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September 6, 2026 · 1 min read

The role of music and sound in an Ayahuasca ceremony

In this video, Pamela Dharani, our Shaman at Portals Retreat, explains what the chantings and frequencies are doing in a ceremony.

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Can you tell us just a little bit about how music plays a role in the ayahuasca ceremony? Well, think music is the language of the soul, is the language of the universe. There's a story where when God was creating humanity, he didn't know how to put the great spirit inside this body. The angels start playing music and it's through that frequency that the soul was able to connect with the body.

think that's a very beautiful metaphor of understanding the frequencies of music. And when we are in this connection with nature and with the subconscious and

the spiritual realms that ayahuasca opens the door for us. The way that we can be guided to make the work is through the frequencies and vibrations and the chantings are the ones that are creating the geometries that transform the information in our body and this is how the body gets healed through the shifting of the information that we carry into the new geometry that the plants are

creating through the noises and the voices that

the shaman, in this case me, are channeling. Wow, it's so amazing to have it so clear that it really is about the sound creates vibration which awakens sacred geometries. The sacred geometries move into the body, allow the body to become more aligned with its ancient patterns. And ayahuasca really is the medicine that opens the space for this type of healing to happen.

Pamela Dharani calls music the language of the soul and the language of the universe.

She tells a story to explain it. When God was creating humanity, he did not know how to put the great spirit inside the body. The angels started playing music, and it was through that frequency that the soul was able to connect with the body.

In ceremony, she says, the way we can be guided to do the work is through frequencies and vibrations. The chantings are what create the geometries that transform the information we carry in the body, and that is how the body is healed: the information we carry shifts into the new geometry the plants are creating, through the noises and the voices the shaman channels.

The full answer is in the video above, and the transcript is underneath it.

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