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Integrating Shipibo Ayahuasca Tradition with Modern Healing: Melissa Stangl of Soltara
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Melissa Stangl holds a Masterâs Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. After several years conducting brain and lung cancer research and gaining managerial experience across a wide range of businesses, her interests turned toward the healing power and responsible use of plant medicines and psychedelics, and working with the wisdom traditions and cultures that steward them. In 2015, she consciously chose to leave Corporate America and moved to live and work in the Amazon jungle. Melissa has since used her background in engineering, science, and management to help advance the plant medicine and psychedelic movements â first by managing a top-rated ayahuasca center in Peru, and now as Founding Partner and COO for Soltara Healing Center, an ayahuasca center working with Shipibo healers in Costa Rica and Peru, with a focus on integration. She is also Co-founder of the Soltara Community Platform, a conscious community platform centered around holistic healing and plant medicine preparation & integration.
Melissa serves on the Advisory Board of the Elected Leaders Collective and collaborates with multiple organizations in the field through her work at Soltara, including the Chacruna Institute, Amazon Watch, the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative, Imperial College, Johns Hopkins, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Amazon Rainforest Conservancy, Heroic Hearts Projects, VETS Inc., and more recently, has been working with other centers in Costa Rica to form a national alliance of ayahuasca centers to support the implementation of frameworks for ethical standards, approaches, education, and political advocacy.
She is passionate about using her technical, managerial, and problem-solving skills to help bridge the gap between the Western world and the incredible healing potential of plant medicines, their traditions, and a holistic approach to health.
Episode Highlights
ⶠHow Melissa went from the corporate world doing cancer research to finding her passion for ayahuasca
ⶠThe power of integration after using plant medicine
ⶠThe work Melissa does at Soltara and the focus on integration
ⶠThe importance of psychedelic-informed bodyworkers, holistic practitioners, or somatic therapists.
ⶠThe challenges and realities of running a retreat center
ⶠCultural sensitivity in psychedelic practices
ⶠHealersâ perspectives on sharing medicine globally
ⶠThe role of ayahuasca in global healing
ⶠThe work Melissa does in her retreat center and what she has planned for the future
Melissa Stanglâs Links & Resources
Website: https://soltara.co
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soltarahealingcenter/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soltarahealingcenter/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@soltara
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soltarahealingcenter
Soltara Plant Medicine + Holistic Healing Toolkit-
Support your healing journey with frameworks, practical tools, plant medicine resources, and holistic practices you can incorporate into your everyday life:
https://soltara-healing-center.ck.page/0ac9267848
Download Beth's free trainings here:
Clarity to Clients: Start & Grow a Transformational Coaching, Healing, Spiritual, or Psychedelic Business: https://bethaweinstein.com/grow-your-spiritual-business
Integrating Psychedelics & Sacred Medicines Into a Transformational Business: https://bethaweinstein.com/psychedelics-in-business
ⶠThe True Path Entrepreneur Group Business Mastermind Program:
https://bethaweinstein.com/mastermind
ⶠBethâs Other Programs & Courses:
https://bethaweinstein.com/services
ⶠBeth Weinstein's Instagram:
http://instagram.com/bethaweinstein
ⶠBeth on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/bethw.nyc
https://www.facebook.com/BethWeinsteinbiz
ⶠJoin Beth's FREE Psychedelics & Purpose Community:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PsychedelicsandSacredMedicines
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Manage episode 431387489 series 2911227
Melissa Stangl holds a Masterâs Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. After several years conducting brain and lung cancer research and gaining managerial experience across a wide range of businesses, her interests turned toward the healing power and responsible use of plant medicines and psychedelics, and working with the wisdom traditions and cultures that steward them. In 2015, she consciously chose to leave Corporate America and moved to live and work in the Amazon jungle. Melissa has since used her background in engineering, science, and management to help advance the plant medicine and psychedelic movements â first by managing a top-rated ayahuasca center in Peru, and now as Founding Partner and COO for Soltara Healing Center, an ayahuasca center working with Shipibo healers in Costa Rica and Peru, with a focus on integration. She is also Co-founder of the Soltara Community Platform, a conscious community platform centered around holistic healing and plant medicine preparation & integration.
Melissa serves on the Advisory Board of the Elected Leaders Collective and collaborates with multiple organizations in the field through her work at Soltara, including the Chacruna Institute, Amazon Watch, the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative, Imperial College, Johns Hopkins, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Amazon Rainforest Conservancy, Heroic Hearts Projects, VETS Inc., and more recently, has been working with other centers in Costa Rica to form a national alliance of ayahuasca centers to support the implementation of frameworks for ethical standards, approaches, education, and political advocacy.
She is passionate about using her technical, managerial, and problem-solving skills to help bridge the gap between the Western world and the incredible healing potential of plant medicines, their traditions, and a holistic approach to health.
Episode Highlights
ⶠHow Melissa went from the corporate world doing cancer research to finding her passion for ayahuasca
ⶠThe power of integration after using plant medicine
ⶠThe work Melissa does at Soltara and the focus on integration
ⶠThe importance of psychedelic-informed bodyworkers, holistic practitioners, or somatic therapists.
ⶠThe challenges and realities of running a retreat center
ⶠCultural sensitivity in psychedelic practices
ⶠHealersâ perspectives on sharing medicine globally
ⶠThe role of ayahuasca in global healing
ⶠThe work Melissa does in her retreat center and what she has planned for the future
Melissa Stanglâs Links & Resources
Website: https://soltara.co
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soltarahealingcenter/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soltarahealingcenter/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@soltara
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soltarahealingcenter
Soltara Plant Medicine + Holistic Healing Toolkit-
Support your healing journey with frameworks, practical tools, plant medicine resources, and holistic practices you can incorporate into your everyday life:
https://soltara-healing-center.ck.page/0ac9267848
Download Beth's free trainings here:
Clarity to Clients: Start & Grow a Transformational Coaching, Healing, Spiritual, or Psychedelic Business: https://bethaweinstein.com/grow-your-spiritual-business
Integrating Psychedelics & Sacred Medicines Into a Transformational Business: https://bethaweinstein.com/psychedelics-in-business
ⶠThe True Path Entrepreneur Group Business Mastermind Program:
https://bethaweinstein.com/mastermind
ⶠBethâs Other Programs & Courses:
https://bethaweinstein.com/services
ⶠBeth Weinstein's Instagram:
http://instagram.com/bethaweinstein
ⶠBeth on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/bethw.nyc
https://www.facebook.com/BethWeinsteinbiz
ⶠJoin Beth's FREE Psychedelics & Purpose Community:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PsychedelicsandSacredMedicines
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