About Andrew Edmonds

Trained in the Amazon, grounded on the Central Coast

I didn't come to this work through a straight line. My early adult life was shaped by science and philosophy — a materialist view of the world that had an answer for everything except, eventually, for me. I burned out. The framework that had explained so much stopped explaining anything that mattered.

What pulled me back was slower and less certain than any theory: meditation, time in nature, and a growing sense that meaning wasn't something to be argued into existence — it was something to be met. That meeting eventually took me to Peru, where I trained in shamanic healing traditions and became a Tabaquero — a carrier of Mapacho, the sacred tobacco medicine of the Amazon.

From ceremony to the therapy room

Ceremony taught me things psychotherapy training alone never could — about the body, about what actually shifts when someone feels safe enough to let go of what they've been holding. I went on to train formally in Counselling and Processwork Psychotherapy, and I am a PACFA-registered counsellor (PACFA-CPC certified). Alongside that I trained as a Reiki Master/Teacher and across the Ashati, Seichem and Golden Dragon energy-healing lineages, and completed Mind Medicine Australia's Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies (CPAT) as Australia's legal frameworks for psychedelic-assisted treatment have developed.

I've been working with plant-medicine ceremony since 2018, and I've trained more than fifty practitioners across the energy-healing lineages I teach. None of it replaces the others — the shamanic work, the psychotherapy training, the energy healing all sit together in how I work with people now.

Where the work happens

La Tierra Curativa is my home and permaculture property at 55 Glen Rd, Ourimbah, on the Central Coast NSW — a lush valley where ceremonies, sessions and overnight stays happen in one place. I also travel regularly to hold ceremonies and sessions in Gold Coast and Sydney.

How I work

Every piece of work — whether it's a ceremony, a shamanic healing session, integration support or counselling — starts with a conversation. I want to know it's the right fit and the right time before anything is confirmed. If that sounds like what you need, get in touch.