Cristina Maria RojasFernandez: Indigenous Plant Medicine | The Healing Grove Podcast

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This week’s guest is a dear friend and kindred spirit, Cristina Maria RojasFernandez.
Licensed in New York as a Clinical Social Worker, she has been called to be a bridge between worlds of Western clinical therapy and plant medicine. Her passion is helping humans connect to their authentic selves through traditional indigenous medicine ceremonies, including Ayahuasca. In 2017, I had the good fortune not only to get to know Cristina Maria, but to experience her facilitation of an Ayahuasca ceremony at my wellness center, Trout Creek Healing Collective. That makes this conversation so special to me, and I am so happy to share this very special person with you.
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You can also find her on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@spiritmedicineways1333

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Chapter

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Kristin and Cristina Maria reminisce about how they know each other (00:00:52)

3. Cristina Maria shares how she came to practice plant medicine (00:03:25)

4. On her travels, she saw the Western medicine model infiltrating Latin American medicine (00:12:26)

5. How Cristina integrates plant medicine into her role as a social worker (00:15:00)

6. Some tools that she uses to help anyone get present with themselves and feel grounded (00:19:46)

7. How she avoids the burnout of traditional social work (00:25:05)

8. Cristina talks about what the future holds for indigenous plant medicine in psychiatry (00:28:27)

9. Kristin shares about her experience of being in ceremony (00:32:50)

10. Cristina Maria gives an explanation of the the kind of plant medicine that she uses (00:35:47)

11. Where listeners can get more information and experience with spirit plant medicine (00:41:19)

12. Tips for finding a trustworthy plant medicine healer and ceremony leader (00:43:35)

13. How to work with Cristina Maria (00:45:52)

14. Cristina Maria’s final words of encouragement for the audience (00:47:32)