What to Expect from a Psilocybin Retreat: Preparation, Experience, and Integration

A complete guide to your transformative journey with Elevated Mind Retreats

Why Join a Psilocybin Retreat?

A psilocybin retreat is not just about taking psychedelics. It’s about stepping into an intentional space for emotional healing, spiritual insight, and mental clarity—surrounded by nature, expert guidance, and community.

Our retreats are rooted in presence, integrity, and compassion. Whether you're seeking to release limiting beliefs, reconnect with purpose, or simply feel more alive, Elevated Mind Retreats offers the structure and support to help you do that.

Before the Retreat: How We Prepare You

1. Personal Video Intake Call

Each attendee receives a private video call with a core team member. This helps us understand your intentions, background, and readiness, while giving you space to ask questions and connect personally.

2. Screening for Readiness

Your safety is paramount. We screen all applicants thoroughly to ensure that a psilocybin journey is appropriate for you at this time in your life.

3. Retreat Participant Guide

You'll receive our detailed Participant Guide in advance, which includes:

What to bring and how to prepare physically and mentally
Journaling prompts and dietary suggestions
Practical tips for getting the most out of your journey

4. WhatsApp Group for Connection and Ride-Sharing

We invite attendees into a private WhatsApp group to:

Get to know fellow participants
Coordinate ride-shares and travel plans
Begin building trust and shared intention

During the Retreat: A Journey Through the Senses and the Soul

Held in the peaceful village of Almkerk, the Netherlands, our retreats are intimate, small-scale, and immersed in nature. Here's what the retreat journey looks like:

Day 1: Arrival, Intention, and Microdosing

Opening Sharing Circle – We begin with a warm and honest group circle, allowing you to land fully and connect with others.
Intention-Setting Exercises – Through guided practices, we help you distil your intention to its essence.
Group Interaction – Simple exercises cultivate safety and presence in the group field.
Evening Microdose Ceremony – A gentle introduction to psilocybin, helping you connect subtly with the medicine and your inner world.

Day 2: The Full-Dose Psilocybin Journey

This day is dedicated to trust, surrender, and deep inner work.

Nature Connection Practices – Grounding exercises to awaken your senses and attune to the natural world.
Psilocybin Education – We share knowledge about the medicine, what to expect, and how to navigate the journey.
Conscious Connected Breathwork – A powerful session to release stored emotions, move stuck energy, and prepare you to enter the ceremony with clarity and openness.
Full-Dose Psilocybin Ceremony – In warmer months, this takes place in our bell tent in the lush garden with birdsong and water nearby.
Evening Fire Ceremony – We often gather around a fire to celebrate insights, honour releases, and light up what wants to come alive in our lives.

Day 3: Integration, Joy, and Re-Emergence

Cacao Ceremony – A heart-opening ritual to begin the day gently.
Inner Child Meditation – A guided process to meet younger parts of yourself with compassion.
Integration Breathwork – A grounding breath session to embody your insights.
Wim Hof Method & Ice Bath (mixed retreats) – Designed to help you break through resistance and re-enter life with renewed strength.
Female Embodiment Work (women’s editions) – Practices for reconnection, expression, and flow.
Healthy Nourishing Meals – We serve fresh, wholesome vegetarian meals and cater to individual dietary needs.

After the Retreat: Integration Support for Lasting Transformation

We believe the real magic happens after the retreat, when you begin applying your insights to daily life. That’s why we offer robust integration support to help you land gently and stay connected to your growth.

1. Integration Guide

You’ll receive a comprehensive Integration Guide that offers practical tools and flexible options to help embed your experience into everyday life. It includes:

Techniques for emotional regulation and grounding
Sleep and nutrition support
Reflection prompts for meaning-making
Choose-your-own integration options, such as breathwork, journaling, time in nature, meditation, movement, or community

2. Rewriting Limiting Beliefs Toolkit

We provide a step-by-step process for identifying and transforming limiting beliefs—a method that has helped many of our team members and participants reframe inner narratives and step into a more empowered self.

3. Playlist & Resource List

After the retreat, you’ll also receive:

The curated playlist used during your ceremony and breathwork
A hand-picked list of books, podcasts, and videos that have deeply inspired our team
Tools and practices to support long-term transformation and continued exploration