Our Team
Integration Experts.
Please note that the Temple does not profit from these integration sessions, all payments go directly to the facilitator you schedule with. All facilitators determine their own rates.
$120 USD per 60 minute session
Juliana Bizare
Juliana’s first spiritual experience was a journey with ayahuasca in the Santo Daime tradition in Brazil. During this experience, a whole new world opened up to her - the world of the plants and their sophisticated healing powers. A few years later, she started traveling and learning about other ancient traditions, at dharma centers and ashrams including Tushita Dharma Center in India, Kopan Monastery in Nepal, and Spirit Rock in California, and obtained a degree in Transpersonal Psychology from the University of Light in Brazil. She has also been deepening her knowledge of the plants through dieting master plants with the Lopez Sanchez family (Maestras Ynes, Laura, and Lila, and Maestro José), in the Shipibo tradition.
For the past 20 years, Juliana’s true passion has been the study and integration of the eastern practices of Yoga and mindfulness into work with sacred plant medicines and different modern psychological approaches, with a focus on renegotiating our traumas and rewriting our own life narratives.
She has supported hundreds of people before, during, and after their medicine journeys, and through her own experience with the medicine, has gained a clear understanding of the importance of the integration process. To be able to support people in a more holistic way, she also trained in the Compassionate Inquiry approach with Gabor Maté and Somatic Experiencing with Peter Levine. For the past six years she has been working at the Temple as a Retreat and Integration Facilitator.
Her goal is to empower people to feel safe in their bodies and to integrate trauma and all different parts of our human experience so people can have clarity on their path and purpose in life.
$150 USD per 50 minute session
PÚblio Valle
Públio was born in Brazil and has dedicated his life to meditation, yoga, and ayahuasca for over 15 years. He earned a degree in Yoga Therapy at Swami Vivekananda University in Bangalore, India, where he also worked at a Yoga Hospital. He trained in meditation in several traditions while in India, completed an Indian Psychology Course in Pondicherry, and studied meditation at Pa Auk Monastery in Burma. He worked as a volunteer for two years at the Alice Project School, an institution that teaches dharma and meditation inspired by Tibetan wisdom to children.
Since his first encounter with ayahuasca in Peru with the Shipibo in 2004, he has also worked with the medicine with different traditional groups in Brazil, including Santo Daime. He has been working at the Temple since 2014 as a facilitator, yoga and meditation teacher, Integration Therapist, and more recently, as General Manager, and is currently training in Compassionate Inquiry with Gabor Maté. Having experienced the deep and rich processes that ayahuasca ignites within, Públio has a sincere commitment to share the teachings of the jungle and of ancient traditions, and to promote health and well-being in all dimensions of human life. publiovalle.com
$100 USD per 60 minute session
Zuzana Valesova
Zuzana originally trained in massage and cranio-sacral therapy in her home country, the Czech Republic. Deeply fascinated by the healing properties of plant medicine and the wisdom of ancestral knowledge she decided to move permanently to Peru in 2014. Her main focus was her own personal healing which later led her into the study of plant medicine practices. She completed an apprenticeship with the medicine of tobacco and now continues to learn through carrying our dietas (sama) with the Shipibo. She fundamentally believes the potential for learning and growth is endless, and is deeply committed to developing her relationship with the plant spirits of the Amazon.
Since 2016 she has been providing support and direction for people attending ayahuasca retreats. She has completed a year-long training program in Compassionate Inquiry with Dr. Gabor Maté, continues to train in IFS by Dr. Richard Schwartz and other somatic oriented approaches.
It's truly an honor for her to witness and support guests’ process before, during and after ayahuasca retreats. With a deep understanding of the mind-body connection she offers a safe, compassionate and non-judgmental space for exploration and self-discovery.
Plant medicine integration involves assimilating and making sense of the insights, emotions and experiences that arise during and after a plant medicine journey. It encompasses integrating the lessons learned and applying them to daily life, fostering personal growth, and maximizing the long-term benefits of the experience.
$118 USD per 75 minute session
Ute Behrendt
Ute’s journey with Shipibo medicine started in 2015 at the Temple of the Way of Light, and since 2016 she has been dedicated to her study in long term master plant dietas with a Shipibo lineage in the Ucayali region.
Her experience from years of studying a multitude of interconnected psychological and spiritual disciplines was peppered with a determination to make working with plants and the courageous people who seek their wisdom her life’s work. Aligned with her heart’s calling, Ute facilitates retreats, serves as a plant medicine preparation and integration facilitator, and organizes plant medicine retreats and plant dietas.
Ute’s approach to working with clients intertwines the sacred teachings of plant wisdom with various western psychological approaches to guide others into deeper connection with themselves. Prior to embarking on her journey with plant medicine, Ute worked for ten years in numerous therapeutic and educational institutions in Germany. She is a certified Transformational Recovery and Integration Coach, and has trained in Compassionate Inquiry with Gabor Maté, Diamond Approach Teachings, IPNB (Interpersonal Neuro-Biology) with Dr. Dan Siegal, and IFS (Internal Family Systems) with Dr. Richard Schwarz. She views spirituality and psychotherapy as two sides of the same coin, and the work she offers is deeply rooted in exploring the connection between them. more about Ute
$200 CAD (approx. $150 USD) per 50 minute session
Deanna Rogers
Deanna is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and instructor in British Columbia, Canada. She has completed the 3-year Somatic Experiencing training program focused on trauma resolution and integration. She also studied and worked with Dr. Gabor Maté, completing a one-year Compassionate Inquiry course. She has been involved with the Temple of the Way of Light since 2013. She has seen the difference a well-timed integration session, and another perspective can make in someone’s journey.
Deanna uses both an embodied focus and the practice of Inquiry in her therapeutic work with clients, supporting them in uncovering their own truths and answers by asking intentional questions. She provides trauma-informed care by offering choice and collaboration, empowering the client wherever possible, and meeting them where they are rather than making assumptions about where they should be. Curiosity and compassion are two of the main tools that she uses in her therapy practice.
Over the last decade, Deanna’s primary focus has been to study and work with plant medicines and psychedelics with the intention of healing and personal or spiritual exploration. She has supported many aspects of plant medicine and psychedelic experiences for people from a variety of cultures and backgrounds, both individually and in groups. Her work has included assessment, program design, preparation, retreat facilitation, group processing, integration support, and training healthcare providers in harm reduction and psychedelic-assisted therapy. She is currently engaged in consulting, curriculum design, and teaching within a clinical context at Numinus. She has developed a deep appreciation for the courage it takes to seek support, whether we are suffering deeply or simply feel stuck. deannacrogers.com