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TRICIA EASTMAN

FOUNDER

Tricia Eastman, an initiated medicine woman and founder of nonprofit Ancestral Heart focused on the reciprocity and preservation of ancestral wisdom traditions and biocultural heritage. Drawing on her mestiza ancestral roots and her initiations and nearly decade of experience with the Bwiti tradition of equatorial Africa, she has ushered many through profound journeys of self-discovery— including celebrities, political leaders, and Special Forces veterans. Eastman’s forthcoming book, Seeding Consciousness: Plant Medicine, Ancestral Wisdom, and the Path to Transcendence will be available in 2024.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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RUTENDO NGARA

ADVISOR

Rutendo Ngara is an African Indigenous Knowledge Systems holder and transdisciplinary researcher. She is a practitioner of a number of physical disciplines, including Dance, Yoga and Wushu/Kung Fu/Tai Ji. Ngara has represented South Africa as an international silver medallist in the latter. Rutendo serves on a number of boards, including the Credo Mutwa Foundation (as Chairperson), the South African Wushu Federation, and the ASSEGAIA Alliance for protection of sacred sites. She holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering, an MSc in Medicine in Biomedical Engineering, and is pursuing a doctorate in Philosophy of Education. The quest for harmony, healing the whole, co-existence and complementary underpins her endeavors.

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JOSEPH BARSUGLIA

ADVISOR

Dr. Joseph Peter Barsuglia is a clinical and research psychologist and advisor for Journey Collab and Lionheart Ventures, two start ups that are leading reciprocity models with indigenous plants and traditions. He has worked as therapist in the MAPS MDMA-Assisted psychotherapy trials and as Research Director at Crossroads ibogaine clinic where published observational research on ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT.