Nick Polizzi created a documentary taking eight severely ill patients to the Amazon for thirty days to experience a natural healing using indigenous medicine — a journey through a both physically and mentally life-transforming experience. Listen to this outrageous trip, expand your perception, and even find the answers that traditional medicine has not been able to give you.
Key Takeaways:
[:18] How far will you go to heal?
[1:18] Nick Polizzi´s career
[3:21] Tracking an indigenous medicine man in the amazon
[3:59] The gurus in indigenous cultures
[5:05] What is important in the ceremonies and rituals?
[6:01] Confronting your own mortality
[7:04] Adults more grounded; physically and mentally healthy.
[7:22] The elders in different cultures
[8:37] Rites of passage
[9:31] Willingly putting yourself in discomfort is very powerful.
[10:07] To force yourself to face fears.
[10:56] Ancient wisdom and the contribution to health
[11:41] Reverence for the medicine
[12:41] Being thankful and connect with the medicine you are about to take
[13:30] Documentary
[14:35] Severely ill patients that were looking for anything to save their life
[17:35] Remove any distraction you might have that would allow you to escape from who you really are.
[18:34] You and nature, nothing else
[18:50] Disease as an opportunity for spiritual growth
[19:35] Confront thoughts.
[20:10] What happened with the patients that participate with the documentary?
[20:59] Biggest takeaway from the whole experience
[21:25] Perception of death and dying
[21:41] Shamans do not heal, but remove the blocks that prevent the patients from healing themselves.
[23:00] What is the thing that you do everyday, that makes a big difference in your life?
[24:56] Connectedness with everything around
[25:51] Fear of giving up the person we think we are
[26:44] Get into yourself, and just be.
[27:15] Jjvirgin.com/nick
[27:58] Have the right breakfast.
[28:22] jjvirgin.com/products
[28:40] Listeners’ questions
[28:48] How do you stay healthy when travelling?
[28:56] Habits give you freedom
[29:02] What do you need to pack?
[30:01] Burst training
[30:50] Room away from the elevator
[31:04] Facebook page JJVirgin fanclub
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