Hear some local testimonials of Indigenous Medicine and Modalities

December 22, 2022

It's been a month since i began my 90-day ceremony of Iboga and I am amazed at the healing that's been done to my brain.  My mind is calm, even in stressful situations.  I'm quicker to admit I'm wrong, I'm slower to anger, and my emotions are hanging out in the average lane rather than massive peaks and valleys. 

Urges to drink and do drugs are still gone.

Trauma that used to define me, plague my mind and control my trigger responses no longer live in my mind. 

Most importantly, my relationship with myself has grown tenfold.  I love myself.  I'm confident with my skills.  I accept all of me and push myself to grow because of love.  

I've made mistakes, and the best part is that they remain mistakes.  Not things added to why I'm not worth.  I am so worth of love, acceptance and all the blessings my Lord Savior wants to give.

I'm so happy.  Even when I'm sad, mad, stressed, tired, etc... there's a peace underneath it all. 

Thank you, Jenn Lotusson-Phillips, and ONAC of The Lotus Sanctuary for changing my life.

-Janelle N. 

November 18th, 2025

I wanted to thank the people who helped support me and get me through the struggles I've been facing.  Watching myself lose my spark was the hardest thing I've ever been through in my life.  When nobody else believed in me a few people didn't give up on me.  Finding myself again and getting another chance is absolutely a blessing.  I am truly indebted to Dr. Jenn Lotusson-Phillips at ONAC University of Indigenous Medicine & The Lotus Sanctuary.  She changes lives and changed mine tremendously! To all the staff at ONAC for the care and treatment these past 6 weeks it was truly magical and genuine.  Thank you to all the wonderful staff, God bless all of you.  All of you are amazing people with big hearts.  

If you are a veteran or anyone who struggles with addiction, PTSD, depression, anxiety or any mental discomfort and have tried traditional rehabs, therapy, AA, and outpatient organizations with endless medications and prescriptions with no success, I can highly recommend Iboga treatment for a better life!  Sometimes life doesn't work out, doors close, people walk away, but don't give up! The suffering will pass.  Try this! It works! God bless all of you and thank God for another opportunity. 

Angel S., Veteran and Helicopter Pilot

12/19/2025

There are truly no words to describe the miracles that have taken place for me since I chose to sit with the sacred medicine Iboga.

I was that person whose life turned out to be the opposite of what I had wanted and planned. I was plagued with PTSD, addiction, and depression. I accepted this way of life as my lot and pushed through while silently suffering.

Iboga gave me complete and full healing. I couldn’t even comprehend what a healed version of myself would look like, and it seemed absolutely impossible. Now that I am living it, I am deeply grateful for this Sacred Medicine that gave me the opportunity to truly surrender what was holding me back, and grateful to God for showing me He is truly the God of impossible miracles.

The word I would use to describe my experience is FREEDOM. 

Freedom from mental illnesses, Freedom from the entanglement of bad relationships, Freedom from physical issues, Freedom from addictions, Freedom from self-deprecation, Freedom from suicidal thoughts, Freedom from negative thinking, Freedom from insomnia, Freedom from a busy mind, Freedom from holding my breath, Freedom from PTSD, Freedom from expectations, and Freedom to just be myself.

This only covers the surface of miracles.

I’m 2 years in and still basking in the healed. I have not reverted back to the old chains that held me captive.

Where each day was full of darkness and gloom, I now live in the light and experience all the beautiful colors.
Where I was filled with depression, I am full of gratitude and joy every moment of everyday. Where I could not breathe in the midst of anxiety, I now take full breaths, and my lungs are full to the brim. 

The facilitators and healers at this clinic will forever be considered family to me. They are truly God sent and held sacred space for me to heal. I walked out the door as a new person ready for a second chance at life.

When we choose to surrender all that binds us, we soar.

When we choose the aid of sacred medicine it helps lift the things that are crushing us or holding us back so we can truly be free.
 

I will be forever grateful and give reverence to the Sacred Medicine Iboga.

If you want true freedom and healing- this is a path. 

J. S., Teacher, Facilitator, Healer

04/2026 

My experience with Lotus Sanctuary and my work with Iboga has been profound, deeply personal — and not always easy. I came after many years of spiritual work, therapy, and plant medicine, including a long and difficult kundalini awakening that left my nervous system highly sensitive. Although I honor them all, I came to Lotus Sanctuary looking for something lasting — healing at the root rather than just another layer.

The Iboga ceremony itself was challenging and largely physical. There were moments of doubt and discomfort, and the medicine did not offer a classic life review. What it offered instead was something much deeper — a long, quiet reorganization that continues to unfold. It took me some time to understand that the work was happening below the level of vision or story.

For the first time in my life, I am sleeping deeply and consistently, with vivid dreams that feel healing rather than disturbing. The dreams feel like my psyche completing unfinished work without me having to manage or interpret it. Nighttime had always felt unsafe to my body due to early trauma, and I don’t believe I had ever truly dropped into deep sleep since childhood. That has changed.

Energetically and emotionally, something fundamental has shifted. There is less internal noise, less vigilance, and a clear sense of reset in my nervous system. I feel calmer, clearer, and more present in my body. Old patterns of hyper-vigilance, self-abandonment, and over-functioning have fallen away without force. There is also a noticeable loosening of attachment — thoughts, beliefs, and even relationships no longer feel so sticky. 

One of the more difficult aspects of this process has been relational. As my energy has shifted, some connections have fallen away. It has been painful but also clarifying. The medicine made me more coherent, and what no longer resonates has released on its own.

Spiritually, I’ve noticed a surprising shift as well. Symbols and icons that I had on my alter and in my space now feel complete — not rejected, simply no longer needed. What’s replaced them is a more inward, embodied sense of connection. Less striving, less ritual, more presence.

A few months post ceremony - I am still micro-dosing and continuing to integrate, but the changes are real, embodied, and lasting. Despite the doubts I had during the ceremony, something fundamental has shifted. This experience has returned me to myself in a way that feels quiet, grounded, and true. 

Words cannot express how deeply grateful I am for this sacred medicine and for the care, integrity, and love with which this work is offered by Dr. Jenn and the team at Lotus Sanctuary. I felt safe, held, and supported.

With love,
Lisa   

12/2025

First of all, words absolutely cannot express how grateful I am for this medicine, the clinic and the people I have met, how amazing they are, and how they professionally and lovingly prepare people to sit with this sacred medicine.  

Iboga has given me the opportunity to choose to change my life forever.  It has given me freedom from my old destructive patterns.  It has healed me of traumas and has given me a deep sense of peace and fulfillment of just being.  I feel fulfilled by just being alive. It's so weird and so amazing and beautiful. 

My unhealthy codependency is gone, my anxieties are gone, and my addictions are gone and so much more.  I choose to continue down this path.  It takes work and I'm all for it.  My life is so much better because of it, and because of that my wife and kids; lives are better because of it. I highly, highly recommend this clinic and all that they have to offer here, especially iboga.  So thankful to God for creating all the sacred plant medicines here on earth. 

-Lucas, 12/2025