
The Nutrition Translator Podcast
Colleen Kuhn, a Registered Dietitian and Plant-Based Health Coach, hosts The Nutrition Translator Podcast—a show dedicated to exploring what it truly means to live a nutritious life. Beyond just food, this podcast delves into nourishing all aspects of well-being, including emotional, spiritual, and physical health.
In each episode, Colleen either engages in enlightening conversations with unique guests on a range of topics such as neuroscience, yoga, psychology, trauma, body image, relationships, sacred plant medicine, and plant-based nutrition, or shares deeply personal insights in solo episodes about her own health journey.
This podcast offers a blend of functional and spiritual guidance, providing listeners with actionable advice and transformative insights to enhance their overall health and life.
The Nutrition Translator Podcast
Medicine Song (Icaro): Calling in the Trees for Protection
I would like to share an Icaro, (medicine song) that is sung in Ayahuasca ceremony in the Mestizo tradition. I call in 2 trees in for protection, Ayahuma (the cannonball tree), and Lupuna Blanca. Ayahuma is regarded as an immensely grounding master plant that can help you to gain resilience and wisdom through releasing past trauma and stored emotion. The warming protective qualities of the Ayahuma spirit can help us access previously unchartered levels of vulnerability. For me, Ayahuma created a wall of protection around me and is like my tree boyfriend :) representing the Sacred Masculine. Lupuna is one of the biggest trees in the Amazon. It stands tall and proud and reminds us to do the same. Connect to this tree to bring you strength, courage, expansion and self-value. For me, when dieting Lupuna, she brought in sparkling, white magic and helped me connect back to my power.
In the song you will hear Spanish lyrics like Poderosa Medicina, which means powerful medicine, Poderoso icaroini, which means powerful icaro, Limpia limpia cuerpocito, which means clean our bodies, Limpia limpia shungoini, clean our hearts, Limpia limpia sentidito, which means clean our thoughts/emotions, and Pura Medicina, which means we are calling in medicine that is pure with love. I recommend to not listen to this icaro while driving. Sending you so much love in your healing journey my friend! Love, Colleen