Nicolas Canon

Words I'm sitting with: “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” - Maya Angelou 🔥Fireside Chat: I finally did it! Hey Reader Quick one. For over a decade people have been asking me if I have a podcast.. I didn't. At the beginning I did not feel I had a message worth sharing, and then I just did not think most people had the attention span. But I then remembered that my audience isn't dopameme-chasing teenagers, but devoted & driven adults. Just like you. And...

Words I'm sitting with: "You keep forgetting you are your oldest friend." 🔥Fireside Chat: The ugly drawing This changed the course of my life, Reader When I was 3 years old, my kindergarten teacher asked us to draw our home. I drew a house, some trees next to it and a heart.. except halfway through, I forgot what a heart was supposed to look like.. And what colour it was supposed to be. So I drew it green and skewed.. "hold my baby bottle.." It was a pretty average drawing for a kid that age....

Words I'm sitting with: “To love without knowing how to love wounds the person we love.” Thich Nhat Hanh 🔥Fireside Chat: My biggest mistake When I separated from my wife, there was a thought I replayed over and over in my head Reader. "How did this happen?" See, my ex wife and I drank ayahuasca together 100+ times. We meditated next to each other in the mornings.. We even had clear written and signed agreements about how we handled conflict, quarterly 'couple reviews' and multi-year visions +...

Words I'm sitting with: Unattended roots bear bitter fruits - Nico Canon 🔥Fireside Chat: The other day, I nearly had an accident on my bike Reader As I was riding, a venomous snake crawled out of the dashboard and stared at me. Don't get me wrong, I love snakes… Just not on my handlebars, staring into my eyes, while I'm speeding down the middle of a busy road. I managed to jump off and sort of run alongside the bike as it slowed down, so I wouldn't drop it or get bitten. The road was busy, so...

Words I'm sitting with: Before I try to transcend life, I want to honor God by fully living it. 🔥Fireside Chat: Party Granny Last weekend I danced with my 88-year old grandma and a handful of Colombian aunts who once changed my diapers. I was sipping an alcohol-free piña colada, watching my dad take shots of aguardiente (Colombian liquor) with my uncles while my cousins danced old-school reggaeton on the dance floor. What shocked me was that I was neither indulging, nor judging. If you're new...

Words I'm sitting with: Everything you dismiss will come back to you and you will call it destiny.. for that which you disown, owns you. 🔥Fireside Chat: Your Lover wears the face of your Mother. Yesterday as I drove my mother to the airport I got nostalgic. She stayed with me these past two months to help me set up 'Yantra House' (our new mini-retreat + community gathering space). Ram Dass was right when he said: "If you think you're enlightened try spending a week with your family." I had...

Words I'm sitting with: A child who is not embraced by the village will eventually burn it down just to feel its warmth - African proverb pre-ceremony w/ my mother 🔥My mother used to beat me up as a child... We've sat in over 20 Ayahuasca ceremonies together and she's now my right hand in the healing retreats I host (and a loving mother to everyone who walks through our doors.) I want to share with you how we got from there to here, and what I've learned about healing the mother wound.. So.....

Words I'm sitting with: Triggers aren't proof that someone hurt you. They're proof they touched the place where you were already hurting yourself. - Nicolas Canon 🔥Fireside Chat: I thought my dad was kicking me out! Yesterday I moved into my new home in Colombia but when I was unpacking I saw a few bags that made me freeze. See, after my separation I decided to sell everything and leave Toronto. My entire life was reduced to six luggage bags. I had a few retreats in Colombia and work in Dubai...

Words I'm sitting with: That which can be destroyed by the truth should be. P. C. Hodgell 🔥Fireside Chat: The Main Lesson (from my divorce) Last year, my wife and I separated. If you follow me on Instagram, you may have already known that. I have not shared much about it. Until now. So since it's been one of my greatest initiations and it's taught me more than any Ayahuasca ceremony, I wanted to share the golden nuggets with you. My elder used to hold my shoulder, as we sat by the fire, and...