Jason’s journey has led him around the world in search of questions he has had about life. Early in his twenties, he began to develop a keen interest in plants: as food, nutrition, life, and medicine. He began learning holistic systems of medicine such as herbalism, Traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, and nutrition. That curiosity eventually led him to the Amazon where he began to work with plants to learn traditional ways of healing.
Jason came to work at the ayahuasca healing center Temple of the Way of Light in 2012 where he would stay for nearly a decade. After having worked with ayahuasca quite extensively, he began the process of dieting plants in the Shipibo tradition. In 2013 he began working with maestro Ernesto Garcia Torres, delving deep into the world of dieting. Through a prolonged apprenticeship and training, involving prolonged isolation, fasting, and dieting of plants, he was given the blessing to begin working plants and the title of tabaquero.
He currently runs plant medicine retreats/dietas in Peru and travels abroad regularly. Jason works through the medium of the master plant tobacco and with tree medicines from the Amazon rainforest and increasingly with trees from North America and Europe. Jason created a podcast called The Universe Within Podcast.
Plants truly are our food, our life, our medicine, and they are alive and here to help us learn from them. They can open us to a world that we perhaps never could have imagined: the world of who we are. When we approach them with respect, honor, humility, and a genuine desire to learn, they can open the doors of life and heal us on all levels. Jason is deeply grateful to all of his teachers and students who have and continue to teach him, and to everyone that has helped him on his journey to where he is, and to wherever it may lead.
Jason is married with a son. He is an Eagle Scout and in his free time, he enjoys practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (he is a brown belt), spending time in nature and at home, woodworking, riding his motorcycle, and solitude.
Integration Call
Integration Call: The word integration comes from a root meaning to make whole. At its essence, all medicine work is a journey toward wholeness—a shedding of what no longer serves us and a return to the core of who we truly are. During ceremonies, we can enter profoundly transformative states in which deep insight, learning, and healing arise. These experiences have the power to reshape our inner world and open us to new ways of seeing and being.
Yet for many, the most challenging work begins after the ceremony, when we return to the rhythms and responsibilities of everyday life. The insights and healing received must be practiced and embodied; without integration, even the most powerful experience can remain a fleeting moment. While we may feel changed within ourselves, the outer world often appears unchanged, and it can be difficult to find people who truly understand what we have experienced or know how to support us. This gap can leave us feeling isolated and alone.
In more traditional societies, medicine work was woven into the fabric of daily life. Elders, medicine people, and community members surrounded individuals throughout their process, making integration a natural and ongoing part of living. For many of us today - especially those living outside of such cultural containers - this level of support is not readily available. As a result, the longing for understanding, guidance, and encouragement can go unmet.
Working with someone who has walked this path and has guided others through it can greatly support the integration process. Often, a single conversation—one that offers attentive listening, perspective, and gentle guidance—can make a profound difference. The role of an integrator is not to interpret or prescribe, but to help illuminate experiences in a way that empowers us to move toward greater wholeness. Insight, perspective, wisdom, and lived experience can support integration in deeply meaningful ways.
Consultation Call: A consultation call is also available for those who are considering working or dieting with me and would like a more personal conversation before committing. This space can also be used to explore whether working one-on-one with me on a more specific health protocol may be beneficial.
Personalized Protocols for Ongoing Health Issues
This is package designed for those who would like to work with me from a distance. This includes:
• 4 1:1 calls for a duration of 1 hour each
• individually designed herbal protocols, physical regiments, and emotional regulation practices
• remote shamanic diagnosis and work
• email support
By understanding your situation I may be able to provide guidance and a roadmap to health remotely through dialogue, remote shamanic tools, and creating a detailed protocol of natural medicines that can begin to bring relief and create long-term change. This usually involves beginning to work on all three levels, so creating certain protocols and natural remedies that work on the physical level, creating routines and structures that begin to work on the mind and emotions, and eventually practices or tools that can bring alignment to spirit.
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