Luna Wolf offers various ceremonies and gatherings that are held by highly trained facilitators from diverse backgrounds.

The art and practice of space holding is held to the utmost importance at Luna Wolf. Our facilitators training ranges from traditional indigenous medicine lineages to EMT/firefighter services, integrative medicine, and various clinical health disciplines.

Luna Wolf also finds the importance of cross collaboration programs with other professionals in the region and our South American allies to help support our valued integration process.

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The Grandmother Ayahuasca is a reliable teacher and a beautiful journey into deeper layers of reality. The ceremonies are also guided by live instrumentation, icaros, electronic soundscapes, and crowd favorite recordings to provide a range of experience. We host 2-night retreats with meals and integration activities throughout. We use only hand-picked, community-brewed sacraments, always made with love and care.

The Sonoran Desert Bufo Toad provides a profound and rapid return to deeper layers of your true self. This practice is an incredible tool for shedding that which no longer serves you. We offer an innovative, hybrid ceremony that provides both private journeys and group processing with trained professionals holding space.

The Two-Leaf Guardian Kambo Frog is not a visionary medicine like Ayahuasca, but the effects should not be underestimated. This practice has the ability to induce a deep cleanse and physical purge. Because of this, it is commonly used in preparation for other ceremonies and for people dealing with medical barriers. The frog secretion is applied to superficial burns on the skin that rapidly work into the bloodstream, bile ducts and the gut-liver-lymph system, inducing a sacred purge prized by ancient Amazonian lineages.

All our sacraments are sourced in an ethically harvested manner. These are sourced from mentors, shamans, and associations that align with the full integrity of Luna Wolf’s Statement of Beliefs.

Luna Wolf works closely the the Shipibo tradition of Pucallpa Peru, Kichwa communities of Ecuador, Matse tribes of Peru, medicine families of the Sonoran Desert Region of Mexico, and Mestizo tribe of Colombia.

Partial proceeds from our donations support help to pay it forward, maintaining the sustainability of our traditional indigenous partnerships and their precious communities.

Research and pervasive anecdotal evidence supports the understanding that uncontrolled circumstances exposed to unplanned or unsupportive stimuli is much more likely to result in harm.

Making a container “sacred” means making as many aspects of it support the benefit of the participants as possible. Where it is, when it is, who is present, what is present, and what everyone is doing must have an enormous amount of planning and intentionality behind it. Entering expanded states of consciousness in this way is not only very safe, but also more likely to benefit those involved.

Nothing is taken for granted in sacred ceremony because when you take these medicines, you become extremely aware of everything around you, thus more likely to be affected by it, for better or worse.

Compare this to consuming powerful mind-altering substances in a recreational context or being alone or without experienced guides. The differences can be life-altering.

Sacred ceremony conducted by skilled facilitators with integrity has a much higher chance of being safe and beneficial.

Having a membership system is neccessary for us to operate safely and legally.

Membership approval provides access to:

= The Member Event Calendar

= Ceremony Registration/Payment

= Member Guidebook Navigation

= Member Orientation

= Potlucks

= Member Meetups

Having the appropriate amount of knowledge and insight leading up to your personal path and protocol is important. Different sacraments and ceremonies can work synergistically with your particular intention, ailment, or growth. Read through the Member Guidebook to start off on the right foot.

Booking Private Services with one of the founders is the best way to get personalized assistance in planning your healing pathway with us, especially when you are new to plant medicines and/or have more significant medication or health issues. We can help you design an ideal preparation process and how to decide when to do what ceremony. Once you have your member account set up, you book private sessions. Our facilitators review the health screening forms for each individual to determine safe experiences.

Most of all, it’s important to feel a meaningful calling every time you sit in ceremony. Strong intentions, loose expectations.

More than half our support team are female and we make it a priority to provide sensitive, nurturing energy to balance our masculine presence.

At least half of the participants we've served have been women or non-binary and we commonly receive positive reviews from them. You can hear from them at our member events.

Our board of directors and advisory committees contain strong female members whose contributions are vital to our sustainability.

Sitting in community is an extremely valuable part of why we formed Luna Wolf Sanctuary. It provides the opportunity to be witnessed in your authenticity and to connect with the authenticity in others. This is profoundly healing for most people.

For this to happen, our experience in ceremony will be affected by others. It’s difficult to understand what this is really like from the default state of consciousness. Without the normal egoic projections, we experience the variety of human expression with less judgement and more empathy.

This equates to dynamics between us being a valuable learning opportunity for the whole group.

*That being said, when an individual’s expression in ceremony reaches a certain threshold, we gently invite them to spend some time in a side room or other area outside the circle for more intense expression.

**We also offer private ceremonies by request.

Luna Wolf facilitators have implemented :

1. Safety: Regular training for facilitators and space holders, emergency protocols, thorough screening, and legal protections.

2. Trustworthiness and Transparency: Availability and access to community leaders through regular events, our local office, private chat group, and accountability systems.

3. Peer Support: Our thriving and active community supports each other in and out of ceremony.

4. Empowerment, Voice, and Choice: The agency and freedom of all members will always be a priority at Luna Wolf. Our ceremonies are designed to empower the authentic you to be expressed and seen.

5. Cultural, Historical, and Gender Issues: Our diverse community is informed about the unique challenges posed by historical context, generational trauma, gender, sexuality and other identity factors. We offer sacred containers that reveal our unity, healing the wounds of our differences.

6. Recognizing the Signs of Trauma: Recognizing trauma responses (e.g., hypervigilance, dissociation, avoidance) to respond appropriately and not inadvertently trigger or retraumatize.

7. Choice and Control: We empower individuals to set boundaries and have agency over how their journey unfolds in and out of ceremony.

8. Patience and Respect for Pacing: Trauma recovery does not follow a linear path, and healing can take time. Everyone heals at their own pace and we honor all resistances along the way.

9. Support for Facilitators: Our facilitators prioritize self-care and have access to resources to prevent burnout and secondary trauma.

As a 501(c)(3) church entity, Luna Wolf Sanctuary (LWS) offers services with ceremonial sacraments under the protection of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA). Reference: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/1308

According to the RFRA, “…governments should not substantially burden religious exercise without compelling justification.” In other words, it places the burden of proof that a religion is in conflict with the compelling governmental interests.

A "compelling governmental interest" is an interest that is of the highest order. Courts have generally recognized the following as compelling interests:

• Protecting public health and safety

• National security

• Preserving fundamental rights

• Maintaining law and order

For an interest to be "compelling," the government must show that without the restriction, there would be serious harm to society—not just an inconvenience. Courts apply strict scrutiny, meaning the government must also prove that no less restrictive alternative could achieve the same goal.

We have established the following to demonstrate our sincere status as a religion:

• A state-recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit with religious doctrine documents, bylaws, board of directors, and regular board meetings.

• Establishment of communications and business accounts that allow LWS to function within existing societal structures.

• Statement of beliefs and Standards of Practice documents are implemented into the core structures and policies of the organization.

• Belief in deeper, shared truth that transcends our conventional awareness, but can access through the sacraments

• Regular ceremonies are held that demonstrate consistent practice of meaningful rituals and creating sacred containers in alignment with church beliefs.

• Establishment of leadership bodies with clear accountability processes and role definitions

• Rooted in a Shipibo-Conibo tradition via our partners at the Chullachaki Healing Temple in Pucallpa, Peru with Josue and Jimi Rios.

LWS makes considerable efforts to ensure the impact of our practices is highly beneficial and safe for society in the following ways:

• A screening and orientation process for membership that creates a clear understanding of church practices

• Transparent governmental structure, grievance policy, and accountability systems

• Records of sacrament supplies and usage

• Thorough safety and preparation information for each sacrament is provided

• Clearly defined standards of practice and trauma-informed training for facilitators

• Rigorously curated sacred containers designed specifically for our church practices.

References:

Case Law (Judicial Decisions) and Statutory Law

• Sherbert v. Verner (1963) – First applied the compelling interest test to religious freedom cases.

• Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) – Ruled that mandatory school attendance laws burdened the Amish religion and failed the compelling interest test.

• Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah (1993) – This case provides insight into how religious practices are protected but must be controlled and defined within their own sphere. It emphasizes the legitimacy of religious boundaries to avoid misuse or misunderstanding.

• Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal (2006) – A key RFRA case allowing a religious group to use ayahuasca, ruling that the government failed to prove a compelling interest in banning its use.

• Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993 – Codifies the compelling interest test. You can reference 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1 for the legal text.

A great deal of work goes into being able to consistently demonstrate this sincerity and practice within the systems that determine the legitimacy of an organization. We have excellent legal council and support from a growing group of medical advisors and licensed professionals. Being securely rooted in the structures around our community is of utmost importance to LSW.

Our private chat group, regular workshops, trainings, Potlucks, Sound Ceremonies, and member meetup events provide consistent engagement for members beyond the main ceremonies.

For those interested in more personalized care, members are also invited to make use of private services with LWS founders.

Additionally, we are part of an incredible local network of allied healing studios, practitioners, spiritual consultants, and other helpful professionals that we are happy to refer you to. As we expand our offerings, even more opportunities will materialize.

There are elements of our sacraments that are considered by most people to be “psychedelic.” However, what we serve involves much more than psychedelic effects.

The word “psychedelic” in Greek is defined to be the mind becoming manifested, seen, evident…

While that is important, it is just one of many elements of our ceremonies.

Ceremony is an art that is expressed differently by every facilitator. LWS practices a fusion of the ancient traditions with contemporary influences such as attention to individual health circumstances, modern musical sounds, accessibility to the average person, and inclusion of integration practices.

Each sacrament has its own ceremony as well. The flow and structure is designed to match the unique dynamics of each sacrament.

Generally speaking, our ceremonies begin with casual socializing while you set up your personal area before convening with the facilitators for an informational talk and introductions.

We then invite participants to engage in some exercises for the mind/body/spirit designed to gently prime yourself for the sacraments effects.

Taking of the sacraments is done in sincere ritual processes while sensory elements of the ceremony are engaged to establish a proper container.

Facilitators, Guardians & Keepers provide support throughout the ceremony and we cap the # of.participants at 12-17 people, depending on the ceremony.

Ceremonies are concluded with food and an opportunity to share your experience with the group.

We have indoor ceremonies all year and in the warm months we also commune in sacred outdoor locations.

*Become an LWS Member or download our Member Guidebook to learn more!

Check out our Public Events page for regular opportunities to sit in a public Sound Ceremony or meet the facilitators at an Open House.

Become a member and then you can come to Potlucks, Online Preparation Meetings and have personal consultations with the founders.

If you wish to inquire with the individual facilitators, visit the Our Story page for links to their contacts.