Headless Chicken
About this ebook
Many people have asked me about the three months experience in the Peruvian jungle when I came back. They wanted to find out whether Ayahuasca would be the solution to heal from suffering. I don’t think so. My humble opinion after the Amazon experience is, that prayer, deep meditation or experiences in nature can help transcend suffering just as much. It’s about us being conscious, present, com-passionate, and responsible to allow love in (crack the nut) and to share that love.
Here, I just share my experiences with Ayahuasca, and what that meant in respect of my life experience and personal background. It is important to point out that other people’s experiences are other people's experiences and nothing more. What that means for me, is not what it means for you. Everybody has their own perspective, frames of mind, background and path. And yet, we have very similar mechanisms going and we are made of the same stuff. Sometimes, being understanding and compassionate with others can help to apply the same kindness to ourselves.
About the author
Something just didn’t work out. And it wasn’t just the environment, it was the way she faced life situations, her attitude, her judging, her fears, her habits, her conditioning. That was Manuela’s lesson in 2000, when she experienced malign melanoma, advanced skin cancer, right after burn-out and divorce, leaving marriage, job and “security” behind. She had to be re-operated right away. Next week might be too late. This is when she realized, that she didn’t care about her life, it felt rather like a struggle and a burden. But dying was not an option: she was mother of two small children. This is when things started changing. She hadn’t appreciated her own life but tried to do the right thing, had been hard on herself with a lack of compassion for her own needs and priorities. She decided to experiment a total “reset”, learn how to change her own attitude and inner mechanisms. After trainings in Mental Power, Coaching, Yoga and Hypnosis and regular personal retreats, she developed an innovative new way of supporting people to change habits that included mind, body and soul. Her Yaduma program was prize-awarded in 2006.
The message: if we stop searching for answers out there and dare to explore inside who we are and why we are here, we can find not only the key to meaning, mission and happiness but the kind of relationship to ourselves, God and the world that we most desire.
