5.0
Verified
Best retreat ever
This was everything I hoped it would be and more!
Preparation/integration consultation
Top Rated
Online
Preparation/integration consultation
4.9154 reviews
Cuevas del Valle, Ávila, Spain
Up to 2 in group
Open Dates
Retreat Highlights
- Empowerment through education
About this Retreat
Siddiq, founding director of the association, grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. He has been exploring the intersections of nature connection, meditation, and psychedelic medicine for the last 15 years.
He is a scholarship winner of the Somatic Plant Medicine Integration certification and and Trauma-informed Plant Medicine Masterclass offered by Atira Tan. As signatory of the North Star ethics pledge for psychedelic practitioners, he is guided by integrity and sincerity as foundational principles in his work.
His approach to psychedelic assisted therapy is grounded in an ongoing intensive study of the latest clinical research from the leading universities in the world. Influenced by the pioneering work of Dr Gabor Mate and Dr Basel van der Kolk in uncovering the somatic dimensions of trauma, his toolkit is based in psychosomatic therapy and incorporates elements of Dr Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing, Dr David Bercelli's Trauma Release Exercises, emotional release exercises from the Reichian tradition of body-based psychoanalysis, and breathwork-based methods of nervous-system autoregulation.
He has spent months on intensive silent retreat, focusing particularly on nature-based practices of embodied contemplation such as pilgrimage and wilderness rites of passage. He has developed relationships with many species of fungi, building bioreactors and countless compost piles to produce inoculum for feeding soil fertility, foraging for wild edible and medicinal mushrooms, fermenting food and drink with wild and cultivated aerobic and anaerobic fungi, and setting up a laboratory for cloning and growing wild and cultivated species for mycoprotien, mycogardening, and mycotherapy. He has grown intimate with the life-cycles of mushrooms, from spores to mycelium to fruit. His investigation of psychedelic fungi has led him to study the ethnomycological traditions of the world, from modern curanderos to precolonial Native Americans, Siberian shamans, ancient Greek Mysteries, all the way back to the ceremonial practices of our paleolithic ancestors.
Elena hails from Mexico City and has meandered through different continents in the pursuit of knowledge in different fields. Today, she spends most of her working time growing a plant-dye garden and thinking of joyful ways to engage children and adults in outdoor learning and nature-connection. She also works with Siddiq in the lab growing the mushrooms utilized in the sessions. She is fascinated by self-directed learning and fostering autonomy in everyday life.When she isn't working, she pursues long hikes as a form of self-guided therapy and loves foraging for food, medicine, and crafts.
She has extensive personal experience working with psychedelics and brings an earthy comforting feminine energy, appreciated by many, to our sessions.
Peyton has a deep love for mushrooms, both for their medicinal and culinary gifts. Her zeal for local, fresh, and wholesome cooking has led her to work with many species of mushrooms in the pursuit of cooking food that is nutritious for our bodies and spirit, blending vegan cuisine and herbalism. Beyond the kitchen, Peyton's political-social work is focused on regenerative food systems, research that led her into mycoforestry, foraging, and working with fungi for closed-loop systems.
Her appreciation for fungi in their culinary and ecological roles carries over and naturally flows into her reverence for fungi as medicine and teachers. As a lover of Life and a student of the Earth, she turns to plants and fungi as guides for remembering the truth of our nature. She has learned the magic of mushrooms after many years of working with them, serving them, and facilitating others' experiences.
Along with her explorations in Earth Medicines, Peyton has been practising Hatha Yoga for many years. In combining meditation into her daily religious practices, she has found psilocybin mushrooms to be extremely helpful for deeping meditative experiences, better understanding of the Self, and attuning with the Divine.
Details of this retreat
Online preparation/integration consultation, ideal for those who prefer to do their own DIY session at home.
Includes e-booklet with comprehensive instructions for conducting a self-guided 12-week program before and after a psychedelic journey.
Includes e-booklet with comprehensive instructions for conducting a self-guided 12-week program before and after a psychedelic journey.
Schedule
1:1 consultation
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
What's Included
- Educational content to assist with integration
Customer Reviews
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5.0
Verified
Difficult but very valuable experience
It was my first experience with mushroom and I am overall very happy with the session. Good preparation, organization and overall profesionalism. The session was handled very well by Malwina and I would definitely recommend her. I had a challenging but valuable experience. Thank you!
5.0
Verified
One of the most amazing healing experiences of my life!
I never thought I would one day try psychedelics. I don’t even smoke or drink alcohol.
But after experiencing burnout from work and feeling deeply unfulfilled in my personal life, I couldn’t get back on my feet.
I tried everything to reclaim a meaningful life and make progress on my goals: therapy, spiritual retreats... Things started to improve somewhat after attending some family constellation workshops, but nothing truly transformational.
Until one day I thought: What if it’s something biological?
After hearing about and witnessing the changes in someone who had taken mushrooms, I was blown away by their progress. I decided to try them myself, in a safe and legal way, with someone who spoke my language.
Communication with Siddiq was excellent and professional. And I can’t find enough words to thank my facilitator, Elena. She’s a wonderful person, deeply empathetic and talented. Her love for nature and her genuine desire to help others made my experience incredibly safe and effective.
As a bonus, her adorable little dog Cosmo accompanies you during the journey.
A few days after my two sessions, I started noticing positive changes in my personality: my excessive fear in risky situations vanished , it was the first time in my life I’d ever felt that. My appetite regulated itself, and cravings disappeared. The integration process continues, in a positive direction, and I wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone who wants to reclaim their life.
Forever grateful.
But after experiencing burnout from work and feeling deeply unfulfilled in my personal life, I couldn’t get back on my feet.
I tried everything to reclaim a meaningful life and make progress on my goals: therapy, spiritual retreats... Things started to improve somewhat after attending some family constellation workshops, but nothing truly transformational.
Until one day I thought: What if it’s something biological?
After hearing about and witnessing the changes in someone who had taken mushrooms, I was blown away by their progress. I decided to try them myself, in a safe and legal way, with someone who spoke my language.
Communication with Siddiq was excellent and professional. And I can’t find enough words to thank my facilitator, Elena. She’s a wonderful person, deeply empathetic and talented. Her love for nature and her genuine desire to help others made my experience incredibly safe and effective.
As a bonus, her adorable little dog Cosmo accompanies you during the journey.
A few days after my two sessions, I started noticing positive changes in my personality: my excessive fear in risky situations vanished , it was the first time in my life I’d ever felt that. My appetite regulated itself, and cravings disappeared. The integration process continues, in a positive direction, and I wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone who wants to reclaim their life.
Forever grateful.
3.0
Verified
Disorganized and terrible communication
Original Review: July 6, 2025
We didn’t hear from this organization after payment was done. We got an email saying “we would receive an intake call” and 9 days later nothing. I booked a one and one session for my 60 yr old mother. It was her first experience ever with mushrooms. I trusted that she would be in safe hands. The day of the session my mother didn’t know where to go, what time the session was, where or what diet she should have. She was unclear about what she was going to experience. It took several phone calls to get an answer. The day of! Not what I would have put my mother through. I don’t recommend Siddiq. The communication day of the therapy was non existent.
Retreat Response: July 29, 2025
While we are sorry that the reviewer experienced such dissatisfaction with the service we offered to her mother, it is important to make clear that this entire review is based on hearsay, as the reviewer never participated in any retreat with us, nor did she have any direct interaction with us. She also made a number of factually incorrect and damaging statements that it is important to clarify. Firstly, the claim that "there was no intake call as advertised" is incorrect. Her mother called me at 10:30 pm at night 3 days before the retreat to enquire about the preparation call. I responded immediately to arrange for a call the next day at an appropriate time. The next morning we had the preparation call, during which I explained to her all the information she needed to know, including the time and place of the retreat, what clothing to wear, what and when to eat before the retreat. I communicated everything she needed to know very clearly during this intake call. The claim that "it took several calls to get an answer" to these questions is therefore incorrect. On the morning of the retreat, her mother messaged me in a state of anxiety, asking about the same questions we had already discussed during the preparation call. It seemed she had forgotten, or was confused -- both of which are common and understandable occurrences for an elderly woman to experience, especially when traveling alone to a foreign place to undergo an unknown and emotionally intense experience for the first time. I called her and patiently explained again what I had said the first time. I then went to her hotel before the retreat and again addressed her questions regarding preparation, before arranging transport for her to get to the site of the retreat. The claim that "communication on the day of the therapy was non existent" is thus incorrect.
We put a lot of care into her mother´s retreat, and this clearly felt by her. In fact, the last message her mother sent me on the day of the retreat, after she had returned to her hotel for the evening, was "Thank you for your care. Blessings for everything".
We didn’t hear from this organization after payment was done. We got an email saying “we would receive an intake call” and 9 days later nothing. I booked a one and one session for my 60 yr old mother. It was her first experience ever with mushrooms. I trusted that she would be in safe hands. The day of the session my mother didn’t know where to go, what time the session was, where or what diet she should have. She was unclear about what she was going to experience. It took several phone calls to get an answer. The day of! Not what I would have put my mother through. I don’t recommend Siddiq. The communication day of the therapy was non existent.
Retreat Response: July 29, 2025
While we are sorry that the reviewer experienced such dissatisfaction with the service we offered to her mother, it is important to make clear that this entire review is based on hearsay, as the reviewer never participated in any retreat with us, nor did she have any direct interaction with us. She also made a number of factually incorrect and damaging statements that it is important to clarify. Firstly, the claim that "there was no intake call as advertised" is incorrect. Her mother called me at 10:30 pm at night 3 days before the retreat to enquire about the preparation call. I responded immediately to arrange for a call the next day at an appropriate time. The next morning we had the preparation call, during which I explained to her all the information she needed to know, including the time and place of the retreat, what clothing to wear, what and when to eat before the retreat. I communicated everything she needed to know very clearly during this intake call. The claim that "it took several calls to get an answer" to these questions is therefore incorrect. On the morning of the retreat, her mother messaged me in a state of anxiety, asking about the same questions we had already discussed during the preparation call. It seemed she had forgotten, or was confused -- both of which are common and understandable occurrences for an elderly woman to experience, especially when traveling alone to a foreign place to undergo an unknown and emotionally intense experience for the first time. I called her and patiently explained again what I had said the first time. I then went to her hotel before the retreat and again addressed her questions regarding preparation, before arranging transport for her to get to the site of the retreat. The claim that "communication on the day of the therapy was non existent" is thus incorrect.
We put a lot of care into her mother´s retreat, and this clearly felt by her. In fact, the last message her mother sent me on the day of the retreat, after she had returned to her hotel for the evening, was "Thank you for your care. Blessings for everything".
5.0
Verified
Book without thinking
Elana was amazing. She made me feel safe and comfortable from the beginning, like I could fully let go and trust the process. Her presence is super calming, she just gets it without saying too much. During the trip, she knew exactly when to step in and when to give me space. I honestly don’t think the experience would’ve been the same without her. So grateful she was the one guiding me.
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