Lead Facilitator & Plant Medicine Specialist

Maxwell has been working with indigenous and psychedelic medicines for over 15 years. Having experienced a past of drug addiction and debilitating sickness in his late teens, he eventually found Kambo medicine and healed himself of these afflictions at the age of 21. Not long after, Max attended Grand Valley University to study Chinese and philosophy, with the hopes of one day becoming a doctor of herbal medicine, and spent many years traveling to China, Japan, and all over East Asia. After several experiences with Ayahuasca and a trip to the Amazon rainforest however, Max eventually decided to change course entirely and instead focus on the exploration and integration of indigenous medicines into the modern context, gradually becoming a prominent teacher and guide for inner healing work over the next decade.

Maxwell continues to study and train in indigenous medicines, experiencing several rites of passage initiations with the African plant medicine Iboga in the last 5 years, as well as living with the Katukina people in Brazil – where he continued learning and integrating the indigenous approach to working with Kambo, Ayahuasca, Rapeh, and Sananga medicine. Today, Maxwell focuses much of his time on the ongoing development of a therapeutic, practice-based, and trauma-informed model of personal development and spiritual healing.

Additionally, later this year, Maxwell and a small team of providers and therapists will be bringing iboga sessions to Thailand, with the focus initially being on 1-1 rebirthing and therapeutic sessions, but with the hopes of eventually offering addiction resolution and detox protocols with the medicine in the future as well.

In addition to his work with indigenous medicines, Maxwell is also a certified Breathwork and TRE practitioner, a practicing Psychedelic Integration and Eudaemonic Wellness Coach, and the author of several books. Maxwell offers weekly classes for the public in Chiangmai, as well as monthly Kambo Warrior Immersions for those looking to more deeply explore the indigenous medicine path as a personal lifestyle. Maxwell currently lives in Chiangmai, Thailand.