Waska: the cost of spiritual healing in the Amazon

The plant medicine hayakwaska (ayahuasca), marketed as a mystical shortcut to healing and enlightenment, is an example of what the Indigenous storyteller Nina Gualinga, sees as commodification and extractivism in the Amazon. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Nina is from the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, Ecuador, and she speaks with the memory of her shaman grandfather about the ongoing cultural appropriation, environmental destruction and marginalisation of her people, questioning our very relationship to the Earth and the quest for healing Sign up for the Guardian Documentaries newsletter ► https://ift.tt/cDWkqtu The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/BIHPrdq Website ► https://ift.tt/uWOaeUl Facebook ► https://ift.tt/e7kZuGO Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/6AQRx81 The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #amazonrainforest #amazon #kichwa #sarayaku #ayahuasca #livingforest #theamazon #commodification #deforestation #extractivism