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Before becoming a tool in my work, Tarot was part of my life I grew up surrounded by birth charts, symbols and archetypes, in a family where astrology and card reading were passed down through generations My maternal grandfather used Tarot in his astrology practice in Lugano for over thirty years. He came from a family tradition: my great-grandfather also worked with astrology and Tarot. My father and many of my uncles used Sibyl cards, which are different from Tarot but belo

A person comes in and says: “I need you to work here” And immediately places a hand on the neck or between the shoulder blades or on the lower back Almost always, the assumption is that the problem is right there A tight muscle A knot A stiff back So the solution seems simple: massage that spot release it apply enough pressure But the body does not always work that way Sometimes that muscle is doing exactly what the body is asking it to do: protect And this is where we need t

In recent years, so-called ancestral medicines and consciousness-altering rituals have increasingly entered Western spiritual and personal-development spaces Ayahuasca, rapé, sananga, ceremonial cacao, psychedelic mushrooms and practices originating in distant traditions now appear in retreats, social media and everyday conversations This is not an article against these practices Nor is it an attempt to demonise them I am interested in a different, perhaps more uncomfortable