Ayahuasca adventurer, six-time Mr. Olympia, entrepreneur, and Soltara Healing Center guest Dorian Yates joins the Daniel Cleland Podcast today. Dorian is a legendary figure in the extreme sport of professional bodybuilding, known for his innovative training methodology. Over the past few years, Dorian Yates blew up on the psychedelic scene as a proponent of the powerful and transformative effects of psychedelics including ayahuasca. In this episode, we discuss his relationship with ayahuasca, transitioning careers, his research on the COVID-19 pandemic, and his wild, first plant medicine experience. You can find his ayahuasca story at the end of the podcast. Hope you enjoy this episode.
Dan discusses the healing benefits of ayahuasca & plant medicine & his entrepreneurial journey in the plant medicine industry. He talks with top minds like Aubrey Marcus, Dorian Yates, Dennis McKenna, & Patrick Bet-David.
“No one can have your psychedelic experience for you; you just have to screw your courage up & raise the cup to your lips & face what's in there.” - Dennis McKenna on psychedelics & plant medicine
“Ayahuasca is a symbiotic ally of the human species.” - Dennis McKenna on ayahuasca & plant medicine
“Ayahuasca is changing global environmental consciousness.” - Dennis McKenna on ayahuasca & plant medicine
“Life itself is a drug experience.” - Dennis McKenna on psychedelics & plant medicine
“Psychedelics are not suppressed because they are dangerous to users; they’re suppressed because they provoke unconventional thought.” - Dennis McKenna on psychedelics & plant medicine
“We never feel completely ready for life’s big decisions; but in taking the leap, we push ourselves to the next level.” - Patrick Bet-David on entrepreneurship
“You're going to use experiences to become either bitter or better.” - Patrick Bet-David on entrepreneurship
“If you always make the right decision, the safe decision, the one most people make, you will be the same as everyone else.” - Patrick Bet-David
“The bigger the vision you have, the more important it is to think on what type of a team you’re going to put around you." - Patrick Bet-David on entrepreneurship
“If you can walk, talk, hear or see, you have everything it takes to do something big with your life.” - Patrick Bet-David
“Plant medicines like ayahuasca ask us to connect to all parts of ourselves.” - Dorian Yates on ayahuasca & plant medicine
“The first time, mother ayahuasca couldn’t work with me. She told me I was too toxic & to stop poisoning myself & come back later.” - Dorian Yates on ayahuasca & plant medicine
“The plant knows who she wants to heal each time.” - Dorian Yates on ayahuasca & plant medicine
“The people who do ayahuasca are bonded together forever, like a brotherhood.” - Dorian Yates on ayahuasca ceremonies
“With good practice, plant medicines can play a key role in the healing of collective suffering on the planet.” - Aubrey Marcus on ayahuasca & plant medicine
“You’re not rewarded for the comfortable choice.” - Aubrey Marcus on ayahuasca & plant medicine
“Know the plants, know yourself, be honest, & decide the terms of your relationship with them.” - Aubrey Marcus on ayahuasca & plant medicine
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As always, this episode is brought to you by Soltara Healing Center.
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