In this episode of the Walking With Jaguars Podcast, Matt Blanco sits down with Markos Sikiotis to explore initiation, master plant dietas, and the art of spiritual discernment. They trace the path of returning to nature as the single greatest teacher through ayahuasca ceremonies, Shipibo plant dietas, and the lived wisdom of indigenous lineages. What begins as restriction becomes remembrance. What feels like silence becomes instruction.

From the discipline of long dietas to the living language of Icaros, Markos shares how plants repair intuition, rebuild the connection between mind and spirit, and teach the difference between light and dark. They speak on proof of work in the medicine path, the importance of asking how many dietas a curandero has, and why apprenticeship requires devotion, humility, and clean relationships with en ...