When Is the Right Time to Begin Your Plant Medicine Journey?

The first step is rarely taken lightly.

When Is the Right Time to Begin Your Plant Medicine Journey? For many who feel the call of the sacred mushrooms, Ayahuasca, or other plant teachers, there is a quiet tug beneath the surface. A whisper that something in life wants to shift. And yet fear arises. Doubt. The mind searches for perfect conditions. You think, maybe later. When I’m more ready. When life is more stable. When I’m less afraid.

This is natural. I’ve heard this from many seekers who’ve heard the call for years, quietly circling the medicine, unsure when to finally say yes.

Some prefer to begin in private, not yet comfortable with the rawness that ceremony can stir in community. Others ask if a lighter medicine might be a gentler first step. And then there are those who sign up and cancel at the last minute, spooked by something they read online, or a fear they couldn’t quite name.

It’s okay. This work is no small thing.

I, too, lingered for years before I stepped into my first ceremony. I received newsletters, watched videos, listened to the stories. Something deep inside was drawn, yet I waited. It wasn’t until I finally said yes despite the tremble in my chest that I understood. After that first night with the medicine, the words that came were the same I now hear from countless others:I wish I had done this sooner.

The direction of my life shifted from that moment.

The Truth About Readiness

The truth is, there may never be a moment when you feel completely ready. And sometimes, the time when you feel least prepared is exactly when the medicine can meet you most powerfully.

I’ve held space for people at their lowest grieving, heartbroken, disoriented, afraid. And over and over, I’ve watched them emerge with clarity, strength, and a sense of peace that wasn’t available before.

One woman joined a ceremony while she could lose her brother any moment. She thought it would be too much. But in that space, surrounded by prayer and plants and safety, she was able to grieve in a way that was not heavy, but holy. The medicine didn’t remove her sadness it transformed it into something sacred.

The idea that we must first be “in a good place” to sit with the medicine is a myth. Sometimes the disorientation, the brokenness, the confusion that is the exact place from which the soul longs to rise.

What matters most is not perfection. What matters is your willingness. Your desire for truth. Your readiness to take responsibility for your healing not to fix yourself, but to remember who you truly are beneath the noise.

Is This Journey for You?

If you're feeling lost, unanchored, or uncertain don’t wait for the perfect time. The medicine meets you exactly where you are.

And if you're reading this, it's likely you’ve already been called.

That call may not be loud. It might be a subtle curiosity, a persistent sense that something more is waiting. That’s enough. That’s where it begins.

Of course, not everyone is meant for this work, and not every moment is the right one. Safety always comes first. You must be medically cleared. You must trust the space and the facilitators. These are non-negotiables. But once those boxes are checked once the call is heard the choice becomes simple.

You book. You pack. You show up.

Not to escape. But to return.

To the truth of who you are. To the soul you forgot beneath the noise. To the path that’s been patiently waiting, just beneath your feet.