Elisa Fusi

I am an Italian molecular biologist with a research focus on human pathology, mycology, neuroscience and ecology.  Early raised as a visionary herbalist and writer, after being graduated in Herbal Medicine in London and having worked in laboratories in Europe, Madagascar and Cambodia, I started an ongoing investigation on folk medicine, ancestral rituals and indigenous culture all over the world. I am also a PNEI (PsychoNeuroEndocrineImmunology) practictioner and Psycho-oncologists offering advice and support to people with cancer and chronic disorders at my open clinic in Costa Rica. I studied and lived with different ethnic groups like the Malagasy and Merina of Madagascar, the Kunas and Naso of Panama, the Quillacinga of Colombia, the Q’eqchí and other Mayan groups of Guatemala, the Mazatecs and Mixtecs people of Mexico, the Kichwas of Ecuador and the Shipibo Conibo of Peru.Later I obtained a diploma in Mayan Medicine issued by the Mayan Medicine Institute of Guatemala with the faculty of diffusing the ancient Mayan knowledge. I have been recently trained with Kambo by the Matses  people,  promoting several initiatives for protecting the rights of the land and the people of the Amazonian basin. After a near-death experience my quest for a more complete understanding of human consciousness became stronger. I then founded an environmental organization called YouAreHome and later in 2012 I created Alquimia, an educational Centre and intentional space for promoting alternative teachings on herbalism, shamanism and alchemy,  located in the Guatemalan rainforest. With an active team of volunteers and teachers, I currently moved the Centre to Costa Rica where to start a profound connection with the ancient shamanic practices and continue in promoting re-forestation and conservation projects.