methodology
METHOD OF HOLDING CEREMONY
Our method has 6 layers. Each layer is a vital part of the whole, guiding you from physical into more and more subtle energetic realms. Once returned, our last layer is full integration.At every layer, we prepare, hold, and tend to you.
Layer 1 — Embodiment: The Physical Body
Before ceremony, we begin by listening to the body. The body knows. Trauma and tension live deep in the tissues, shaping the way we move through the world. Through somatic movement and breath, we listen to these patterns and to soften, allowing your body to become a safe vessel for the journey ahead. In this opening layer, we ground your awareness in sensation, preparing you to receive the medicine’s work.
Layer 2 — Medicine Ceremony: Opening the Spirit in silence
Once the body is ready, we enter the sacred container of the medicine ceremony — a 4-6 hour journey guided by the spirit of the plants. Here, you are supported by our facilitators to travel inward, to see visions, to see truths, and invite insights that live beyond the mind’s reach, and way into your soul. The medicine opens the soul’s vision, illuminating what has been hidden, and offering pathways for you to transform into higher states of yourself.
Layer 3 — Music: Tapping into Universal Language
We move into more subtle realms with music, both acoustic and digital. Throughout the ceremony, music is our thread — the current that carries you in and through. We weave harp, drum, flute, guitar, crystal bowls, and our voices into a soundscape of ancient mantras and songs. Our ceremonies also explores digital soundscapes and looping to weave ancient traditions with modern times.
Layer 4 — Shamanic Drum Journey: Clear & Weave
In the deepest part of the ceremony, we bring forth the most powerful shamanic tools — the drum to move and dissolve dense energies that may linger in your Most subtle field. This is where the subtle body is cleansed, and your energetic channels are re-opened to flow in harmony with life.
Shamanism was originally born in Siberia. A shaman is one who enters trance through the steady, powerful rhythm of the drum. It teaches that everything is Spirit.
Layer 5 — Algeria: Return to the Light
After moving through the depths and shadows, we emerge together into a space of renewal. This layer is about lifting the spirit through songs of joy- a time to sing, to move, and to rejoice.
Here we honour the journey we’ve walked, integrating the lessons of the dark, and allowing ourselves to fully return to the light through songs and dance.
Layer 6 — Integration: Anchoring back into reality
The ceremony does not end when the music fades. Integration is essential. In the days that follow, we offer guidance calls and a personalized physical rehabilitation plan to help you return fully into your body.
This stage is about weaving the insights and shifts from ceremony back into daily life, so you can feel the before and after not just in memory, but in the way you walk, breathe, and live.
KA MEDICINE
Our ceremonies are guided by two ancient Egyptian plant allies:
Acacia and Blue Lotus
Acacia
Acacia is a sacred desert plant that appears repeatedly in the Bible, yet remains largely unknown in modern times. The Ark of the Covenant was built from acacia wood (Exodus 25:10), and the burning bush that spoke to Moses is believed by many scholars to have been an Acacia tree containing naturally occurring DMT (Exodus 3:2). Despite these references, few people are aware of its deep spiritual role in biblical history and Acacia is only now coming into our collective memory.
Tradition also links Acacia to Mary Magdalene and the early mystic Christians, where it is thought to have been used in anointing oils and initiation rites connected to her teachings on divine union and the resurrection of consciousness. She is the representation of the African continent and holds a huge amount of memory from its history if we listen carefully to what the under and upper world is whispering.
In ceremony, Acacia works differently than many other plant medicines —although she is often compared to Ayahuasca. The only difference is that she does not force visions or take you anywhere without consent. Instead, she opens a door and allows you to walk through at your own pace. She honors sovereignty, timing, and grounded transformation, holding both shadow and light while helping you reconnect to your essence.
Blue Lotus
Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is the sacred flower of the Nile, widely used in ancient Egypt for both ceremonial and medicinal purposes. It is associated with the third eye and the pineal gland, inviting dream states, heightened intuition, and altered states of consciousness.
This plant grows in water, opens to the sun, and closes at night, teaching us about cycles of life, death, sexuality, and renewal.
In Egyptian cosmology, the Blue Lotus was a symbol of rebirth and divine union, often depicted emerging from the primordial waters at the dawn of creation. She was central to ceremonies honoring the feminine principle and the cycles of life, death, and resurrection.
Blue Lotus is powerful because of her natural compounds, including nuciferine and apomorphine, which gently relax the nervous system, open the heart, and enhance dream states. She has a direct effect on the pineal gland, stimulating intuition, vision, and inner clarity without overwhelming the system. Unlike stronger plant medicines, she works subtly — opening consciousness while allowing the participant to remain grounded and present.
For women especially, she reconnects us to our sensuality, receptivity, and creative power. As women of Project Ka, we work with Blue Lotus because we feel called to be part of the prophecy to bring the lotus back — a reawakening of this ancient feminine medicine that has been lost to modern culture.
THE THREE LAYERS OF SHAMANISM
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foundation of shamanism
Shamanism is the ancient art of walking in the unseen, guided by the steady, repetitive beat of the drum that carries us into subtle or deeper trance states. The sound of the drum calls the Spirits close and opens gates to invisible worlds, where our ancestors may work through us: singing, guiding, or even taking the lead in our bodies, because they know what to do and why. At this foundational level, we learn that everything is Spirit: every breath, dream, sound, fear, emotion, and even object carries meaning. Here we learn to navigate the Three Worlds, Lower, Middle, and Upper, to reconnect with guides, ancestors, plants, and the unseen.
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extraction and soul retrieval
Here we dive deeper into what it truly means to be the “hollow bone.” Extraction is a profound layer of shamanism, where the ego dissolves and the self gives space to merge with Spirit. The term “extraction” can be understood as “release.” In this stage, we learn to meet our Extractor Spirit and collaborate with it to release and transmute any energies that do not belong to our light body. But healing is not only about release. Sometimes pieces of the soul have been lost through trauma or grief. This is when we call upon soul retrieval, bringing the missing fragments of the soul back home, restoring memory, power, and wholeness.
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death and beyond
In this final layer, we confront the most inevitable passage: death. Whether it is our last breath on Earth or the many endings we meet throughout life, death is present in every corner of this great game called life. To walk the shamanic path is to walk with death.It is not an end, but a passage, a transition into another world, another version of ourselves. Here we learn to guide souls, release attachments, and prepare for the journey we will all one day take, with courage and reverence. This is also the layer of being the bones. To walk with death is to live more fully, love more fiercely, and align more deeply with Spirit. Death teaches us how to live and to let go with grace.
