Hello
My name is Shyam Indra and I am the owner/operator of Shyam Kambo. My name comes from my Indian Punjabi Sikh heritage. Shyam means dark hue-dark blue skin tone. The symbolism of Shyam is divine love, compassion and joy.
The symbolism of Indra is power, strength, sovereignty, courage and protection against darkness. It also represents the interconnectedness and interdependence of all things. Both aspects of my name I bring to each session and ceremony as I am a very caring and nurturing soul and I am also highly protective to those that have entrusted me with their health and wellness and beyond. Working within a non dual And dual state when needed, I bring a loving and conscious compassion that is powerful and strength inducing as it will be needed within the ceremony. We are stronger than we give ourselves credit for and Kambo definitely brings that out of us.
I am a drug & alcohol counselor through ways of 20 year addiction, 12 years of back and forth, and now 2 years of full sobriety. I am also a nutrition and wellness coach through similar experience. I am a Christ follower just as much as I am a Sikh (Punjabi background) and follow Vedic/Sanatana (Indian background) Dharma teachings. I also look to Buddhism for mediation and calmness techniques. There is so much light and beauty in all spiritual ways when we can get past the surface and shift through some of the gunk the surrounds the true core of each way. Something I have seen as universal across those four and others alike is a passage in the Bible that state, "For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them". Matthew 18:20. It speaks volumes and if seen from a higher preservative, we see that we are all one, especially when in the light, and that we just see from different lenses. We all are spiritual in nature and helping bring everyone together, while also shining light onto any and all darkness that surrounds us. All the major spiritual ways promote this and it is exactly what Shyam Kambo represents and are about.
My Story
My story with Kambo started in 2019 right before the Covid timeline started. I had my own type of spiritual awakening right around that time for the second time and was looking into my own healing and sovereignty through alternative means. I was a 15 year Electrical Engineer, a 20 year alcoholic that ran in the family/Punjabi lineage and had a fully compromised mind, body and spirit. The engineering and the alcoholism ran in the family. Such deeply rooted generational alcoholic traumatic ties. They call Punjabi's the Irish of the East because of how much it is in our blood. Livers of steel they say. It has always been something that I knew that I had to heal on my own however when I finally realized that I could get help from alternative means was when I finally started to really "wake up". Conventional means were not working at all and I even have a permanent ringing in my ears now due to certain medication that was prescribed to me for the alcohol addiction. My shaman friend that was in my Yogi training courses let me know how he was going to Peru for his Shamanic work/internship and that if I wanted to come as well and I accepted. That was when my life really turned upside down and for very good reasons. He told me that I should do 3 Kambo sessions and 1 Bufo session before coming to Peru in preparation of what would be next. So that is when I started looking around for reputable Kambo practitioners in the Long Beach area where I was living at that time. I found Elysium Temple and the beautiful soul Anabel. I also found Viva Kambo Tribe and the amazing man in Devjit. I didnt know at that time how much they both would help me along this journey and the plethora of knowledge that they were and still are and how I now can be that same plethora of knowledge and caring help to the Turlock and surrounding areas.
The first time I did Kambo was with Anabel at her house with quite a few other people. She had the right amount of assistants so that everyone felt cared for and man o man was it an experience. I had so much that came up and out into my bucket and then later came out the other end in the bathroom. I almost passed out a couple of time and I ended up crying a lot as well which is a different type of purging that is necessary for our emotional body. I had never really cried much before that but the space was held in such a caring manner that I felt safe in that type of release for the first time in my life. The first Kambo ceremony is always different since its the one that is taking on so many years of our life and stored toxins we've accumulated till that point. For me it was 35 years. After the ceremony I just laid there for a while and just listened to the beautiful music that Anabel had playing for everyone. There was no rush or anything to get anyone out. Just everyone taking their time while the assistants where cleaning up and asking everyone if there was anything they needed while they clean up. It was just a very different type of vibration that I have held with me ever since and I hold the same vibration within my ceremony sessions as well. Love, care and a tender non-judgemental space from the beginning to the end and beyond.
My second Kambo ceremony was with Viva Kambo Tribe and that is where I felt a lot of great masculine energy with feminine backing. Devjit is a wonderful soul and this is where I asked for 5 dots as I felt I was ready to try for more. The masculine in me probably came out. Oh man was I in for a ceremony. I have now gone back to 4 dots as my max because 5 was a lot and I don't have any major illnesses that require a more hardcore regiment. However I have done 6 dots in my month long retreat this past end of the year (2025). I do 2-3 dots every other week (or monthly) just for maintenance as my own self practice now. So even if I don't have clients, I keep myself in practice and spiritually clean. I'm also a pescatarian which keeps me energetically clean, as well as living a very simple lifestyle. Its been quite the journey to get to maintenance levels but I wouldn't change it for anything, as my life has changed for the better in so many ways including health, weight, nutrition, lifestyle, attitude, vibration, glow, work, discipline, relationships and control of my sovereign self. Taking back all of my power, one day at a time. Devjit has always been so much help in showing the way and has helped me find parts of myself that I wouldn't have without him so I grateful for that.
My third session was with Anabel again and this time it was at the Riverside River area and outdoors. This was a great experience and it is the one that I did Bufo at the end. The Kambo session went very smoothly other than the fact that I had dug my own potty hole and do enjoy having a bathroom with a toilet near. I'm outdoorsy but that was past my limit...for now lol. There was no way that I could have prepared for what Bufo would show me though. That was the moment that my whole life changed but not in some obvious way. Bufo will show you exactly what it is that you are desiring most to see, whether you know it or not, and I wanted to see it all, for just a brief moment, and that is exactly what it showed my before whisking me back to reality and the type of crying that I could not have ever thought would come out of me. Its like I was crying for my whole lineage and all my ancestors. It was such a deep deep cry and I love how Anabel stayed exactly where she was and just witnessed with love and care and kindness. Not needing to do anything because I didn't ask for anything and being sovereign I didn't expect anything either. It was that moment in my life that I 100% knew what I had to do from that point on and that I would fail and fall a lot but I would always get back up and continue going the correct direction towards the correct light and toward divine order. I had been given the gift of imperfect perfection again and that is all The Most High wants from us. To know that we are perfect within our imperfections and to keep on striving towards Him. To come as we are and to never stopping going towards Him and our own highest divinity. Perfection always was and is the biggest trick of the enemy. The false imitation illusionary light. It's that very perfectionism that had been causing all of my lower emotions of shame, guilt, anger, dismay, and so much more to manifest into mind, body and spirit ailments. I felt The Most High saving me that day from my own self misery. I am so thankful and gratuitous for that moment in my life. This was around the time that I had decided that Engineering was not for me anymore and that I needed to get a handle on my alcoholism first before figuring out what was next and all my other addictions and come back to life. My mind and spirit knew then what I wanted and needed to do however it takes the body and the emotions a bit longer to follow through. This is why I always say One Day at a Time with love and grace. It takes times and consistent effort to shift over to a new self and shed off old parts of us. Lots of falling back down, learning new lessons, relearning old lessons, finally closing those old doors for good and then stepping through the new doors. My path through inner transformation.
