understand these very qualities in ourselves, the sacredness of our pain and our own untouchable true nature.
Everything in this incarnation, including our suffering and pain, can be made sacred, and this episode is an invitation to discover the compassion and perfection that is hidden in our wounds and scars.
We must learn to traverse the ‘forests of razors’ without letting ourselves be contaminated or touched, learn to trust ourselves again after pain, and like the Virgin embody the understanding of Om Purnam and become ‘untouchable’ in our divinity.
Masculinity & Rectitude (26 min)
What does it mean to truly be masculine? How is rectitude intertwined with truth, discipline, and spiritual clarity?
Exploring ancient wisdom and indigenous traditions, Sanango guides us through the search for real masculinity—one that transcends societal constructs and embraces the purity of being. From the sacred purge to the lessons of tobacco as a master plant, this episode calls on you to release old beliefs, cultivate awareness, and embody true strength.
Join us on this journey of self-discovery, where masculinity is not about domination but about mastery, humility, and living in alignment with divine truth.
The Path of the Spiritual Warrior (1h 46m)
Through discomfort, self-observation, and surrender, we explore how internal struggles mirror the external world. Discussions touch on control, addiction to mental states, and the responsibility of managing our own energy.
Themes of masculinity, fatherhood, and the interplay of feminine suffering unfold, offering a deeper understanding of balance. Sanango delves into spiritual warriors, devotion, and the discipline of the mind—revealing how true strength lies in humility and compassion.
At the heart of transformation is gratitude – a key to healing, expanding perception, and opening the heart to deeper understanding. Sanango reminds us that gratitude is not for God but for ourselves, allowing us to integrate experience, dissolve suffering, and recognize the harmony woven into life.
Forgiveness, illusions of identity, and the influence of cultural conditioning are examined alongside the power of trust. Through reflections on ancient wisdom, the reality of human suffering, and the nature of perception, we are reminded of our capacity to transform, elevate, and co-create a conscious world.
Join us in this episode as we navigate the path of the heart, seeking truth, healing, and the warrior’s journey to love.
Eclipses: Traversing the Conflict (1h 16m)
Eclipses symbolize the clash of two energies, mirroring the struggles we face within. Conflict, often seen as illness, is also a force that propels us forward, offering the potential for deep understanding. Through sacred plant medicines (such as Ayahuasca, Tabaco, Ajo Sacha and more), we learn how the plants mirror these conflicts in us, assisting us to see and change what is no longer serving us. The role of the curandero is to guide this process, just as the ceremony itself becomes a space to harmonise our conflicts – a space where attachments are broken, and healing begins.
We delve into ancient paradigms and the inherited beliefs that shape our suffering: how fear, self-hatred, and the misunderstanding of love create inner demons. We explore the symbolic power of the serpent, knowledge hidden within, and the cycles of death and rebirth that allow us to reinvent ourselves.
How do we prepare for an eclipse? How can we use this cosmic event to let go of resistance and embrace change? How does the mind, sexuality, and collective consciousness respond to the shifting tides of the moon? We uncover the answers through wisdom passed down in the traditions of plant medicine, mantras, and the path of self-discovery.
The Divine Dance: Exploring the Masculine & Feminine in Dharma (29 min)
Sanango also unveils the wisdom of the shamanic diet, a transformative journey of solitude and communion with a master plant. Through silence, surrender, and deep listening, we are called to release our attachments, flow with life, and hear the universe speak from the heart.
Breaking Free: Our Greatest Fear is True Freedom (Part 3) (20min)
Sanango unpacks the ways our culture instills fear of freedom itself and the patterns that keep humanity trapped. Throughout history, we’ve seen how movements toward liberation are met with resistance, as if true freedom is too dangerous to embrace. But what would a world without fear look like?
The Shamanic dieta with master plants offers us a way to break free of this cycle. It is an opportunity to witness our conditioning, to see where our pain comes from, and to break free from the chains we never realized we were wearing. The dieta is a call to awaken; to observe, let go, and to step into a life beyond our fears and self-imposed limitations.
Breaking Free: Becoming Aware of Our Marsks (Part 2) (28min)
What if the identity we cling to is nothing more than a mask? A construct reinforced by the ego, disguising our true essence? The realisation that we own the mask, and not the other way around, is the first step toward true freedom.
In this episode, Sanango unpacks the dangers of our masks, especially in the context of working with Ayahuasca & Master Plants. If approached with the right intention, these sacred teachers can serve as a vehicle to awaken consciousness, helping us see that we are so much more than the personalities we wear.
Breaking Free: The Hidden Link Between Addiction, Culture & Pain (Part 1) (30min)
Join us as Sanango sheds light on the unseen forces shaping our lives, the origins of various addictions and pains in modern culture, and the path to true awareness. How can we break free from the programming that keeps us trapped? What does it mean to take real, transformative action? What am I resisting, and why?
This conversation is Part 1 of a deeper discussion on our beliefs, culture and the masks we wear to navigate it’s challenges. Join the conversation and stay tuned for Part 2, coming next week.
How to Open the Heart (26min)
But what does this really mean?
The culture we live in only helps foster our sense of disconnection and lack of purpose, and much of our lives are clouded with incessant internal chatter and external noise. This noise lies at the root of our disconnection and impedes us from discovering what is mostly deeply within us.
To begin to open the heart implies fostering a reconnection with our true selves beyond the noise; to be able to hear the inherent wisdom and voice of our heart, that is also our truth and purpose – our Dharma. It is an intimate internal journey of discovery in our vast stillness, where we identify that of the culture that does not serve the opening of our heart, and aligning ourselves into a lived experience of our truth.
Love - The Antidote of Fear (40min)
In this episode, Sanango talks about the different kinds of fears that we may experience in life, and that may be revealed in ceremony with Ayahuasca, and how we can learn to traverse and overcome them in ways that are useful to our healing, growth and understanding. We can learn to manage our fear in various ways, and recognise the false premises that create them and shape our reality, so that they stop limiting us and the true expression of our hearts.
The antidote of fear is entering into a state of love.
Love is a state we can seek to understand and open ourselves into, which is a practice and a path for life in itself. By learning to open ourselves into a state of love and devotion for the divine, we can discover that love is not just a beautiful state, but also the most powerful protection and a divine weapon of truth.
Fear, Pride & The Search for Humility (1h 16 min)
In this discourse from retreat, Sanango explores the true meaning of spirituality, silence and the search for humility through a discussion of our fear and pride.
The path of healing begins with the search humility (the true antidote to pride) and in our willingness to let go, and is one of the keys to coming out of our suffering. We carry fears that create our view of ourselves and our world, shaped by pains or traumatic experiences, and to truly heal and evolve, we must understand and release these fear-based beliefs that sustain our pain.
Ayahuasca & Master Plants can help, but we must assume our responsibility to do the work in preparing ourselves, purging, and finding the humility to let go of that which truly does not serve us.
Dreams - Language of the Subconscious (58 min)
In this fascinating talk from a recent retreat, Sanango dives deep into the understanding of dreams and the different states of consciousness that are available to us.
Dreams are the language of the subconscious, a voice of our interior that we can to connect with and learn from, just as many other states of consciousness in the shamanic experience can teach us and that are accessible to us through deep spiritual practice and/or entheogens.
Sanango also discusses our relationship to death and the misconceptions of our culture’s perception of this inevitable event, which is really just a change of state of consciousness.
The Origins of Shamanism & Humanity (24 min)
In this group discussion, Sanango delves into origins of humanity and her use of sacred plants and entheogens, looking at the role that shamanism has played as an ancient technology and science in shaping culture and civilisation, as well as the use of entheogens in various cultures to communicate with the subtle world.
Within the exercise of master plants we need to be able to open ourselves to see the world as the primordial cultures did, understanding that the extent to which our culture is closed within it’s view is also the extent of it’s ignorance and limitation in truly seeing the world.
The Role of Divinity (12 min)
- Ayahuasca is a medicine that requires us to do our work – she will not do the work for us.
- There is no magic, even though it contains divinity and the subtle world. It is through divinity that we can witness ourselves, and the role of divinity is to shine, so that humanity may elevate herself to (her) divinity.
- You are the main character that performs your own healing – though the plants can help us to see our own divinity, so we can find healing and understanding.
Abuse & Letting Go: Opportunity in Crisis (18 min)
During a post-Ayahuasca group sharing, Sanango discusses the delicate topic of trauma and abuse.
- In order to let go of our pain, we must learn to assume our responsibility in healing the trauma caused by abuse.
- If we close ourselves within our trauma, and treasure our pain, closing ourselves in the position of a being a victim, we impede ourselves from feeling and letting go.
- Instead, we must recognize ourselves with compassion in the perpetrator as much as in the victim, and center ourselves, seeking to understand what we need to understand from what happened, so that we may feel, and let it go
Much to Heal - The Purge (23min)
- We are here to unlearn; our entire lives can be summarised in learning to let go
- What is Rectitude? The energy of Truth, the undeniable, of God, that which IS.
- How do the plants of the Purge work (Tobacco and Rosa Sisa/Marigold)?
- What are the beliefs and paradigms that cause our suffering, that separate us from opening our hearts?
- We must do the work to create our own miracles; and assume the path as a process and work.
- What are the mechanics of the Purge?
Surrendering & Understanding the Path (19min)
- Why surrendering and coming out of our heads allows us to enter deeper with the medicine – and vomit
- To allow Ayahuasca and the medicine to work and serve us, we need to learn to observe ourselves and surrender
- Entheogens are tools we can use to reach states, and experience new states of ourselves
- The states we can reach with entheogens can be experienced through deep paths of yoga or meditation
- Each of us have a unique experience; each of us has a unique path, and we’re all here to understand something according to our karma or Dharma.
Silence & Vedic Philosophy (23 min)
- In order to hear our heart’s innate wisdom, the plants, and divinity itself speak to us, we must first become quiet and listen.
- Silence is fundamental to our process, and it’s in silence that we may begin to hear the inner master, and to observe and let go of the many beliefs, ideas, and mechanisms that dictate the reality we find ourselves in, and the suffering we create for ourselves.
- Why Sinchi Runa retreats are in silence.
- The connection between Vedic Philosophy and Shamanism, that are both a birthright of humanity in it’s search for union with the divine.
What is an entheogen? (10 min Video, Spanish with subtitles)
- What entheogens are
- How they amplify our perception of reality
- The opportunity that entheogens offer us for understanding and healing on our spiritual journeys.
