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Reflections on psychedelic healing, integration, breathwork, and conscious living from La Mezquita.

Honest writing about what it means to work with plant medicine carefully and intentionally. New posts published regularly.

Breath Is God — Series · Part 1 · June 2026

Is Air God? The Sacred Relationship Between Breath and Consciousness

Why every tradition that touched the sacred also touched the breath — and what the science, the yogic texts, and your own nervous system are all pointing toward.

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The Yogic Equation — tortoise, breath and longevity

Breath Is God — Series · Part 2 · June 2026

The Yogic Equation: Why the Tortoise Outlives the Hummingbird

Ancient yogic philosophy holds you are born with a fixed number of breaths, not years. What the science of slow breathing reveals about lifespan, consciousness, and the technology of pranayama.

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Psychedelic Research · June 2026

The 80-Year-Old Woman Who Spoke Again: What the Psilocybin and Alzheimer’s Case Report Actually Shows

A peer-reviewed case report documents a non-verbal Alzheimer’s patient who began speaking again after a single high-dose psilocybin session. Here is what the science actually shows — and what it doesn’t.

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Philosophy · La Mezquita

Mezquita Philosophy: The Four Pillars

Spiritual well-being, ancient knowledge, science, and community. The beliefs that shape every retreat we hold at La Mezquita.