Ayahuasca - Awakening the Spirit Within

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  Ep 42 Breaking Chains & Finding God 01.09.2026 35min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within.During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats.In this episode Danny shares how through the medicine he was cured of his addictions, ADHD and false sense of Self before being reborn on the medicine. Through his incredible experience on retreat he found God and has completely transformed his life since.About your host: Claire Quirk.Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery.Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  Ep 41 A 180º Turnaround 18 Months On 08.07.2026 51min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within.During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats.In this episode Kendall is back on the podcast! She came on the podcast before to speak about how life-changing her experience has been but 2 4-day reatreats and a jungle retreat later she wanted to jump back on to share how her life has completely turned around a year and a half later.If you'd like to find more about the work that they do then click on the links below:https://www.nativewisdomhub.com/https://www.instagram.com/nativewisdomhub/About your host: Claire Quirk.Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery.Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  Ep 40 Re-indigenisation Of Indigenous Culture 02.07.2026 1t 2min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within.During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats.In this episode Erika and Marc-John from Native Wisdom Hub chat to us about Re-indigenisation and the postive impact that it has on the earth, plant spirits, becoming plant medicine workers and working with integrity.If you'd like to find more about the work that they do then click on the links below:https://www.nativewisdomhub.com/https://www.instagram.com/nativewisdomhub/About your host: Claire Quirk.Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery.Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  Ep 39 Unearthing The Shadows To Access The Light 24.06.2026 57min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within.During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats.In this episode Jack shares how he witnessed his Dad commit suicide wen he was just 9 years old, he then went on to be sexually groomed by an older man and always felt that he struggled to connect with who he truly is. Jack had the most profound life-changing experience on retreat with us where the medicine showed him and cleared some very heavy things within his mind, body and spirit before going on to deliver the more unimaginable transformation.About your host: Claire Quirk.Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery.Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  Ep 38 Awakening The Tiger Within 17.06.2026 37min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within.During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats.In this episode Ciarán shares how he came to us after struggling for a number of years following the death of his father.  He felt stuck in a rut and was self-medicating with alcohol. In ceremony the medicine took him back to the 3 worst days of his life but allowed him to view them from an outside perspective which he found profoundly healing.  Then in his final ceremony the medicine filled him with self-confidence, self-love, gratitude and strength and he's been on a high ever since.About your host: Claire Quirk.Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery.Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  Ep 37 The Storm Before The Calm 11.06.2026 40min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within.During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats.In this episode Kate shares how she had drank at another Ayahuasca retreat centre 6 months prior to coming to us but that the experience and the results were uncomparable to what she experienced with us in terms of feeling safe and supported both during and after the retreat.  She talks about how her 3 ceremonies with us were challenging as was her initial integration process.  About 2 months after retreat she started to notice really positive shifts and everything then started to snowball.  Kate is a prime example of trusting the process and the power of integration.About your host: Claire Quirk.Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery.Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  Ep 36 A Therapists Perspective 03.06.2026 57min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within.During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats.In this episode, psychologist Mick walks us through his retreat experience.  He came looking for big answers about God, Spirit and the cosmos and was not left disappointed as he was taken on a journey through the universe.  The retreat brought him back into his empowered masculine, taught him profound spiritual teaching and allowed to to understand the true nature of reality.About your host: Claire Quirk.Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery.Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  Ep 35 The Ultimate Transformation 27.05.2026 52min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within.During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats.In this episode ex-soldier Alan talks about how he came to us in a very bad way with CPTSD, anxiety, depression, OCD and health anxiety.  Feeling like he couldn't continue any longer he came on our retreat as a last resort.  In this astonishing episode, Alan shares how he was completely healed in just one ceremony with us.About your host: Claire Quirk.Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery.Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  Ep 34 Protection, prayer & power animals 16.05.2026 1t 11min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within. During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats. In this episode Derek Dodds from Cura Medicina Podcast talks about his path on the medicine over the last 17 years. Abandoned by his mother as a baby he went on a healing journey with Ayahuasca and ended up becoming a Yagecero.  He talks about the power of prayer and protection and power animals. About your host: Claire Quirk. Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery. Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  Ep 33 Intergalactic Journeying 05.05.2026 1t 24min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within. During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats. In this episode Kate, a mother of two and energy worker shares about her intense chumas where she travelled through many realms and dimensions to secure the healing and wisdom that she was seeking. About your host: Claire Quirk. Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery. Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  Ep 32 The Path Of A Yagecera 26.04.2026 1t 4min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within. During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats. In this episode, the tables are turned because your podcast host Claire is sharing her story of how she battled addiction and mental illness before transforming her life, working with Ayahuasca and becoming a Yagécera.   This podcast was recorded by Derek Dodds from Cura Medicina Podcast.  Derek is the authour of "Ayahuasca: A Beginner's Guide- How to prepare for Ceremony. About your host: Claire Quirk. Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery. Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  Ep 31 The spirits of the jungle 07.04.2026 1t 11min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within. During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats. In this episode, Shiv shares her experience of the 5 retreats that she's been on with us.  From healing from self-loathing, an abusive relationship and feeling directionless in her life before moving on to become full of self-love and purpose. About your host: Claire Quirk. Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery. Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  Ep 30 Fast Cash to Finallly Free 27.03.2026 38min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within. During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats. In this episode, Brandon shares how he tragically lost his mum when he was just 12 years old before embarking on a life of crime and fast cash when he was just a teenager.  A near fatal stabbing and falling from a set of escalators both almost ended his life but it wasn't until he came to work with us that he healed and turned his back on his life of crime.  Brandon now shares his story to inspire others. About your host: Claire Quirk. Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery. Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  Ep 29 Once Lost Now Aligned 24.12.2025 45min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within. During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats. In this episode, John shares how Ayahuasca showed him his full potential which led to him majorly transforming his life post-retreat to create the most beautiful future for himself.  The medicine also healed his addictions and the grief he ws suffering from after his friend got murdered. About your host: Claire Quirk. Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery. Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  028 Healing From Childhood Sexual Abuse & Grief 17.12.2025 44min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within. During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats. In this episode, Leigh shares how her retreats with us helped her to not only heal from the sexual abuse that she suffered from in childhood, but also helped her to forgive her abuser. She also talks about how she came to terms with her mum´s passing because the medicine showed her mum at peace in the heavenly paradise realm.  About your host: Claire Quirk. Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery. Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  027 Sewing A Broken Heart Back Together 02.12.2025 39min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within. During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats. In this episode, Lauren shares how her heart was sewn back together in ceremony, curing a life-long heart related illness.  She also talks about how many loved ones who´d passed over to the otherside contacted her to bring her messages and assurances that they were happy in the spirit realm.  Since leaving retreat Lauren has been feeling strong and connected and her anxiety and insomnia has vanished. About your host: Claire Quirk. Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery. Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  026 Healing ADHD & Mental Illness 26.11.2025 35min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within. During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats. In this episode, Scarlett shares how she had been diagnosed with ADHD, BPD, Bipolar, anxiety, depression and chronic pain disorder prior to coming on retreat with us.  She went through a beautiful healing  process on Ayahuasca which led to her full recovery from all of these illnesses. About your host: Claire Quirk. Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery. Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  025 Suicide Prevention and Living For Another Day 24.09.2025 42min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within. During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats. In this episode, Ciaran shares how he lost his Dad to suicide age 12 and his mum passed away in 2019.  Having struggled with mental health issues and substances he came to us to break these patterns. In this episode, he shares how the medicine healed all of these struggles in his first retreat and talks about how he reunited with is mum and dad in one of his chumas which was a profoundly healing experience for him. About your host: Claire Quirk. Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery. Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  024 The Alien Eyes of a Puma 17.09.2025 41min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within. During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats. In this episode, Kevin shares how he was suicidal and living in darkness after he was brutally stabbed and stamped on.  Ayahuasca removed the darkness and in his own words "created Kev 2.0".  He shares how this was the most incredible experience of his life and how it changed every aspect of his being. About your host: Claire Quirk. Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery. Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/
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  023 Source Realm & One Consciousness 10.09.2025 52min

  Welcome to Ayahuasca - Awakening The Spirit Within. During this series we explore the transformative power of Ayahuasca, this podcast delves into personal stories of healing, spiritual awakening, and overcoming life's challenges, while providing insights into the journey before, during, and after retreats. In this episode, Elisa shares how she was freed from a darkness that followed her from early childhood do to abuse that she suffered from.  The medicine transported her to the source realm where she existed in pure healing bliss. About your host: Claire Quirk. Claire is a passionate medicine worker and founder of Yagéwaska, an ayahuasca retreat centre rooted in indigenous traditions. Overcoming personal struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction, Claire's journey to healing and spiritual awakening led her to train with shamans in Peru and Colombia. Now based in Medellín, she is dedicated to guiding others on transformative journeys with ayahuasca, fostering a growing community of healing and self-discovery. Follow on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/yagewaskaofficial/ Check out the official Yagéwaska retreat site : https://yagewaska.com/