There are few voices we trust more than Jimena’s when it comes to preparing people for one of the most profound experiences of their lives. A therapist, practitioner, and curious explorer of consciousness, Jimena has spent years sitting with the questions that matter most, and now she’s written them down.
Her article, “The Ibogaine Journey: On Navigation,” is the kind of piece we wish existed when many of us first began asking questions about ibogaine. It doesn’t sell an outcome. It doesn’t promise transformation. What it does is orient you — honestly, carefully, and with great depth of care.
Inside, Jimena walks through the full arc of the experience: the acute visionary phase, the reflective hours that follow, and the tender post-acute window where real integration begins. She challenges one of the most common misconceptions, that if you didn’t have visions, something went wrong, and offers a more spacious truth: that profound work can happen in silence, in darkness, in subtle awareness.
She also shares something rarely put into words this clearly: how to actually navigate the experience as it unfolds. Drawing from lucid dreaming, Gestalt therapy, somatic practice, Vipassana, and the Bwiti tradition, she offers frameworks that are both ancient and deeply practical.
We are honored to have Jimena’s voice as part of our team, and even more honored to share this offering with our community.