The Faculty
A faculty, not a staff.
Nekawa runs like a school. Our faculty are ibogaine-educated and psychedelic-educated professionals who hold the classes and workshops that help each student educate themselves out of poor mental health.
A pretty radical belief
Nekawa is built on a pretty radical belief: addiction is not a disease, not a defect, and not the inevitable result of trauma. It is a product of ignorance, cultural training, and a lack of awareness. And the only way out is through awakening: educating yourself about your own inner workings, and learning to steady the erratic, unpredictable nature of the mind.
Trauma, as we see it, is a tragic experience seen only tragically. Understood differently, the same experiences become stepping stones and growth points.
And what gets called disease or disorder is often something simpler: health and order were never taught, and never built, on the inside.
That is why our program is considered a school. It exists to help you remember your divine nature, and your ability and potential to create and curate the life of your dreams.
Welcome to Nekawa. Your life will never be the same.
The oldest members of the faculty
In the traditions we learn from, the plants are not products. They are teachers, and everyone who works with them, including our founders, is a student first.
Iboga
A slow-growing shrub from the rainforests of West and Central Africa, held at the center of Bwiti practice for generations. Its root bark is the source of ibogaine, which in Brazil can be prescribed by licensed physicians and administered in a hospital. Everything the modern side of this work knows, it learned from this plant and the people who kept it.
Ayahuasca
A woody vine from the Amazon basin, prepared and served by lineages that have studied it far longer than any laboratory. This plant, when used in the traditional ceremony, is one of the best tools for self-discovery and healing the mind.
Who you'll study with
Every lead teacher has done their own work with these medicines. Nobody here teaches from a textbook alone.
Charles was raised in Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. He was fortunate enough to experience ibogaine in 2013 and has never looked back. He has guided thousands through psychedelic experiences and is an author, producer, and practical educator in addiction and psychedelic fields.
A Brazilian born indigenous woman who overcame her own alcohol addiction with Ayahuasca in 2012. The experience inspired her to live a better life more connected to nature and educating herself with meditation, yoga, and plants. She also has been a practicing ayahuasca curandera for over 10 years.
Fran is a clinical psychologist and psychedelic therapist trained at King's College London, with a postgraduate specialization in Psychedelic-Augmented Psychotherapy completed in Germany. At Nekawa she leads the psychology curriculum: how the mind builds its patterns, and how it can be taught to build better ones.
Matt Sabatino
Matt was raised in Florida and was blessed to experience ibogaine in 2015 for opiates and other substances after spending close to 10 years battling addiction. Since then, he has completed a 4-year Ayurvedic Medicine Doctorate and helped start a successful business in Denver, CO. A great example of how to be after Ibogaine.
The standing subjects
Classes and workshops run through the week, and the schedule shifts with the season.
The medical side stays in medical hands
For ibogaine treatment, we work with an independent licensed Brazilian medical team made up of physicians, psychologists, and psychiatrists.
Come study with us
We measure success not by how many students we treat, but by how many never need treatment again. Schedule a call with one of our guides to learn what a week of classes actually looks like.
Let’s connect.
No pressure. Tell us a little about what you’re going through.