INSPIRATIONAL STORIES
”My encounter with the mushrooms saved my life. Being diagnosed with a chronic debilitating disease in my connective tissues, being in a wheelchair with a lot of pain and depression like never before, I thought I was never going to walk again. Both my body and my mind were in a place of total hopelessness and no matter how hard I tried to have a positive mindset, I couldn’t get out of it.
My brother saw that I couldn’t take it anymore and one day he arrived with a small jar of microdoses of Kalapa mushrooms. He just said, ‘Cris, this is going to help you,’ and internally I thought, ‘Yeah, right,’ because believe me, I HAD ALREADY TRIED EVERY treatment. I started microdosing, writing everything down in my notebook… My mind, my emotions began to take on more vivid tones. After a while I took a larger dose, I don’t know how, but the relief of my physical pain was INSTANT, my legs felt light and loose.
My emotional body felt an immense joy to be alive and an immense joy with who I was at that moment, with my pain, my sadness, my shame, my fears, it was all part of me and it was okay. I had never felt that. I felt everything in a different way. That feeling stayed with me, it lingered within me over time. THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT thing, the permanence of this feeling of well-being. After months of continuing this process accompanied by mushrooms and specific physical therapy, today I can walk freely. The mushrooms were that ray of light that allowed me to see that things COULD indeed get better, it was what restored my hope in life. What gave my mind the push it needed to go on in life!!! Thank you so much!
Cristina Alfaro
Biologist & University Student
My experience with the mushrooms and the support provided by the Kalapa team was truly transformative. I was dealing with deep depression, and the medicine helped me get through that dark period of pain and hopelessness.
The support and information provided to me were crucial in my recovery process. Now I see life differently, with more acceptance and awareness that everything has its time and process. I am very satisfied with the results of my search for help through medicine and the guidance received.
Esmeralda Alvarez
Hospitality Manager & Mother
My journey with the mushrooms was fundamental to my healing process and one of the most profound experiences of my life. I would describe it as very healing and grounding on a physical level, while at the same time strengthening and solidifying my connection with the mystical realm.
I felt very safe throughout the process, and connected to everyone and everything in a way that I had always felt possible, but had not yet experienced. It was like a great relief, a confirmation that I am okay and everything is okay, and in a certain sense, like coming home.
It helped me a lot with my PTSD symptoms, such as anxiety and sleeping problems. Since that first journey, my self-love, love for others, confidence, magnetism, and connection with everything, from plants to animals and people, have become much stronger. I am eternally grateful!
Lula Brown
Writer & Health Coach