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Ixchel Kinloch, founder and director.
Ixchel Kinloch is the founder and director of IXCHEL Spiritual Clinic, a San Francisco-based practice devoted to the full arc of preparation, ceremony, and integration in psychedelic and consciousness work. Named for the Mayan goddess of medicine, the moon, and childbirth, it is a name she has grown into over years of practice as a guide, retreat leader, and mother of two.
Educated at Harvard and Stanford in African history and international policy, Ixchel brings a lens shaped by questions of culture, power, and responsibility. A classical pianist and longtime Ashtanga practitioner, she approaches music, ritual, and the body not as separate elements, but as essential ways the work itself is held.
“There is a difference between knowing and believing. When we know, there is no doubt.”
Her bare feet poke out of her maxi dress, grounded into the earth. Her energy is calm but fierce.
She's warm but direct, just like the medicine. In her eyes, I catch a wave of true compassion.
36 Hours With Iboga
A long-form account of an Iboga ceremony in Baja, where Ixchel served as a facilitator, fire talk, the eating of the wood, and the healing of the chronically painful cycles carried for years.
The clinic receives by appointment. Those who feel called to begin are invited to a consultation.