27/03/2026
Memories from the jungle.
The Samaúma is one of the largest trees in the Amazon, reaching over 60–70 meters, with massive roots rising above the ground and spreading wide for stability. Some live around 300–400 years.
In Amazonia, she is known as the Queen of the Forest for the role she plays — holding water, supporting biodiversity, and connecting life around her.
She moves huge amounts of water through her system — drawing from deep underground and releasing it back into the forest, helping regulate humidity and rainfall. 
Her canopy creates an entire habitat. Birds, insects, and mammals live in her crown. Her flowers feed bats and bees, which depend on her for nectar and pollination. 
Her roots and trunk create shelter — where plants grow, animals hide, and life organizes itself around her. 
Below the surface, she is connected to other trees through fungal networks, sharing nutrients and supporting the forest as a collective system.
We used to gather around her in prayer, singing the Yawanawá traditional chants called “saitis”, and working with the sacred medicines of the earth.
I was also coming there alone. Sitting in silence, my back held by this elder. Being in the jungle is to be constantly in awe of the diversity, the aliveness, the colors, and sounds, while simultaneously fighting again everything that wishes to feed on you, especially the sand flies that are definitely the most annoying living beings on Earth 😅 Yet, it’s all part of the process of experiencing a place where duality is everywhere, learning physical and spiritual boundaries while opening and expanding, contracting and protecting, trusting and surrendering, dancing with lightful and dark forces.
Salve a floresta! 🐍🪶
