Microdosing Ayahuasca

Ayahuasca Microdosing: Insights from Peru for Today’s Psychedelic Field
Ayahuasca, the Amazonian “soul vine,” has been used in sacred contexts for thousands of years. What few realize is that its microdosing practices existed ancestrally, even without DMT (the illegal component), as a way for healing and restoration in daily life. Today, this ancient knowledge is being systematically studied for the first time. Álvaro Zárate, founder of Microhuasca, leads one of the world’s most comprehensive programs on microdosing with ayahuasca and other sacred medicines, described by Dr. James Fadiman as “the most complete” he has ever seen.

With over 700 documented cases in more than 20 countries, his team combines the wisdom of healers with the expertise of scientists, psychologists, engineers, and health professionals. Their findings show that microdosing is not just a modern trend, but a profound process of transformation, which helped them redefine psychedelic integration as we know it and brings up insights that can be applied for both micro and macrodosing.

Operating from Peru, in a context where these practices are not prohibited, Microhuasca has been able to build protocols, methods and tools and test them directly in the field, with real people and real communities. This unique positioning opens opportunities for collaboration, innovation, legal openings and dialogue between Latin America and Europe, bridging ancestral knowledge and modern approaches in ways rarely seen on the global stage.

Bio
Álvaro Zárate is a Peruvian leader in plant medicine innovation. He co-founded Microhuasca, a pioneering therapeutic program and certification school for microdosing Ayahuasca and other sacred medicines. He also co-founded the Federación Iberoamericana de Psicodélicos y Enteógenos (FIPE), which gathers key organizations in the Latin American psychedelic ecosystem, and the venture-builder Cosmovision, incubating psychedelic projects across the Spanish-speaking world. Previously, Álvaro played a key role in Peru’s startup ecosystem, advising governments and incubators on innovation, and teaching entrepreneurship, including as academic director and postgraduate professor in private universities in the region.