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“One of the most incredible experiences of my life. I have a newfound acceptance, peace, and connection to nature and myself that I didn’t think was possible.”
— Laura Hodge
Immerse yourself…
Our psychedelic retreats are rooted in deep ecology + transpersonal psychology to cultivate healing, connection, awe and creativity.
This is a process of emerging, surrendering and remembering, where your true essence is enlivened and nourished.
Whether there is a yearning inside you for more than what has been prescribed, a curiosity edging you closer to the mystery, patterns mulching your authenticity, or whether you simply long to sit in circle with real reciprocal community, then you have arrived.
Welcome.
Here is an outline of our comprehensive programme.
Our approach
Ancestral
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Our ceremonies respectfully weave indigenous approaches to healing, honouring traditional animistic wisdom and rituals to create a sacred, transformative space. This ancestral foundation grounds our work in reverence and deep connection to lineage and place.
Ceremony offers us a healing containment to delve into the depths of our heart’s questions, sorrows, joys and dreams. It brings us back into a state of belonging, which balms the losses of the modern era. It is an alchemy of intention, song, prayer and elemental relationship, through which our personal and collective voices of longing and creativity are extended to the unseen dimensions of life, beyond our conscious minds and into the realms of nature and spirit.
This act is indigenous to the psyche, invoking a form of ‘direct knowing’, which is often ineffable but experienced through the fabric of our being.
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Ancient wisdom offers pathways to belonging and purpose, reconnecting us to timeless practices that foster personal healing and collective resilience (communitas).
Somatic
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We integrate somatic and transpersonal psychology into our retreats, guiding you to reconnect with your body and emotions as essential pathways to self-awareness and healing.
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Embodiment is key to unlocking stored trauma and accessing deeper emotional truths, allowing for profound transformation and sustained well-being.
Ecological
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Our ethos embodies deep ecological principles, fostering intimacy with the natural world (within and without) and regenerative ways of living.
We see psilocybin as a catalyst for personal, social and ecological change.
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Deep ecology restores our sense of interconnectedness with the earth, inspiring care, balance, and a renewed sense of purpose in a complex world.
Integrative
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From intake to post-retreat integration, we equip you with tools, practices, and a strong support network to ensure lasting growth and healing beyond the immersion.
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Integration bridges the insights of the retreat with everyday life, embodying long-term transformation and empowering you to navigate life’s complexities with clarity and resource.
Informed
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Our approach is informed by both science and ancient tradition, partnering with leading universities for psilocybin research while honourably drawing from immersive mentorships with master ceremonialists.
Specifially, we are currently conducting research with the Alef Trust of Liverpool John Moores University into the role of ceremony and ritual within psilocybin use.
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Bridging evidence-based research with ancestral practices ensures a grounded and holistic approach to healing, growing trust and transformative results.
Sensorial
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Each ceremony is brought to life with live music and immersive soundscapes (no playlists), creating a sensorially rich and interactive experience that deepens your journey into consciousness. This approach is highly unique to Rooted Healing, influenced by indigenous medicine ceremonies with master jungle entheogens.
The ceremonies and whole retreat provide a richly tactile, sensorial journey, bringing you back into connection and presence.
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Music and sensory immersion transcend words, opening pathways to creativity, emotion, and connection that amplify the psychedelic experience. Through an animistic lens, each song carries healing, spirit and prayer, guiding you through the experience.
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“This was indeed my 1st meeting with psychedelics and, my word, was it amazing! The facilitators at Rooted Healing couldn't have done a better job at organising such a heart felt, wonderfully nourishing retreat for us. The parts workshop really called out to me and the psychologist Lilja helped me make sense of something I'd been grappling with for years! The sense of community we had was special and I feel I've left there with another family. I imagine so many people have been helped with this one retreat alone and I pray your work continues onwards and upwards. I have a whole new perspective on my life now”
Radhika Mistry
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"The facilitators gentle and accepting presence supported me in shedding painful stories and oh so many tears. Their passion in supporting the group on their healing journeys was clear for all to see and feel. I have left the retreat feeling lighter, clearer, and more grateful for the life I live than I have done in years. The sense of connection and belonging I felt in the group was so powerful and the retreat provided me with so many personal insights that have already began to steer my life in a much more positive direction. The retreat was quite simply magical, I will be forever grateful for the spiritual awakening I have experienced."
Carys Mair
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"The Rooted Healing team craft their experiences with a level of care, cohesion and wisdom well beyond their years. Like a bottle of precious artisan wine, this will get even better with age and attract awards and accolades. My prediction is that in this coming decade of earth medicine (psychedelic-assisted) interventions and nature connection immersions, they will set a new benchmark. The question which will define one's experience will simply be: "Were you facilitated by Rooted Healing or not?"
Matthew Zylstra (Eyes for Earth)
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“This week was one of the most transformational times of my life. I feel lighter, more expressive and more receptive to love. Everyone who organized or partnered with the retreat is the real deal. I knew none of these people beforehand, but feel like I left with a new family.”
Jeff Pratt
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“I feel so full of wonder, gratitude and inspiration after the incredible body-soul nourishment I received with Earth Medicine. I loved how the retreat weaved playfulness with sacredness. The effects have been both subtle and profound. The week offered medicine in so many ways - from the food, the land, the family we created as a group, the sense of belonging, the moving ceremonies, the reverence for nature, the deep rest, the heart-songs, all climaxing with the magical medicine itself. I’ve received healing on every possible level of my psyche and I feel the ripples to such far-reaching places. It was true alchemy.”
Brighitta Moser-Clark
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"One of the best things I have done in my life! Although a little nervous before, I immediately felt in safe hands with the team. I learned so much about myself through the workshops and ceremonies, and also through the other participants and their experiences. I felt held, loved and safe. I will feel the benefits of this week for the rest of my life. I feel calmer and able to deal with ALL what life has to offer with a new found wisdom and courage. I cant recommend this retreat and these people enough. And i say that with a warm heart and a smile."
Michael Chestnutt
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“This was a powerful and transformative journey which took me to the unknown shoreside of my inner self. It felt like embodying a new flesh, taming new sensations, embracing new forms on a constant discovery or rediscovery of scents and visions, as if the world was unveiling itself for the first time before my eyes. A metamorphosis full of promises, tears, laughs, smiles and an utter rage for life that will remain etched in my heart and flesh for eternity.”
Elisa Henny
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“The facilitators, the singing, rituals, and our whole group opened my heart in a way it has never been open, or a long time forgotten. It was like the first best friend group I had in my teenage years. Pure curiosity, vulnerability, so much joy and playfulness, trust, love, and our home was the safest place I have ever been. I immediately feel good when I think of it. My life has changed through this experience.”
Eva Simin
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“It healed my soul, helped me to forgive my mother and let go of the past, to surrender, to deeply connect to myself in a profoundly gentle and feminine way. It’s the most transforming medicine retreat I’ve ever been to. The facilitators are absolutely dedicated and incredibly talented medicine women, who cherish and revive ancient wisdom in healing ceremonies and rituals. Whose love and care as space holders felt so safe to release, unfold, surrender. Their beautiful lullabies and windchimes at the child spirits ceremony were pure magic. There are no words to describe the gratitude I feel. You brought the fire of love back to my heart and reunited me with nature and community.”
Ganna Nestrerenko
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"My week retreat was a truly transformational experience. Set in beautiful and wild surroundings, our daily workshop practices supported our healing process. The ceremonies were conducted with exquisite attention to detail and I felt held and supported all along. All the way through I was well nourished with amazing food and true connection with my fellow participants. Again, the experience was profoundly soothing and insightful. PS. the value of this incredible work was very, very affordable for what we received.”
Catherine T.
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“It is hard to put into words how thrilled and touched I am by the work and dedication of the people who were involved. The creativity and the strength that I was able to recharge in the circle still has an effect on me today. Their ceremonies, their stories, their singing and the fun we had as a group touched my soul. Here, love really is in every detail. An unforgettable spiritual experience.”
Katrin Jahns
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"“This retreat was definitely a powerful and transformative journey which took me to the unknown shoreside of my inner self. A metamorphosis full of promises, tears, laughs, smiles and an utter rage for life that will remain etched in my heart and flesh for eternity.”
Elisa Henny
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“This one of the most amazing experiences I ever had. Veronica has a unique and beautiful way of constructing a retreat which not only opens the soul but creates a powerful, loving and sharing space. This will not be the last of her retreats I shall go on.”
Gini Holden
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“I have been lucky enough to attend 2 Rooted healing gatherings and could not recommend them enough. From the very first moments that I arrived I felt held and supported. I found myself deeply trusting of all the space holders and that feeling really helped with the building of a community with all the other guests. These experiences have been some of the most connected, creative and deeply nourishing experiences of my life. They help to remind me that I am the magic and I am the medicine.”
Helen Turner
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"I have just come back from a week with Rooted Healing experiencing the mushroom medicine for the first time in my life. Prior to the retreat I was quite worried and uncertain, but in the end I had fantastic time. Everything checked out: the location was beautiful, the team very experienced, knowledgeable, kind and supportive, and the program very well crafted - all to support myself and 14 others on our journeys. Regardless where you are at, I cannot recommend it enough. Thank you for all your efforts to put this together, this was a very special experience I will cherish for a long time."
Edyta Krakowiecka
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“The retreat was such a beautiful and transformative experience. I was able to reconnect with my inner child and leave feeling a new found sense of love for myself, for others and for nature. I met some of the most beautiful souls and gained a new family. Thank you for creating a space for us to feel safe and held.”
Hailey Garcia
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“I felt so deeply held and seen, whether that was through silent space holding or deep conversation dives. If you’re looking to remember how loved and special you are on this Earth, I cannot recommend this enough. Thank you for sharing the abundance of love you have and may it continue to radiate through future retreats.”
Dillan Watts
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"Rooted Healing are a truly special, humble, passionate collective of experts who create magic. They really do make you feel safe, held and completely at ease. Thank you for all your hard work, love, expertise and passion and for being such wonderful beings. I feel truly blessed to have had this experience with you."
Laura Hodge
Our ceremonies
We offer the unique opportunity to experience two very different ceremonies and ritual structures, each invoking different intentions and potential.
Nocturnal
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Our first ceremony begins in the evening and rests into the night—into the mystery, allowing a courtship with the womb-like darkness for an inward journey. Safely held inside a beautiful garden greenhouse studio (with underfloor heating), live music and soundscaping will guide your exploration into memory and consciousness, with at least 3 space holders.
Diurnal
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Our second ceremony takes place outside, shaded by a huge mothertree weeping willow. This ceremony allows for some more inward journeying, then moves into a unique ceremonial structure that invites collective witnessing, tending and healing. Held by at least 3 space holders, the whole group stays present with the ritual.
Our programme
Our home for the week…
Nestled in a beautiful woodland valley, only half an hour from Lisbon and fifteen minutes from Ericeira beach, The Shanti Space is a nourishing family-run sanctuary for retreats, to rest and restore well-being whilst bathed in the loving embrace of nature.
Inspired by self-reliance, The Shanti Space family wish to live more sustainably, eating from garden to plate and using natural energy resources. Here is a place to feel balanced in a nourishing environment supportive for freedom and growth.
“When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things”
— Wendell Berry
Our food altar…
Enjoy delicious, organic, and seasonal meals thoughtfully prepared to nourish and support your retreat journey. Our menu includes grounding, brain-enriching options with a focus on balance, featuring meat, eggs, and cheese for those embracing a pro-metabolic approach, alongside a variety of vegetarian dishes.
What’s included?
6 days + 5 nights at the beautiful Shanti Space
Stunning private or shared rooms, with ensuite options
Organic nutrient dense meals and snacks, with restructured water
2 safe + powerful Earth Medicine ceremonies
Somatic + Transpersonal workshops
Breathwork, ecstatic dance + various integrative practices
Incredible nature access, inc. a 45 min hike through woodland
All herbs + medicines we offer throughout
Available 1on1 support with a renowned psychologist
A preparation and integration programme, inc:
1x preparation group call + 2x group integration calls
The initial connection (intake) call
What’s not included?
Your transport to and from the retreat (see shuttle options)
Massage therapies (optional extra)
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"The retreat was, for me, a truly magical experience, allowing me to delve deep and start an inner journey with a really lovely group of people - none of us wanted to leave. As someone who has held space for people in different ways, It was a joy to have others do so for me: their constant availability to talk to all of us, collectively and individually, yoga and workshops, ceremonies conducted with a quiet reverence, calm and respect that put everyone at ease and beautiful singing from all the space holders, gently guiding us through our inner travels. A lot of effort has gone into to the planning of these retreats by the Rooted Healing team. If you properly engage with the preparation and integration, it’s not just a 6 day retreat, you are taken on a journey lasting several weeks."
Kit Rhodes
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“This experience changed my life. I am so thankful for the creators & teachers. My intention was to transform, get out of the dark place where I was before. Thanks to the plants, above all the other participants on this journey and the team I could reconnect with the world again, I could express emotions that were trapped for a long time and I found my voice that speaks truly from the heart. I can only recommend this retreat to all those who want to start feeling again, want to remember, feel joy, but also to give sadness, pain and suffering their space in a safe place, and in the end want to feel this loving connection to other people, to the plants, nature and to themselves again.”
Maurizio A.
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“The time I spent with my new Rooted Healing family was a profoundly nourishing gift that moved in so many delicate and magical ways. The enchanted land that held us combined with the love, care, warmth and creativity of the team, made for the safest space in which to bond and soften down among the wonderful crew that were gathered there. I found that balances were struck with great intuition; each day contained so much that was soft and loving and provided a gentle invitation to meet our edges. With the trust and tenderness that evolved between us it was possible to laugh, cry, play, express, create and share without shame or judgement. Somehow each day felt rich with activity yet beautifully spacious. My connection to the world around me has been invigorated. A profound thank you.”
Sarah McCunn
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"The week they created for us had such a vast variety of experiences for us to surrender into, with detail and love put into each activity and gathering. At all times, the team made us feel so held and looked after, yet also craftily created a space that felt safe and encouraging to go deep into ‘the work’ in, which I hugely appreciated and needed. I have made friends for life and this experience will remain in my heart forever. Thank you, thank you, thank you, I can’t wait to come to another retreat!!”
Katinka Noack
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”The gathering was a rich tapestry of invitations to open, connect, remember – the ceremonial spaces so beautifully crafted and held. The programme of offerings was carefully prepared yet perceptively fluid, adapting with the mood of each moment. I felt safe and open knowing that I was in the hands of those that deeply respect and honour the traditions and practices being shared. I am so grateful for this sacred and intimate journey with myself, with the group, with the land on which we rested.”
Julia Goodlife
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"My life has changed through this experience. I feel compassion for everyone. I feel one with nature and I feel trust, I learned to trust 14 people in one week, and that makes me realize, I trust humanity. Thank you so much, I do have not enough words to describe my gratitude. The facilitators, the singing, rituals, and our whole group opened my heart in a way it has never been open, or a long time forgotten. It was like the first best friend group I had in my teenage years. Pure curiosity, vulnerability, so much joy and playfulness, trust, love, and our home was the safest place I have ever been. I immediately feel good when I think of it. My life has changed through this experience.”
Eva Simin
Your guides
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Veronica Stanwell
Founder + Lead facilitator
As a multidisciplinary healing and creative arts practitioner, Veronica weaves her love for embodiment, ceremony, land and song into her facilitation. Her deep enquiry into expanded states of consciousness—rooted in the indigenous traditions of the Americas and Mother Europe’s native ways—guides her fascination with ancient approaches to healing. With over a decade of diverse facilitation experience and an MSc in Transpersonal Psychology from the Alef Trust, Veronica’s current endorsed research explores the transformative role of ceremony and ritual in psilocybin-assisted practices. She brings grounded compassion and resilience to this work, honouring the power of intentional ritual to shape personal and collective transformation. As the founder and director of Rooted Healing and host of the accompanying podcast, Veronica invites a renewed intimacy with life.
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Lilja Þorsteinsdóttir
Lead facilitator + 1 on 1s
Lilja is an experienced Psychologist from Iceland who specialises in group psychedelic integration, healing trauma, psychedelic harm reduction, and treating addiction and chronic pain and illness. She has created a safe platform full of courses to help people get in touch with their playfulness and creativity, increasing people’s self-understanding and connection with themselves and the world around them. Lilja offers needed perspective on both the healing potential of psychedelics in psychotherapy and the risks involved.
Lilja has also been immersed in native traditions in Ecuador to gain deeper insight into group psychedelic-assisted healing, learning with medicine keepers and masters and offering 1 on 1 support when needed. Lilja will be available throughout our time together, supporting ceremonies and leading sessions such as parts work and integration.
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Migjen Hasani
Support facilitator
A multi-musician and facilitator of communication, breath and connection practices, Migjen weaves his enquiry of entheogenic understanding into grounded group support. With a mixed German-Albanian heritage and fascination with cross-cultural wisdom exchange, he approaches this ancestral work with care, curiosity and humility. With experience supporting ceremonies during his 14 months in Latin America, Migjen will be offering his presence, percussion, songs and support in ceremony, also guiding practices for our rest and integration, along with ensuring the smooth running of our time together.
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Mariana
Songful Support
Mariana is a singer, composer and producer from Trás-os-Montes (North Portugal) who currently dwells in Sintra. Her music is rooted in ancestral connection, invoking powerful remembrance in both concerts and ceremonial spaces. She has toured Europe and South America, where she also worked in theatre live-sound play.
She will be blessing us with her support, wisdom and presence for the week, and helping carry the ceremonies with song and sound.
Booking options + prices
Max group size: 14
2 - 7 September ‘25
4:30pm Arrival
11am Farewell
Dorm £1,750
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The dorm sleeps up to 8 people but we aim to cap bookings at 5 or 6 to maintain comfort. We prefer to keep the dorm non-mixed (usually women only) but we can’t guarantee this.
There are two shared bathrooms for the dorm, one next door, the other out in the courtyard.
Twin £1,860
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The shared bathroom is on the same floor, next to 2 bedrooms without ensuites.
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A good option for friends booking together or for people who want a convenient bathroom. but do not want a private ensuite.
Private £2,200 (fully booked)
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There are 2 king privates with a shared bathroom on the same floor (next door). One private has a small terrace, both have garden views, First come first serve.
Private Ensuite £2,350
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There are 3 private ensuites on the upper floor of the main cottage. Two include a large terrace balcony, the third does not, but still has a garden view. First come, first serve.
Private Bell Tent £2,000
Please note that every room is unique so your room may not look exactly like the rooms pictured here. They are all similar in size and decor, with bright colours and charming details, all with lovely garden views.
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We have up to 3 furnished bell tents surrounded by trees and birdsong, set very close to our main house and facilities. You will have a compost loo and cold nature-immersed shower next to the bell tents, as well as access to the courtyard bathroom and hot shower. This is a perfect option for those seeking more privacy and deep time with nature. The tents are well shaded by the trees during most of the day and there are ample spaces to relax across the garden and living spaces.
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Perfect for friends or a couple.
Bursaries + Volunteering
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We always encourage retreat participants who can, to gift forward so that future bursaries are possible for those who cannot afford retreat rates. If your heart is drawn to this but finances prevent you from joining, please do reach out and we can explore some options. We will prioritise locals and people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
We have 1 volunteer for every retreat and are always keen to hear from locals who can demonstrate a clear understanding and enthusiasm for this work, along with musical and/or space holding ability, such as embodiment practices. Volunteers can partake in all activities, and are asked to support the first ceremony and possibly 1 other workshop if their skillset suits. Food and accommodation is provided. Full support throughout is expected - prepping spaces, helping with dishes and tidying up etc.
Book your free call
Share your details to schedule a friendly call with us—a chance to connect and ask any questions you may have.
“The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.”
— Clarissa Pinkola Estés
read or listen to our resources
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We've Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Garden
The night sky should be our commons - yet our ability to see and connect with the stars is increasingly at risk. Let the stars guide you into the land, in a reclamaiting of your universal belonging.
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Catalysing Connection: Psilocybin and Biophilia
Of the various psychedelics, psilocybin may have a particular propensity towards kindling a sense of kinship with nature.
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Reflections on Ritual: Remembering Forward for Generations to Come
We must make ourselves porous enough, receptive enough to allow the dreaming earth to speak through us and reconnect us to our deepest longings and desires.
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Rooted Resilience: Why Practice Deep Ecology?
Each one of us has a role to play in the movement toward a world where belonging is the birthright of every human, plant, animal, rock and river.
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Your Grief is an Honouring
The rawness and bareness of grief makes it wild, untameable, alive; it cannot be moulded to a monoculture. In this sense, grief makes us good soil for whatever is coming next.
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The Past, Present and Future of 'Magic Mushrooms'
Today, the once-unbroken lineages of traditional knowledge regarding the 15+ psilocybin fungus species and their ceremonial uses have significantly diminished.
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Mushrooms and Meaning: Reclaiming the Psychedelic Discourse
The frameworks we use to understand magic mushrooms - as well as other psychedelics - often constrain more than they reveal.
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Reflections on Animism and Paganism
Animism is not about believing everything has a soul. It’s about asking, “What if the world is alive? What if everything around us has the capacity to communicate, to enter into relationship?”
offset your travel
Ancient woodland, wildflower meadows and endangered species are sponsored with the future forest company every time you join us at a gathering or on a course, along with our own efforts to rewild the land where we live in Kernow.
FAQS
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Our maximum capacity is 14 participants, all well vetted. There is usually a diversity of backgrounds, with a mixture of worldviews, all coming together to sit humbly in circle, trying something new.
An open-hearted approach to our precious time together is important.
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Please allow ample travel time to arrive calmly to the retreat. FULL participation is required (please do not miss the opening or closing circle). Check in at 4:30pm, check out at 11am.
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Lisbon airport is 30 minutes by car. Shuttles are roughly 45eur each way and you can book through us. We can help you organise taxis to and from many places either side of the retreat and can send info once you’ve booked.
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Our retreat is next door to a national reserve, so when you climb down toward the stream and look through the fence, you may see some deer friends. There is also a wolf sanctuary next door, so—if we’re lucky—we may hear wolf howls as we sit around the fire or dance under the moon on the yoga deck.
There is ample beauty to explore if you choose to extend your visit to sap up more of the land, people, flora and fauna.
You might want to visit Sintra, Ericeira, Mafra, Malveira, Lisbon or Cascais… all within easeful reach.
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A ceremony with us is a carefully crafted experience designed to support deep introspection, healing and connection. Rooted in sacred traditions and informed by modern psychological insights, the ceremony takes place in a safe, nurturing environment guided by experienced facilitators.
You can expect thoughtful preparation leading up to the ceremony, including guidance on setting intentions and cultivating a grounded mindset. There will be a carefully held container with live music, sensory immersion, and symbolic rituals to support your journey. The journey that unfolds is unique for each participant, often accompanied by profound insights, emotional release, or a sense of awe and interconnectedness.
Compassionate facilitators will be present throughout to ensure your safety and provide guidance if needed. Along with dedicated time post-ceremony to reflect, share, and begin weaving insights into your life.
The experience is deeply personal and varies for everyone, but you’ll be supported at every stage to ensure it’s as meaningful and transformative as possible.
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Fungi medicine offers profound potential for healing and transformation. Studies show they can alleviate depression, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction by fostering new neural connections and enhancing emotional processing.
Beyond individual healing, this Earth Medicine can deepen one’s connection to nature, self, and community, nourishing a sense of interconnection and purpose. Many report experiences of awe, gratitude, and unity—qualities that can inspire sustainable, meaningful change. When paired with intentional ceremony and integration, medicinal mushrooms become a powerful catalyst for personal and collective transformation.
Read papers and rsearch via our resources.
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Psilocybin-containing mushrooms are decriminalised in Portugal, meaning personal use is not subject to criminal penalties. While we do not sell or provide psilocybin, we can discuss this topic in greater detail during our call to ensure clarity within the framework of the law.
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No. We have observed that some people (perhaps 1 in 10) do not access the kind of state they hope to in ceremony. The pattern we have noticed shows a correlation of this result with long term use of SSRIs (or indeed the effects of high expectations or comparison with previous entheogenic experiences). We endeavour to manage expectations for anyone joining who is currently taking antidepressants, as this does lower (but certainly not diminish) your capacity for a peak experience with the medicine.
Regardless, the true, integrative medicine lies in the totality of our time together. Whether through feeling seen and accepted in your truth, or through the insightful workshops, nourishment, nature, newfound friendships, and the radical act of rest in a frantic dominant culture (it is impossible to reduce into parts). Gifting yourself the space, expertise and time to heal, tend, grieve, grow and celebrate your life is vital in the healing and tending of this world.
Some of our testimonials featured on this page have come from people who didn’t get what they ‘wanted’ out of the ceremonies. Yet their words show an appreciation for the programme in itself.
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Yes and no - Please read our terms and conditions before booking.