KAMBO CEREMONY
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Kambo Testimonials
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Leslie Mackeen ~ Nurse Practitioner
“Working with Kelly has been extremely supportive in my personal growth journey. Through our Kambo ceremonies and coaching I have uncovered old wounds and taken great strides in further healing myself and breaking negative generational cycles.
Her calming energy is immediately obvious. It transforms the ceremony space to create a safe and supportive container for this deep and challenging work.
She is patient, wise and understanding through the ceremony and post ceremony integration work. I felt seen and held when working with Kelly and will continue to seek her support in future Kambo ceremonies.”
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Alyssa Abbey ~ Physician Assistant
“Kelly is a certified IAKP Kambo practitioner and I have had the pleasure (well lets be honest, is Kambo really pleasurable?) to sit with her on three occasions. Kelly provides support, education and patiently and confidently answers any and all questions one may have. During the ceremony, she trustfully holds space allowing for deep transformation to occur. Kelly is absolutely present and intentional as your trusted guide through the Kambo experience. From the moment the ceremony begins to the closing of the ceremony, Kelly supports and curates a very safe container to do this incredible medicine work. If you have a chance to sit with her you will be in wonderful hands and I will return again and again to work with Kelly to facilitate my Kambo journeys.”
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Kris Prochaska ~ MA, LPC, LMHC
“I felt drawn to Kambo the first time I read about it, but it took over a year for me to find the right ceremonial guide and setting; when I met Kelly I knew she was the perfect person for me to work with. She is strong while gentle, fierce while kind, and I trust her knowing of the medicine and her ability to initiate others into this ceremony in a powerful and safe way. She has a wide open heart that I now know from experience is due, in part, to her work with Kambo.
I feel like a new person after my first ceremony. I feel so much more humility and my heart is way more open than before. Things I didn't even know I was ready to let go of - or even intend to let go of (like caffeine) I simply have no urge for. I feel like I lost so much energetic weight that I didn't even know I was carrying in my body and my auric field.
I learned humility and reverence for my body and all the energies it has been holding onto. I learned how to listen to my body in a much deeper way than I have ever before. I learned what it's like to be clear and have even greater perception of subtle energies in me and around me. I feel calmer in my body and mind.
If Kambo is calling you, heed the call if it feels right for you, and if Kelly Nie is who you're feeling called to do ceremony with, I recommend her very highly!”
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Wes Goddard ~ Entrepreneur
Sitting with Kambo surfaced and brought to light a pain and energy I had been holding on to. This pain was put there 30 years ago from a trauma. Since then this pain had unconsciously programed me to assume everyone in my life was going to hurt me at some point and I distrusted them at a core, unconscious level. With the pain at the surface and visible, I was able to identify all the behaviors it had been creating and begin to heal and change my perspective.
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Ariane blank ~ Biologist
I sat with Kambo with Kelly last weekend and it was the most incredible and profound healing that I have ever experienced. I have been on a long journey with chronic dis-ease and the physical changes I have seen in since sitting with Kambo have been greater than those I have seen in the entire year before. I haven't felt so much ease and comfort and nourishment in by body in a very long time. I purged and released the most deeply traumatized parts of myself, and certain behaviors and thought patterns I had grown used to suddenly didn't make sense anymore with the energies of those traumas having been released from every cell of my being. So many things became clear that have been hiding beneath the surface and now they have been honored and released. Kambo is incredibly intelligent and knew exactly what and how my body needed to release and recalibrate. It also helped me to feel more connected to my body and her messages than ever before. The ceremony and space held by Kelly were exquisitely beautiful and made me feel so safe and seen and loved! This was absolutely the most incredible healing that I have ever experienced and I am absolutely blown away by the magic of it all. I cant wait to sit with the medicine again as I continue to release and renew and blossom. Thank you Kelly. You are absolutely incredible and I am infinitely grateful to you!
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Trever pearson ~ DJ
I've been using Kambo repeatedly for the past 6 months to address a myriad of issues in my life. Most notably was a pattern of life collapse that would happen repeatedly regardless of my efforts, actions or decisions. I've been on a spiritual path for years, doing massive amounts of trauma healing and shadow work, but despite my progress up to this point I was still carrying the weight of perpetual life failure, never ending crisis, and the unrelenting and immense struggle to secure basic needs. Enter 2023 and I acquired a virus who's symptoms persisted despite maximum doses of medication. Intolerant to the idea that life would continue in this direction, it became clear that my only real options would be either sitting with as much medicine as it would take to finally free myself from whatever forces in my soul were still at war, or to end my time on the planet. Since I've been sitting with Kambo, my physical health has improved remarkably. The virus is now under control and I've reclaimed a lot of my life as a result. I couldn't be more grateful for that so far. But more than that, much of the weight of the old crisis/survival pattern has lifted. My first Kambo ceremony I was literally purging chronic suicidal ideation and karmic guilt I've been carrying for hundreds of past lifetimes. And since then, (and of course after more ceremonies) for the first time I've begun to draw people into my life who are finally ushering in the kindof reality I've been trying to create for myself for longer than I can remember. It's like my heart's desires are finally about to pop into existence... and the eons of suffering are coming to an end. I can see it. I can feel it. And I know it more deeply than I ever have so far. So... more medicine. I'd recommend Kambo to anyone who wants to claim more sovereignty and health in their life.
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Taylor Knapp ~ Kambo Facilitator
“I was looking for Kambo to take me inward and help facilitate a breakthrough to help me step into my power. Kelly was attentive, compassionate, and knowledgeable. She knew when to offer encouragement or instruction and when to give me space to keep me in my process. You can tell that Kelly loves the frog and really shows up in her own power and presence throughout the entire ceremony. I felt safe and loved and I can now say I found my own power! I would recommend her as a practitioner to anyone! Viva Kambo!”
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Sally Basl ~ Medical Device Sales
I sat in Kambo ceremony with Kelly who is such a gentle knowledgeable soul. I connected to a sacred part of my higher self who reminded me I am a warrior who can do hard things while purging the toxins from my body. After suffering from daily severe night sweats 100% soaking through my sheets, I am sustaining 30% night sweats, which a HUGE reduction that I’m so grateful for! I can’t recommend this enough as it’s changed a deeper part of me I wasn’t sure how to connect with, where I now have a more grounded relationship in myself. I will be back for ceremony as more unfolds for deeper healings to arise. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU sweet medicine sister!
What is Kambo?
Kambo is a secretion produced by the Giant Amazonian Tree Frog phyllomedusa bicolor.
Where does it come from?
Kambo frogs are found high in trees near the Igarapés (rainforest waterways) where they gather to sing and announce the rain. They are generally harvested at dawn by the Indians, who also sing and imitate the frogs’ song. Click on the player to the right to hear a sample of their song. The frogs are very passive and do not react negatively when picked up, possibly because they have no predators. The frogs are carefully tied by each leg with straw strings into an X shape. Sometimes the shaman will massage the toes to encourage the secretion, which is then carefully scraped off and dried on small sticks. After it is released, the frog returns to its habitat none the worse for wear. The string leaves a tiny white line on each leg, which stops anyone from harvesting the frog again until it has faded, which takes 2-3 months. The frog is never harmed but treated with utmost care and respect, as the people believe that to harm the frog will anger the animal spirits with whom they live so closely. Kambo collected in this way is considered 100% ethically harvested. Kambo frogs that are held in a laboratory environment or squeezed or harmed in any way during the harvesting process are not considered to be ethically harvested.
What is Kambo used for?
The use of Kambo differs amongst tribes but the main indigenous uses revolve around lifting Panema – an indigenous name for dark or negative energy, and for Hunting Magic – they believe it improves their speed and energy during hunting and that it makes the hunter invisible by temporarily eliminating their human odour.
There are many ways they use it medicinally too, including: malaria, snake bites, fevers, infections, fertility problems, to cleanse, detox and strengthen the mind and body, to increase energy and stamina and to reduce pain.
Outside of the forest, Kambo has been the subject of nearly three decades of medical research. As with venoms from snakes and scorpions, researchers believe that Kambo will open up a new world of treatments for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Hormone Therapy, Chronic Pain, Cancer, HIV, Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s, Depression, Vascular problems, Hepatitis, Diabetes, Rheumatism, Arthritis, Addictions and much, much more.
Their work consists of attempting to identify, isolate and reproduce the incredible and unique chemical cocktail that Kambo is. It contains dozens of Peptides (short chains of amino acids), some of them bioactive which means they have an affinity and selectivity for binding with receptor sites in humans (A receptor is like a lock that, when opened with the right key—the bioactive peptide—triggers specific chemical reactions in the body). The peptide families represented in Kambo include bradykinins (phyllokinin), tachykinins (phyllomedusin), caerulein, sauvagine, tryptophyllins, dermorphins, deltorphins and bombesins.
Recent studies have shown that Kambo contains multiple antimicrobial peptides effective against drug resistant strains of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, parasites and virus, providing opportunities for the development of new and more efficient nanotechnological-based therapies for treating infectious diseases.
Several years of ongoing research by the University of Paris have shown Kambo to be super effective at killing cancer cells and Queens University in Belfast recently won a prestigious award for their ground breaking work with cancer and frog secretions. Kambo is one of the strongest natural anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, antimicrobial and anesthetic substances found in the world and one of the strongest, natural ways to strengthen the immune system.
It also detoxes the liver and the intestines so it’s a powerful cleanser. Immediate and short term effects include enhanced mood, alertness, clarity, focus, energy and increased resistance to stress, tiredness, hunger and thirst. The mind becomes still, you feel lighter and everything becomes easier to manage. In the longer term, Kambo empowers the immune system, rousing the body’s defence systems to their natural functions so that existing health problems are improved or resolved and future ones are less likely to occur. In spiritual terms, Kambo works in a mystical fashion as a light that opens the way, helping us to overcome obstacles and release blockages on an emotional level. It clears our energy field and realigns the chakras enabling us to break negative habits and live and think more naturally.
Despite the billions of pounds/euros and dollars being poured into researching and developing mainstream synthetic medication from Phyllomedusa Bicolour frog secretions, no one has yet managed to reproduce the original!
Kambo in its original, natural form is a holistic treatment that works on the mind, body, energy and spirit at all levels in ways that we don’t completely understand yet. The native peoples of the Amazon are quite right to use the word ‘magic’ when describing this substance.
What happens during a treatment?
Kambo is an amazing ally. The effects are strong and immediate but over within 30 – 40 minutes.
The top thin layer of skin is blistered with a hot stick and the skin is peeled off to expose the epidermis underneath – this is similar to when you have a blister and the skin rubs off. There is no blood.
The number and position of the points varies from person to person depending on individual needs. We refer to these small breaks in the skin as ‘gates’.
The dried Kambo is mixed with a small amount of water and divided into small dots. These dots of Kambo, called points, are placed onto the gates. The points are approximately 1/8” across but can be smaller or slightly larger depending on the treatment.
If you have a series of treatments in the same session, the same points are reused. The small dots of Kambo are applied to the points. This is the only way to take Kambo – it is not safe to ingest it, snort it or to introduce it into the blood stream directly.
Kambo enters directly into the Lymphatic System so the effect is very fast. Most people experience a warm to hot flush on the upper body and face along with increased heart rate.
At this point, different people will react in different ways. Some will feel dizzy, foggy or spaced out; the occasional person will shake or even faint.
Some people have swollen lips or face and slight skin tingling. The Kambo will be racing around your body, scanning it for problems and then going directly to work on those areas. You may experience a throbbing or burning sensation in those areas for a short while. Some people may feel some abdominal discomfort and need to defecate.
Once the Kambo has cleaned the body you will purge all the toxins out. This purging process works on a physical and emotional level. You may feel tired at this point and need to rest.
Within a short time – usually an hour or so you will feel much better and you can drink and eat normally. Within a day or so, depending on your state of health, you will start to feel the real benefits.
FAQs
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Kambo is 100% safe in the right hands.
This applies to all medicines, natural or pharmaceutical, there are always contraindications.
Not only is it important for the person giving Kambo to understand these contraindications but it is also important for people taking Kambo to disclose all their health issues to the practitioner. In this way, we can ensure that no more mistakes happen.
Kambo is not for everyone. Also be aware that if you are traveling in South America and seek out a remote tribe to take Kambo with, that they may not have full knowledge of western health conditions so be very careful in these situations.
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Kambo is very safe when given by a properly trained practitioner. However there are some conditions for which Kambo is contraindicated.
This is not an exhaustive list so its important to consult with me if you have any concerns. Suitability for Kambo may occasionally depend on the constitution of the person receiving Kambo.
Treatment can NOT be given to:
Have serious heart problems or who have had heart surgery. This includes a Pacemaker but excludes Stents
Have had a stroke or a brain hemorrhage
Have an aneurism or blood clot
Are recovering from a major surgical procedure with internal stitches
Are on medication for low blood pressure (High Blood Pressure is fine)
Lack the mental capacity to make the decision to take Kambo
Have serious mental health problems, excluding depression, PTSD and anxiety
Are undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy or have done so within the last 4 weeks
Take immune-suppressants after organ transplant
Have Addison’s Disease
Have current and severe epilepsy
Are recovering from a major surgical procedure
Are under 18 years old
Have certain types of EDS
Are pregnant or maybe so or are breast-feeding a child under 6 months old.
(source IAKP www.iakp.org)
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The burn marks will heal and fade with time but depending on your skin color and type you may always have small visible scars.
Most people see their Kambo scars as a badge of honor. The same points can be reused after 2- 3 months.
After the dots of Kambo are removed, the points are dressed with a natural tree sap. This helps them to heal faster and ensures they stay free from infection until they scab naturally.
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Kambo is not psychoactive even when taken regularly.
There are some old reports of Indians experiencing hallucinations with Kambo but this is probably when it is taken in extremely large quantities e.g. 10 times in a night and used in conjunction with a hallucinogenic snuff.
Kambo can produce a very short altered state of reality in some people and many people receive insights and messages about living a healthier life during these few minutes.
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Who will deliver the treatment?
Treatments will be administered by Kelly Nie, an IAKP Practitioner.
I began working with Kambo in 2017 as a tool to release inflammation, heartache, and a history of depression and anxiety. After personally receiving Kambo over the years, doing deep inner child work, shifting my relationship with myself and others, I felt deeply called to become a practitioner. I completed my training in 2020 with Natasha Berg, an IAKP Master Practitioner in Malibu, CA. I have worked in the wellness industry for over 10 years, I am a Neurolinguistic Coach, teach yoga, breath work, meditation and have lead many transformational based programs. It is an honor and a blessing to share Kambo. I wholeheartedly believe in this tool as an amazing addition to clearing that which does not serve us anymore.
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Private Session: $300-350 (includes consult separate of treatment) (3hrs)
Semi-Private Session: $200-250 (includes consult separate of treatment) (3hrs)
Group Sessions: $175 (includes consult separate of treatment) (3hrs)
Multi-ceremony discounts. Refer 2 friends you get 20% off your treatment.
All ceremonies are held at your private residence unless otherwise discussed.
Currently serving on-going ceremonies in the PNW.
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Additional costs may apply based on distance. Travel costs may include: gas/airline tickets/airbnb or lodging
Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The material on this site is provided for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your physician before starting any type of Cleansing Program.