THE GUIDE

The people who hold this work.

The people who hold this work.

The people who hold this work.

Maryam

Maryam

Initiated, Bwiti Missoko · Trained under Moughenda Mikala · Biology & Neuroscience · Division I All-American Athlete

Initiated, Bwiti Missoko · Trained under Moughenda Mikala · Biology & Neuroscience · Division I All-American Athlete

Maryam didn’t come to this as a healer. She came as someone who had looked everywhere, through Eastern spirituality, Western medicine, plant medicine, meditation, breathwork, and therapy, and found that nothing reached the root.

Maryam didn’t come to this as a healer. She came as someone who had looked everywhere, through Eastern spirituality, Western medicine, plant medicine, meditation, breathwork, and therapy, and found that nothing reached the root.

When iboga did, it changed her so completely that she went to the source. Months in Gabon, living with the Bwiti, undergoing initiation and rite of passage under tenth-generation shaman Moughenda Mikala.

When iboga did, it changed her so completely that she went to the source. Months in Gabon, living with the Bwiti, undergoing initiation and rite of passage under tenth-generation shaman Moughenda Mikala.

She has facilitated over one hundred private ceremonies. It is the most meaningful work of her life.

She has facilitated over one hundred private ceremonies. It is the most meaningful work of her life.

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Maryam is like a powerful tiger: fearless, super grounded, super focused, and ready to go to battle with you.

— An Engineer

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Maryam’s gentle and loving guidance allowed me to seamlessly navigate this journey. It is hard to put into words how committed she is to deeply understanding you, pushing you to dig deep, and guiding you on your own personal journey.

— A Chief Technology Officer

Cory Poolman

Cory Poolman

US Navy SEAL, SEAL Team 7 · Combat Operations, Mosul · Initiated, Bwiti Missoko

US Navy SEAL, SEAL Team 7 · Combat Operations, Mosul · Initiated, Bwiti Missoko

Cory served eight years as a Navy SEAL, including combat operations in Mosul, Iraq. When he left the teams in 2018, he found iboga, and found what years of conventional treatment could not provide.

Cory served eight years as a Navy SEAL, including combat operations in Mosul, Iraq. When he left the teams in 2018, he found iboga, and found what years of conventional treatment could not provide.

His path led him to Gabon, where he trained under Moughenda Mikala, the same teacher, the same lineage as Maryam. He brings the discipline and precision of special operations to every retreat he holds.

His path led him to Gabon, where he trained under Moughenda Mikala, the same teacher, the same lineage as Maryam. He brings the discipline and precision of special operations to every retreat he holds.

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