A dense stand of tall mature Huachuma columns growing among dry grass, a hillside and blue sky behind

Books and Notes Other people’s work

Trout’s Notes

Keeper Trout has done the most thorough work on these cacti that exists, and much of it is free at troutsnotes.com.

  • Pachanoi or Pachanot is where to start. It is the fastest way to see what the common garden plant actually is.
  • There is an extensive book on the alkaloids these cacti carry, for anybody who wants more than mescaline in the answer.

An alkaloid list is only as long as the analysis that made it, which is worth holding on to before comparing one plant with another.

Four Books

Javier Regueiro came to Peru in 2004, built a healing center of his own by hand, and wrote four books. The first of them is one of the most honest written in English about this plant.

  • San Pedro / Huachuma: Opening the Pathways of the Heart
  • Ayahuasca: Soul Medicine of the Amazon Jungle
  • The Toé / Datura Diaries
  • A Gift of Love: Poems, Prayers, and Stories from the Long and Dusty Road

Every Episode Fourteen conversations

Plant More, Worry Less has been running since August 2025. Newest first, with a line on what each one is about.

Each one plays on the podcast page, with Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube beside it.

The Megaphone and the WhisperSeptember 7, 2026. Our first conversation about Iboga, and it turned out to be a conversation about almost everything.
The Wonderful Web of HuachumaAugust 20, 2026. A full season in Peru: two retreats in the Sacred Valley, a pilgrimage to the temple at Chavín de Huántar, and a first diet with Huachuma.
Seed to CeremonyApril 23, 2026. Growing from seed to ceremony, and one grower’s approach to propagation.
Heart Mind Over Logical MindApril 7, 2026. What a decade of devoted work with this plant actually looks like, and the difference between the logical mind and the heart mind.
Soul Rewilding and the Breath of ReturnMarch 9, 2026. Breathwork and somatic practice, why freedom asks for structure, and what integration really means.
Keeper of the CactusFebruary 26, 2026. Tending land, planting grandfathers, and the long road to Huachuma.
Into the Sacred AndesJanuary 28, 2026. What a stay in the Sacred Valley involves: the ceremonies, the cooking, and planting cactus at the garden.
When Grandfather Sits on the Back PorchJanuary 12, 2026. Why this plant asks to be met halfway, and why integration is most of the work.
The Blueprint Behind the MedicineDecember 17, 2025. Embodiment over intellectual spirituality, and telling a true calling from a decision made by the mind.
Opening to the Cactus ConsciousnessNovember 21, 2025. The questions listeners ask most: the species, the alkaloids beyond mescaline, and how to find a facilitator.
The ChakanaNovember 6, 2025. The Andean cross, and how one teacher wove it into a yoga practice.
The KnowingSeptember 28, 2025. A near-death experience, and the long road through plant medicine that followed it.
Ross’s Journey Through Plant MedicineSeptember 2, 2025. A chance meeting in the Amazon jungle, the teachers it led to, and the seeds of what became this Foundation.
Plant More, Worry Less Podcast, Episode 1August 4, 2025. Where the Foundation came from, what Huachuma is, and how Pray More, Worry Less became Plant More, Worry Less.

On This Site Written here

Six pages that answer a question and ask for nothing.

What Huachuma Is

A group of tall Andean cacti rather than one species.

Where Huachuma Grows

Where the plant comes from, and where it is planted now.

Growing Huachuma

A harvest can leave more plants standing than it started with.

Choosing a Facilitator

What to ask before you decide who to sit with.

Huachuma at Chavín

The plant carved into a temple three thousand years old.

The Taray Garden

The preservation garden in the Sacred Valley.

Facilitator Ethics

What we look for in the people who hold this medicine.

Our Story

How the Foundation started, and what it has done since.

Podcast

Plant More, Worry Less, every episode.

The Garden Taray, Sacred Valley