Back Into The Forest sang by the incredible Mona Najib and feat. Shaman Alberto Manqueriapa is an invitation for people of all cultures to reconnect with what we have of most precious and unique: our Pachamama, mother nature!
Run free, feel the breeze on your face, fly with the birds, learn ancient wisdom from teacher plants, leave all mind constructs behind and dive deep into the forest.
Support the Healing
Alberto Manqueriapa (Huachipaeri, Machiguenga, Quechua), is a healer and ayahuascero that helps Andean and Amazonian people revive their traditional ecological wisdom. All money donated will be used to support Alberto’s endeavors including the advancement of 2 botanical gardens and a healing center. You can donate via PayPal or purchase the song on Bandcamp.
Go with the wind back to Pachamama. What will you leave buried in the ground? Now leave it all behind, surrender to the prana. Will you follow me Back into the Forest?
Mona Najib
The story of Mona Najib spans three continents within its first sentence; The Swedish-born, LA-based child of a Moroccan father (who left the Sarah Desert to start his new life in Scandinavia), Najib is indeed a daughter of a nomad, if not a nomad herself.
Growing up in an idyllic small town in Sweden, Najib often found herself torn between two identities. However, being bi-cultural proved to have its benefits as it allowed fluidity, a pathway if you will — to move freely between two worlds.
Alberto Manqueriapa
Alberto Manqueriapa, Huachipaeri / Machiguenga / Quechua, is a healer and ayahuascero who works to help Andean and Amazonian people revive their traditional ecological wisdom. Alberto’s endeavors include 2 botanic gardens and a healing center.
The Artwork
by Alberto Manqueriapa
by Chaun Horton
by Diego Ruvalcaba
by Yash Garg
by Di Maitland
by Bernard Hermant
by Rodion Kutsaev
by Travis Blessing
by Eugenio Pastoral
by Karan Karnik
by Caleb George
by M Poiss
by Kevin Mueller
by Jeremy Vessey
by Andrew Pons
by Kevin Mueller
by Abhijit Sinha
by Bruce Jastrow
by Davide Castaldo
by Ilham Ramadhan
by Worachat Sodsri
by Yair Mejia
by Zdenek Machacek
by Achim Ruhnau
by Andi Rieger
by Diana Parkhouse
by Lisheng Chang
by Matthew Henry
by Niklas Du
by Tim Mossholder
Zdenek Machacek
Alberto Manqueriapa & Fernando Gallegos from Exploring Traditions
“Para nosotros la Ayahuasca es una planta milagrosa o sagrada. Se combina para balancear nuestro cuerpo mental, físico, emocional, espiritual, sexual. Para su combinación se llama la Chakruna. De ahí viene hierba de Arcoíris, viene hierba de Isango, de ahí viene Lengua de Tucán. Entonces la Ayahuasca no es droga, es una planta sagrada. Una planta que te ayuda a educar, a abrir el mundo espiritual. Cuando queremos tomar la Ayahuasca tenemos que pedir cómo me ayuda la energía del universo, la pachamama, el agua, el bosque, cuando yo voy a tomar que encuentro difícil momento de vivir. Preguntar porque voy a tomar y cual es mi propósito de tomar la Ayahuasca. Cómo me voy a curar? Se respeta como nos enseñó la naturaleza a respetar entre nosotros. Entonces la Ayahuasca es una planta sagrada, una planta milagrosa.”
Alberto Manqueriapa
Credits
Music by Bruno Justi and Mona Najib
Teachings by Alberto Manqueriapa, recorded by Fernando Gallegos from Exploring Traditions in August 2017 at the village of Pillcopata, Peru.
Produced by Bruno Justi / Mixed by Liam Fletcher / Engineered by Bruno Justi, Diego Ruvalcaba.
Mona Najib - vocals, vocal harmonies / Bruno Justi - guitar, mandolin, bass, keys, synth / Diego Ruvalcaba - percussion
Artwork by Bruno Justi
