A Psilocybin Assisted Therapeutic Retreat for Personal Growth & Development
Weert, Netherlands, December 10-14, 2023
Please join us for a 5 day journey to the self. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice is the day where the Sun’s light is shortest. It is a time of year when cultures and religions around the Northern part of the world celebrate this as a time to mark the transition from days getting shorter to the return of the light and the rebirth that follows. As we approach this day, many have found it to be a time for reflection and contemplation.
During this retreat we will use therapeutic techniques including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Internal Family Systems to facilitate the powerful inward journey that psilocybin can help us take. Held in a beautiful space in the countryside of the Netherlands, many have found this retreat to be one that can assist in personal transformation and growth and a deeper understanding of oneself, often offering new directions and perspectives.
“Beneath the Veil lay right and wrong, vengeance and love, and sometimes throwing aside the veil, a soul of sweet Beauty and Truth stood revealed.”
— W.B. Dubois
Approaching the Winter Solstice Retreat Details
The daily schedule includes yoga, meditation, breathwork, individual and group exercises, two psilocybin ceremonies, integration as well as time for personal reflection and space to celebrate with a group of like minded folks.
DATE: December 10th - 14th, 2023
COST: $2000 - $2800 based on accommodations ranging from dormitory style to private rooms (limited availability).
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A $500 deposit due with registration via VENMO: @CenteredNewHaven , remaining balance due by November 1, 2023
Please contact events@centered.one if you are interested and we will reach out to you with additional information. We look forward to connecting with you!
Mother’s house retreat centre is located in a grand and luxurious sixteenth century mansion hidden in the woods of a vast private estate. Recently renovated it combines rural charm with lavish modern comforts such as a sauna, jacuzzi and indoor swimming pool. In the front yard a monumental century old oak tree welcomes you to Mother’s house of healing. The imposing driveway leading up to the house is surrounded by woodlands and meadows for as far as you can see.
“This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year's threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath.”
— Margaret Atwood
Meet Your Facilitators
Tamara Slock
As a former nurse, Tamara realized that the compassion she had for her patients was a big part of the healing process. She started following the path of Yoga, became a breathworker, bodyworker and Reiki practitioner, exploring different pathways for holistic wellbeing. At Beckley Retreats, she uses music and various healing practices to help facilitate ceremonies. Tamara has studied plant medicine with a Mestizo Maestro and is currently studying under a Shipibo Maestro from Peru. She is the co-founder and manager of Mother’s House, where she supports research and conducts psychedelic ceremonies. She also works closely with ICEERS, organizing workshops on harm reduction and safety protocols for facilitators working with psychedelics.
Over the years,Tamara has witnessed many people heal their trauma with the help of psychedelics. She’s driven to enact a balance between therapeutic practices and indigenous shamanic teachings. For her, it’s not a job—it’s a calling and a way of life.“We can provide many tools, but in the end it is up to you. You are the medicine. A change in perspective is a change of life.”
Seyi Adeyinka, MD, MPH
Seyi (shay-yee) is a licensed physician, a psychiatrist in training at Yale, and public health researcher. In addition to her academic training, she is a breathwork facilitator and Reiki II practitioner. She is passionate about exploring the mind-body-spirit connection and weaves her medical knowledge with her studies in energy work and earth-based healing practices. Seyi is also an artist. Her art practice uses textiles to explore values of curiosity, joy, freedom, and autonomy.
Rachael McGann, LPCA
Rachael McGann is one of the co-founders of Centered, PLLC. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, registered Yoga teacher, and Reiki Master Teacher. She has studied plant medicine with the Cofan tribe and has also assisted in plant medicine ceremonies with the Shipibo lineage. Formerly in the corporate media industry, Rachael came to this path through yoga as a way to calm the intensity of life in New York City. Soon after, she traveled around South America for 5 months, studying with and learning from indigenous communities working with these medicines.
Over the years Rachael has witnessed the healing powers of plant medicine in herself and in so many others. She is passionate about the abilities psychedelic medicines have to help us release trauma and unwire deeply ingrained belief patterns, in order to be free.
Bryant McCombs
Bryant is a facilitator with a sincere passion for personal and professional growth, public speaking, and nurturing connections. Bryant is excited to embark on this journey alongside you, drawing from his own personal experiences along with the principles from IFS and ACT to guide you toward insights and personal development.
Bryant's warm, authentic enthusiasm, and dedication help to create an atmosphere of introspection and curiosity, will provide you with a supportive environment for your inner exploration.
Robert Krause
Robert Krause, co-founder of Centered PLLC and Entheocare Admin has practiced nursing, psychotherapy and psychiatry for 25 years. His path toward working with psychedelics started over 30 years ago after a transformative experience that directed him toward nursing and psychiatry.
Since then he has studied and practiced meditation, yoga, tantra and breath work. Along with certifications in Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapies and Research, and Sex Therapy from CIIS, he is certified in Trauma Therapy from Harvard. He is also a certifiedYoga and Tantra teacher.
Robert was a faculty adviser founding the Yale Psychedelic Research Group. He has been co-facilitating psychedelic retreats in the Netherlands, and a therapist for and coauthor of The Yale Manual for Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy of Depression (using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a Therapeutic Frame); he is a consultant to Behavioral Wellness Clinic for ketamine assisted therapy and is a therapist and co-investigator in the Expanded Access Program for MDMA-assisted Psychotherapy For Patients with Treatment-resistant PTSD, and he is also a Supervisor Psychedelic Therapy Consultant for the Embark program with Cybin Pharmaceutical Company. He was one of the “Midwives” that helped found the American Psychedelic Practitioners’s Association where he is currently on the Standards of Care Committee. In his clinical practice he has treated over 80 individual patients with ketamine, individually and as members of groups and a total of close to a thousand ketamine sessions.