Cedar Dieta 2025

Cedar medicine is vast—its history long, rich, and full of teachings for those willing to be still and listen.

You may have walked past this tree a thousand times, yet meeting it through the lens of dieta is an extraordinary gift.

One of the oldest living tree species, cedar is deeply woven into the spiritual and medicinal traditions of many cultures. It is recorded in The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the world's oldest literary works, written in ancient Mesopotamia around 2100 BCE, where the famed Cedars of Lebanon stood as sacred sentinels.

Among the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest, red cedar is known as the Tree of Life, providing everything from baby carriers to boats, homes, clothing, and medicine. It is honoured in ceremony to invite abundance and is revered for its power to support forgiveness and the release of burdens.

In Cherokee tradition, cedar is called the Tree of the Ancestors, gifted by the Great Mystery after a time of great loss. Across cultures, cedar has been used for spiritual protection and purification. In the physical realm, it repels bacteria, viruses, and insects—protection that also manifests on the energetic plane for us.

Both cedar and rose share long histories of devotion, spiritual practice, and deep relationship with the people of the Earth. In our time together, we will explore cedar’s medicine, but most importantly, this work is about your direct experience.

Through the fusion of Amazonian shamanic traditions and ancient herbal wisdom, we will create a focused space for profound connection with Cedar as a master teachers.

Our optional add-on retreat, held at the incredible Xenia Retreat Centre , offers the unique opportunity to diet Cedar while being surrounded by majestic Cedars -- offering a direct connection to your diet, something not always possible in North America when practicing Shipibo Dieta.

Combining Ayahuasca with plant dieta work allows for heightened awareness and perception to the subtle energies of a non-psychoactive plant teacher, acting as an amplification and elevation to your communion with that plant. It is the traditional way of plant dieta in the jungle, and always an enriching experience to any dieta.

Athena, born in Greece and enriched by her diverse heritage as a South African-Venezuelan, is a profoundly skilled and authentic teacher of plant medicine. With over 18 years of experience in indigenous ceremonial practices from both North and South America, her formal apprenticeship was with the Shipibo Mahua lineage in the Peruvian Amazon.

Known to her students as a renegade lightworker, Athena channels a cosmic grandmother energy in her space holding of dieta, and ceremony, offering an incredibly potent yet gentle transmission of the plant spirits. Her space holding is uniquely safe, authentic, and infused with eternal love—an experience that remains rare in the realm of plant medicine work.

Jason, an energy healer and shamanic herbalist, embodies the spirit of plants with his rooted and lifelong connection to the plant world. Since 2010, he's worked extensively with ayahuasca, cultivating and preparing it in Hawaii on his family’s property.

Specializing in tailor-made shamanic medicines, he addresses emotional, physical, and spiritual needs, aiming to deepen individuals' connection to the Earth. Known for his incredible humor and nurturing presence in ceremony, Jason strengthens the container by holding the masculine while allowing the feminine to lead.

What is the time commitment? What is expected of me?
You’ll have the option to join us for a 2-hour live call every Sunday and Wednesday for 3 weeks.

These calls are not mandatory, though they certainly help to dieta process. If you can make one call a week, that would be ideal to receive the Ikaros from Athena. Ikaros are an important healing tool of dieta that supports your energy body.

All live calls will be recorded for later viewing. The calls would be a 2-4 hour optional commitment every week.

Outside of the calls, setting aside time to be with your dieta means more walks in nature, more time with water, time contemplating and taking care of yourself in various simple and therapeutic ways. This is a time commitment that varies that you would ideally have available to you when entering dieta to get the most out of it.
When are the live calls?
Our weekly live calls will be Wednesdays at 2pm PST / 5pm EST, and Sundays at 10:30am PST / 1:30pm EST. The first live call is Sunday June 8, 2025. The last call is June 29, 2025.
What is your refund policy?
Given the nature of shamanic work, we encourage full participation to unlock the program's maximum benefits. By committing to this journey, you honor the value of the experience and allow the process to unfold in its entirety. We do not offer refunds. If you have any concerns or challenges, please reach out to us. We are here to support you and will work together to find a solution that supports you.
What are Ikaros? Why do I need them in dieta?
Ikaros are an energy channelling and direct transmission of plant healing through song and voice in the Shipibo language. They are the songs you hear most often in Shipibo Ayahuasca ceremonies. Ikaros support plant dietas immensely, and act as energetic tune-ups and clearings, and are an integral part of the healing and strengthening process with dieta.

We encourage participants of dieta to come to live calls and listen to the recordings not only to benefit from the teachings and wisdom from the space holders, but even if just to listen to the Ikaros.
Are there any dietary restrictions?
The practice of plant dieta does require a monastic lifestyle that includes adjustments to ones spiritual, psychological, and physical habits.

Removing certain foods and habits is to become more attuned to the subtle energy field of life, and the teachings of a particular plant teacher to support you and those around you in your life.

This includes a particular list of foods to eliminate from your diet, as well as certain consumptive patterns and exposures to avoid such as alcohol, drugs, porn, sex, masturbation, pork, beef, dairy, coffee, sugars, oils, salt etc.

Upon registering, you will receive a detailed guideline for your dieta preparation protocol. You can always reach out to our organizer with clarification questions.

Athena is a bit more flexible with dieta protocols than other practitioners, and encourages one to self-monitor indulgence patterns to maintain as much as possible, a strong diet with few distraction and habits from regular life. There's no pass/fail of dieta. The push and pull of one's cravings and behaviours become points of awareness and teachings that benefit you whether or not you are strict with dieta.
Can I work or travel while in dieta?
Unlike in-person isolation dietas, remote social dietas allow you to integrate in live time. Yes you can continue working your job in a remote dieta, and most do.

Many participants have and do also travel in dieta, though it's not as ideal as deepening in your own space. Exposing oneself to excessive stress and stimulus in the world, and foods that are not dieta-friendly takes away from the depth of the experience.

Participants can certainly work, but because of the openness of your energy field during dieta, its important to have ample time to yourself to process. Having the ability to approach work with more sensitivity to your emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs is only going to support your dieta.
How do I add-on the Retreat option?
If you would like to deepen your dieta experience, and have the chance to close your dieta in ceremony with us, you can join the Anchors or Light Retreat June 24 - July 1, 2025. You will use a discount code at checkout for that offer, to offset the dieta costs of the retreat. You will use code CEDAR444 to redeem $444 USD off of the retreat price.

Note: This discount is only available to those who have already signed up for the online Cedar dieta.
I'm undecided if I want to join the Retreat add-on. How much time do I have to decide?
You are welcome to join as long as there is room at the retreat. Spots are limited to 16 participants, and are filling quickly. It is best to decide sooner than later to join, both for availability, and your nervous system!

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