San José, Costa Rica — Author, psychedelic integration coach, and Summit Garden Wellness founder Mbela has released Healing with Psychedelics & Shamanic Plant Medicines: A Practical Guide, a comprehensive reference for people seeking to understand the responsible and intentional use of psychedelic and plant medicines.
Available worldwide in Kindle and paperback editions through Amazon, the book was written to help readers approach psychedelic experiences with greater preparation, discernment, and awareness of potential risks.
Availability
Healing with Psychedelics & Shamanic Plant Medicines: A Practical Guide is available worldwide in Kindle and paperback editions on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H89Q8JM7
Practical Information Across Medicines and Settings
Healing with Psychedelics & Shamanic Plant Medicines examines psychedelic experiences across clinical offices, ceremonial circles, retreats, underground environments, and self-led settings. It explains how each environment presents distinct considerations related to safety, practitioner qualifications, boundaries, emergency planning, and follow-up support.
The book includes profiles of commonly encountered substances, including cannabis, MDMA, ketamine, LSD, psilocybin, DMT, ayahuasca, 5-MeO-DMT, iboga, mescaline, salvia, and kambo. Each profile addresses dosage ranges, pharmacology, timelines, traditional and scientific knowledge, legal status, potential applications, contraindications, and appropriate-use considerations.
Mbela developed the guide using experience gained through ceremony work, formal indigenous initiation, psychedelic integration coaching, and the facilitation of nearly a thousand medicine journeys.
Preparation and Screening Before a Journey
A central section of the book focuses on preparation. Readers receive guidance on evaluating practitioners and retreat programs, recognizing medical and psychiatric warning signs, and considering the physical or lifestyle factors that may influence an experience. The guide also discusses informed consent, facilitator credibility, personal readiness, emotional stability, medications, and access to appropriate support. It encourages readers to seek qualified medical or mental health advice when individual health conditions require professional assessment.
“Safety and integrity are non-negotiable, with early screening and no shortcuts.”
“If you ever feel called to this medicine, walk toward it with reverence, not curiosity alone.”
Integration and Continued Personal Practice
The book treats integration as a vital stage of psychedelic work. Its structured framework helps readers examine insights, emotions, habits, and relationship patterns during the weeks and months following an experience.
Additional sections explore microdosing, minidosing, and a complete self-led journey protocol with criteria for determining when solo work may be unsuitable. Mbela also discusses chi gong, meditation, breathwork, physical conditioning, and lifestyle practices that may support continued reflection and emotional awareness.
The guide is intended for first-time journeyers, experienced practitioners, integration coaches, therapists, physicians, advocates, facilitators, and community members seeking a practical overview of this developing field. It does not replace individualized medical, psychiatric, or legal advice. A recent review of the book is available here.
About Mbela
Mbela is the founder of Summit Garden Wellness, a registered church, temple, sanctuary, spa, eco-farm, and holistic healing center in the rainforest of Costa Rica. An initiated Bwiti practitioner and firekeeper, he has more than fifteen years of experience in plant medicine and traditional healing arts.
His work draws upon ceremony facilitation, psychedelic integration coaching, meditation, Taoist internal arts, and chi gong training within the Universal Healing Tao lineage. Summit Garden Wellness supports preparation, deep inner work, integration, and ongoing personal practice.
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