For over six years, Iowaska Church of Healing has been courageously navigating the legal, spiritual, and humanitarian path toward full religious recognition and protection under U.S. law. Our work includes a sustained and determined pursuit of exemption from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) through the DEA, alongside our pursuit of 501(c)(3) public charity status from the IRS.

These efforts are not simply bureaucratic milestones: they are sacred acts of preservation. Our mission is to legally protect the right to spiritual communion, religious freedom, and the sacramental use of Ayahuasca, while focusing our purpose on serving one of the most underserved and spiritually wounded populations in the nation: veterans and their families.

With trauma, PTSD, and moral injury at historic levels, we are committed to offering a sanctuary where those who have carried the burdens of war can find healing, awakening, and a path to wholeness. This commitment is shaped by our powerful leadership: BaBa DaDo, a survivor of brutal war himself, whose lived experience grants him a rare and deeply profound understanding of the invisible wounds veterans endure. Paired with his shamanic gifts, this presents a rare opportunity for veterans and their families.

Through legal diligence, spiritual integrity, and unwavering faith, we are on track to become, what we know to be, the first Ayahuasca church in the United States to simultaneously receive both CSA exemption and 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, with a mission centered on veteran healing and transformation. This will set a groundbreaking precedent not only for our church, but for the broader plant medicine and veteran wellness communities seeking safe, legal, and protected pathways to healing.

Our legal journey reflects the essence of our spiritual calling: courage, compassion, justice, and service to a higher purpose. We currently provide support through private healing circles, integration support, and spiritual mentorship as we build toward our future ceremonial campus.