EFAM - Essential Food and Medicine

02/08/2026

✨Songs of the Subtle Body ✨
5-Day Silent Meditation Retreat
Dhamma Dena Meditation Center —
Mojave Desert, CA
April 24–28, 2026
Taught by Samir Patel
Elemental Activism - Rites of Repair
Dana-based (no fixed cost)

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Dive into a transformative journey where practice becomes presence — beyond clinical mindfulness, into the resonant music of the body and breath.
Here, the breath becomes prayer and the body is your cosmos — exploring stillness, somatic inquiry, and the deep hum beneath the noise of the reactive mind. ✨

🌙 What to Expect:
• Silent sitting and dynamic somatic practices
• A blend of Vipassana and embodied awareness
• Community in retreat, held in reverent stillness
• Simple vegetarian meals + rustic desert lodging
• Accessibility & community care at the heart of practice

💫 Whether you’re seeking deeper presence or a soulful reset, this retreat invites you to listen deeply — to yourself, to the body, and to the subtle song of now.

🔗 Register & learn more (link in bio)

11/25/2025

09/08/2025

Date & Time: Friday September 19, 2025 @ 2:15-3:15 pm pacific

Title of Talk: Spirituality, Psychedelics & Addiction

💫 I am excited to be a featured speaker at the first ever, Beyond Addiction Conference
📅 September 19–21, 2025 | Virtual Summit

This first-of-its-kind gathering explores how plant medicines can support addiction recovery, bringing together world-class researchers, clinicians, thought leaders, practitioners & those with lived experience.

🎤 Featuring: , + more.
🌱 Produced by (SF Psychedelic Society) & (Tam Integration), presented by Etheridge Foundation

✨ Topics we’ll explore:
• Plant medicine treatments for addiction
• Personal stories of healing & transformation
• Trauma, somatics & nervous system repair
• Neuroscience, pattern interruption & neurogenesis
• Roots of addiction & responding to cravings
• Community, integration & long-term recovery

🌍 Addiction is not just a personal struggle—it’s a global crisis of suffering. Plant medicines can help reveal root causes & open new paths to healing.

🔥 Whether you’re on your own recovery path, supporting loved ones, or passionate about this powerful intersection, this conference is for you.

👉 Join us in rewriting the narrative of addiction treatment.
🎟️ Tickets + details at beyondaddiction.love

12/30/2024

Peace EFAMilia.. not sure if we have shared that we have been working with and other comrades around the creation of a healing hub w/ Homefulness.

We were just reflecting on Chairman Fred emphasis on and importance of EDUCATION. Rt here in the bay there is a grassroots social, political, and ecological justice movement for the indigenous, formerly unhoused, formerly incarcerated. Homefulness’ poverty scholars is starting this year off with EDUCATION. Link to tap in. Much guidance and protection. Ase.

08/26/2024

The Trauma Project and .fam EFAM (Essential Food & Medicine), are partnering together to bring Iboga, a west African root bark known for its healing possibilities to support the unhoused, formerly incarcerated, and indigenous communities. EFAM’s Holistic Detox & Recovery Support System (HDRSS) and The Trauma Project share a mission to create alternative healing programs that integrate plant medicines, community, and spiritual support to help participants reclaim their lives, help communities heal from societal and systemic injustice, and create cultural change that promote health and wellness through natural medicines.

GOFundMe https://gofund.me/13709d55 🌲

This partnership with The Trauma Project expands HDRSS to include microdosing with Iboga. This collaboration enhances the holistic approach by offering participants an additional tool for deepening their recovery journey. Iboga, used responsibly in microdoses, helps individuals heal deep-seated traumas, breaking the chains of addiction and facilitating lasting transformation.

This specific initiative is raising the resources to support three participants and their participation in a 6-week journey, including 10 hours of group therapy and individual customized work. We hope to document aspects of this journey to be captured in a film documentary, From Addict to Activist, to amplify the impact of our work by bringing her story to a broader audience. This film will not only document the power of EFAM’s Holistic Detox & Recovery Support System but also serve as a powerful tool to inspire others facing similar challenges. By showcasing the real-life effects of our unique approach—including the use of ancestral medicines like Iboga—From Addict to Activist will raise awareness, attract more support, and spread the message that recovery is not only possible but can lead to profound personal, community, and cultural transformation. The documentary will help us reach new donors, partners, and participants, ultimately expanding the reach and effectiveness of our program.

Please Support!

https://gofund.me/13709d55

06/07/2024

Herb Share
*Cinnamon Basil*
Cardiovascular benefits, Cancer prevention, skin and hair health, bone and connective tissue, digestive tract health, anti-bacterial, and immune system health.

06/04/2024

Taking back our traditions Herb Share
*RUE*
Crushed rue leaves are placed in the ear canal to relieve ear aches and headaches. Externally, rue is applied as a skin antiseptic and insect repellant, as well as a poultice against rheumatic pain.

04/18/2024

Thank you to East Oakland Collective for letting us come and share the medicine of fresh juice with the lovely elder community we need to keep them safe and well 🌱🌿🍊🥕🫚🥤

04/18/2024

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03/28/2024

It’s a big year for us as our org EFAM: Essential Food & Medicine turned 4 this spring!

First off, as one part of Esphera, EFAM is asking for support to continue developing our Holistic Detox and Recovery program from substance abuse via ancestral and root healing work. GoFundMe: https://bit.ly/4cuQcYn Venmo:

Second, Solestial Church, our deeper activation container, is growing to hold Elemental Activism: Rites of Repair and share more indigenous elders/medicine and wisdom traditions. For example, Earth Amplified, our media arm, will film maestro Juan De Kucho in this upcoming trip to Peru, introducing him to our communities.

Thank you for your support as we co-create this New Earth energy by diving directly into roots of repair, reconciliation, and regeneration.

GoFundMe: https://bit.ly/4cuQcYn Venmo:

03/27/2024

Using the medicine of juice to rebuild our relationship I sent her this bottle yesterday a conduit of love since we can't be together just yet ❤️

03/27/2024

Juice team activate medicine for the people