About Deyan
Since 2003, he has followed a deep calling to work with traditional and natural medicines. For many years, he worked as a medical and Ayurvedic massage therapist. He is also a certified yoga and meditation teacher, as well as a Vedic counsellor.
In 2008, he experienced Ayahuasca medicine for the first time. In his visions, he received a clear instruction to go to the Amazon jungle and study with the plant spirits. After several more ceremonies confirming this message, he finally traveled to Peru at the end of 2009.
From early 2010, he lived for many years in the Peruvian Amazon, studying the traditional healing methods and Ayahuasca work with various teachers. Continuously growing on his path as a Naturista, he regularly dedicates time to studies and shamanic dietas.
His curiosity for new natural remedies, along with the help of a friend, led him in 2011 to a community of the Matsés tribe near the Brazilian border in Peru. There, he encountered Kambo medicine for the first time. During his initial session, he felt a deep connection with the frog spirit and was inspired to work with it.
The Matsés tribe has a long-standing tradition with Kambo, and at that time, this work was still rare. It was a true blessing for him to receive his first teachings directly from them. He learned their traditional methods of application and medicine extraction, but to deepen his spiritual connection with the Kambo, he followed the advice of his Ayahuasca and Naturista teacher and undertook a Kambo dieta. This process gave him a profound spiritual understanding of the medicine that extended beyond the Matses teachings.
By the end of 2011, he began working with Kambo internationally. Over the following years, his approach became increasingly holistic, adapting the work to better suit Western needs and contexts.
In early 2013, he contracted malaria. Despite trying various treatments, nothing brought long-term healing. Over the course of eight months, he suffered five bouts of malaria. Eventually, a combination of green juice fasting and Kambo applications cured him completely. This powerful healing experience, along with many others he has witnessed, remains a central motivation for his work with this medicine.
In 2016, he began offering Kambo practitioner trainings and has since safely trained more than 200 people in how to work responsibly and effectively with this powerful medicine.