Media

Onaya’s work encompasses a range of disciplines - from medicine and mental health to spirituality and ethics.

The team is committed to sharing knowledge beyond academic circles.

Accessible & interdisciplinary insights

Below is a selection of public education style podcasts and interviews, as well as talks and news articles involving Onaya and the team.

Talks & Interviews


Sonya Morton Firth Show

THE BENEFITS OF PLANT-BASED MEDICINE with Dr Simon Ruffell

AYAHUASCA, ENTITIES & SHIPIBO SCIENCE with Dr Simon Ruffell

AYAHUASCA: FROM THE JUNGLE TO THE LAB with Dr Simon Ruffell

SET, SETTING AND TRANSCULTURAL PSYCHIATRY with Dr Simon Ruffell

SHOULD PSYCHEDELICS BE USED IN MEDICINE? with Dr Simon Ruffell

AYAHUASCA with Dr Simon Ruffell and Professor David Nutt

HOW DOES PSYCHEDELIC-ASSISTED THERAPY DIFFER IN CLINICAL AND RETREAT SETTINGS? with Dr Simon Ruffell and Dr Ros Watts

AYAHUASCA, PSILOCYBIN AND. THE PERUVIAN AMAZON with Dr Simon Ruffell

MODULATORY EFFECTS OF AYAHUASCA ON PERSONALITY STRUCTURE with Dr Simon Ruffell and Nige Netzband

News & Articles


  • A Phenomenology of Subjectively Relevant Experiences Induced by Ayahuasca in Upper Amazon Vegetalismo Tourism

    9 November 2023

  • The Pharmacological Interaction of Compounds in Ayahuasca: A Systematic Review

    16 October 2023

  • Can Psychedelic Plants Treat Mental Health Conditions? New Study on Ayahuasca Assesses its Impact on War Veterans with PTSD

    11 May 2023

  • Are We Appropriating or “Drawing Inspiration” from Ayahuasca’s Complex Healing Legacy?

    8 May 2023

  • Modulatory Effects of Ayahuasca on Personality Structure in a Traditional Framework

    7 December 2022

  • Veterans’ Psychedelic Trip to Peru Banished the Demons of War

    28 November 2022

  • Ceremonial Ayahuasca in Amazonian Retreats: Mental Health and Epigenetic Outcomes From a Six-Month Naturalistic Study

    25 November 2022

  • First-Ever Study Looks At Ayahuasca’s Impact On DNA Expression

    10 October 2021

  • Ayahuasca, Magic Mushrooms and Psychiatry: an Interview with Dr. Simon Ruffell

    13 January 2021

  • Ayahuasca Research: Where Science Meets Spirituality

    29 June 2021

  • New Study Shows Ayahuasca’s Benefits When Used in a Traditional Setting

    7 August 2020

  • Psychedelics and the Default Mode Network

    2 April 2020

  • First Government-Funded Study Into Ayahuasca

    1 April 2020

  • Studies Lift the Veil on Psychedelic Brew Ayahuasca, its Mental Health Benefits and Potential to Treat Depression and Trauma

    1 April 2020

  • Scot Squad Actor Darren Connell Ate Psychedelic Tree Bark to Beat Depression

    23 August 2019