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How to access indigenous teachings in a commercialized spiritual marketplace

I want to learn traditional plant medicine work, but the only teachers I can find are expensive retreats run by white facilitators and it feels wrong to pay outsiders for my own cultural heritage.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The commodification of sacred traditions creates barriers to authentic learning while enriching those outside the originating culture.

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“Where Are You with Indigenous spiritualities — South America?”

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