About Us

Moughenda Mikala

10th Generation Shaman

Moughenda was first introduced to the Iboga medicine in the womb. At just 8 years old he took his very first flood dose of Iboga and started training with his grandfather. It took about twenty years of intensive training and four major initiations to earn him the title of Bwiti Shaman.

Moughenda was guided by the medicine to open up the Missoko Bwiti tradition and its powerful Iboga healing medicine to anyone interested in learning and healing with it. He moved to North America where he spent sixteen years learning the languages and culture.

Today, he lives and works in Gabon, Africa where he safeguards the Bwiti tradition and way of life. He is the only shaman ever given the right to lead Westerners inside Bwiti shamanic training.

David O’Brien

Bwitiboga Founder, Iboga Provider

As a veteran I struggled with anxiety, depression, PTSD, anger, and self-sabotage for years. After sitting in Ayahuasca, San Pedro, and Psilocybin Mushroom ceremonies and not getting what I needed, I felt I was running out of options.

Then in 2017 I attended an Iboga healing retreat and from the very first ceremony Iboga opened my eyes. It gave me the right tools to take control of my life and showed me how to use them. I was so amazed that I needed to learn more.

I traveled to Gabon and trained with Moughenda in his village. I got Initiated into the tribe, completed the Rites of Passage, and graduated provider training to become a N’ganga (spiritual healer).

Since then I’ve served the medicine all over the world. This work has become more than a passion for me: it has become a way of life.