Ep18: Years of disconnection from self and others, finding safety and communion with the natural world

Lucia Rios Maia da Silva is a queer Brazilian psychotherapist whose life and research are guided by a deep connection to nature and plant medicines. In our conversation together, we explore their childhood raised by two pastors, and the disconnection that they experienced as they were forced to try to ‘correct’ their queerness, and the new communities and spiritualities they built as they learned to live in their truth. After coming out in Brazil, Lucia moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 2019 seeking a safer social and political context, which moves us into hearing about their first psychedelic experience with psilocybin mushrooms. They also co-facilitate a biweekly hapeh circle open to the Ottawa community members, and during their free time, they can be found practicing yoga, cycling along the river, or drumming on their djembe.

Shownotes

• Lucia's professional website: www.linesofbecoming.com
• Facebook group for the hapeh circle Lucia helps convene: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1104427398535575

Music credit: Music by Mass X Audio from Pixabay

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