177: Natural Healing Show with Catherine Carrigan & guest Traditional Colombian healer Daniel Solarte177: Natural Healing Show with Catherine Carrigan & guest Traditional Colombian healer Daniel Solarte
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Traditional healer Daniel Solarte shares the meaning and structure of a Colombian creator dance that combines movement, chant and plant medicines. The conversation focuses on returning to the heart, collective healing and stepping into a ‘new dawn’ for humanity.
45:58•7 Jun 2026
Dancing into a New Dawn: Traditional Colombian Healing with Daniel Solarte
Episode Overview
- Healing is framed as a process of remembering and “going back to the heart”, using movement, chant and plant medicines together.
- Anyone can join the dance, regardless of background or experience, as long as they approach the community with respect and follow simple preparation guidelines.
- The dance is structured as a ritual spiral, using rhythm and repeated steps to quiet mental chatter and release tension held in the body.
- Master plants such as yopo, ayahuasca root and tobacco are presented as tools to access clarity, intention and connection, rather than as recreational substances.
- Staying a few days before and after the dance is recommended to ground, integrate and receive guidance from elders for lasting change.
“We are not dancing to create because everything is done. We are dancing to transform humankind.”
What makes a recovery story truly inspiring? This conversation on UK Health Radio’s Natural Healing Show brings a fresh angle by linking sobriety, emotional healing and spiritual connection through an ancient Colombian dance. Medical intuitive healer and author Catherine Kerrigan speaks with traditional Colombian healer Daniel Solarte about Tsamanimonae Petaxunamuto, a creation dance practised three times a year in an indigenous Sikwani community.
Daniel explains that for his people, time is a spiral and the dance comes from “the ancient world”, where the creator beings danced the earth into form. Now, he says, “we are dancing to transform humankind.” You’ll hear how people from across the globe gather in Colombia for three intense days of movement, chanting and plant medicines such as yopo, ayahuasca root and tobacco.
Daniel stresses that no dance experience is needed and everyone is welcome, provided they respect simple preparations like avoiding other psychedelics, pharmaceuticals and sexual activity for a few days around the event. Rather than focusing on performance, the dance is presented as a way to reconnect with the heart, quiet the “monkey mind” and shift long-held patterns. Daniel links remembering to the Spanish word “recordar”, noting its root meaning “to go back to the heart”.
He shares stories of participants who arrive tense and doubtful yet leave “full of motivation, purpose, full of energy”. For anyone in recovery or feeling stuck, the episode offers a look at how collective rhythm, intention and indigenous wisdom might support healing, especially during times of global uncertainty. It’s a gentle invitation to ask: what would change if you treated your body as a gateway to memory, meaning and a “new dawn” for humanity?
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