If you feel the call to come to Peru, then please come, and search into your soul for all that gets in the way of heartfelt listening. And once you get to Peru, do all that you can to connect with its many plants, people, and traditions. Here is why I am grateful for following my own calling to come to Peru.
What about my own calling to come to Peru?

Photo: Scott Montgomery
The magic of jungle plants

Photo: Scott Montgomery
The medicinal plants of the Peruvian jungles speak so loudly to those who are willing to listen and connect. It goes well beyond finding and sharing these plants but to benefit the lives of those families that have spent generations growing, healing and finding themselves left behind due to the greed of big pharma and the widespread commercialization of farming.
My suggestions on how to experience Peru in the most transformative ways

Photo: Scott Montgomery
Travel Peru and you will find yourself humbled in countless ways, just remember to take the time to look beyond yourself and your journey to help better those lives around you. We all have knowledge that the person next to us does not, and as we unite these lessons of life, we all grow in ways never to be expected. I thought within my writings of traveling to every corner of this country I would get deeper into the beauty of this country. It is a place full of abundance, which contains 30% of the worlds flora, snow-capped mountain peaks, and powerful energetic portals that have been left behind by the Incans. By working with plant medicines that are native to Peru, we can open gateways to different dimensions.
Polution and environmental neglect in Peru
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