More than a decade of iboga ceremonies, in the words of the people who sat in them.
Guests of Iboga Journey most often describe three things: feeling safe and cared for by Treenz through an intense and vulnerable experience, meeting and releasing long-held trauma, fear or addiction during the silent ceremony, and change that continues for months and years afterward. Many write about a new stillness and clarity, a reduced pull toward alcohol, substances or old habits, and a renewed relationship with themselves and the people in their lives. The accounts below are shared with permission and in guests’ own words, drawn from hundreds of individual journeys and over a decade of service in Alberta, Canada.
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Iboga helped me get closer to the root causes of many destructive patterns.
Eric, Niagara Falls, Ontario
It really help remove this block that had been holding me hostage living in my wounds and trauma.
Trisia, Edmonton, AB
Joy, love, laughter, compassion, forgiveness, gratitude and curiosity are the keystones by which my internal compass guides me now.
Gene, California
Trauma, fear and pain are all illusions manifested by the ego. These are impressions created from our past and present karma (thoughts and actions). These impressions can stay with us throughout many lifetimes and rebirths.
Iboga revealed my karma from my past lives. It showed me the brutal truth of transgressions I had done and what had been done to me. My karma left me with a dark, heavy, negative energy within. I could never understand or explain why I had this darkness inside of me. This darkness toyed with my thoughts, emotions, and perceptions. I developed an addiction to various desires and substances to suppress and to satisfy the darkness within. From chasing pleasures my life became void and meaningless. I often felt despair, emptiness and loneliness. I never knew who I was or had a sense of a self.
After facing my truth, asking for forgiveness and forgiving, my journey with Iboga and Jaguar came to a close. I opened my eyes and the darkness within was instantly gone. I felt a lightness, a huge burden had been lifted. A feeling of overwhelming joy flooded throughout my entire body. I felt the love of the universe, the oneness with everything. I saw my true self in everyone’s eye. I discovered I am.
It has been 3 weeks since my iboga journey. I still feel the love and oneness with all existence. I’ve discovered many new insights, vast wonders and treasures within. I have not indulged in my past addictions since. That desire, that pull for instant gratification had vanished. I don’t know what direction my life will take. However, for the first time in 43 years I can honestly say I’m excited to be alive and I have this new found love for life.
I cannot express enough gratitude and appreciation for Treenz. Treenz is a beautiful soul who kindly opens her home and provides a safe, clean space for all travelers to embark on a life changing journey into the deepest, darkest, depths of one’s souls.
Trauma, fear and pain are all illusions which do not exist. Let go of the illusion, let go of the false self and discover your true self. We are all one, we are all love.
Thank you Treenz!
Peace and Love.
Since Iboga I feel like I’m in an accelerated doctoral program on all my hidden dysfunctional ways of coping with life. It’s really amazing. So now would be the time to put the phone down. I want to integrate everything Iboga revealed to me on my journey in August.
It was such a rough journey but SO necessary! After 40 plus years of therapy, yoga, meditation, breathwork, spirituality, tantra, relationship groups, embodiment/somatic work, parenting, co-parenting, conscious divorce, becoming the yoga therapist, massage therapist, energy worker and psychotherapist, all to heal myself from enormous shame, pain and childhood damage. Yet I still had major sub conscious, sabotaging drives that I was blind to. Iboga showed me each one. I knew exactly what it was saying but hadn’t been aware, prior to the journey. Some things it revealed directly, some symbolically, and others it showed me how I catastrophize by the way I responded to the scenario it would present to my mind. Wow, the EXTREME fear rabbit hole I went down. The SHAME I felt stuck with me for weeks after the ceremony. All things that have dogged me my entire life. What an amazing teacher! My life has changed dramatically and I am showing up to learn through it all. FYI it was suggested to microdose for 30 days because I needed help to get through the processing and integration of the information given. Once I have taken action on each thing, I will be back for round 2. But not until I feel I have done honor to each wake up call revealed.
So appreciative of this deep work and so grateful I was led to explore this medicine. By far the best growth catalyst I have ever done!
Thank you Treenz for being the boatman in this journey.
Ever since I heard about Iboga 6+ years ago, I knew I needed to experience it. Without going into too much detail, I wasn’t able to due to unfortunate circumstances. This past fall, I was able to book with Treenz effortlessly, despite the amount of overwhelming chaos I was experiencing during that period. So many profound correspondences unfolded in the most undeniable ways which allowed for this to finally happen. It was all in divine timing. My intuition was right and the Iboga experience was well worth the patience. I will not forget it.
I was ready to break cycles and level up. In society, many individuals attempt to run away from their own shadow. In other words, they disown aspects of themselves. As developing children and adults, we unconsciously mirror this behavior. This keeps destructive cycles alive throughout multiple generations. We are all subjected to the repercussions of an unhealthy society that could be otherwise healed with the right education and action taken. Coping mechanisms like repression, avoidance and learned helplessness are all part of a pandemic that has infected the majority of the mass collective. This can manifest in numerous mental, emotional and physical health issues. It takes real courage to be responsible and process your own baggage. In my opinion, one should do this so that they can show up better in the world, and if not for themselves then for their loved ones. I believe the saying, “One has to be the change they want to see”. Ironically when you do this your inspiration finds the right receptive people, versus imposing your will, which often repels others.I hope this encourages you to do the same. Iboga helped me get closer to the root causes of many destructive patterns.
Spoiler alert! The journey was amazing. It was very dark and intense but this is not to deter anyone. It is personalized for everyone and their intentions. I just wanted to be exposed to myself. My ego may disagree, but why would I be so special as to not have blind spots? It’s too easy to point the finger and judge others without looking inward. I was able to observe things about myself in a more objective way and from various different perspectives. I saw many harsh truths but yet, it was simultaneously the most beautiful thing. The intelligence of Iboga medicine works with you where you’re at and understands what you need. I also found the experience interactive as in, you could go deeper or lessen the intensity consciously. This is my disclaimer as you won’t experience the following unless you are ready, willing and able. Everyone’s needs are different. Iboga understands this and won’t show you what you cannot handle.
At first, I was nervous as I didn’t know what to expect. As soon as I was in the flow of it, I knew I could go all the way. I wanted to release as much unresolved trauma, pain and self-sabotaging beliefs as possible. I wanted to access the feelings my body repressed for my own protection at the time of my senses and reasoning being overwhelmed. An example of this was, I re-lived a representation of physical violence inflicted on me as a vulnerable infant. This occurred before my memory was developed but nevertheless reprogrammed my brain, setting me on a catastrophic trajectory from the beginning. I was able to feel into the terror and let the associated sensations finally express themselves in a safe environment. It felt natural and offered a great degree of relief. I saw many of my deepest fears and learned to laugh in the face of them. In these moments I was the observer and was guided to accept, forgive and let go. It was liberating.
I had never experienced such a profound release of repressed emotion. On the last day it took some time to walk normally again due to the muscle tension associated with trauma being physically released through neurogenic tremors. These types of things are possible without Iboga, but the experience covered a lot of ground in a short amount of time. For similar results, I think one would need years of meditation and body-based therapy. It gave me the relief I had been desperate for since childhood. During the journey, I acknowledged that I have C-PTSD and had help letting go of the moments that I was abused or misunderstood for being this way. It was easier to differentiate between who I really am at the core, compared to the version of me that was tainted and conditioned throughout life. Most importantly, it helped me forgive myself which in turn helped me forgive others.This extends to the purely wicked although it doesn’t make their actions okay. Forgiveness benefits the forgiver the most.
I was also shown various unexpected surprises. For example, I connected to my spirit animal as well as had telepathic contact with powerful spirits and archetypes. I was guided on how to achieve an unstoppable mindset and how I should conduct myself in order to thrive in life. I was repeatedly reminded to be the tip of the spear. This meant to consistently penetrate into the unknown and make it my comfort zone. The unknown is where the magic happens. It is there where infinite undiscovered potential lies. There was also heavy emphasis on spiritedness and not backing down to life’s challenges. It also went into great length to show how far humans have come and how we’ve evolved to overcome every seemingly impossible obstacle as a species. This was to say that I should have full confidence in the evolved technology of my human body and mind and to trust in its ability to adapt to whatever. On another note, I was shown how sacred family and lineage are and that it is my duty to honor my ancestors by striving for excellence. In visual story-like interpretations, it highlighted who I am at the core and my strengths that I take for granted. I was encouraged to be proud and rewrite the story of my life.
Overall, the experience was very deep, exciting, artistic, insightful, psychological, fun, colourful and liberating. I could go on about it forever. Ask anyone I’ve told. I would love to do it again and I plan to do it many more times. There is still much more work to do, but the experience made me lighter overall and gave me more momentum to continue evolving. I feel more capable and in control of climbing the rest of the mountain that is before me. This is just the beginning. I am ready to make a dent in the world.
I sat with Treenz for two ceremony’s and they were both very powerful and shifted a lot for me. After my first ceremony with Treenz, the medicine showed me my fear and how non of it was actually real. It really help remove this block that had been holding me hostage living in my wounds and trauma. As soon as Ceremony closed on Sunday I had a deep calling to come back and go even deeper now that this block had been cleared.
Treenz was such a beautiful light and held such a safe space I felt completely supported and safe to dive even deeper.
She calmed my worries and fear by just being the amazing medicine carrier she is. During my second ceremony, I felt called to write down questions and answer them while i was deep in the medicine. I told Treenz about it and she gladly and happily wrote down my answers for me. Which was so powerful even thou I couldn’t fully articulate my answers into words. Treenz helped push me when I thought I couldn’t do it anymore and Pushed me past my fears. Her belief and faith In me that I could and helped me believe in myself and honestly without that I don’t believe I could have gone as deep as I did. It was such an amazing and profound experience I can’t put fully put it into words but I am forever grateful for Treenz and couldn’t be happier with the whole experience. I’m still very much integrating the deep experience I had and things are shifting
My childhood years were extremely unstable, with no reliable safety net to develop on an emotional level. Entering adulthood, I was fractured, confused, scared, angry, lost, and exhibiting all the signs of PTSD. That was my internal world.
From all outward appearances, I seemed to have my sh*t together. I was extremely loyal, hard working, excelling and promoted within multiple professions over a couple of decades. I had everyone fooled, except my wife, who suffered along with me. On the inside, a daily internal struggle ensued; anguish and suffering were the cross I beared. This culminated into a severe nervous breakdown.
I sought over two years of weekly assistance with psychotherapists. Desperate for healing, I’ve also used a prescribed SSRI and received Ketamine infusion therapy. Both provided remarkable, yet temporary relief from my symptoms. At this point, life became unbearable. My two-and-a-half decades of suicidal ideation felt like they were peaking to a final crescendo.
Desperate to save my life, I traveled to Canada to partake in this sacred tribal African Iboga ceremony. The impact of this experience was life changing. Iboga is truly a magical, healing, plant-based medicine that I now have a profound respect for. A reset took place within me, beyond words, beyond my own understanding.
I’ve clawed my way back, and my journey continues. I’m continuing to realign with my higher self and purpose. It feels amazing. I feel amazing! Joy, love, laughter, compassion, forgiveness, gratitude and curiosity are the keystones by which my internal compass guides me now. Yes, there are still challenges in my life, and things I’m continuing to work through and grow into, but I hold trust and strength in a better tomorrow.
As for the facilitators and the setting, I’ll always remember. It was a special turning point in my life.
The facilitators guided 10 souls into a new beginning, a new understanding, and a new appreciation for life. The attention and care they both showed us during the duration of our journey together made the experience all that more memorable. I think MAGICAL is the best way to describe what took place there that weekend!
With all my heart, I thank them both.
I decided to take part in an Iboga ceremony to help me deal with emotional issues from childhood. I was dealing with mental health issues, emotional stress, and feelings of disconnection in my everyday life. I felt a call to iboga and went with that feeling. I spoke with the facilitator on the phone. I felt like he was really listening and giving constructive, genuine advice to me. I felt very comfortable choosing iboga journey.
Leading up to the ceremony I took the facilitator’s advice to get out in nature and practise trust and surrender. I appreciate the advice because now I understand just how important it is.
During the ceremony, I felt 100% cared for by the facilitators. They were alongside us in our journey always ready to help us go to the bathroom or give advice. I also felt like my personal space was respected and I was listened to during the experience.
Iboga showed me the truth, and the emotions that I’ve been hiding since I was a child. It showed me what I was running from and how to feel. While I still am working on feeling these emotions, I see the value in acknowledging the truth of how i’m feeling and expressing it. Iboga has become a guide for me; a real anchor in my life. It showed me the truth in a way that I can’t put into words, but that I know if I follow it everything will be okay. This is where I’m learning to trust and surrender to life, as the facilitators wisely coach.
Over the few months following the Iboga ceremony, I was presented with many challenges. Iboga has helped me see these challenges in a new light. I see how certain barriers in life are teaching me something and how to work through them. My relationships with people have improved. I am able to share with others more easily and understand that others have fears and anxieties limiting them, as I do. I feel like I’m growing everyday. While I still experience fear and negative thinking, I don’t feel stuck in it. Iboga has shown me the power of my own mind, how to simply recognize fear and live how I desire; in my truth. Iboga is really a gift, one that I’ll forever be grateful for. It definitely doesn’t do the work for you but it opens up so many opportunities for growth that I believe it can make any healing possible.
I now find time everyday to appreciate what life and nature provide for me. Iboga showed me the stillness of my being and I am able to access this when I spend time in nature. Its a gift very few people get to experience, and I’m grateful for the facilitators sharing the Iboga experience.
Its obvious that the facilitators have done the work themselves. They provided great support to myself and the rest of the group throughout the ceremony. Couldn’t ask for more!
The day of the ceremony came. I met the facilitators, and right away I noticed that they were perfect mediums of the work. They never impregnated the experience with any of their own unsolved, disharmonious ideas. They have done extensive work on themselves with Iboga, and that is so apparent from the beginning. These two are doing this work for the right reasons, and from the purest heart.
The ceremony was an incredible two days I will remember as long as I am alive. As my body gradually filled with Iboga, nausea started, as did visions. At first mild, and mostly shadows, then more detailed. Yes, it was difficult for the body. Yes, it was hard to get up to go to the washroom (a facilitator was there in the blink of an eye to assist). Yes, the purging was explosive and unpleasant. But the whole way through the process you trust Iboga.
There were four important messages I received from Iboga:
Saturday we were given some fruit to eat, and it tasted like the nectar of gods. Bananas and watermelons. With Iboga I learned what tastes right. Dead food (fried, dough, junk food) suddenly seemed repulsive. All of Saturday I had an indescribable serenity; what it must feel like being in mama’s womb. No thoughts.
Saturday night, there was a surprise for us. The visions subsided, but it was one of the most magical parts of ceremony. At that moment I was given the gift of unconditional love.
This experience was the single most important experience of my life. My past is gone. The monkey that chatters in our brains is gone. I have much less thoughts than before. I simply act. I know I will achieve what I have planned for myself, and it felt unattainable before I took Iboga. My relationship with everyone around me has improved. Self-value is where it is supposed to be.
The theme of Iboga is the value of life. And I value mine.
As for the facilitators; I am so happy to have met them. And to know that people like them exist in the world, doing this kind of work with so much love and dedication. To have had them look over me at such a vulnerable state. They cared for us like we were their children. I truly feel like I can say I consider them my Bwiti parents, and my friends. Their care exceeded my expectations by far, and I could trust them by sending my loved ones to them for ceremony.
I had the pleasure of experiencing an Iboga Journey on May 29/15. I have experienced 21 journeys of Ayahuasca and 3 journeys of Iboga TA and a 4th Journey of Iboga root with Iboga Journey. The facilitator’s attention to detail was none other than impeccable!
The facilitator has really fine-tuned the journey. I have never felt so safe in a ceremony! My only challenge was with myself, thinking about whether it was enough for me, but of course that is my life lesson, to trust that I got what I needed! In life I have often put unrealistic expectations on myself. I was able to hold down as much as I needed to get the lessons in that particular journey.
I had serious childhood trauma and have spent years in therapy to heal from this and the Iboga certainly has helped make some sense of things for me. Particularly, I was put into vulnerable states, so taking mind altering substances is a huge scary trigger for me. However, the experience was profoundly healing because I seriously went into body memory of the vulnerability. The space was held though so of course on an intellectual level I knew this was not the case, but my body did not know the difference. Long story short, coming out of that experience was miraculous for me. Also, part of my childhood trauma was to experience some rituals that were so brutal and terrifying, they left me feeling so utterly alone and despondent completely void of hope that there is a God or whatever you want to call it watching out for me. I went into that state again in the Iboga, but instead, something so precious happened: I felt a pressure on my right side, something physically trying to get my attention and I looked over to the right and saw this beautiful grandfather being floating above, glorious and glowing in a robe with a beautiful light shimmering and a blue chord going from the earth through his body out through his crown into the cosmos, and a glowing, intelligent Star lit up in his third eye into mine and a glorious light ignited my third eye, the feeling was so exquisite that words cannot describe! At this moment I get grateful tears as I write this, I know once again through ceremony and self inquiry, that I am okay and protected and there is something so mysterious, powerful and beautiful that is watching over me to guide me and protect me never alone! So all I can say to someone out there who is considering doing a ceremony, but may be hesitant or scared, if I can do it, you can do it!
A heartfelt thank you to the facilitator for being such a humble servant, with love and blessings.
I have sat with the “wood” on numerous occasions. The “wood” has revealed to me many things that I intrinsically knew but was unable to itemize or formulate what it was into words. That there are interdimensional energetic forces that feed or prey on humans and humanities fears and insecurities. These forces were or are called “Loosch”. It is what keeps humanity in a constant state of fear and insecurity. The negative energy food supply to these interdimensional forces.
Another very difficult thing to do is challenge belief systems. Belief systems make up the personalities and character of people. Challenging belief systems takes an amazing amount of time and energy. Once a belief system is found to be invalid or grounded in falsehoods. Rooting them out is very difficult. We have to be willing to reframe our paradigm. And restructure a new lens on life.
In my experience changing oneself is very difficult. Especially when surrounded by family and friends that shun or resist changes that threaten the structure of the family unit. It is like a mobile hanging over a child’s bed. When one part is touched the entire mobile changes. Until it returns to its original state of rest. When one changes too much for the family or friend circles. That person is often shunned and ostracized from those groups. Left to live a life without support of friends and family.
The path of enlightenment and awareness is often a lonely road. Meeting a few folks along the way that can identify with your new outlook on life. But for the most part it is a lonely road. An honorable road but a lonely one.
This last session with the “Wood” was great. How ironic that while in the “Wood ” state. I was shown the synthesis or how sustainable DMT was produced. Absolutely fascinating. Sitting with Lady “D” was one of the most amazing experiences I had ever had. She did not just show me love. She let me feel it. Bathed me in peacefulness in a way that I had never experienced. And left me content and satisfied.
Moving forward is challenging. Much of the malaise and apathy still sits just under the skin. It is more of a disappointment with life, the low IQ and emotionally tormented people that I have had to deal with. I feel as though I have finally disconnected from the incessant need for approval. I am moving forward with my dreams and plans for a peaceful existence. Discarding old relationships. It is a slow process but one I am determined to succeed.
I want peace and harmony in my life. Positive encouraging relationships and friendships. The medicine has given me courage and insights that I am doing the right things to improve the quality of my life and will continue to do so.
It has redirected me to look within for resolution.
I was gifted an Iboga session by a friend who had just had the experience and was blown away by the results. She told me it was physically challenging, but that It was so beyond worth it, and that it was an extraordinary experience that had lead to major breakthroughs in her life.
I agreed to do it, and was quite nervous for the weeks leading up to it. Once I spoke to the facilitator on the phone, so many of my fears were put to rest. I knew that I was completely safe. He was intelligent and passionate about the healing that this medicine could offer. There were, of course, things in my life that I wanted to change, blocks that I had. I didn’t feel that I was particularly addicted to anything, but I was ready for some changes. He set me up with some intention setting writing exercises, where I was to form the questions that I had for the medicine.
Right before the session, I was also able to meet with the facilitator and go over these things. He listened so well that I felt completely heard, and it gave me even more faith that I was in the right place. I was struck by his solidity and integrity and he carries himself with a poise that I rarely see.
The ceremonial aspect that began the journey was beautiful. It had depth and heart, as we all sat in a circle and spoke of our intentions for the journey and what we wanted to shift. There were four participants, the guide and an assistant.
We were well informed about the process. How for the next 10 hours we would take medicine on the hour, every hour. Then there would be 12 hours of transition.
I became quite afraid in this moment, but i breathed through it and remembered that I had chosen to accept this gift. The first dose we took together, I immediately felt a calm come over me, though my heart beat seemed stronger than usual. I was told the medicine was connecting like an umbilical cord in that moment and I felt that deeply in my being.
After the next dose, I lay down on my mattress and put my eye mask on. I felt the medicine moving through me like roots in my veins. It was powerful and nourishing and I did not feel remotely afraid at this point. In fact, I didn’t feel any emotion. I felt strangely detached and just observed the incredible visions that I had for the next 10 hours. I did feel nauseous, but I was able to breathe and keep from purging for a very long time, maybe 6 rounds of medicine. I felt myself getting weaker physically, and my body was kind of numb, like I wasn’t in need of it at the moment. None of this was alarming, as I was in a state of complete trust.
The things that I saw during this time I am unable to articulate. I went to places in my life that were the happiest, times that were the hardest when I have done questionable things, and spent time with people long gone. It was amazing. I was able to come out when I needed to in order to go to the bathroom (I needed help walking as the room spun) and was able to connect with the facilitator when he would come over and remind me to ask questions. It was like my entire subconscious was open for inquiry. Though I felt physically uncomfortable, I can safely say that those were the 10 most fascinating hours of my life. My questions were answered, and then some!
The sun came up and the facilitator came over to prepare me for the transition. This was the ‘in between place’, the land of the ancestors and the hungry ghosts. He instructed me very clearly on the task ahead of me. Now I was to FEEL what I had seen. He said to really feel it, and then let it go. The next 12 hours were some of the most essential, agonizing, and longest hours of my life. I lay there quietly and in stillness, but inside was inexplicably intense…sorrow, fury and pain, but also relief and beauty and freedom. I got sick a few times, but it felt important, like it was another way of releasing the embodied emotions. At one point, I felt like one emotion was deep in my cells and the medicine was trying to free me from it. It felt like it had claws in every bit of me. I threw up, lay down and then felt it lift like strong velcro from my body. I knew it was a fear that I had carried all my life. A fear of being abandoned.
As it wore off, the facilitator brought some beautiful food. I couldn’t eat much. I felt like I had a new digestive system that had to start from scratch with easy food. I began to feel incredible. Then I took a small nap and woke to the facilitator playing Bwiti music and inviting us to wake up, move and step into our new lives, born again without the baggage of the pain we had been carrying.
Let me just say that I am a highly functioning mother of three. I have been extremely successful in my life and marriage in every sense of the word. I did not realize that I was being held back by an almost unbearable fear. Without wanting to admit it, it was affecting the depth of my relationships with my children, my husband and my community. I also realized that I was addicted to sugar, coffee and wine. These were things I didn’t want to give up, but I felt so clean and pure and vital that I didn’t want them.
A month later, I am still witnessing this spacious feeling. I am sure it would have taken 6 months of detoxing and years of therapy to reach the place physically and emotionally where I am now. Extra weight just fell off me. Stress and urgency feel like they are unwelcome in my life. Still, i know life will continue to offer experiences that challenge me, but I feel capable of dealing with them in a new way, without the triggers of old pain.
I am so grateful to my friend who gifted this to me, and that she knew I could handle the intensity of the medicine. I read somewhere that Iboga is a one way ticket. It really is, and I never want to go back. Thank you for facilitating this experience with so much strength and grace. Never have have I felt more centred, more alive, or more free.
My addictions and anger are gone, my physical pain is barely noticeable, my mind is clear, and my heart is wide open.
Roupen Z, Cochrane, AB
Iboga gave me that essential spiritual experience, and now I can say without a doubt that I have adopted a new way of thinking, one that I am 100% certain will allow me to live drug free for life.
Joel, BC
I have no cravings for alcohol, I actually don’t even remember the taste of it.
Ben, California
I first heard about the transformative power of Iboga years ago and was immediately interested. I have struggled with a chronic alcohol addiction for the past 10 plus years. Living in this nightmare I felt like I had tried everything and was helpless to find my way out. Every Iboga retreat I could find was financially out of reach. Then I found Treenz, I couldn’t believe I had found a feasible way to access this medicine. I reached out to her immediately. I booked my Iboga journey and made the journey to Alberta a month prior to participate in the Kambo warrior cleanse. After the cleanse I felt a massive weight lift and it allowed me to stay sober for the month before my Iboga Journey.
My Iboga journey coupled with the jaguar medicine changed my life. My trust in Treenz was indescribable; her guidance throughout my journey truly made all the difference. I left the retreat and my old self and stepped into a new life.
Thank you Treenz, the gift of a new life will never be forgotten ❤️
I heard of IBOGA for the first time in 2018, and I strongly believe that there was no coincidence for me to discover it. I was just turning 40 years old, my second child was just born and I was not in a good place mentally and physically. The toxicity of alcohol had been in my life for far too long and the negativity of it was simply overwhelming. Since my early 20’s I had been living my life from hangovers to hangovers. I thought that life was just a big party, or I guess I was just mimicking my parents’ behaviour with alcohol. I was a highly functional DRUNK who had no power to shut off the tap when the drinking had started. By age 40 I was filled with shame and guilt for drinking heavily and not being present enough for my kids. Depression was setting in big time. I knew I had to change and get better.
September 2019, I was on my way to a deep dive with the medicine at IBOGA Journey. The ceremony was nothing but incredible. The medicine gave me a deep spiritual connection with myself and all that is. This state of consciousness brought tears to my eyes.
It gave me a crystal clear answers to all my questions. IBOGA is a true diamond vision, a vision that has the power to transform one’s life.
IBOGA heals mental suffering in a miraculous way. It gently overcome psychological barriers like my addiction to alcohol and my depression.
IBOGA is my true hope. When I took it, I began to feel like I detonated the side of a mountain to create a landslide to just kill some weeds in my field. That’s how I saw my addictions and depression during and after the experience. Only some weeds.
IBOGA allowed me to heal myself. This medicine is living magic that we can experience., not only read about it.
Five years have passed since the first ceremony. A lot has happened since, many challenges came across my path and I believe I stayed pretty strong even though I had a little slip at some point. I then regained my balance quickly and carried on. Just before Christmas (2023) I had this strong feeling that I had to sit down with the medicine one more time. I felt like I had to go back deep inside, pass all social and self conditioning and see what was really going on with the person that I am now.
I reached out to Treenz and booked myself for another deep dive. I chose the weekend of my 45th birthday. I thought it would be a good way to start my 45th, on a clean slate. This time iboga was really difficult. It really kicked my ass. Tough love they say, Iboga showed me love. It showed me how to love myself. I made peace with my past.
The ceremony was again so awesome. Treenz is truly in her element. I saw pure passion and dedication to what she is doing. And when passion is present that means love is also present.
Much respect and love to you Treenz you are an amazing person.
My Iboga Journey
Where do I even begin? I think it’s important to share a little about my past self. For over 20 years, I was a functional alcoholic, drinking excessively in every situation, whether happy or sad, at social gatherings or even during work. Cannabis was also a major part of my life, with me smoking on average eight ounces a month, unable to sleep without it. In addition, I struggled with binge eating junk food, trying to fill a void deep inside me. When I was 23, I fell ill with an autoimmune disorder called ankylosing spondylitis, causing me to live in pain every day, feeling like a 90-year-old trapped in my own body. My reduced physical capabilities and constant pain fueled my anger and unhappiness, making me feel like I was no longer in control of my life.
As the years went by, my mental state worsened, and my anger spiraled out of control. I made decisions that led me further down the rabbit hole, never serving me. My mind was constantly in turmoil, filled with noise. I had lost control of myself, and my life was no longer mine to live. It’s hard to summarize the damage I caused myself and those around me over the past 20 years, but I hope this brief summary gives you some perspective, and perhaps you can relate.
Iboga, and Kambo changed my life in ways that I can’t even put into words. A weekend with Treenz, my guide, transformed me completely. I am no longer the person I used to be; that person is long gone. My addictions and anger are gone, my physical pain is barely noticeable, my mind is clear, and my heart is wide open. I finally know my purpose in life. If you want to take back control of your life, rid yourself of addictions, and live from your heart instead of your mind, then you know what to do.
I am grateful to Treenz for sharing this life-changing experience with me. I will never forget her, and I will always cherish her in my heart.
BASSE
I did my first iboga journey 3 weeks ago . I did not know what to expect, I just knew that I have been almost 3 years clean and sober and that I was still in soo much emotional pain and had extreme amounts of self hate . I also had extreme fear of judgment, but meeting with Treenz was amazing , she was soo loving and accepting right from the start, I’m beyond grateful for the people that I was surrounded by at the ceremony. I realize I still have so much work to do , but I feel more motivated than ever, I have more compassion for myself and others . I am able to see what I need to work on, and I feel more connected to the universe than ever. It was very scary to look within , and it’s something I have been running from all my life , but I felt a peace I’ve never felt after , and I want to keep that more then anything. Thank you Treenz for being the most perfect loving medicine holder you are ❤️BASSE
I discovered Iboga through a friend of mine who I became friends with at a Ayahuasca/San Pedro retreat in Ecuador. After he explained his experience to me, I immediately began doing my own research on iboga. I decided to attend the Iboga Journey in Canada rather than go to Costa Rica. Mentally I prepared myself for weeks with diet and meditation. I intended to have no expectations, I didn’t want to be disappointed if my experience didn’t turn out like other testimonials I read. Everyone is different, some people have wild experiences immediately, others need multiple retreats. My main intention was to heal my lower back pain, and if anything else occurred so be it.
I have a high tolerance for medicine so I took more iboga pills than anyone at the retreat. The medicine kicked in within a couple of hours. I had no intention in purging but I purged a lot and I had constant hot and cold body flashes throughout the night. I could not get comfortable, I tossed and turned all night, and the medicine worked all night.
The facilitators did a great job on getting everyone to focus and relax. I was able to welcome the medicine and allow it to take me on my journey. The journey began when I saw a blue screen with a image of a astronaut/spaceman and a google cursor. I saw a bunch of words being typed and it felt like I was being reprogrammed in a sense. I began seeing images and whenever I would focus on the details, it would fade away, and another vision would appear. At times my thoughts would appear right before me. I saw timelines of my life in files that kept going higher and higher vertically. Throughout the night I had visions.
During the ceremony and afterward its very hard to move with out being dizzy. Whenever I lifted my head to take a another dose, I became dizzy. I don’t recommend drinking a lot of water before ceremony, the medicine takes longer to kick in. The following morning everyone in the retreat was bed ridden, we all could barely stand. The facilitators did their best to revive everyone back to normalcy.
The atmosphere was very quiet for the next 2 days. It was a time to recover and self reflect. Sunday morning, I was able to get up, and I went outside to go for a walk in the woods. When I stepped outside, everything was different. I seen the world like I’ve never seen it before. I had this aura, this glow around my body like electricity. I would wave my hands and this amazing flow of energy would follow. I kept waving my hands just to see the streaks of energy in the air. It was like something you’d see in a kung fu movie. I looked at my environment and the aura/white electricity type glow was everywhere. Everything was alive, the trees were electric, grass, water, animals, etc It was amazing and definitely my favorite part of the retreat.
It let me know we are all connected somehow, someway. There’s a divine energy or matrix that was so evident, that it overwhelmed me with joy. To be one with the All, it just felt great. The morning aura visions lasted a week or so after the retreat and my lower back pain was gone. I immediately wanted to do something active after the retreat.
Due to my back pain I smoked marijuana at least 6 times a day. But I had no urge to smoke, I didn’t even have a urge to eat sweets and junk food. My mind, body, and soul wouldn’t let me. I’m now able to exercise and play basketball. I haven’t played basketball in 6 years. My only pain I experience now is regular soreness from being physically active.
My meditations and dreams became more vivid since leaving the retreat. Everyday my focus is to be a better person, a more loving person. I take weekly baths in epsom salt, baking soda, and lavender. I also gargle with organic coconut oil every night. Overall the medicine resonated with me so much more than Ayahuasca and San Pedro. I intend to return again for a possibly yearly tune up.
I can’t be more thankful to the All, Iboga, the facilitators, my family, everyone at the retreat, and of course myself. Everyday I’m thankful for ridding myself of my lower back pain and finally moving forward in my life. Its a great feeling, a great feeling.
The experience that Iboga Journey guided me through was the most powerful experience I’ve ever had. The facilitator is incredibly gifted at guiding and helping people along during the ceremony. I truly feel as though this is his true calling in life, and his knowledge and care sets him apart from others. He really made me feel safe through the entire process and creates an environment that is perfect for the journey.
My occupation is a professional engineer, and at one time I was also an athlete competing at an international level, but for the past 5 years I have struggled with an addiction to pain killers. I have been wanting to and been trying very hard to change and overcome this affliction for a long time, which involved (and still does) being a member of a 12 step fellowship, and in my fight to overcome my addiction I have attended 2 different residential treatment centres over the past 4 years. Nothing that I have done to date during my recovery has helped me and showed me that I could live without substances like Iboga has. This process or journey has truly changed my life, how I look at myself, and for the first time made me feel as though I will never have to use painkillers again. I now have a new freedom and a new happiness, and have been enjoying freedom from pills since the ceremony.
An Iboga journey is an intense experience and I feel like having someone there to help and guide you is an essential part to ensure you maximize the potential for positive results. The facilitator was crucial to this process and I can’t stress enough how I feel like he helped show me what I needed to see and guided me in the direction I needed. Without having him there I without a doubt don’t think I would be where I am today (free of drugs and on a spiritual path).
I feel as though we each have the answers to our life struggles inside of us, but this plant medicine uncovers the things that are blocking us from seeing the answers. During this journey I was shown in a very clear way what drew me to using painkillers, why I used them, and how to live so that I did not ever need them again. I strongly believe that it re-set my brain to a pre-addiction state, and in addition to showing me the root of my behaviours following the ceremony it gave me a long lasting, strong feeling of wellbeing (its been 2 months and I still have it). Iboga is magical in how well it works, but it is not a one-time magic bullet that will prevent me from ever going back to my old way of life. What I mean by this is that although it has taken away my cravings (Yes, I have not one had a craving since the ceremony) and showed me a new way to live (a different mindset, where I look at the world differently) it still requires work on my part to keep it up and to continue to grow spiritually. Through my 12 step work I have been taught that in order to have long lasting (lifelong) sobriety one needs to have a spiritual experience and adopt a new way of thinking. I was not able to find this or achieve this until I went through an Iboga ceremony with Iboga Journey. Iboga gave me that essential spiritual experience, and now I can say without a doubt that I have adopted a new way of thinking, one that I am 100% certain will allow me to live drug free for life.
I did a lot of preparation to get ready for the ceremony including reading about Iboga listening to tapes and podcasts, and watching videos, and was really ready to change and let go of the negative things in my life. I had written down a number of questions I wanted to ask the medicine, and each one was answered very clearly to me throughout the death, and during the walk through the land of our ancestors and the re-birth.
I did not think that there was something that could provide me with such an experience that would allow for such a dramatic transformation. I thought that the rest of my life would be a hard struggle of meetings, therapists and slow progress. This was absolutely like having a lifelong amount of therapy in one weekend, and was exactly what I needed to help me. Giving me space from my addiction, insight into exactly why I did what I did, it showed me so clearly the truth as to what was blocking me from having the life I want and what I deserve, and gave me a new strong sense of spirituality. It has absolutely changed my life for the better, and is worth 1000 times (or more) what it costs. I recommend anyone who is wanting to change something in their life to go on this journey, but you have to be ready to face yourself, and ready to change (really want it). I am so grateful for the facilitator and this process, it has changed my life beyond how I can describe. One thing I can say is now I feel ok with myself and who I am, when I never really did before, and I feel like I live on a higher, more positive frequency every day of my life.
I loved my painkillers, but never knew or felt a way of life that is as satisfying or fulfilling as how I live today. The medicine and the facilitator’s help showed me this feeling, this way of life. They showed me how to live with my true self, the real me. My soul is beautiful and I am now able to see him and to honour him. I would not give this up for anything. This life is a long, exciting journey, and I look forward to what lies ahead with excitement and wonder. Thank you. ☺
“I can’t thank Iboga Journey enough. I feel amazing.
The first week after ceremony I was tired, sad and felt terrible. After the first week, I feel maybe the best I’ve ever been. I’ve been more dedicated and focused than ever.
One morning when I was really tired i grabbed a quad shot of coffee, out of habit, and went into the gym. I started sipping it but it just wasn’t the same. I realized I don’t need it anymore. That’s insane for me. I would never, ever not drink coffee or take substances and supplements if I felt tired and if they were right in front of me.
I’ve stopped drinking coffee since the ceremony. I only have one tea or maté now, in the morning. I also stopped smoking Marijuana. I’ve reconnected with my morning and night meditation practices in a big way.
Not only have I stopped everything, but I don’t have cravings anymore.
I’ve had many chances and temptations. After an event the other night, I was invited to partake in drugs and drinking. I was able to say no and think about my next day. For the first time in my adult life, I feel like I’m in control of my substance use. My brain is not a drug addict anymore.
I’m doing all the work I need to do in order to further my career, and shining brighter than ever. I even started training flips every morning in the gym, and I’m able to do things I was scared of before and avoiding, like backflips and back handsprings.
I go to bed every night grateful and proud of myself. I feel like a massive weight has been lifted, and I’m going to run with this.
Iboga reconnected me to how strong, powerful and amazing I am. As I write this, I start to tear up a bit.
So much gratitude to Iboga Journey. I’m doing my best to sing the gospel of this miraculous teacher plant, so that those who are lost in the darkness can find their way back to the light.”
“For awhile after the ceremony, I felt between dream state and reality, but day by day I have been discovering a new me and a power inside me. I remember lots of memories, and just let them go. I don’t push myself. I was once very afraid to be myself, but I can feel everything has changed for me.
I have no cravings for alcohol, I actually don’t even remember the taste of it. I now watch myself as I watch a movie. I don’t analyze, just let everything come and go. It’s a process.
Before, I couldn’t quite accept all the events that I experienced in my life, but now it is very easy to accept and describe them as memory. I am not afraid of any of them.
I feel very happy, my energy level is getting higher, and I also started to lose weight.
Lots of things are going on and I’m very grateful to have this medicine and this experience.
Thank you very much to Iboga Journey.”
It was so scary and horrifying, yet the medicine felt like a friend.
Anna, Lloydminster, AB
The growing tide of anxiety that had completely overtaken every activity in my life has receded.
M, Vancouver, BC
Freed from the cage of fear I’d built up around myself, I was astonished to find this strong and glowing heart at my centre.
Ramona, BC
It’s been two weeks since my Iboga ceremony and I’m loving how I feel! The main reason I wanted to try Iboga was for my extreme mood swings and depression. Ever since the ceremony I’ve felt so emotionally calm and strong; an equanimity I’ve never experienced before. My mind is also calm and much more quiet. I’m able to focus and stay creative a lot longer, without feeling drained at the end of the day. That nasty inner critic is not nearly as loud and active as it used to be. When old thought patterns try to creep back in I feel more objective and able to stop them before they trigger me into a downward spiral of negativity. Instead I hear the medicin speak truth to me and often repeat words I heard over and over during the ceremony, which helped me get through it.
The actual ceremony is hard to describe. It was so scary and horrifying, yet the medicin felt like a friend. I felt cleansed physically, mentally and emotionally and never doubted the process. Treenz was absolutely amazing the whole time. She made me feel so welcome, safe and supported. I would definitely do it again and I would highly recommend it to anyone who feels called to it. I’m filled with awe and gratitude for my Iboga experience.’
I started feeling the medicine of Iboga after the second round. It went through my body, and asked permission to come into my brain to heal me. I said yes, and the journey began. The first few minutes, I just felt a buzzing, as I saw the energy of it stream through my body. I felt that it was reading me, and also healing me physically.
But, then the next 5 hours, scenes of every fear I’ve ever imagined flashed through my mind. You name it, I saw it. Every fear. The darkest stuff you can imagine. It wasn’t like I was watching a movie, though. It felt like this was actually happening to me. This felt like the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life.
Where did this all come from, I asked? I got the answer.
Television, movies, the news. My mother used to limit our movies if there were sex scenes or vulgar words, but she never cared about violence. All of this violence that I had seen and not even thought twice about still lived on in my mind. I saw that all of this violence had deadened my conscience. It became acceptable to see these things. To not think twice about someone getting shot in a movie. Killing others, hurting others, and being unkind became the new normal. It was on TV, so that must make it OK.
After seeing these fears, I saw that they were in my mind all the time. I wasn’t aware of my thoughts, and I was constantly thinking these same fears over and over again. I saw these fears were like a film loop, constantly spinning around on a big screen, all inside the circumference of my own head.
I realized I had to start paying more attention to my thoughts, and that I would be shown later a way to change these fear-based thoughts. I also saw that it’s so important to be careful of what we let into our minds. That I could no longer watch a violent film if I didn’t want those visuals and thoughts inside of me.
When I purged, it felt great. Like long-buried things were being released.
The next part of my journey got even harder, but, oh what a blessing to have the illusions of myself revealed! I started seeing memories of times I’ve hurt someone, and justified my reason for doing so in my mind. I saw memories of times I’ve done things that weren’t right, and how I justified them and ‘made it okay’ to do these things by lies I told myself. It was hard to see this. I also saw, though, that a part of me knew. This was the part that didn’t like myself and this was why. Because I wasn’t admitting to myself all that I knew was there.
I also saw that being brought up in the Church taught me that I was already bad. As a child, any time I did wrong, I thought that meant I was bad. I saw all of these messages of how evil I was, being projected at me. These messages were arrows and I was the dartboard. Every time one of these arrows hit, they took more and more life out of me. I thought it would make me feel better by feeling more and more guilty. I had feelings of guilt going on and on in my head thinking if I could just feel enough guilt than I could make myself feel better. Well, that didn’t work. So, then I learned to justify anytime I did something wrong why I did it. I had an excuse for each action. Maybe if I could just ignore this bad behavior it would go away. But that only made it worse.
Many different scenarios played out, as I watched old things that had happened in childhood and how those moments shaped what I believed about myself. I saw that as a child I used to be so excited about life every day, eager to wake up, wondering what magic would happen that day.
I saw that at around 10 years old, because of childhood pain, that excitement for life stopped. I stopped seeing the magic of the world, and even disconnected myself from it. I lost that childhood wonder.
I saw that we have to make friends with the negative thoughts inside of us. For instance, when guilt arises, we have to acknowledge it. We can say, ‘Thank you, guilt, for showing that to me. What I did was wrong. I forgive myself. Let’s release it now.’ When we are shown fear, we can acknowledge it and thank it. We can say, ‘Thank you fear. I know you are just trying to keep me safe. And I am.’
After never really having the desire to meditate, I had the desire to meditate and watch what was in my mind more often.
I realized while I’ve often had a desire to be alone, I haven’t often really spent time getting to know myself. I’ve distracted myself with my computer, books, or music.
I often hid from people because I didn’t want them to figure out there was something wrong with me. I saw that I needed to get out in the world more. That I’ve often gone from guru to guru. But often the people with the most beautiful messages for me were the people right in front of me. And that I, too, had things to share with others, and needed to get out in the world to share these things. It’s time to stop hiding!
I needed to start saying ‘yes,’ to life more instead of closing down with ‘no,’ when I felt fear.
I saw about my intuition and how to listen to it. Often, I’ve thought I’ve been listening to my intuition, when I was really listening to fear. I saw that intuition really can only be found in the stillness, and I have to get past my fears to listen.
I saw that I have spent so much time worrying about my choices, when they all lead somewhere. There really is no wrong choice, because all choices will eventually lead to the same place. This life is all about experience, and that as long as I’m living in integrity and kindness, there’s no mistake I can make.
I also saw a lot about judgement and how harmful it is. After all, when you see yourself in everyone else, what is bad energy? It’s all you!
I also started seeing my addictions and how they’ve prevented me from living a full life. I saw that I was addicted to comfort, and often picked things that would be comfortable when the uncomfortable choice would have helped me grow. I saw that at times, I’ve been addicted to pain and actually attracted painful things to me because of this. I’ve created drama and painful situations because of this.
In my ceremony, I also experienced sudden pain in my lower back. I have had lower back pain for 15 years, and have spent thousands of dollars going to chiropractors trying to heal it. All of a sudden, I felt deep pain in my psoas muscles. I then saw a vision of my root chakra and the cords that run from it into the earth all twisted and tangled in knots. I saw that as a child, I didn’t know how to deal with the pain of this earth, so I decided to disconnect with it. This was the cause of my back pain and the medicine was healing it.
When I awoke the morning after ceremony, I had no more back pain. It was gone! I also have felt, every day since my ceremony, an incredible excitement for life. That childlike excitement is back. What exciting miracles are going to happen today? And incredible synchronicities have happened ever since.
After the journey, I also experienced no thought. I had spent so much time chattering and chattering in my mind that there was no more chatter left. It was an incredible feeling.
Since leaving ceremony, I continue to be shown things. I understand about really living in the moment. We often think, ‘There’s not enough time.’ Yet, we fill that time with worrying that a perfect moment will be over and all of a sudden we’re no longer in the moment. We lose an entire half day of our weekend because we’re already living in Monday on Sunday night. All I wanted to do was just sit and be in the stillness and enjoy the beauty of it. There’s so much beauty in a moment that we often miss. The way the light is shining, the shadows, the smells, the sounds. We miss it all by being so preoccupied with repeating thoughts in our heads.
There is so much time. When I get rid of worry and fear, time is all there is. I’ve been spending so much time listening to the worries in my mind that I’m not even fully doing what I set out to do. No wonder why time goes so fast.
Time has slowed way down since my Iboga journey. I don’t feel like I’m in a rush like I used to be. Sometimes, I get things done more quickly because all of my energy is being used to do them. And, sometimes I do nothing at all because I just want to sit and make friends with with who I am. And that’s okay. Because there’s so much time. There is time later to do the things that I need to do. Those ‘things to do’ will still be there when I’m ready to do them. And, you know what? They will get done exactly when they’re meant to get done.
Right now, I am just in the moment, without trying to hold on to it.
It’s truly beautiful, this new way of being in the world. Everyone who took this medicine had completely different experiences, but we all experienced that same stillness, and being in the moment, in the end. It brought us all to the same moment. Which is now. There is only ever now. And, I’m so glad that we are a part of it.
5-Stars
Up until last year, I have never been drawn to plant medicine. But, one day I found myself hearing about Iboga, tuning in with myself, and feeling a big yes to go do it. Two weeks later I found myself doing my first Iboga journey. Treenz was amazing in her support through it all. Not really knowing what I was getting into, her support and amazing intuitive abilities made it a completely safe place to experience the profound healing that the Iboga journey brings. I was in the midst of a HUGE life change at this time (marriage ending, living in a new city, career change), and going into the Iboga journey I was feeling it and feeling lost in the chaos of it all. I left the weekend feeling incredibly peaceful, grounded, and calm. Getting back home, the events in my life still occurred, but I was in the calm center of the storm and no longer in the storm itself. I felt called to do another Iboga journey 6 months after that. It was getting there for that second time that I fully realized just how much my life had transformed (for the better!) since that first journey. Night and day. I am living the best life and fully in line with myself and my spiritual path. I am immensely grateful for my life (I haven’t always felt that way). I can’t thank Treenz enough or the plant medicine for the part they both had to play in my life. Life changing!
I had no idea what I was getting myself into. My basic understanding of guided medicinal journeys was that I could create a framework for what I wanted to accomplish during a period beyond my usual consciousness that would allow me to work through whatever problem I was struggling with. I wasn’t wrong, but that is such a small component of the journey. Laying out intentions allowed me to work through specific trials, but I didn’t realize the levels of consciousness the journey could pull me into, it was terrifying, beautiful, painful, euphoric, devastating, and utterly life-altering.
I can’t thank Treenz enough for holding space for me during this journey, if you can imagine an experience like a relentless storm breaking against the seabord, Treenz was a lighthouse. Steady as a rock while my journey took me to the edge of what I thought I could handle mentally and emotionally. Knowing that someone so kind and experienced with the medicine was there help guide the process was an incredible feeling of safety, and I cannot understate the importance of this warmth during a challenge like this.
I would encourage everyone interested in iboga to participate; it’s truly wonderful. Even though I have slipped back into normal existence, the journey has completely changed my interaction with the world and the people in my life. Be open to an experience that could take you to completely uncomfortable, overwhelming, and ultimately amazing places. It will lead to a new beginning, don’t try to control it.
My Iboga journey is blossoming consistently and surprisingly. I feel very good; very light. The sun is sparkling and the Universe is resonating pure joy. The musical projects and creative interests that I have been working on and developing have been receiving attention. My meditation practice has taken a central role in my every day, and with that, my story seems to be growing into a very calm and dignified incarnation. I am starting to wake up to life and the potential of navigating through PTSD and divorce. Although I still notice symptoms from the physical and phenomenal effects, there is an overall change in my being. I feel very fresh, light, renewed. Living in the, ‘I Don’t Know.’ The experience is of a deeper and truer self, uplifted and renewed. All I can offer is my deepest gratitude from the center of everything.
PS, As warriors, we ask ourselves, ‘Was it worth it?’ Particularly when friends are lost or hurt. My Iboga Journey was worth it. Unquestionably so.
Just over a month now and I still feel the medicine working it’s magic in my life, even though I already feel healed of this negative self-limiting belief and all the heavy misery that came with it.
Alex M, New Zealand
It’s over one year now since my ceremony, and I can still see the effects in my daily life, primarily in my ability to ‘hear’ or ‘receive’ new ideas, information, and messages.
Jessica, Edmonton, AB
I kept putting off writing a testimonial because my life has been intense this last year, in the most painfully transformative, butterfly-like way.
Bridget, BC
I was privileged enough to be able to attend an Iboga ceremony at Iboga Journey
with Treenz back in July of this year.
It has been over a month since I attended the Iboga ceremony and I’m just
amazed at how things have been unfolding in my life.
First of all, I want to say that I found the whole experience to be incredible,
I found Treenz to be very professional and knowledgeable, the way she had
structured the retreat was flawless. I felt like nothing was rushed, nothing
was left out, everything happened in a very relaxed timing, and nothing
felt out of place. I also felt very safe and relaxed throughout the entire
experience, which is incredibly important for going on these kinds of journeys.
Treenz is very supportive and patient with everyone that comes in, and the food she prepares is absolutely delicious.
As for the Iboga, that stuff is powerful. I came in with an intention of healing
a deep held belief that I have had for my whole life, that I am not enough.
This belief has corrupted every facet of my life and made it really difficult
to live a fulfilling life, it has caused a lot of misery and depression in my
life and after spending many many years trying to get to the bottom of it and
to heal this myself, I felt that it was time to seek help from plant medicine again.
I’m still bewildered how powerful this medicine was, and how complete the healing
was. Just over a month now and I still feel the medicine working it’s magic in
my life, even though I already feel healed of this negative self-limiting belief
and all the heavy misery that came with it. I almost can’t believe that I’m free
of it and able to live a normal happy life, it feels like a dream. I was hoping
the Iboga would be able to heal me in this way, but I didn’t know if I was setting
my hopes too high. Well, it turns out it exceeded my expectations, and life just
keeps on improving.
I cannot recommend Ibogajourney enough, the space is amazing, the food is amazing, Treenz is amazing, Iboga is amazing. And now I’ve come to learn that I am amazing too. What a blessing
Thank you Treenz for such a magical sit with you last month. I was always told Iboga was the big daddy of the medicine world…😂what I found out was that, FOR ME, it was the most gentle, comforting, grounding medicine!
Other friends I have spoken with have had drastically different experiences with the root…so maybe that is due to some of the work I did before, along with your energy, which blessed the experience for those of us who sat with you! I trusted you immediately. The environment was nurturing and energetically “clean”.
Friends have since remarked that “I am different”. I credit Iboga to taking all of the teachings I have received from ceremonies, self-help teachings, books, retreats, and bringing them together to be fully embodied and expressed in me versus just intellectual knowledge.
For my entire life I have felt uncomfortable in my skin-constantly self-conscious. Since Iboga, that has not returned!!! During Iboga I felt so at home in my physical body…like a full body hug for hours.
During my ceremony I also received VERY direct answers to questions I had prepared beforehand…and the answers came through as TRUTH, a deep knowing. I had been seeking that through Aya and other plants and it never came through til Iboga.
After ceremony and a return to daily life, iboga makes it VERY clear what no longer resonates. It is our choice to then make the changes. Emotions will surface, grief, etc…but we feel it to heal it always!
Thanks again Treenz! I honor you and all your work.
Having worked with plant teachers many times in the past, I came to my Iboga ceremony in April 2017 with expectations. I expected some wild hallucinations, clear answers to questions, and maybe a few massive A-ha’s that I would then strive to integrate into my daily life.
Iboga really surprised me. It was none of those things.
The ceremony itself was so perfectly crafted. The facilitators’ commitment to service is both humbling and inspiring. I always felt safe, even at my most vulnerable.
The shifts in my life since have been subtle, unexpected, and yet intense. They crept in quietly, depression ebbed away, chronic aches and pain dissipated, I quit smoking, rearranged and purged the space, set healthy boundaries at work, eventually quit work, maintained a self care routine, all without fanfare. And unlike many other shifts via plant teachers, these ones have persisted and the benefits continue to blossom.
It’s over one year now since my ceremony, and I can still see the effects in my daily life, primarily in my ability to ‘hear’ or ‘receive’ new ideas, information, and messages. There is a clarity and inner knowing available to me now that I had been craving and yet felt out of reach of. I can choose to react differently. I am no longer trapped by my habitual programming, and that moment-by-moment choice has been the real gift.
Even now, I continue to shed remnants of my past and lay down old patterns that no longer serve. I suppose that journey is never over. Relationships with friends, lovers, and family have all shifted. I can see how my healing has rippled out and created positive change in my environment and those I interact with, too. It hasn’t been all rainbows and butterflies. Instead it’s as though I have leveled up, so I feel equipped to handle all of the twists and turns and discomforts of life that use to leave me feeling apathetic at best and suicidal at worst.
I think I came to Iboga hoping to ‘kill’ who I was, in essence, and be rebirthed as an entirely new and ideal me. I was craving something dramatic.
I left with something far more valuable: I am steadily falling in love with my imperfect self, and I am creating a life that I am both proud of and eager to participate in.
…the journey continues. It has now been 9 months since my Iboga journey began. Tara, my first born, has a powerful spiritual compass, and she thought of me soon after her own Iboga experience. There were a few moments of apprehension, fear of the unknown. Ultimately, I trust Tara and so took the plunge. The facilitator definitely dispelled any strangeness when he met us. We all began the ritual feeling safe. After that, my little pallet on the floor became my harbour and safe haven. I was unaware of what was going on with everyone else for most of the next nights and days. I have learned since that everyone’s experience is unique. I was one of those who vomited for awhile, then slept. I took my second Iboga two weeks later. This time, my experience was more mindful, and mystical. I had fresh eyes. I was brand new.
For over 19 years, I had been taking a daily strong dosage of fluoxetine. I tried on two or three occasions to wean myself off them, but within 2 months I would be clinically depressed once again. At times, I was self-destructive and suicidal. I would drink too much, and make everything worse. I was so tired; living my life always restless, agitated, yearning. I cut my dosage to half about three weeks before Iboga and stopped altogether two weeks before. That was October 3rd 2014.
What has ensued is incredible. I have been experiencing raw, unmedicated life. During these months, I have re-discovered wholesome reality. I had forgotten. Life goes on as normal. I broke my ankle, and was in a cast for months, two dear friends of mine passed away, I experienced the painful anniversary of my daughters death, all without anesthetic. So I have been sad, but never despairing. Hard to explain how it felt good to feel emotions that were sometimes painful. I am free of that desperate constant anxiety that was such a “thorn in my shoe”. I am confident, clear and at rest in knowing that I really can accomplish anything my mind decides. I can choose whether or not I want to have a drink. And every now and then, I get a pure wave of joy and a lightness that I remember from early childhood. I am so grateful to Iboga Journey for guiding me through the amazing experience last year. Thanks always, Iboga Journey and Tara. I LOVE my life.
Exactly 1 year ago I took the journey and my life has not been that same since. I was not facing addiction or major trauma. I was a 40 year old single working mom who could not seem to crawl out from under massive stress and depression. My entire life seemed to be a struggle. Financially I was always on the edge and unsure of where the money for bills or rent would come from. I wanted the best for my kids and found myself sinking under the pressure of trying to keep up. Many days I spent crying for no reason, I felt like I was living in a vice grip. I worked in an extremely stressful work environment and lived in an overcrowded space. There was no peace. It was time for a change and when I heard about Iboga I hoped it would be the major shift I was looking for.
My friend introduced me to the facilitator and he met with me 2 weeks before the ceremony to hear what I had to say, answer my questions and prepare me for the journey. What struck me first about him was the intensity and the light coming from him. He seemed joyful, confident and deeply passionate about Iboga and the change it had helped him make in his own life. He told me to start working on my intentions. What I wanted for myself through this process. He told me to spend some time focussing on those intentions and to write them down. He welcomed me to continue to stay in contact with him so that I could ask him questions or voice concerns as needed. He also told me the dates and cost. It was only a few days and the cost was more than reasonable however, for me, both seemed insurmountable barriers. How was I going to find someone to care for my kids for a few days? Where was I going to come up for money for this when I could barely make rent? Never the less, I agreed. In the next couple weeks these barriers cleared out of the way with minimal effort. A surprise bit of money came my way 2 days before the ceremony that was the exact amount I needed. My children’s father called me out of the blue and offered to take the kids for the days I needed when he has never done anything like this before. Already the Iboga was working it’s magic. It was all very real now. I was going and I was terrified.
The location was breathtaking. Everyone there seemed as nervous as I was. The facilitator had obviously spent a lot of time preparing the space and no detail seemed missed. He met with each of us to touch base before we began and helped put us to ease. At sundown the fire was lit. I threw my intentions in and we began.
What can I say about the journey itself? I have heard Iboga compared to 10 years of psychotherapy in one night, The ghost of Christmas past, like defragging a computer. It was all of those things. It was every range of emotion I have ever known but mostly it was love, self-catered to me. It was exactly what I needed it to be exactly when I need it to happen. I learned things about myself I would never have been able to dislodge on my own. Found compassion for those I was in conflict with and discovered understanding to my true nature and spirit. It was harrowing, exhilarating and exhausting and through it all the facilitator was there. Guiding us, caring for us and watching over us.
It’s a year later now. The first couple months after Iboga I walked on a cloud. Not only had my disposition changed so had my appearance. I was light, joyful and so grateful. But it was not over for me. I still had my extremely stressful life to contend with and it picked up the pace. Pushing and testing me over the next few months but this time I pushed back and focused on where I wanted to be. Over the course of the year my life has seen major changes. I am no longer where I was. I enjoy a blessed life with my children and continue to grow in new and exciting ways. Life continues to unfold for me but now I feel like I am driving and the future is exactly what I want it to be.
I can not thank Iboga Journey enough. Through it all I never doubted that I was in caring hands and every detail was thought of. It was perfection. I would recommend anyone for this experience no matter what your background or what you are looking for. Next month my brother is going and I can’t wait to see the life he has waiting for him.
“It’s been about a year since I sat in that life-transformative ceremony. I’m filled with love, knowing my sister and mom will soon be embarking on this journey with Iboga Journey in the near future. I have so much love and gratitude for the space they hold, and for all the healing that takes place. Thank you.
I kept putting off writing a testimonial because my life has been intense this last year, in the most painfully transformative, butterfly-like way. I had to really hit bottom while the spirit world manifested itself in the material realm, through deep and mind-blowingly beautiful and painful ways. Ayahuasca has also contributed to that, but the Iboga was like yelling spiritual truth at me. The facilitators told me I wouldn’t be able to go back to exotic dancing after ceremony. I did for a time, and it pained me more than I could ever imagine. I have now officially cut ties with it, and am in healing mode, clearing my channel. I seriously cannot ever go back, unless I want to die. The light is too clear and supportive now.
I’m also nine months abstinent from bulimia, and my binging and purging. Before Iboga, I had never made it more than three months in the past 11 years.
Now that I’m not throwing my life away and selling my soul to the ‘dirty carnival’ (as Iboga referred to it in my journey), I feel limitless in the manifestations available from the divine infinite. I was desperate to change it all when I left the ceremony, and was floating on a cloud for a month, manifesting my dreams through investors, who were part of the dirty carnival. Because I still was.
Now I’m seeing that I have to clear me, and take baby steps to get to that place of wherever my higher consciousness wants me to be.”
I’ve had a pretty intense time post-ceremony, filled with synchronistic events coinciding with my intentions. There have been some serious ups and downs, but when I’m confronted with something that requires diligence, I think of Iboga and the state of mind I was in while being witness to my thought patterns and the emotions attached to them.
Iboga has provided a subconscious tool kit that is felt in my field of awareness when dealing with things in my life.
I feel drawn back to Iboga, whether sitting in ceremony with it, or perhaps taking a microdose approach. But I am called back for sure, either way.
Iboga is something I’ve only been able to tell a few people about, and even out of those select few, I’m not sure that anyone gets it. Most people say something like, ”You were just laying on your back for two days?” But I can say for certain that it was one of the most beautiful things in my life to have experienced; a true blessing. I’m still processing it, but in a joyous way, and almost sinking back into it, which I try for in my night meditations before bed.
I thank IbogaJourney for offering good medicine in a space that tends to every facet of the experience that is required, facilitated in the best way ever.
My weekend with IbogaJourney was without a doubt the most profound shift I ever went through and I would recommend it to anyone who wishes to go through the most radical transformation possible. I have taken part in 22 ayahuasca ceremonies, three kambo purges, seven 5 meo-DMT ceremonies and this one was without a doubt the most powerful of all of my experiences even though it is not a competition of any sort. I am grateful all of these plant medicines exist yet I am the most grateful that I found you as I feel after this journey into my deepest core I do not feel a desire to go look elsewhere. My body and mind were so drastically altered for the better it is not possible to find the right words for it yet I felt like writing something so that maybe the right person finding my words would feel inspired to sign up as well.
For me your location was stunning and superb for it. Your energies and stable presence were crucial and fantastic and I am forever grateful that you do what you do. Both of you were holding space impeccably with integrity and the know how that is needed to navigate these intense energies.
I do not remember ever feeling so poorly after any of the other experiences I have had including childbirth and the ones I stated above .,yet 3 days after ceremony and I have the feeling of having been reset to my original blueprint and not anyone elses programming any longer.
I feel for the first time a palpatable difference in how I walk and talk and my nervous system feels like it has been reset as well which makes me witness myself as calm and collected and loving with my 3 young children instead of pick up on their everchanging energies like it was the case prior to my weekend with you.
I will never be able to explain this to anyone or even myself. It was too vast to grasp and too sacred to even try as nobody would be able to understand what goes on when with you and I feel that is the beauty of it. I knew I was being called and guided by spirit to take part. I never questioned or doubted and now I know why. I believe I had suffered enough by programming that was not mine that the universe was kind enough for me to find you and greet me with such love and understanding that I will cherish it to the day I die.
You both are amazing and I bow to you as going through this experience myself shows me who you must be as souls to have signed up for this job as facilitators to help heal the planet one by one.
I have infinite gratitude in my heart for everything that involved my experience with you even if afterwards for two days I was barely able to walk or talk ? I would recommend this to anyone really who wishes to be undone from the false persona we took on from society or parents or god knows what. Time to get free is my motto and this answered to it.
Thank you always and forever !
My mind turned into a quantum computer, processing thoughts and emotions at unprecedented speed, and assessing each memory like a 10 year meditation compressed into 24 hours.
Wai, Vancouver, BC
The usual busyness of my mind was a quiet whisper post-ceremony, versus a loud blaring megaphone before ceremony.
Denise, BC
For the first time in my life I can listen, really be still, without forming opinions and judgments and questions, and just hear myself and others.
Donna, Ontario
It’s been just over a month, as I am writing this, since I ingested the Iboga root bark at the Iboga Journey ceremony. I feel clear, grounded, less anxious, and less depressed. I feel reconnected and reenergized. I feel myself getting better every day. Iboga has given me hope again, after feeling so lost and tired and questioning my own needing to exist… It all weaves together in life… Iboga is like a golden thread.
My journey with this medicine began about three years ago when I first started to research the potential of this strange substance and its unique healing and transformational qualities. What I saw clearly, in hindsight of the actual ceremony, was how many of my lessons and insights from Iboga came to me during the time of my research and preparation for this rite of passage. I can recall on many times feeling clearly connected to the spirit of Iboga and receiving its healing and insight before ever having physically met. Though this was the case, I still had this expectation going into ceremony that somehow Iboga would resemble one of my Ayahuasca or mushroom experiences or measure up to Aubrey Marcus’ legendary account, but this wasn’t the case for me. In a way, I had been telling myself for a long time that a major transformation would have to come from a death-ride through heaven and hell and back. Instead, what I was given was something so subtle and unexpected, that I thought “something must be off here,” like I hadn’t taken enough, or I was resisting the medicine, or it just wasn’t working for me even though I was completely nauseous, dizzy, and weak…and I was wired af…and my mind was racing with some really bizarre thoughts and chaotic imaginations. In fact, I was internally confused and resentful through much of the ceremony, feeling like I was very foolish for having put so much time, energy, and effort into bringing myself to partake in this session. Friday night and all day Saturday seemed like a complete wash. I had only managed to question and judge everything, everyone, and my self super harshly. But after managing to nod off, I woke from a hard sleep on Sunday morningsomehow feeling refreshed and comfortable in my body. We spent the whole morning having breakfast and sharing about our experience after enduring the day and a half of mostly silence. Hearing everyone’s story, suddenly it clicked for me.
Iboga showed me the value of my mind’s attempt to control and plan things in my life. It showed up in the form of garbled, nonsensical, and vulgur contortions of violence and insanity. Literally, no useful information came to me as I tried to form thoughts about what sort of experience that I needed to have in order to heal myself. This failure to control became exhausting to the point of total surrender and detachment from caring at all about acheiving a desired outcome. Basically, I was just waiting for the iboga to wear off so that I could pack up my things and go back home. It was through these moment of surrender into a meditative like state that I would realize that I was actually receiving clear thoughts and images. Nothing particularly profound, but just simple, clean, and clear mental functioning and emotional balance. It wasn’t until a month later that I finally realized the wisdom I had gained from this experience. My ego’s wanting to control and plan and structure my life is an act of futility. My ability to surrender and let go is actually what allows the vital messages to channel through. In other words, I just need to let existence do the work. OF COURSE my mind is flawed and full of shit! But life ALWAYS knows the best way… This message has come to me many times. My attempts to trust this wisdom and fully integrate it into my life have been less than graceful. I see clearly, now, how at this point in my life, this would be the big message for me.
I could go on extensively about all of the ways I feel this medicine has woven its magic into my life. It is a truly unique and personally transformational force. I am grateful for having received this medicine and that I was aligned with Iboga Journey for the ceremonial portion of my experience. The guidance and care with everyone is exceptional. They are truly wonderful beings of healing light and love in this world of chaos. Many blessings to them and their continued works and also to those that seek the healing spirit of Iboga.
The week post-ceremony was really amazing because I felt really embodied and present. I had better sleeps than ever. Meditation came easy, because instead of finding a guided meditation to follow online and becoming distracted, I just trusted myself and tapped right in to my inner stillness. The usual busyness of my mind was a quiet whisper post-ceremony, versus a loud blaring megaphone before ceremony.
In my journey, I assumed I would revisit traumatic experiences from my childhood, but it was the opposite. I saw visuals of positive times with my Mom, which makes sense because I’ve been clinging to the story that a teen Mom raised me, and already know it was stressful. It’s clear it’s time to re-write my story.
I have also been plagued with depression and anxiety in my life, and I had a sense during the ceremony that my body shaking off 38 years of unprocessed, built-up fright or flight tension.
It was like my mind and all of my thoughts were there for me to see, through my eyelids…and they are mostly B.S…. lol. Judgements, fears, worries, all of it.
Dancing used to be one of my favourite ways to connect to my soul and feel free, and it changed somewhere in life, which saddened me. Prior to ceremony I’d been admiring my 3-year-old daughter (my guru) and the way she dances as if she is in a trance, so alive and one with the music. I had set an intention before ceremony to be able to dance like no one is watching again, and when the Bwiti music came on I honestly felt like it moved me from my core and it was such an amazing feeling… the rebirth.
I really appreciate what Iboga Journey is doing in this world, I feel like it is a healing that is so, so necessary.
“It has been almost three weeks of integration, and although painful at first (with three days of emotional disorientation), by day four, a break in the grieving process opened up a new pathway to healing. One that was there all along, supporting my journey thus far, yet clearer than ever before. Without shame, I acknowledge now that I was resistant to change, even if I proclaimed out loud a hundred times over that I wanted TRANSFORMATION. What I found instead, in this medicine, was a stark reflection. In equal parts were my (unconscious) blind spots to the consciously explored and expressed parts in my consciousness.
Strange as it may sound, I took a moment to grieve my knowing of this balance, the recognition that, this connection to self, to Source, is all that matters now. That I was no longer only the frightened, curious child (unsure of the path, often shirking my roles, responsibilities and gifts), but I was both child and adult (committed to awareness, embodying the integral, sovereign soul) and renewing my choice to create equanimity and peace at a soul level.
Spiritual maturation can be accelerated using this medicinal tool. Multiple exposures in medicinal, soul exploration allows one access to a deepening of compassion, humility, forgiveness, courage, grace, dignity, and the formation of new understandings by continuously choosing to lead a meaningful life and being awake and aware of that choice.
A warm and special nod to the facilitators, who are the epitomes of grace and dignity. They are harmonious emoters of soulful wisdom. It is felt in the vibes they carry and clear through their heartful service to plants, animals and humans alike. One needs to feel safe to truly trust the unfolding of this process. By attending this ceremony, you will learn from those who know and practice their alignment, so in turn, one can begin trusting their own soul guidance.”
Lots of changes have been happening in my life since sitting in ceremony with Iboga Journey a few months ago. It’s been such a whirlwind of integration, lots of sitting with my triggers and learning to trust what feels authentic. Mostly I have been feeling guided to completely prioritize my needs and my current moment. It feels like such freedom to give myself full permission to just stop trying to strategize and make things happen according to my mind’s expectations.
I have been noticing a space of silence emerging from within me, putting me in touch with my true Self. It’s been so beautiful to be reminded of the Oneness that we are all a part of and the pure state of being that is my true nature. I have been “trying” to practice present moment awareness/self inquiry for many years but this Iboga ceremony (and my integration that followed) really threw a wrench into the hamster wheel of these mental patterns that had been distracting me from just being in my pure Self. Fearlessness and deep trust is also emerging in my vibration.
I just wanted to express big gratitude to you and for the work that you do Treenz. I love that this sacred experience is available here in Canada! I feel like the Great Harmony of Life had been preparing me for 11 years to take part in that ceremony, and because the external factors were just handled so perfectly by you it allowed me to go deeper than I ever had before.
As the world around us seems to fall deeper into insanity and violence I know in my heart that we are all holding a light that can never be extinguished, and that by choosing love we are choosing freedom. It’s so beautiful this hide and seek game that God is playing through us
It’s difficult to find the words to fully describe my experience with Iboga, however, it’s very clear to me that the effects have been more than I ever expected and have changed me in a way that is everlasting. When I first heard about Iboga, I was going through a difficult time in life when I desperately needed guidance. I had never been interested in plant medicines but felt strongly guided to Iboga and committed without hesitation. It was as though the choice had already been made for me and all I had to do was accept.
When I spoke with the facilitator for the first time any resistance I had was laid to rest. There was such power and clarity in our interaction that I felt absolutely safe and supported by him. He advised me to start asking the questions which I wanted guidance on. He said that the more work I did beforehand to clarify what I was seeking, the more I would attain from the experience with Iboga. The facilitator provided dedicated support the whole time prior to the ceremony. Our discussions really shaped what my experience would reveal.
My journey with Iboga started the moment I began to ask questions. I was not necessarily getting clear answers, but I was definitely receiving information. The months leading up to my ceremony were intense, and in fact, the difficulty in my life seemed to get worse and worse. Yet underneath it all, I had the understanding that the suffering I was going through was purposeful and necessary. I realize now that I was going through a process of purification where I was beginning to see myself honestly, and where I was beginning to acknowledge the stories and the lies that were holding me down in life. The days before the ceremony were the most intense and culminated in a breakdown, or shall I say a breakthrough, that left me incredibly calm and clear, ready for what I was about to embark on. I entered the ceremony fearlessly and in a state of truth, ready to truly meet myself.
The ceremony itself was one of the most incredible things I have ever experienced. I attribute much of this to the energy that the facilitators cultivated for the space. Their own histories and experiences were an essential part of how they supported my transformation.
What I saw and felt once I began to take the Iboga medicine is ineffable, but the effects are palpable even now. The unveiling of my ignorance is something from which I know I cannot return. The wisdom I attained has allowed me to express more of my potential and to express more of my authentic self. Since the ceremony I have been able to navigate life with more grace and ease. The effects were immediate and have only been getting more and more refined. There has been an immense shift in my way of being, and life has become more pleasurable than I had previously experienced. Challenges still arise, but my reactions and ways of dealing with them are softer and more skillful. I might even say that challenges have become an expected part of life that I respect and value as opportunities through which I can grow.
I am forever grateful to the Iboga medicine and to the facilitators for assisting me in uncovering what is already there. I look forward to continuing the journey as I unravel more and more of that which I already am.
I’ve had a pretty intense time post-ceremony, filled with synchronistic events coinciding with my intentions. There have been some serious ups and downs, but when I’m confronted with something that requires diligence, I think of Iboga and the state of mind I was in while being witness to my thought patterns and the emotions attached to them.
Iboga has provided a subconscious tool kit that is felt in my field of awareness when dealing with things in my life.
I feel drawn back to Iboga, whether sitting in ceremony with it, or perhaps taking a microdose approach. But I am called back for sure, either way.
Iboga is something I’ve only been able to tell a few people about, and even out of those select few, I’m not sure that anyone gets it. Most people say something like, ”You were just laying on your back for two days?” But I can say for certain that it was one of the most beautiful things in my life to have experienced; a true blessing. I’m still processing it, but in a joyous way, and almost sinking back into it, which I try for in my night meditations before bed.
I thank IbogaJourney for offering good medicine in a space that tends to every facet of the experience that is required, facilitated in the best way ever.
My weekend with IbogaJourney was without a doubt the most profound shift I ever went through and I would recommend it to anyone who wishes to go through the most radical transformation possible. I have taken part in 22 ayahuasca ceremonies, three kambo purges, seven 5 meo-DMT ceremonies and this one was without a doubt the most powerful of all of my experiences even though it is not a competition of any sort. I am grateful all of these plant medicines exist yet I am the most grateful that I found you as I feel after this journey into my deepest core I do not feel a desire to go look elsewhere. My body and mind were so drastically altered for the better it is not possible to find the right words for it yet I felt like writing something so that maybe the right person finding my words would feel inspired to sign up as well.
For me your location was stunning and superb for it. Your energies and stable presence were crucial and fantastic and I am forever grateful that you do what you do. Both of you were holding space impeccably with integrity and the know how that is needed to navigate these intense energies.
I do not remember ever feeling so poorly after any of the other experiences I have had including childbirth and the ones I stated above .,yet 3 days after ceremony and I have the feeling of having been reset to my original blueprint and not anyone elses programming any longer.
I feel for the first time a palpatable difference in how I walk and talk and my nervous system feels like it has been reset as well which makes me witness myself as calm and collected and loving with my 3 young children instead of pick up on their everchanging energies like it was the case prior to my weekend with you.
I will never be able to explain this to anyone or even myself. It was too vast to grasp and too sacred to even try as nobody would be able to understand what goes on when with you and I feel that is the beauty of it. I knew I was being called and guided by spirit to take part. I never questioned or doubted and now I know why. I believe I had suffered enough by programming that was not mine that the universe was kind enough for me to find you and greet me with such love and understanding that I will cherish it to the day I die.
You both are amazing and I bow to you as going through this experience myself shows me who you must be as souls to have signed up for this job as facilitators to help heal the planet one by one.
I have infinite gratitude in my heart for everything that involved my experience with you even if afterwards for two days I was barely able to walk or talk ? I would recommend this to anyone really who wishes to be undone from the false persona we took on from society or parents or god knows what. Time to get free is my motto and this answered to it.
Thank you always and forever !
Setting the intention with Kambo, I was able to clear my internal landscape and focus in on the trauma I was to move through in my journey with Iboga.
Leslie G, Cochrane, AB
Kambo, Iboga, and Jaguar, provided exactly what I needed for self-reflection, healing, and personal growth, powerfully stripping away anger, ego, and resentment.
Brian P, Toronto
With her deep, personal connection to this medicine, she (Treenz) embodies the teachings of Kambo.
Jayme, Alberta
“Treenz is such a lovely person to learn from and be in the presence of; she is a natural teacher. The spiritual, emotional and physical learnings are difficult to put into words and Treenz held such a strong, calm and clear container for this work. With her deep, personal connection to this medicine, she embodies the teachings of Kambo. I left this course with more knowledge than I expected; of myself, the Phyllomedusa Bicolor and their sacred connection to their environment and those who work to ensure these animals are respected as part of their co-creative partnership with humans. This Kambo self-application course and Treenz’s specifically, have inspired me to delve deeper into the wisdom of this medicine and the tribes who work to preserve the giant monkey tree frog and their sacred home.”
It’s my second time coming to Treenz and Iboga Journey this year! I absolutely love the combination of Kambo, Iboga and Jaguar! I particularly appreciate the silent Iboga ceremony and the day of silence following it. It lays deep roots. Treenz is a wonderful being fully dedicated to her role as space holder and medicine provider. She leads her ceremonies with authenticity and in a way that’s just so beautiful! I always feel safe and heard in that sacred container. The sound bath is also amazing! Treenz, thank you for caring deeply about where your medicines come from. Thank you for your ethics and huge heart! Plant medicines have their way to accelerate healing and increase awareness. It is definitely not a comfortable process and integration is so crucial. Thanks for all the resources and support, Treenz!
Gratitude,
Thank you so much, Treenz!
It was a life changing weekend to say the least!!! I am so grateful I made the jump to finally sit with you and the trio of medicines that you offer together, unique in my opinion. It was just perfect! I saw your care in everything, your attention to detail, your patience and openness. Thank you for your Authenticity! Thank you for serving us the best with beauty and grace: from the food, water, quality of medicines, the prayers you read, the thought process behind everything. I am touched.
Jaguar is what broke me open. I cannot wait to experience it more.
I am integrating. For me slowing down is key. That’s when things pop up to the surface and can be seen by Awareness. I jumped right back into work and I am tired. But that too is the dance, for now.
I look forward to shedding and growing with you again and the medicines. I’ll keep an eye on flights 😉
Thanks for sharing the smoothie recipe and the other precious resources.
I wish you the best now and in every moment!
Thank you so much for starting 2025 in the most amazing way!!!
Love to you,
For timeline context it is June 2024 at the time of me writing this. Back in 2019 I sat with iboga and it was a profound experience that assisted me with a lot of personal development. But I didn’t stay consistent with doing the inner work which eventually led me down another dark road, that dark road led me to January 2024.
I fell and severed my quadricep tendon from my knee, this led me to smoking a lot of weed, playing a lot of video games and eating a lot of junk food. I had a lot time to reflect on my past few years and I was unhappy with my current trajectory and who I had become. So I came across IbogaJourney again. This is it, I need to metaphorically die and be reborn, and that I did.
March 2024, Treenz welcomed me to her beautiful home. From the moment I met Treenz I knew she meant business, she is extremely professional and takes great pride in what she does. I did the “Trifecta” Kambo, Iboga and 5-MEO-DMT. This was all so terrifying yet exciting. Treenz was present, supportive and nurturing throughout this whole experience. She brought a calming presence to each ceremony.
Kambo with sananga and hape, cleansed me energetically and opened me and made space within me for the potent psychedelic experiences ahead of me.
Iboga was intense but it showed me what I needed to see, Iboga isn’t a very pleasant time in both of my experiences with it, but it gives you what you need and makes you aware of the negative thoughts constantly looping in your brains default mode network. It’s like going to the dentist to get the plaque removed but instead of your teeth getting cleaned your mind is getting cleaned from all the toxic negativity that attaches it self to your conscious like a plaque.
36 hours after beginning the iboga ceremony, a long day of silence and a delicious grounding smoothie and a goodnight sleep, I was feeling raw and emotional to what was opened up in me. I cried a lot, I then sat with 5-MEO-DMT first it was a handshake to get anointed with the medicine then came the hug and wow this was such a beautiful way to tie the 3 days together. I cried and I released and found great peace. As I came back from where I was I felt the warmth of all my comrades and Treenz. Everyone including Treenz said I was glowing as I ate breakfast I felt as if the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders.
3 days after my ceremony I slipped in the shower, re-ruptured my quad tendon and had to get another surgery. But this time everything was ok, because I had the power of positivity and acceptance for my life, my situation and myself. I didn’t resort back to all my hedonistic ways. I stayed on the path of meditating, learning, growing, and making an effort to do the work using this opportunity to not only heal my knee but to heal my soul and my mind.
If you’re reading this and you’re on the fence if this is for you, or not. Trust in yourself you are here for a reason. I have so much love for Treenz and you will too. Treenz has helped me open up a portal in my life and in myself. 11/11 I couldn’t recommend Treenz and IbogaJourney enough. So much heart, and professionalism. There wasn’t a single moment where I didn’t feel safe. Thank you Treenz for your gift that you share with the world, you are a powerful force of light in a sometimes very dark world.
Embarking on the Iboga Journey was a life-altering experience for me, a complete transformation! I was reminded of the deep love and light that exists within me.
Kambo, Iboga, and Jaguar, provided exactly what I needed for self-reflection, healing, and personal growth, powerfully stripping away anger, ego, and resentment.
It was undeniably the most challenging thing I’ve ever done, but that’s what you sign up for when you want your life to change profoundly. Making the decision to take this path took five years, but I’m immensely grateful for it. Meeting Treenz was a true gift; a beautiful soul, coupled with her ability to create a safe, welcoming space and her extensive knowledge, enriched the journey.
Additionally, the post-ceremony integration has been intense, marked by signs from the universe, coincidences, and synchronized events aligning with my intentions. It was genuinely life-changing, with all shifts being overwhelmingly positive.
If you’re considering transformative changes in your life, I wholeheartedly recommend this experience.
My weekend Journey was one of profound growth and fulfillment. It was as it was meant to be, a rebirth. Setting the intention with Kambo, I was able to clear my internal landscape and focus in on the trauma I was to move through in my journey with Iboga. A beautiful didgeridoo sound bath allowed me to ground and prepare my physical body for the journey.
Journeying with Iboga was a profoundly unique experience and it allowed me to deeply connect with myself and unpack some unresolved trauma. Moving through the journey, I was able to connect with memories buried deep in my subconscious and, after witnessing these in a safe way, I was able to meaning make after the deep journey dissipated and I rested in meditation and reflection.
Feeling open to receive, I journeyed with Jaguar which deepened my experience and opened me up to the cosmic universe, feeling at one with everything and myself. It was a purification of self and a feeling of being reborn into this new life.
Post integration, I have been focused on supporting myself in this new way of being, and I have a new found appreciation and gratitude for this precious life I have been given to be in service of others and make an impact in this world.
I am grateful Iboga called and I listened, and for the safe space created by Treenz to have a beautifully held journey.
I felt safe, and although the journey had uncomfortable moments for sure, Treenz was there as a calm guiding presence.
Gayle, Cochrane, AB
I was able to surrender to the medicine thanks to feeling incredibly safe and supported under Treenz’s care.
Kristin, Bragg Creek, AB
She made herself present and provided a safe and clear structure, while leaving the inner experience completely up to us.
Demian, New York
As someone who has extensively worked with the Sacred Wood, I was really happy I could just fly out to work with Treenz during a weekend retreat, without having to take too much time off from my busy schedule.
And let me tell you, Treenz is a safe, trustworthy, and no bs kind of facilitator. I like her approach. She embodies integrity and holds solid space for people who want to work with this medicine. She is an incredible medicine woman who helps people shift their patterns and let go of their stories right in the middle of a busy bustling city.
I am thankful to you, Treenz, for your compassion and guidance during a time that was both personally and collectively challenging. Working with you has taught me how to stay true to myself at all times and always choose love. Basse.
I’ve journeyed with Iboga as my primary plant teacher for six years now. It has immeasurably bettered my life by reducing resistance to reality. That may sound silly, but existence is an unstoppable stream of evolving change, and sickness comes from pretending we can control it. Iboga has helped untie my knots so that I can jump in the river and go with the flow, all the while addiction disappearing, health soaring, capacity for love now defining my life.
My sixth flood dose meant working with Treenz, a facilitator I’d been acquainted with and shared some professional referrals back and forth with. Each time on the phone, I could feel my heart relaxing and opening, forming a gut knowing that this was someone I could trust. Spending the weekend in her space confirmed this. Not only did I experience what I always do with Iboga, quantum leaps into remembering what reality ultimately is and learning to love it instead of fighting it, but I got something more:
Treenz and her co-facilitator provided the first full trust experience I’d ever had with a medicine that was formally unbearably challenging for me. The last stronghold of a life-defining pain from my early life dissolved as I confronted God’s nature. Since then, the commitment to my partner, the guidance of my clinical team at Thrive Counselling, the love for my aging parents and my ability to find Origin Spirit’s song in every single moment is greater than it has ever been.
My weekend with Iboga Journey, as guided by Treenz, was one of the most memorable and important of my life. I place great trust on the work she does and the human she is.
My Experience with Treenz.
It was quite an adventure signing up for a 3-Day Deep Dive into myself. Treenz is a truly engaged and heartfelt facilitator who takes her role very seriously. She is wonderful at explaining what the journey is about and how the different phases of the journey work.
If this is new to you and you are a bit anxious about the ins and outs of such a journey, then Treenz is perfect for you. For me, this was one of the most profound journeys I have experienced.
My first experience in this realm was supported so beautifully by Treenz.
She held space in a sacred way, with no judgement. I felt safe, and although the journey had uncomfortable moments for sure, Treenz was there as a calm guiding presence. I highly recommend Treenz if you are considering this exploration, whether for your first time or fiftieth time. Definitely the person for first timers like myself.
My experience with Treenz at Iboga Journey surpassed my expectations. I did the full weekend experience, and can say that I felt fully supported and loved through the entire time. She is an absolutely centred on her calling, and if you get the opportunity to work with her you will not regret it.
Highly recommend!
Treenz is a true guide for the spirit: people go on their personal journeys and she understands. It’s a beautiful place to be, very safe and secure. The people with you provide a lot of support and each person is there for a reason. If you keep your eyes open, there is an infinite amount to learn; I was surprised by certain things and it was enjoyable, very fun! I participated in the Iboga and the 5 MeO-DMT, which were incredible; I did not do the Kambo as I was scared of it. After this journey and Treenz being as great as she is, I want to go on another journey and partake in the Kambo! Forever grateful, Basse.
With Treenz I felt safe and well cared for. Overall the weekend was one of the most powerful, transformative experiences of my life (I’m 73 and have been “on the path” since 1965). I was given the opportunity to address a deep, traumatic imprint from my infancy which I knew was there but could never access before. Everal, chronic physical issues seem to be resolved as well. It is obvious to me that I have been permanently changed in all good ways.
If you feel called, don’t hesitate! Receive the blessings of these medicine
My experience with Treenz and Iboga Journey has been nothing short of incredible. Treenz creates such a safe, welcoming, and compassionate space for each person to be supported through their individual healing journey. Iboga and Kambo are such beautiful medicines, and to have the opportunity to merge with them in such a loving space is truly a blessing. I am beyond grateful for Treenz’s offerings, as they are greatly assisting me along my path of growth and healing.
Treenz runs a first class operation in her modern, clean and comforting home. Treenz is very welcoming, caring, knowledgeable about Iboga and other plant medicines (thanks to her experience), and really makes everyone feel at home in her home. Her chill and kind demeanor helped everyone who attended our ceremony let their guard down so we could relax and be in the best vibes possible before beginning the ceremony. The weekend was full of unexpected bonuses, from a sound bath pre-ceremony, to healthy recovery foods and tribal bwiti dancing post-ceremony, making whole experience one to remember. I can’t recommend doing this ceremony with Treenz more. My actual experience taking the Iboga root did not give me the psychoactive experience I expected, but it did give me the results I had hoped for. I went in with intentions to release addictive thought patterns, and that is exactly what has happened. It was also a good lesson for me to not have too many expectations going in, everyone’s journey is different and is exactly what they need. I’m very relieved and grateful to have my mind back and to feel a heightened sense of wholeness without needing the things I used to seek to feel whole. Very honoured and thankful I got to work with Iboga, Treenz, and was able to meet so many like minded people who journeyed alongside of me.
Highly recommend!
My first experience with Iboga was with Treenz. Her nurturing presence and attentiveness made the experience feel so comfortable and safe!
Treenz has a deep knowledge of Iboga, and facilitates the medicine journey with respect and authenticity.
My experience with Iboga was life changing and empowering beyond expectation!!
I highly recommend Treenz facilitating your Iboga medicine journey, if you want to deepen your connection with yourself, your ancestors, and mother earth.
In the days leading up to the ceremony I was concerned about the setting; how could an urban location support such a sacred journey? Upon arriving I was warmly welcomed by Treenz and soon learned that she had curated a sacred and supportive environment for the journey. Prior to opening the ceremony, Treenz helped us to get grounded and even had someone give us a sound bath with a didgeridoo, this felt healing on its own, a beautiful way to prepare for Iboga. The ceremony was beautifully crafted and honoured the sacred heritage of the wood and the Bwiti tribe, you can tell that Treenz has profound respect for the medicine. I was able to surrender to the medicine thanks to feeling incredibly safe and supported under Treenz’s care. While we all have our own unique experience, you can trust you will be held in loving space while you journey.
What a miracle! Definitely, the greatest experience of my life so far. To be honest, it’s easier to affirm this today… but during the ceremony, there were moments that were quite the opposite. It’s a game changer. Your life will not be the same after a experience like this, one way or another. I don’t want to go into details of the 3 days of the ceremony for good reasons. It’s a unique experience in many ways. The result and the journey will differ from one another. Keep in mind that iboga is powerful beyond understanding … spiritually, psychologically and physically. The spirit of the plant will show you what you need, not necessarily what you want. You have to trust the unfolding. Easy for some, tougher for others… you’ll experience what you bring with you, your mindset.
The greatest part in all of this: you are not alone in the journey. The facilitator is a wonderful guide from day one. Honest and sincere, he will be with you and he will make sure that you are ready for this. He’s definitely a kind of modern shaman with a sincere heart with one thing in mind : help you through your journey.
For me and for a first experience with those kinds of spiritual plants, the setting for the ceremony was perfect. The rain forest and the farm was like home to me. The warm welcome from the facilitator and the place was what I needed to feel at peace.
The ceremony was on the last weekend of my two month road trip from Montreal to the ceremony (with a detour to Mount Shasta, California). I’m a spiritual guy. I love those beyond space and time kind of experiences. Synchronicity brought me there and I know why. Today, nearly 3 months after the ceremony, I’m still discovering how these three days have changed my life … in a wonderful way.
Thank you. You’re definitely a guide in many ways.
Namaste brother.
This was hands down the most valuable and important thing I have ever done with my time or money. There is nothing I can say that would do justice to the journey itself other than it will give you exactly what you need. It put me in direct contact with the truest me, my “higher self” and gave me clear concise answers to all my questions and uncertainty. I processed my fears and came out with a whole new awareness for life and living. My nervous system is reset, my habits have lost their unconscious grip on my behaviour, and I love from a deeper place. The fact that it is not a hallucinagenic has allowed me to trust deeper in my experience and to bring it wholeheartedly in to my daily life.
It was not a cake walk and be prepared to do some work, but you can definitely trust this medicine. It is a wise and powerful teacher.
As for the facilitator:
Never before have I witnesses such integrity, understanding and true compassion from a man. The facilitator is deeply aware of his responsibility to each and every person that he guides through ceremony. I have done 2 journeys with him now and the second journey, after knowing I could put my complete faith in him, was a far deeper, more spiritual and profound experience. He is the finest example of “father” that I have ever seen. Taking care of each person with immense presence, strength, and grace. He understands his calling and delivers a beautiful, sacred ceremony with true homage to its heritage. Surrender to the medicine. Put your faith in the facilitator. You will not be let down.
Huge love!
“To Iboga Journey, thank you so much for an incredible 3-day journey of soul-searching and transformation. Your integrity really shines during the ceremony, both of you are so attentive and compassionate to everyone’s needs. You run a very tight ship, and really know what you are doing as you guide each participant through this journey. I came to Iboga with many questions, and the medicine provided the answers. I was shown where my blocks are, I was shown my fear, anger, sadness, and then I was shown tremendous joy and unconditional love. I was guided to stay in the flow, knowing that everything will always work out. My first big test came at the airport, on the way home from ceremony. When I arrived at my boarding gate, I was informed the flight had been cancelled. Before my Iboga ceremony, I would have freaked out. However, this time, something shifted. I remembered the facilitator’s words of wisdom from the ceremony, “Focus on your breath.” So I did. I meditated in the airport, focusing on my breath. Two hours later, I was on my way home, flying first class at no extra cost. Another amazing thing that’s happened: it’s been three weeks since my ceremony, and I haven’t had any cravings for caffeine or processed sugar. I eat healthy food, my energy levels are increasing daily, and I feel renewed and revitalized. Once again, thank you for providing and holding such a sacred space for people to heal.
Iboga Journey has been in service for over a decade and has held hundreds of personal journeys. The testimonials here come from across those years, grouped by theme so you can find the experiences most relevant to your own questions.
Iboga Journey has held ceremonies for more than a decade, and some earlier accounts describe a previous setting and previous facilitators. Today all ceremonies are held at one of the long-established ceremony spaces in Alberta, Canada, and are led by Treenz. Some guests also write about Kambo or other medicines they worked with before or after their iboga ceremony, which Iboga Journey offers as separate services.
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