Kambo, Ceremony, and Reciprocity with Amber Voiles, Lisa Parker & Jamie Bowers
What if true healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken, but restoring right relationship with your body, your spirit, and the natural world? In this episode, we explore kambo, a powerful frog medicine rooted in Indigenous tradition, with three experienced practitioners. Amber Voiles, Lisa Parker, and Jamie Bowers share how kambo is ethically sourced, applied in ceremony, and approached as a regulator that supports physical, emotional, and spiritual alignment.
Listen in to learn how kambo works in the body and nervous system, as well as what people experience during and after ceremony. You’ll hear the reality behind microdosing myths, how Indigenous wisdom reframes healing as receiving rather than taking, and how kambo can intersect with other modalities.
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What You’ll Learn in Today’s Episode:
What kambo is and where it comes from.
How it is ethically sourced from frogs.
The way it is applied and dosed in ceremony.
How kambo affects the body, mind, and spirit.
How often kambo can be used safely.
The Indigenous traditions behind kambo.
The role of reciprocity in Indigenous medicine.
How facilitation ethics shape safe healing experiences.
Why kambo is considered a “regulator.”
Ideas Worth Sharing:
“Kambo is like the regulator. It regulates everything. It makes everything flow the way it's supposed to.” - Jamie Bowers
“How do you know when you need kambo? It calls you back.” - Kayse Gehret
“The way that these communities have been working with their traditional medicines, and their plant medicines, and their animal medicines, it is generations of respect, of reciprocity, of being in relationship with either the plant or the animal. You're not taking something, you're working with something.” - Dr. Amber Voiles
