Plant Medicine Portals Code of Ethics

At the heart of the Plant Medicine Portal lies a deep commitment to upholding the highest ethical standards in service to those walking the path of plant medicine healing and integration. Our Virtual Village is a sacred space where facilitators, integrators, and practitioners come together in shared wisdom, support, and accountability. We recognize the profound power of these medicines and the responsibility required to guide others with humility, care, and discernment.

This Code of Ethics serves as the foundation for our virtual village, ensuring that all members—whether seasoned facilitators,emerging practitioners, or members of the community—honor the principles of safety, accountability, integrity, and nourishment in every aspect of their work and how they show up.

 

1. Commitment to Safety

Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-being:
We prioritize the safety of every individual within our Virtual Village, ensuring that all practices, ceremonies, and integration work are conducted with the highest level of care. This includes:

• Providing informed consent and clear communication regarding the nature of plant medicine work.

• Creating safe, trauma-informed spaces that respect the physical, emotional, and energetic boundaries of participants.

• Recognizing and addressing power dynamics between guides and participants to prevent coercion or manipulation.

• Encouraging facilitators and integrators to maintain proper training in crisis intervention, harm reduction, and emergency response.

• Respecting the unique healing journey of each person, avoiding dogma, forceful interventions, or prescriptive healing models.

 

2. Accountability & Ethical Responsibility

Holding Ourselves and Each Other to High Standards:
Our Virtual Village thrives on mutual accountability, where all members are responsible for upholding ethical integrity in their work. This includes:

• Engaging in ongoing self-reflection and peer feedback to maintain ethical clarity.

• Being transparent about personal limitations and referring participants to other qualified professionals when necessary.

• Acknowledging and repairing harm when mistakes occur, using restorative practices to heal breaches of trust.

• Adhering to ethical financial practices, ensuring that exchanges of energy and compensation are fair, transparent, and accessible.

• Addressing any conflicts or ethical concerns through community-based mediation and resolution processes.

 

3. Integrity in Facilitation & Integration

Walking the Path with Honesty and Respect:
As stewards of sacred plant medicines, we commit to acting with integrity in all our interactions and practices, ensuring that:

• We honor the lineages, traditions, and cultural origins of plant medicines, avoiding appropriation or commodification.

• We maintain personal integrity by engaging in our own inner work before guiding others.

• We provide truthful, non-exaggerated representations of our skills, experiences, and offerings.

• We avoid making false claims about healing outcomes, instead encouraging participants to trust their own process.

• We establish clear boundaries between facilitators, integrators, and participants, ensuring that personal relationships do not compromise professional ethics.

 

4. Nourishment & Collective Well-being

A Virtual Village Rooted in Support, Growth, and Reciprocity:
We recognize that true healing occurs within a nourishing ecosystem of support, care, and reciprocity. As part of the Virtual Village, we are committed to:

• Providing mentorship and guidance to new facilitators, ensuring the ethical transmission of knowledge.

• Encouraging sustainable, regenerative relationships with plant medicines, land, and indigenous communities.

• Supporting the well-being of our fellow practitioners, ensuring that no one carries the burden of service alone.

• Cultivating an environment of deep listening, non-judgment, and heart-centered presence.

• Upholding the balance of giving and receiving, ensuring that the work is not extractive but mutually enriching for all involved.

 

Final Commitment

As members of the Plant Medicine Portal, we pledge to live by these principles, knowing that our integrity as facilitators, integrators, and guides is not just about what we do, but how we show up—for ourselves, for each other, and for the spirit of the medicines we serve.

Through safety, accountability, integrity, and nourishment, we create a Virtual Village where deep healing, authentic connection, and ethical stewardship of plant medicines can flourish.