Grow a New Brain: How Spirit and Power Plants Can Protect and Upgrade Your Brain

by Alberto Villoldo

Overview

Growing older is inevitable, but aging can be prevented—even reversed—when you upgrade your brain, using ancient and modern science and proven anti-aging techniques, to create psychosomatic and brain health.

A healthy brain is the foundation for a healthier and more fulfilling life, and in Grow a New Brain, modern shamanic practitioner Alberto Villoldo reveals research and introduces protocols for readers to improve their brain function right now. The book combines ancient and modern science to eliminate old senescent cells, detoxify your brain and body, reduce inflammation, increase the growth of brain cells that support neuroplasticity, and more. Readers will learn:

• How to turn your kitchen into a shaman’s laboratory to make your own probiotics that repair that gut and produce neurotransmitters that balance the brain.
• How to use shamanic meditative techniques to switch on genes for health and turn off genes for illness and disease, and drawing on the science of epigenetics how to avoid being trapped in the destiny inherent in your genetic coding
• How to reverse damage to the brain caused by free radicals and restore the functioning of our mitochondria (or power centers) in our cells.
• How to increase the amount of BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) you produce, allowing you to grow new brain cells (neurogenesis) that will support neuroplasticity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401996727
Publisher:	Hay House Inc.
Publication date:	12/30/2025
Pages:	257
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alberto Villoldo has trained as a psychologist and medical anthropologist, and has studied the healing practices of the Amazon and the Andean shamans. Dr. Villoldo directs the Four Winds Society, where he trains individuals in the U.S. and Europe in the practice of shamanic energy medicine. He is the founder of the Light Body School, which has campuses in New York, California, Miami, and Germany. Dr. Villoldo has written numerous best-selling books, including Shaman, Healer, Sage; Grow a New Body; and Power Up Your Brain.

Table of Contents

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Contents:
Chapter 1: Why You Need a New Brain
Chapter 2: The Secret Power in Your Belly
Chapter 3: Grow a Wise Brain
Chapter 4: The Promise of the Higher Brain 53
Chapter 5: Stress, Both Good and Bad
Chapter 6: Upgrade Your Brain with BDNF
Chapter 7: Reduce Free-Radical Activity, Support Your Mitochondria
Chapter 8: Heal Your Gut So You Have Sufficient Serotonin
Chapter 9: Make Use of Powerful Pathways for Brain Health
Chapter 10: Arm Yourself for the Zombie Invasion: Eliminating Senescent Cells with Plant Medicines
Chapter 11: The Grow a New Brain Program
Chapter 12: After Grow a New Brain, the Beyond

Editorial Reviews

“A revolutionary guide to upgrading your brain so you can change your mind to create joy and extraordinary health. Alberto reveals the secret power plants employed by the sages of Machu Picchu and the Amazon rainforest that help their brain-span equal their lifespan! As a medical anthropologist he discovered that ancient Americans enjoyed a lifespan free from cancer, heart disease, and dementia. In this book he shares the neuro-nutrients available today that can protect your brain and help you experience Oneness and the sacred! A masterful blend of Western science and the wisdom of the ancient American sages.”
— Mark Hyman MD, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Young Forever, and founder of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine

“Dr. Alberto Villoldo is a psychologist and medical anthropologist who weaves together Indigenous healing methods with scientifically grounded strategies. In his new book, Dr. Villoldo teaches how to turn your kitchen into a shaman's laboratory in a way that can repair the gut and help rebalance the brain. Ultimately, he guides us to unearth the extraordinary and unmet potential that dwells in the brain by utilizing ancient wisdom modernized for our busy lives. I highly recommend that you allow yourself, as I have, to be taken into Dr. Villoldo's remarkable healing system.”
— Sara Szal Gottfried MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Hormone Cure and Director of Precision Medicine, Marcus Institute of Integrative Health

“More relevant than ever, through storytelling and innate wisdom, Alberto guides us how to heal our brains and thrive through overcoming limiting beliefs, feeding our “brains” with the right nutrients and energy while using cutting edge science to become our full potential.”
— Anna Bjurstam, health and wellness pioneer

“Dr. Alberto Villoldo is a unique and incredible teacher who combines modern medicine with ancient wisdom, and his new book Grow a New Brain is full of practical and beneficial information that so important for all of us in today’s world.”
— Kimberly Snyder, New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Power of the Five Hearts

“A powerful synthesis of wisdom from seemingly unrelated disciplines: shamanic knowledge and modern science. The amount of research and vision in this masterpiece is massive. Dr. Alberto Villoldo effortlessly and elegantly presents a fascinating narrative at the junction of biology, neuroscience, psychology, and the ancient wisdom of the sages from the Amazon and the Andes and their approach to health, to life, to death, and to connection to Spirit and Mother Earth. The reader is shown two paths. The first path is, from the womb to the grave, to stay in the grip of fate, taken over by disease, zombie cells, and stress. The other path is to upgrade the brain and rebuild its ability to love, to get access to one’s higher self, to thrive. Dr. Villoldo provides his reader with a clear and concise 10-day protocol to grow a new brain with superfoods and neuro-nutrients along with the spiritual practices that will facilitate the healing journey. It’s a no-brainer choice!”
— Alisa Boutin, PhD, molecular biologist and genetic scientist

“In Grow a New Brain, Dr. Alberto Villoldo has given us a user’s manual for the care and maintenance of our brains. He has elegantly distilled cutting-edge neuroscience research with advances in nutrition science, and combined them with his deep knowledge of Indigenous wisdom. His guidance will help us heal and grow the brains that we will need to advance our human race from the fear and scarcity mindset of Homo Sapiens to our next great evolutionary leap: Homo luminous.”
— Carmelo Graffagnino, MD, Professor of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center

From dreaming the world into being to the wonders of neuroscience, Alberto takes us on a journey to sanity in these demanding times. In this elegant, stunning work, you will find a blueprint for reclaiming your body and your brain. Through the wisdom of the shamans, dancing with modern science—including plant medicine and cutting- edge nutraceuticals that optimize your brain—Alberto shows you the protocols for maintaining mental relevance and your mind’s clarity.
—  Oz Garcia, New York’s authority on lifespan and peak human performance

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