Combining ancestral medicine journeying with world-class polyamory coaching to take your deeper into yourself.
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Aya in Ecuador
Your stay at our Ayahuasca and San Pedro Retreat promises an unparalleled journey of healing and self-discovery. La Vida Divine stands as the world's sole Women BIPOC Queer-owned sanctuary for plant medicine, embodying our unwavering commitment to inclusivity. We warmly welcome guests of all backgrounds, embracing diversity in incarnations, orientations, races, genders, creeds, cultures, and economic statuses.
MEET YOUR MEDICINE FACILITATORS
Jhoselyn Gaddy
Medicine Woman/Creator
Jhoselyn Gaddy is a licensed registered nurse with over 20 years of experience, as well as a curandera with 12 years of experience. She is also a sacred sexuality guide, sexual health advocate, and certified tantra practitioner.
Jhoselyn is also a born-and-raised Ecuadorian indigenous practitioner who spent 9 years devoted to training under the tutelage of a traditional medicine man in the Shuar tradition - Taita TsenTsek. Additionallu, she is a plant medicine retreat facilitator and intuitive healer.
She has worked with clients of all ages, genders, and backgrounds in both Spanish and English, and finds joy in sharing her medical and holistic knowledge about healthy living, personal healing, and leading a spiritually and emotionally balanced life. She draws upon the ancient, sacred knowledge passed down to her from her South American Indigenous lineage while also incorporating her many years of western medicinal training.
Courtney Gaddy
Co-creator
Courtney "Gaddy" is a powerful force for healing and transformation. With a background in music, project management, and community activism, she brings a unique blend of skills and talents to the healing team. Her intuitive nature and spiritual insights make her a valuable member of the group, and her passion for helping others is evident in everything she does.
Gaddy's spiritual leadership has also been a source of inspiration for many. She has helped others navigate their shadow work and find healing through their own spiritual practices. Her recent experiences with plant medicine have further expanded her understanding of the spiritual realm and deepened her connection to the divine.
MEET YOUR POLYAMORY COACHES/GUIDES
Evita "Lavitaloca" Sawyers
Polyamory Coach
Evita is a Black, queer, femme, ethical non-monogamy coach, speaker, educator, and author. They are the creator of “Today’s Polyamory Reminder,” which has inspired over 60,000 followers.
They are the author of “A Polyamory Devotional-365 Daily Reflections for the Consensually Nonmonogamous", and is also the subject of the groundbreaking polyamorous documentary “Poly-Love”.
Evita began their journey with plant medicine alongside their polyamorous journey. They have sat with Jhoselyn and Courtney many times, with many different medicines.
Their experiences sitting with medicine have been pivotal to accelerating the deep changes necessary for them to embrace this new way of living and loving. Through medicine, they learned to be present with intensity, to release fear of change and endings, and to remember the oneness that we share with all beings.
Jessica Daylover
Polyamory Coach
Jessica Daylover is an experienced spiritual coach, polyamory educator (known on the internets as Remodeled Love), and a long-time advocate of psychedelic medicine. She has sat with Grandmother 7 times, and is eternally grateful for the grace Grandmother has shown her as a deeply messy human with so much damn shadow work to do.
She is also a highly trained healer, witch, and Usui Holy Fire Reiki master, with a BA in Philosophy and Sociology, and a minor in Gender Studies from UW-Madison.
Jessica's speciality is the intersection of the polyamorous path and shadow work.
She is extremely honored that Jhoselyn & Gaddy reached out for collaboration, and is very excited to work alongside them and her love Evita in order to help folks step into their fullest dreams of becoming sovereign lover.
What About Cultural Appropriation?
"We appreciate your concern in this arena.
By definition, cultural appropriation is the adoption or use of elements from a marginalized or minority culture by members of a dominant culture, typically without understanding, respect, or permission.
To bring clarity and understanding to this for you, I am a born-and-raised Ecuadorian indigenous practitioner. I spent 9 years devoted to training under the tutelage of a traditional medicine man in the Shuar tradition - Taita TsenTsek - who has not only given me permission but also continued support in sharing the knowledge, medicine, and culture with those whom I am called to serve. I have been working closely with Ayahuasca/Natem and other medicines for the past 15 years with utmost care and respect.
In my work and practice, I always name my teachers, continue to support the communities that allow me to do this work, and keep a deep relationship with my teachers.
This medicine has helped me and many other polyamorous people of all colors and backgrounds connect deeper to their own processes and decolonize their frames of thinking.
Jessica and Evita are assisting us in connecting those in the community with our work. We stand in integrity and continue to provide sane, brave, and safe-based practices for folks in all communities, with a focus on our marginalized people who often do not have access to this work."
- Goddess Jhoselyn
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