Who am I, and what am I here to do? Trust the Flow: Awakening with Kambo, Cannabis & Ayahuasca is a memoir about answering the call to become a shamanic healer through medicine ceremonies and van-life travels, while learning the delicate balance between surrendering to fate and stepping into creator consciousness with courage and faith.
Advance Praise
"Trust the Flow is a remarkably honest, heartfelt and vulnerable journey into the world of plant and earth medicines, written in an accessible, easy style that takes you willingly on the voyage of discovery. Rose examines concepts like ego death, God, sickness, healing and spirituality in an intimate portrait of one woman’s own awakening. Read it and find your own on-ramp into the mysteries of existence."
– Rak Razam, author of Aya Awakenings: A Shamanic Odyssey (North Atlantic Books)
"Trust the Flow is beautiful in spirit and beautifully written, natural and engaging, with wonderful storytelling and healing words. Her narrative holds power and truth. Her faith becomes yours. Trust the Flow is about embracing and becoming — always becoming -- the embodiment of a miracle that is about to happen. Tara leads by example."
– Fanny Brewster, Ph.D., MFA, LP, author of Race and the Unconscious: An Africanist Depth Psychology Perspective on Dreaming (Routledge)
"Trust the Flow is an eloquent memoir filled with heart, humor and deep insight, told in a unique voice that feels like a good friend regaling you with inspiring stories on harnessing the magic of manifesting amid difficult circumstances to solve real-life problems. It's also an honest and intimate account of what it takes to navigate life as an empath and a healer that leaves you feeling uplifted, optimistic and empowered."
– Emmanuel Dagher, author of Easy Breezy Miracle (Rodale) and Easy Breezy Prosperity (Rodale)
"Through a compelling account of communing with the Earth and sacred entheogenic medicines, this beautifully written book will inspire readers to become who they really are. Open up to the adventure Tara Rose shares with us and be amazed.”
– Sandra Ingerman, MA, world-renowned shamanic teacher and author of 12 books including Walking in Light (Sounds True) and The Book of Ceremony (Sounds True)
"As an integration coach I have read many accounts of psychedelic journeys, and Trust the Flow stands out. I recommend it as an entertaining, well-written read for anyone interested in learning how to navigate the often difficult – yet always rewarding -- path of working with sacred medicine for personal and spiritual growth."
– Greg Lawrence, leader of LA-based PsychedeLiA community integration circles, speaker, mentor for coaches, and faculty member at Plant Spirit School
TRUST THE FLOW: Awakening with Kambo, Cannabis and Ayahuasca
Categories: Memoir, Spirituality/Shamanism, Entheogens/Visionary Substances
Publication Date: December 2023
Imprint: Golden Lotus Blossom Press