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Paititi Plant Profile #001: Noni (with bonus recipe of “The Upliftertjie”, favourite smoothie at Paititi)

posted by Faanito on December 17th, 2012

So I’ve decided to start writing regular articles on some of our resident plant friends here at Paititi. Being a daily consumer and die-hard fan of this BLLLLLESSED fruit, I couldn’t help but start with my good friend Morinda citrifolia – the Noni fruit 🙂 The taste has most often been described as spicy blue […]


Seeking Collaborators for a Study on PTSD

posted by Roman Hanis on October 4th, 2012

As many of you know our organization is continuously evolving in ways that can bring greater benefit to the world. We are currently working on a study in collaboration with a neuroscientist that will document the healing effects of the Amazonian indigenous sacred plant tradition for people that have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). If […]


healing waters for our yahua friends

posted by The Paititi Team on May 8th, 2012

By Roman Hanis We are deeply devoted to the well-being and the environmental health of the world and especially local Amazonian native villages. Many indigenous settlements have been severed from their original natural medicine practices while receiving no tangible help from the government and conventional healthcare system. People also have no clean water sources and […]


Summer 2011 Activities

posted by Mary on September 12th, 2011

A little update on the activities of our Institute these last few month. It has been a powerful and inspirational journey. Upon return home to the rainforest in July we were amazed to find so much plant and vegetation growth – the restoration of the rainforest seems to be moving at an incredible rate.