Aaron Rodgers joined The Pat McAfee Show Friday and spoke about a wide range of topics.
The Packers quarterback provided several remarks during the show that should spark some responses, and made sure of it as he spoke more in depth about his experience with ayahuasca, a plant-based psychedelic drug that he experimented with while in Peru:
Last month, the reigning NFL MVP revealed that he went on an “ayahuasca journey” this summer, traveling to Peru to ingest the plant-based psychedelic. Rodgers compared his experience with the drug to “feeling 100 different on my body, of love and forgiveness for myself, and gratitude for this life.”
Rodgers explained that he used the substance as a vehicle to discover himself and what makes him tick.
“I think it’s unlocked a lot of my heart. Being able to fully give my heart to my teammates, my loved ones, relationships because I can fully embrace unconditionally myself. … When you figure out a better way to love yourself, I think you can love people better because you’re not casting the same judgment you cast on yourself on other people. I’m really thankful for that.”
Rodgers also noted that the experience helped him fall back in love with football all over again.
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“I think I just football in love with it a little bit deeper. Again, I think a lot of that is due to the work that I’ve done on myself. It hasn’t all been just the ayahuasca journey. It’s been therapy. It’s been meditation. It’s been changing habits that weren’t giving me any type of joy. Eating better. Taking care of myself a little bit better. Being more gentle with myself. All those things have allowed me to look at each day with a little more joy.”
