Lila is a transpersonal psychologist and integrative psychotherapist, transpersonal thanatologist, somatic therapist, herbalist, curandero, activist, advocate of the mystical experience, and lover of the mystery, of psychosis, and of the gaze of panthers at night. He is the director of the non-profit AWE (www.awe.ngo) through which he coordinates projects with shamanic communities from Central Africa, Mexico, and the Amazon; and serves as the director of the Psychedelic Therapy Training (www.psychedelicmedicine.net). He has been learning to heal with power plants from his family and community since 7 years old, and has been collaborating with other indigenous communities for twenty years.