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What would you do if everything you'd spent your life building disappeared overnight?

In this episode of Beyond the Ceremony, Jason sits down with Kambo practitioner and retreat facilitator Atlana Groyto hear one of the most remarkable stories ever shared on the podcast.

After building a thriving aesthetics company in Kazakhstan, Atlana's life changed forever when a trusted business partner used political influence to take her company. Facing prison and fearing for her safety, she fled her country and sought political asylum in the United States with just $300 to her name.

Alone in a new country, unable to speak English, Atlana rebuilt her life from the ground up. But beneath the surface, she struggled with depression, addiction, and the realization that the success she had spent her life chasing wasn't bringing her happiness.

Everything changed when she was introduced to psychedelic medicine.

Atlana shares her deeply personal journey through mushrooms, ayahuasca, and Kambo, explaining how each medicine played a unique role in helping her heal trauma, overcome addiction, reconnect with herself, and ultimately discover a new definition of success rooted in purpose rather than possessions.

Today, Atlana serves others through Kambo, private healing retreats, psychedelic integration coaching, and wellness practices from her healing studio in Los Angeles and retreats in Joshua Tree.

In this episode you'll hear:

• Building a successful business in Kazakhstan before losing everything
• Escaping her country through political asylum
• Starting over in America with only $300 and no English
• Depression, addiction, and the dark side of Hollywood culture
• How mushrooms became the beginning of her healing journey
• Ayahuasca's role in helping her rediscover purpose
• Her experience with Kambo and why it became such an important part of her life
• Healing childhood trauma and redefining success
• Becoming a Kambo practitioner and psychedelic integration coach
• The emotional story of helping her own mother heal from decades of trauma and addiction
• How personalized healing retreats are changing people's lives

Atlana's story is a powerful reminder that sometimes losing everything becomes the very thing that allows us to find who we were always meant to become.

Connect with Atlana Groy

Instagram: @amphibianwoman

Website: https://www.amphibianwoman.com

Atlana offers:

• Private healing retreats
• Psychedelic integration coaching
• Kambo ceremonies
• Sound healing
• Yoga and wellness practices
• Personalized healing programs

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