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In this episode, I delve into my transformative experience with Noya Rao during my second dieta in Peru. Many people are familiar with the profound effects of their first plant medicine journey, but I can confidently say that the second dieta takes the experience to an entirely new level.

I begin by introducing Noya Rao, a rare plant medicine derived from a tree that is nearly extinct, with only a few remaining in the world. This tree, known for its phosphorescent leaves, is protected by the Shipibo tribe, who have safeguarded its legacy. The medicine is extracted from the tree's sap and is traditionally consumed alongside ayahuasca during a dieta, which is a focused period of working with a specific plant.

Reflecting on my first experience with Noya Rao, I describe it as a powerful dismantling of my ego and identity, likening it to an explosion that reshapes one's understanding of self. This year, I returned to deepen my journey, eager to explore the next level of expansion in my life, business, and relationships.

Throughout the episode, I share the nuances of my ceremonies, highlighting how each one differed from the last. The first ceremony mirrored my previous experience, stripping away layers of identity and ego. However, the second ceremony took an unexpected turn, leading me into a darker space that required me to confront deeper issues. This was a necessary part of the journey, allowing me to prepare for the subsequent ceremonies.

As I progressed through the dieta, I learned to navigate the medicine more effectively, utilizing sound and vocal toning to move energy within my body. This year, I felt a greater sense of agency and connection with the medicine, allowing me to actively participate in my healing process.

The shamans played a crucial role in this experience, singing personalized ikoros that enhanced the medicine's effects. I emphasize that the insights gained from Noya Rao transcend language, operating on a frequency level that is difficult to articulate. The medicine works beyond the mind, installing new frequencies within my system that I can feel integrating into my being.

In the final ceremonies, I focused on integrating the experiences and frequencies I had encountered. I describe the post-dieta phase, which requires strict dietary restrictions to honor the medicine's growth within me. This period is essential for allowing the medicine to fully integrate and expand in my life.

Ultimately, I reflect on how my relationship with Noya Rao has matured, evolving from a purely healing experience to one of activation and living from an elevated frequency. I invite listeners who have experienced Noya Rao to share their journeys, emphasizing that each medicine journey is unique and deeply personal.

As I conclude the episode, I express my gratitude for the opportunity to work with this master medicine and my excitement for the year ahead, eager to see how these experiences will continue to shape my life. Thank you for joining me on this journey, and I look forward to sharing more insights in future episodes.

00:00:00 - Introduction to Noya Rao
00:01:30 - The Tree of Light: A Rare Medicine
00:02:50 - Understanding the Dieta Process
00:04:20 - First Experience with Noya Rao
00:05:50 - Differences Between Ayahuasca and Noya Rao
00:07:10 - The Importance of Surrender
00:08:30 - Post-Dieta and Integration
00:09:50 - First Ceremony of the Second Diet
00:11:10 - Navigating the Second Ceremony
00:12:30 - Third Ceremony: Deep Purging and Energy Work
00:14:00 - Fourth Ceremony: Working with Sound
00:15:30 - Fifth Ceremony: Integration and Frequency Upgrade
00:17:00 - Reflections on the Second Retreat
00:19:30 - Conclusion and Future Outlook

In this transformative episode, we dive deep into the healing power of music in psychedelic journeys with renowned musician and sound healer East Forest. For centuries, music has been a key component in spiritual rituals and ceremonies, serving as a guide to unlock deeper emotional, mental, and even mystical experiences. But when it comes to psychedelic therapy, the role of music becomes even more profound.

East Forest, known for his meditative and therapeutic soundscapes, shares his insights on how music can shape, support, and enhance the psychedelic experience. Drawing from his years of experience working with plant medicine ceremonies, he explains how the right frequencies and melodies can help individuals navigate the unpredictable nature of altered states of consciousness. His work, which blends ethereal soundscapes, binaural beats, and indigenous-inspired rhythms, offers a grounding yet expansive soundtrack that can be both a refuge and a mirror during challenging moments of a psychedelic journey.

During the conversation, we explore how music can deepen emotional processing, open pathways to hidden memories, and facilitate states of surrender, allowing individuals to let go of their ego-driven defenses. Music, East Forest explains, acts as a bridge between the conscious mind and the deeper realms of the psyche, helping participants access insights and healing that might otherwise be inaccessible. The discussion delves into the importance of intentionality when choosing music for psychedelic therapy and how certain tones and instruments resonate with specific chakras, influencing energy flow and emotional release.

East Forest also touches on the psychological and neurological impact of music in these expanded states of awareness. The role of rhythm, harmony, and silence are discussed as essential tools for guiding the psychedelic process. The importance of ceremonial intention and presence, along with the power of surrender to the flow of sound, are highlighted as keys to fully benefiting from the experience.

Listeners will gain a better understanding of how carefully curated music can act as a guide, amplifying the therapeutic potential of a psychedelic journey. East Forest offers personal stories from his own experiences and collaborations with others in the field, discussing the mystical and scientific aspects of sound healing.

Whether you're a seasoned psychonaut, a curious explorer, or someone interested in the intersection of sound therapy and psychedelics, this episode will inspire a deeper appreciation for the role of music in healing. Tune in as East Forest shares his wisdom on the alchemy of sound and psychedelics, offering a fresh perspective on how music can lead us into altered states of consciousness, self-discovery, and emotional healing.

Join us for a mesmerizing journey through sound, where music becomes not just background noise but an active, transformative force in your psychedelic experience.

"A real master knows that we're always a student and we're always learning and you'll never there, whatever there is."

In this episode of the Onkens World Podcast, I am thrilled to welcome Nicky Clinch, a master maturation coach with over 16 years of experience in training and facilitating body-mind maturation. We dive deep into the concept of body-mind maturation, a unique body of knowledge that Nikki has developed, which emphasizes the importance of maturation over mere transformation.

Nicky explains that while transformation suggests a sudden change into a new version of oneself, maturation is a continuous process of outgrowing old identities and ways of being. This process is essential for our evolution as human beings, and it is intricately linked to ontology, the science and nature of being. We discuss how our experiences shape our identities and how many of us are trapped in repetitive patterns of suffering due to our unawareness of these mechanisms.

Throughout our conversation, Nicky shares her personal journey from a troubled past marked by addiction and bulimia to becoming a coach dedicated to helping others. She emphasizes that true healing and change come from understanding the deeper roots of our suffering and recognizing the universal structures that govern our experiences as human beings.

We also explore the concept of identity, particularly how it is formed during childhood and how it can become a blind spot that limits our perception of ourselves. Nicky highlights the importance of consciousness and self-responsibility in breaking free from these limitations. She provides insights into how we can begin to recognize and address our blind spots, especially when we find ourselves in spirals of negative thought patterns.

As we shift the conversation towards business, Nicky discusses how body-mind maturation principles apply to entrepreneurship. She explains that our businesses are reflections of our inner worlds and that the challenges we face in our professional lives often mirror our personal struggles. By taking ownership of our experiences and understanding the resonance we emit, we can create more authentic and successful businesses.

Nicky shares her own transformative journey over the past year, including significant shifts in her health and business. She candidly discusses the impact of shedding physical weight as a manifestation of her internal changes and how this has led to greater success and fulfillment in her work.

This episode is a profound exploration of the interconnectedness of our inner and outer worlds, the importance of maturation in our personal and professional lives, and the power of consciousness in creating meaningful change. Join us for this enlightening conversation that challenges conventional notions of identity and transformation, offering a fresh perspective on personal growth and business success.

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00:00:14 - Meet Nicky Clinch: Master Maturation Coach
00:01:40 - Defining Body-Mind Maturation
00:03:54 - The Shift from Transformation to Maturation
00:05:07 - Understanding Ontology and Human Being
00:06:34 - The Universal Design of Human Experience
00:08:12 - The Repeating Patterns of Suffering
00:10:11 - The Importance of Context in Human Problems
00:11:22 - Nicky Personal Journey to Maturation
00:14:57 - Exploring the Concept of Identity
00:19:51 - The Paradox of Identity and Conflict
00:21:08 - The Role of Consciousness in Healing
00:25:01 - Defining Consciousness and Awareness
00:27:21 - Navigating Spirals of Repetition
00:30:50 - Understanding the Mechanism of the Mind
00:32:30 - The Interconnection of Body and Mind
00:38:11 - Body-Mind Maturation in Business
00:42:46 - The External Reflection of Internal States
00:44:05 - The Impact of Personal Branding
00:49:10 - Shifts in Identity and Business
00:52:07 - The Connection Between Physical Body and Internal Truth
00:56:26 - Emanation and Its Effects on Business Success
00:59:01 - Responsibility and Ownership in Business Dynamics

Working with different plant medicines gives you a different depth every time and today Nick shares his recent experience with the Tree of Light plant medicine.

"This was the deepest surrender I've ever had to give way to a medicine." - Nick Onken.

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I continue my conversation with Reverend Briana Lynn about avoiding the guru-fication of the self, celebrating the kink in each of us, and finding a balance between learning to be okay with things as they are and also striving for personal growth

"What you are calling identity alchemy or what I call spiritual art is this conversation of how to bring forward our most authentic self in a way that shares our purpose and creates positive income." - Rev. Briana Lynn.

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Listen to this episode to learn more about burning witches, unraveling religion from society and culture, and how to avoid the pitfalls of leadership.

"The more I stepped away from the church, the more hungry I was for spirituality and actual experiences of God." - Rev. Briana Lynn.

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Listen in as Nick shares the five c's of self-mastery, how to incorporate them into your life, and how to use containers on your journey to self-mastery.

"Your identity is a blank canvas for who you want to be." - Nick Onken.

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Connor Beaton and I explore the shadows of men's psyches, break down the patterns of arousal, and discuss his new book, Men's Work.

"Like a lot of men, I was convinced that nothing would change until I hit rock bottom." - Connor Beaton.

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In this episode, Kaia and I talk about normalizing and accessing the psychic gifts inside each of us. We also define the divine genome and discuss how resonance re-sculpts reality.

"I'm really interested in activating a collective sovereign awakening in this lifetime for humanity." - Kaia Ra.

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Listen to this episode to learn 11 of the best business tools for entrepreneurs that I've learned over the past few years.

"When you dive into yourself to develop and evolve as a human your business will grow with that." - Nick Onken.

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Meleza Morris explains how to step into polyamory, what consent really looks like, and the role of an intimacy coach.

"We can all be polyamorous." - Meleza Morris.

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Plant medicines have opened my eyes to the world around us. Listen in to learn more about their wide-reaching impact on us.

"It takes courage to be able to do plant medicine." - Nick Onken.

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AJ Vaden explains why it's important to build a personal brand within a company, which surprising factors affect your return on investment, and one key thing that lawyers, employers, and doctors have in common.

"People are following people more than companies more than ever before." - AJ Vaden.

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Listen in to learn who Jesus really was and what he wanted, why beer is such a fascinating beverage, and what Brian Muraresku learned from a near-death experience.

"Are psychedelics the Google Maps to the kingdom of heaven?" - Brian Muraresku.

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In this episode, I share some of the most important things I learned in the past year, how I've been affected by them, and how I am incorporating them into my outlook on life as we glide into 2022.

"Create your moments." - Nick Onken.

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Nick talks about navigating his mother's last few days, grappling with the loss of a parent, and the ways grief evolves.

"It's an in-your-face moment." - Nick Onken.

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Listen in as Grace and I discuss the many times we shift identities throughout our lives, how to cultivate our own "joy snacks", and what we lose when we don't protect our joy.

"All of these things around joy and pleasure are so penalized and stymied in this country for the business of capitalism." - Grace Harry.

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East Forest and Nick discuss the line between commerce and art, why we need to take back control of our consciousness, and how music informs psychedelics journeys.

"You have to allow the messiness and the struggle." - East Forest.

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Nick shares some of the important steps you can take to determine your life values, access your creativity, and live a better life.

"Follow your feels." - Nick Onken.

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Blu shares what it was like to lose her hearing, the difference between prayer and performance, and why she wants everything to be beautiful.

"Whose story was I living?" - Blu.

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Listen in to this episode as I discuss the process of detaching yourself self-worth from your identity, how to rebuild your self-worth, and what action steps I took right before my career took off.

"Our ego is our teammate." - Nick Onken.

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Listen in as Maejor shares why it's a good time for growth, how to heal the world through frequency, and how Nikola Tesla influences his work.

"I have made a conscious decision to evolve without pain." - Maejor.

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Nick and E11even discuss blurring the lines between the muse and the artist, how to be more vulnerable online, and how to make space for creativity.

"You are my muse, too." - E11even.

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E11even talks about the process of becoming E11even, blurring the lines between the muse and the artist, and how plant medicine has helped them along their journey of self-discovery.

"It's been quite the hero's journey, y'all." - E11even.

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Listen in as I explain the identity alchemy process, how to build a personal brand, and how brands can connect with their audience.

"The idea is to align your identity with your optical brand." - Nick Onken.

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Gary Zukav shares what multisensory perception is, how to create authentic power, and how we can expand our consciousness.

"The basic choice is love or fear."- Gary Zukav.

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Listen in as I share what I've been through and how self-care has become such a huge part of my life over the past few years. I also share some of my favorite self-care tips, tricks, and products.

"Self-care is all about coming back to a place of wholeness."- Nick Onken.

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Vienna Pharaon and Connor Beaton explain what makes a healthy relationship, how to deal with codependency, and how to navigate conflict.

"The relationship is a third body." - Connor Beaton.

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Listen in to learn how to create under pressure, ways to maximize your creativity, and how to stay present.

"We are the midwives of creativity." - Nick Onken.

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Jim Poole explains what NuCalm does, how stress and sleep are related, and the key to mindfulness.

"NuCalm is designed to balance the autonomic nervous system, meaning it's designed to stop the sabotage of fear, stress, anxiety, and depression." - Jim Poole.

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Nick talks about his recent excursion to the Arkana Spiritual Center, an Ayahuasca Retreat Center in Peru.

"I found myself at the outer reaches of the universe." - Nick Onken.

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Alyson and I talk about what it was like growing up in an adult world, how she learned to connect with people who shared similar interests, and how to use movement to get to know ourselves.

"There is poetry in how you treat yourself." - Alyson Stoner.

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Nick discusses the phases of his career, what identity alchemy is, and why it's important to know who you don't want to be.

"At the beginning, I didn't even feel worthy to work with a brand like Nike." - Nick Onken.

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Dr. G shares why TCM has too much influence over peoples' health, why nature is important for health, and what a constant state of fear can do to the body.

"If you're buzzing at the end of something you do, that's art for you."  - Dr. G.

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Learn how to curate your containers, how an insight timer helps Nick, and how to trigger your subconscious. 

"The magic happens when we've created a container around it." - Nick Onken.

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In this episode, Peter Crone shares what a mind architect does, what a survival mental construct looks like, and how to alter your perspective on your personal development.

"People can't be held accountable for that which they're oblivious to." - Peter Crone.

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Nick Onken shares 20 things he learned in 2020, from the value of plant medicine to the healing power of creativity and what your relationships say about you.

"The universe is going to throw you cosmic bricks and they're going to get bigger and bigger if you don't listen to them." - Nick Onken.

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"We get addicted to scrolling, to checking Facebook, to checking our text messages, to the point where we are actually doing nothing." - Nick Onken.

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"If you fight for your limitations you get to keep them." - Jim Kwik.

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"A lot of spiritual awakening is questioning reality." - Aaron Doughty.

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"We have to learn to assess what is, shift our perspective, move forward, and do what we can to help other people." - Nick Onken.

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"Why don't we live the best life we can — and that is up to us to create." - Nick Onken.

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"Different plant medicines will help you dive deeper into your psyche. - Nick Onken.

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"So much of the population just doesn't care enough about sleep." - Tara Youngblood.

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"When you're attached to your ego you rely on external validation to feel good." - Nick Onken.

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"We're not just working on the physical body itself, we're working with the person's humanity." - Aaron Alexander.

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"One of the trifecta of the things that I'm interested in exploring is creativity, consciousness, and culture and the intersect of those." - Nick Onken.

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"Whenever I hear a no, I think it's a no for now." - Jason Harris.

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"New Year's resolutions are just trash." - Nick Onken.

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"There's people that don't learn from their mistakes, people that do learn from their mistakes, and people who learn from other peoples' mistakes — I want to be the third one." - Nick Onken.