Old way: While there are massive proven benefits from working with plant medicine, unfortunately, outside of the research, in the real world, the majority of people participating in plant medicine retreats are doing so without guidance, or haven’t found the right guidance to break through.
Old results: There are millions of people worldwide who have participated in plant medicine retreats, but not been appropriately guided to release lower level emotions like pride, anger, desire, fear, etc., and so not been able to substantially improve their lives. For these reasons, many find themselves “back where they were” in the period following a plant medicine retreat. This is unfortunate, and represents a massive missed opportunity.
New way: By working with expert coaches, therapists, healers, and facilitators, before, during, and after a plant medicine retreat, we are able to set meaningful goals and intentions, identify our blind spots, entrenched emotional and mental blocks, and make significantly more progress during each ceremony and retreat.
New results: Faster progress towards achieving your personal and professional goals. Benefiting from guidance, we can more easily identify, accept, and release unhelpful thinking patterns, traumas, and lower level emotions. Through a focus on high quality integration of our experiences during and after a retreat, we are able to sustain an elevated level of consciousness and rapidly accelerate growth.
Common Mistake
Our Recommendation
Motivation
Mistake: Hearing good things from a few friends, so you want to try it too. Not really sure about your own motivations, but you’ve heard it has benefits.
Recommendation: Spend the time and energy to research the subject ahead of making a decision. You are rewiring your neural pathways - this is very very serious work.
Legality
Mistake: Participating in a retreat or a ceremony outside of the law.
Recommendation: While plant medicine is rapidly gaining social and legal acceptance, there are still too many crackdowns. Ask yourself if it’s worth it.
Safety
Mistake: Hoping that everything will be fine.
Recommendation: Ensure you go through a high quality medical screening. If in doubt, ask to speak to the people you’ll be supported by.
Preparation
Mistake: Book a retreat, read the emails they send you, and jump on a flight for the retreat.
Recommendation: You’ll get out what you put in. We recommend preparing for weeks ahead, and to do the necessary mental and emotional work to get the most out of the retreat experience.
Guidance
Mistake: Doing it alone, without a coach or therapist.
Recommendation: Work with experts who have coached hundreds or thousands of people. They’ll guide you to break through and integrate the lessons.
Retreat Selection
Mistake: Check out a few websites, read a few reviews, and book a retreat.
Recommendation: It’s really difficult to know what good looks like. Find an expert who does know, and can guide you towards a high quality experience.
Expectations
Mistake: Underestimating the challenges that can arise when working with plant medicine.
Recommendation: These experiences can be incredibly powerful and challenging. Every experience is unique, so it’s best not to have any expectations, and to be mentally prepared for anything, and that you have the right support around you.
Working Towards Goals
Mistake: During a ceremony, it’s common to forget about your intentions and goals and get carried away by the experience itself.
Recommendation: Finding the right balance between surrender and working towards your goals.
Assigning Meaning
Mistake: I saw some crazy stuff - I don’t quite know how to make sense of it, so I guess I’ll just ignore it and move on.
Recommendation: Remain curious, humble, and open, and take ownership for the experience. Work with a coach or therapist to unpack potential significance.
Keeping Track of the Lessons
Mistake: A bunch of really important things happened, but I don’t really remember much.
Recommendation: Find the right balance between allowing the experience to unfold, and remembering the significant lessons (e.g. maybe writing in a notebook)
Integrating the Lessons
Mistake: Feeling like a million dollars at the end of a retreat, and then feeling like you’re back to square 1 a month later.
Recommendation: Focus on integration, integration, integration. When back home, set time aside each day to review the commitments you made to yourself, and how you are tracking against them. Rewiring decades of ingrained thinking patterns and behaviors is not easy work.
Another Retreat
Mistake: Life has returned to normal, I think it’s time for another retreat.
Recommendation: If the last retreat didn’t substantially improve your life, think about why that might be the case, and adjust ahead of attending another. Work with experts.
Motivation
Hearing good things from a few friends, so you want to try it too. Not really sure about your own motivations, but you’ve heard it has benefits.
Spend the time and energy to research the subject ahead of making a decision. You are rewiring your neural pathways - this is very very serious work.
Legality
Participating in a retreat or a ceremony outside of the law.
While plant medicine is rapidly gaining social and legal acceptance, there are still too many crackdowns. Ask yourself if it’s worth it.
Safety
Hoping that everything will be fine.
Ensure you go through a high quality medical screening. If in doubt, ask to speak to the people you’ll be supported by.
Preparation
Book a retreat, read the emails they send you, and jump on a flight for the retreat.
You’ll get out what you put in. We recommend preparing for weeks ahead, and to do the necessary mental and emotional work to get the most out of the retreat experience.
Guidance
Doing it alone, without a coach or therapist.
Work with experts who have coached hundreds or thousands of people. They’ll guide you to break through and integrate the lessons.
Retreat Selection
Check out a few websites, read a few reviews, and book a retreat.
It’s really difficult to know what good looks like. Find an expert who does know, and can guide you towards a high quality experience.
Expectations
Underestimating the challenges that can arise when working with plant medicine.
These experiences can be incredibly powerful and challenging. Every experience is unique, so it’s best not to have any expectations, and to be mentally prepared for anything, and that you have the right support around you.
Working Towards Goals
During a ceremony, it’s common to forget about your intentions and goals and get carried away by the experience itself.
Finding the right balance between surrender and working towards your goals.
Assigning Meaning
I saw some crazy stuff - I don’t quite know how to make sense of it, so I guess I’ll just ignore it and move on.
Remain curious, humble, and open, and take ownership for the experience. Work with a coach or therapist to unpack potential significance.
Keeping Track of the Lessons
A bunch of really important things happened, but I don’t really remember much.
Find the right balance between allowing the experience to unfold, and remembering the significant lessons (e.g. maybe writing in a notebook)
Integrating the Lessons
Feeling like a million dollars at the end of a retreat, and then feeling like you’re back to square 1 a month later.
Focus on integration, integration, integration. When back home, set time aside each day to review the commitments you made to yourself, and how you are tracking against them. Rewiring decades of ingrained thinking patterns and behaviors is not easy work.
Another Retreat
Life has returned to normal, I think it’s time for another retreat.
If the last retreat didn’t substantially improve your life, think about why that might be the case, and adjust ahead of attending another. Work with experts.
Motivation
Hearing good things from a few friends, so you want to try it too. Not really sure about your own motivations, but you’ve heard it has benefits.
Spend the time and energy to research the subject ahead of making a decision. You are rewiring your neural pathways - this is very very serious work.
Legality
Participating in a retreat or a ceremony outside of the law.
While plant medicine is rapidly gaining social and legal acceptance, there are still too many crackdowns. Ask yourself if it’s worth it.
Safety
Hoping that everything will be fine.
Ensure you go through a high quality medical screening. If in doubt, ask to speak to the people you’ll be supported by.
Preparation
Book a retreat, read the emails they send you, and jump on a flight for the retreat.
You’ll get out what you put in. We recommend preparing for weeks ahead, and to do the necessary mental and emotional work to get the most out of the retreat experience.
Guidance
Doing it alone, without a coach or therapist.
Work with experts who have coached hundreds or thousands of people. They’ll guide you to break through and integrate the lessons.
Retreat Selection
Check out a few websites, read a few reviews, and book a retreat.
It’s really difficult to know what good looks like. Find an expert who does know, and can guide you towards a high quality experience.
Expectations
Underestimating the challenges that can arise when working with plant medicine.
These experiences can be incredibly powerful and challenging. Every experience is unique, so it’s best not to have any expectations, and to be mentally prepared for anything, and that you have the right support around you.
Working Towards Goals
During a ceremony, it’s common to forget about your intentions and goals and get carried away by the experience itself.
Finding the right balance between surrender and working towards your goals.
Assigning Meaning
I saw some crazy stuff - I don’t quite know how to make sense of it, so I guess I’ll just ignore it and move on.
Remain curious, humble, and open, and take ownership for the experience. Work with a coach or therapist to unpack potential significance.
Keeping Track of the Lessons
A bunch of really important things happened, but I don’t really remember much.
Find the right balance between allowing the experience to unfold, and remembering the significant lessons (e.g. maybe writing in a notebook)
Integrating the Lessons
Feeling like a million dollars at the end of a retreat, and then feeling like you’re back to square 1 a month later.
Focus on integration, integration, integration. When back home, set time aside each day to review the commitments you made to yourself, and how you are tracking against them. Rewiring decades of ingrained thinking patterns and behaviors is not easy work.
Another Retreat
Life has returned to normal, I think it’s time for another retreat.
If the last retreat didn’t substantially improve your life, think about why that might be the case, and adjust ahead of attending another. Work with experts.
Motivation
Hearing good things from a few friends, so you want to try it too. Not really sure about your own motivations, but you’ve heard it has benefits.
Spend the time and energy to research the subject ahead of making a decision. You are rewiring your neural pathways - this is very very serious work.
Legality
Participating in a retreat or a ceremony outside of the law.
While plant medicine is rapidly gaining social and legal acceptance, there are still too many crackdowns. Ask yourself if it’s worth it.
Safety
Hoping that everything will be fine.
Ensure you go through a high quality medical screening. If in doubt, ask to speak to the people you’ll be supported by.
Preparation
Book a retreat, read the emails they send you, and jump on a flight for the retreat.
You’ll get out what you put in. We recommend preparing for weeks ahead, and to do the necessary mental and emotional work to get the most out of the retreat experience.
Guidance
Doing it alone, without a coach or therapist.
Work with experts who have coached hundreds or thousands of people. They’ll guide you to break through and integrate the lessons.
Retreat Selection
Check out a few websites, read a few reviews, and book a retreat.
It’s really difficult to know what good looks like. Find an expert who does know, and can guide you towards a high quality experience.
Expectations
Underestimating the challenges that can arise when working with plant medicine.
These experiences can be incredibly powerful and challenging. Every experience is unique, so it’s best not to have any expectations, and to be mentally prepared for anything, and that you have the right support around you.
Working Towards Goals
During a ceremony, it’s common to forget about your intentions and goals and get carried away by the experience itself.
Finding the right balance between surrender and working towards your goals.
Assigning Meaning
I saw some crazy stuff - I don’t quite know how to make sense of it, so I guess I’ll just ignore it and move on.
Remain curious, humble, and open, and take ownership for the experience. Work with a coach or therapist to unpack potential significance.
Keeping Track of the Lessons
A bunch of really important things happened, but I don’t really remember much.
Find the right balance between allowing the experience to unfold, and remembering the significant lessons (e.g. maybe writing in a notebook)
Integrating the Lessons
Feeling like a million dollars at the end of a retreat, and then feeling like you’re back to square 1 a month later.
Focus on integration, integration, integration. When back home, set time aside each day to review the commitments you made to yourself, and how you are tracking against them. Rewiring decades of ingrained thinking patterns and behaviors is not easy work.
Another Retreat
Life has returned to normal, I think it’s time for another retreat.
If the last retreat didn’t substantially improve your life, think about why that might be the case, and adjust ahead of attending another. Work with experts.
Motivation
Hearing good things from a few friends, so you want to try it too. Not really sure about your own motivations, but you’ve heard it has benefits.
Spend the time and energy to research the subject ahead of making a decision. You are rewiring your neural pathways - this is very very serious work.
Legality
Participating in a retreat or a ceremony outside of the law.
While plant medicine is rapidly gaining social and legal acceptance, there are still too many crackdowns. Ask yourself if it’s worth it.
Safety
Hoping that everything will be fine.
Ensure you go through a high quality medical screening. If in doubt, ask to speak to the people you’ll be supported by.
Preparation
Book a retreat, read the emails they send you, and jump on a flight for the retreat.
You’ll get out what you put in. We recommend preparing for weeks ahead, and to do the necessary mental and emotional work to get the most out of the retreat experience.
Guidance
Doing it alone, without a coach or therapist.
Work with experts who have coached hundreds or thousands of people. They’ll guide you to break through and integrate the lessons.
Retreat Selection
Check out a few websites, read a few reviews, and book a retreat.
It’s really difficult to know what good looks like. Find an expert who does know, and can guide you towards a high quality experience.
Expectations
Underestimating the challenges that can arise when working with plant medicine.
These experiences can be incredibly powerful and challenging. Every experience is unique, so it’s best not to have any expectations, and to be mentally prepared for anything, and that you have the right support around you.
Working Towards Goals
During a ceremony, it’s common to forget about your intentions and goals and get carried away by the experience itself.
Finding the right balance between surrender and working towards your goals.
Assigning Meaning
I saw some crazy stuff - I don’t quite know how to make sense of it, so I guess I’ll just ignore it and move on.
Remain curious, humble, and open, and take ownership for the experience. Work with a coach or therapist to unpack potential significance.
Keeping Track of the Lessons
A bunch of really important things happened, but I don’t really remember much.
Find the right balance between allowing the experience to unfold, and remembering the significant lessons (e.g. maybe writing in a notebook)
Integrating the Lessons
Feeling like a million dollars at the end of a retreat, and then feeling like you’re back to square 1 a month later.
Focus on integration, integration, integration. When back home, set time aside each day to review the commitments you made to yourself, and how you are tracking against them. Rewiring decades of ingrained thinking patterns and behaviors is not easy work.
Another Retreat
Life has returned to normal, I think it’s time for another retreat.
If the last retreat didn’t substantially improve your life, think about why that might be the case, and adjust ahead of attending another. Work with experts.
Motivation
Hearing good things from a few friends, so you want to try it too. Not really sure about your own motivations, but you’ve heard it has benefits.
Spend the time and energy to research the subject ahead of making a decision. You are rewiring your neural pathways - this is very very serious work.
Legality
Participating in a retreat or a ceremony outside of the law.
While plant medicine is rapidly gaining social and legal acceptance, there are still too many crackdowns. Ask yourself if it’s worth it.
Safety
Hoping that everything will be fine.
Ensure you go through a high quality medical screening. If in doubt, ask to speak to the people you’ll be supported by.
Preparation
Book a retreat, read the emails they send you, and jump on a flight for the retreat.
You’ll get out what you put in. We recommend preparing for weeks ahead, and to do the necessary mental and emotional work to get the most out of the retreat experience.
Guidance
Doing it alone, without a coach or therapist.
Work with experts who have coached hundreds or thousands of people. They’ll guide you to break through and integrate the lessons.
Retreat Selection
Check out a few websites, read a few reviews, and book a retreat.
It’s really difficult to know what good looks like. Find an expert who does know, and can guide you towards a high quality experience.
Expectations
Underestimating the challenges that can arise when working with plant medicine.
These experiences can be incredibly powerful and challenging. Every experience is unique, so it’s best not to have any expectations, and to be mentally prepared for anything, and that you have the right support around you.
Working Towards Goals
During a ceremony, it’s common to forget about your intentions and goals and get carried away by the experience itself.
Finding the right balance between surrender and working towards your goals.
Assigning Meaning
I saw some crazy stuff - I don’t quite know how to make sense of it, so I guess I’ll just ignore it and move on.
Remain curious, humble, and open, and take ownership for the experience. Work with a coach or therapist to unpack potential significance.
Keeping Track of the Lessons
A bunch of really important things happened, but I don’t really remember much.
Find the right balance between allowing the experience to unfold, and remembering the significant lessons (e.g. maybe writing in a notebook)
Integrating the Lessons
Feeling like a million dollars at the end of a retreat, and then feeling like you’re back to square 1 a month later.
Focus on integration, integration, integration. When back home, set time aside each day to review the commitments you made to yourself, and how you are tracking against them. Rewiring decades of ingrained thinking patterns and behaviors is not easy work.
Another Retreat
Life has returned to normal, I think it’s time for another retreat.
If the last retreat didn’t substantially improve your life, think about why that might be the case, and adjust ahead of attending another. Work with experts.
