Franziska

Franziska is a member of the core leadership team of Caya Shobo, and has been an important host, facilitator and guide for our international medicine community since 2015. She is a mother and an artist and holds a diploma in Arts Therapy from the University of Applied Science and Arts in Ottersverg. Franziska grew up in Germany spending most of her time in nature and developing a deep love of plants and ecology, and in her adult life has pursued learning in a vast array of healing and spiritual disciplines. She has been dieting master plants since 2015 and is continuing to develop in her apprenticeship in the Shipibo medicine tradition. Franziska speaks fluent German and English.

“This medicine path came to me in a time where I was stuck and unhappy in my life and didn’t know who to turn to. It literally fell into my lap and at the time I didn’t understand it but went to a retreat not knowing what to expect. It was a powerful first experience but it wasn’t until a year later that I returned and then started to work in this way frequently. As a result my life has been deeply transformed by it. Mostly through the work of dieting I feel like I have undergone a change of personality especially in the way I interact with the world. Now I can’t imagine my life without this powerful tool and am very grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from this community. This path is full of unexpected gifts and it is sometimes not obvious but very subtle where everyone learns together and from each other. I am very happy to share my experiences if they can shed light on what others might be going through.” Franziska