LGBTQI friendly mushroom retreat
LGBTQI friendly mushroom retreat
Silves, Portugal
Up to 10 in group
October 23 - 29, 2025
Retreat Highlights
- 1x microdose circle to gently introduce the medicine, weave in the group and test your sensitivity
- 2x full dose mushroom journeys with recorded and live music, to dive deep into oneself and heal from within
- daily mindfulness and reflective activities to help prepare for and integrate the journeys
- Plenty of personal attention from our team, including on on one consultations and tailored preparation and integration support before and after the retreat
- Delicious and abundant vegetarian buffet twice a day
- A beautiful retreat center to enjoy slowing down and breathing in with trees, birds and bees, pool and the historic village of Monchique nearby
- A whole lot of love and magic !
About this Retreat
Cecile is a dedicated psychedelic activist with over a 10 years of involment in the field of psychedelic therapy and research.
Extensive personal exploration with mushrooms and Ayahuasca gradually taught her to leave the realm of the mind and enter that of the heart, to go from seeking transcendance to embodying loving presence, and to live a life of service and community. Plant medicine has helped Cecile to come to terms with a rare genetic condition she was born with, to recover from depression and anxiety and to cultivate a passion for life and for fulfilling relationships with others. It is from this embodied place of self-healing that she holds space for others.
Cecile holds a Bsc in Neuroscence from King’s College London and a Masters in Public Health from Charite Medical University in Berlin, and is currently starting a Phd Project researching the integration of plant medicine into an indigenous mental health clinic in Mexico. Her experience spans 10 years of psychedelic activism, practice and research, collaborating with established institutions, indigenous practicionners and at the community level.
From receiving her foundational training in psilocybin therapy in the Netherlands with Truffles Therapy in 2019, to 5 years of research work with the Takiwasi center, an ayahuasca addiction treatment clinic in Peru, and to an ongoing mentorship relationship with the Nierika Intercultural Medicine center in Mexico and to volunteering in psychedelic emergency care in festivals with Kosmicare, Cecile has a thirst for knowledge and is perpetually learning to improve her practice and support the causes she believes in. She has also published research on Ayahuasca and Amazonian medicine and teaches about psychedelic therapy in Charité University on the Alcohol and Substance Use disorder programme.
She coordinates the group and private retreat programmes in Coração Medicina with her experience spanning caring for people in hundreds of mushroom journeys over the last four years.
Cecile has sat in many dozens of ceremonies, went on self led vision quests and maintains a regular meditation practice. She strives to embody the qualities and values that the medicines has brought to her life: responsability, reciprocity, compassion and harmony with the natural world.
A firm believer in giving access to heartfelt, professional and affordable psychedelic experiences to those who may benefit from them, she founded Coração Medicina with a vision of service, love, and connection.
Andrea Junge is an international multi-instrumentalist and published scientist with a dedication to the arts and academics. Her work involves the integration between motion and sound, alternative education for all ages in health and music, and the execution of community based arts and healing.
The Berlin-based artist is a recipient of several scholarships and grants in music including Aktion Mensch, Kulturelle Bildung, and Global Health Disrupted. Her extensive international experiences with marginalised communities in Tanzania, Nepal, the Amazon, and the Andes have made her an expert in utilising community music as a tool to facilitate communication and inclusion.
Andrea currently works internationally as a freelance musician and is passionate in utilising her skills to primarily collaborate with circus, dance, theatre, and ceremonial ritual.
As a musician and scientist, Andrea is committed to empowering individuals by including and integrating special needs populations in and outside of schools and in performative settings. Her interest in movement and music has led her to explore a variety of digital technologies around sound and integrating motion into the overall creation of the soundscape.
Andrea continues to lead music and health based workshops at renown universities such as Charite, works closely together with companies such as Remo, and is the music and health project officer for the NGO “Global Health Disrupted”.
She has been on the medicine path for over 10 years and having witnessed the best and worse of ceremonial practices, she is passionate about creating and holding a safe and inclusive container for those who wish to work with the sacred plants. In her music and her spaceholding, she weaves in her indigenous awareness with a more modern, person-centered approach, in service and reverence.
Details of this retreat
Does your queer soul long for a place where you can find psychedelic healing together with some like minded folk ?
So does ours ! And we couldn't find that space... So we created it !
As we are committed to opening safe and supportive spaces for those who wish to experience the magic of mushrooms, we felt compelled to offer a space foor people from the LGBTQI minorities to come together and share this retreat space and to make this a very safe and inclusive space for people with queer identities.
We shared lived experience and values will help bring this group together and form a very special containers full community spirit and mushroom rainbows !
We are Coracao Medicina, a small organisation offering mushroom retreats in Portugal since 2019, working with a lot of love and reverence for the medicine & our participants. If you are looking for a professionally-led, affordable retreat offered by facilitators with years of experience facilitating ceremonies for 200+ participants, with a strong ethics for holistic care, personal attention and warmhearted vibes, you are in the right place !
Come and join us if you feel the call to dive within using psilocybin mushrooms in a safe and nurturing container.
This retreat has a maximum capacity of 10 people and a team of 4 experienced guides to care and support you, and enrich your stay with a rich offer of integrative activities.
What is included ?
7 days of shared or private accommodation in a secluded retreat center with lakes to swim, hills to hike on and starry night skies, away from noise pollution and phone signal.
One microdose circle to introduce the medicine, weave in the group’s collective energy and prepare for the ceremony.
2x full dose introspective ceremonies led by experienced facilitators: one ceremony with a recorded playlist on day 3 and another with live music on day 5.
One on one consultation before the ceremony to bring personalised therapeutic support and individualised dosage recommendations.
Sharing circles and integration workshops after each ceremony to land the experience into our lives, with further individual support available when needed.
Varied daily mindfulness activities (meditation, movement, breath and voicework…) help you ground and develop self awareness in preparation and integration for the mushroom work.
Delicious, home-cooked vegan buffet meals served twice a day by our friend, chef and facilitator Ibi.
Optional excursion to the beach on day 2
Plenty of personal attention from our queer-friendly team of 4 experienced facilitators with diverse backgrounds and skills.
Personalised guidance on preparation and integration via one on one consultations before and after the retreat and a group integration call, as well as a preparation and integration resource pack.
The feeling of being part of something special - this is our first LGBTQI friendly retreat and we would love to meet you !
Do you want to join us ?
Pease get in touch with us before making a booking through retreatguru for more detailed information, preparation support and to make a booking !
Get a 15% discount for this retreat when booking directly with us through our website: http://coracao-medicina.com
You contact us by email at coracaomedicina@protonmail.com and read the reviews and testimonials on our website: https://coracao-medicina.com/testimonials/
950 euros for shared accomodation
1450 euros for private room
Get in touch with us for more detailed information, preparation support and to make a booking! We take the time to have at least one preparation call with all of our retreat participants.
Send us an email at coracaomedicina@protonmail.com, we will be happy to hear from you ! r.
So does ours ! And we couldn't find that space... So we created it !
As we are committed to opening safe and supportive spaces for those who wish to experience the magic of mushrooms, we felt compelled to offer a space foor people from the LGBTQI minorities to come together and share this retreat space and to make this a very safe and inclusive space for people with queer identities.
We shared lived experience and values will help bring this group together and form a very special containers full community spirit and mushroom rainbows !
We are Coracao Medicina, a small organisation offering mushroom retreats in Portugal since 2019, working with a lot of love and reverence for the medicine & our participants. If you are looking for a professionally-led, affordable retreat offered by facilitators with years of experience facilitating ceremonies for 200+ participants, with a strong ethics for holistic care, personal attention and warmhearted vibes, you are in the right place !
Come and join us if you feel the call to dive within using psilocybin mushrooms in a safe and nurturing container.
This retreat has a maximum capacity of 10 people and a team of 4 experienced guides to care and support you, and enrich your stay with a rich offer of integrative activities.
What is included ?
7 days of shared or private accommodation in a secluded retreat center with lakes to swim, hills to hike on and starry night skies, away from noise pollution and phone signal.
One microdose circle to introduce the medicine, weave in the group’s collective energy and prepare for the ceremony.
2x full dose introspective ceremonies led by experienced facilitators: one ceremony with a recorded playlist on day 3 and another with live music on day 5.
One on one consultation before the ceremony to bring personalised therapeutic support and individualised dosage recommendations.
Sharing circles and integration workshops after each ceremony to land the experience into our lives, with further individual support available when needed.
Varied daily mindfulness activities (meditation, movement, breath and voicework…) help you ground and develop self awareness in preparation and integration for the mushroom work.
Delicious, home-cooked vegan buffet meals served twice a day by our friend, chef and facilitator Ibi.
Optional excursion to the beach on day 2
Plenty of personal attention from our queer-friendly team of 4 experienced facilitators with diverse backgrounds and skills.
Personalised guidance on preparation and integration via one on one consultations before and after the retreat and a group integration call, as well as a preparation and integration resource pack.
The feeling of being part of something special - this is our first LGBTQI friendly retreat and we would love to meet you !
Do you want to join us ?
Pease get in touch with us before making a booking through retreatguru for more detailed information, preparation support and to make a booking !
Get a 15% discount for this retreat when booking directly with us through our website: http://coracao-medicina.com
You contact us by email at coracaomedicina@protonmail.com and read the reviews and testimonials on our website: https://coracao-medicina.com/testimonials/
950 euros for shared accomodation
1450 euros for private room
Get in touch with us for more detailed information, preparation support and to make a booking! We take the time to have at least one preparation call with all of our retreat participants.
Send us an email at coracaomedicina@protonmail.com, we will be happy to hear from you ! r.
Schedule
Day 1:
1 - 5 pm Arrival and settling in
5pm: Orientation circle
7pm: Dinner
Day 2
8am: Morning mindfulness activity
9:30am: Brunch buffet
11am: Microdose circle
3pm: Nature Excursion (beach, forest...)
6pm: Dinner
Day 3:
8:30am: Morning mindfulness activity
9:30: Brunch
10-3 one on one ceremony preparation consultation
4-11pm: Mushroom ceremony
11pm: Dinner
Day 4:
9am: Morning mindfulness activity
10am: Brunch
12: Integration sharing circle
4pm: Embodied integration workshop
6pm: Dinner
DAY 4:
Day 3:
8:30am: Morning mindfulness activity
9:30: Brunch
10-3 one on one ceremony preparation consultation
4-11pm: Mushroom ceremony
11pm: Dinner
Day 4:
9am: Morning mindfulness activity
10am: Brunch
12: Integration sharing circle
4pm: Embodied integration workshop
6pm: Dinner
DAY 4:
Day 3:
8:30am: Morning mindfulness activity
9:30: Brunch
10-3 one on one ceremony preparation consultation
4-11pm: Mushroom ceremony
11pm: Dinner
Day 4:
9am: Morning mindfulness activity
10am: Brunch
12: Integration sharing circle
4pm: Embodied integration workshop
6pm: Dinner
DAY 4:
8:30am: Morning mindfulness activity
9:30: Brunch
10-3 one on one ceremony preparation consultation
4-11pm: Mushroom ceremony
11pm: Dinner
Day 4:
9am: Morning mindfulness activity
10am: Brunch
12: Integration sharing circle
4pm: Embodied integration workshop
6pm: Dinner
Day 7:
9 am: Preparing the homecoming & Closing ritual
11am: Brunch
1pm: Goodbye hugs !
1 - 5 pm Arrival and settling in
5pm: Orientation circle
7pm: Dinner
Day 2
8am: Morning mindfulness activity
9:30am: Brunch buffet
11am: Microdose circle
3pm: Nature Excursion (beach, forest...)
6pm: Dinner
Day 3:
8:30am: Morning mindfulness activity
9:30: Brunch
10-3 one on one ceremony preparation consultation
4-11pm: Mushroom ceremony
11pm: Dinner
Day 4:
9am: Morning mindfulness activity
10am: Brunch
12: Integration sharing circle
4pm: Embodied integration workshop
6pm: Dinner
DAY 4:
Day 3:
8:30am: Morning mindfulness activity
9:30: Brunch
10-3 one on one ceremony preparation consultation
4-11pm: Mushroom ceremony
11pm: Dinner
Day 4:
9am: Morning mindfulness activity
10am: Brunch
12: Integration sharing circle
4pm: Embodied integration workshop
6pm: Dinner
DAY 4:
Day 3:
8:30am: Morning mindfulness activity
9:30: Brunch
10-3 one on one ceremony preparation consultation
4-11pm: Mushroom ceremony
11pm: Dinner
Day 4:
9am: Morning mindfulness activity
10am: Brunch
12: Integration sharing circle
4pm: Embodied integration workshop
6pm: Dinner
DAY 4:
8:30am: Morning mindfulness activity
9:30: Brunch
10-3 one on one ceremony preparation consultation
4-11pm: Mushroom ceremony
11pm: Dinner
Day 4:
9am: Morning mindfulness activity
10am: Brunch
12: Integration sharing circle
4pm: Embodied integration workshop
6pm: Dinner
Day 7:
9 am: Preparing the homecoming & Closing ritual
11am: Brunch
1pm: Goodbye hugs !
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Coração Medicina, Silves, Portugal
Directions
The center is located 10 minutes away from Silves, which is reachable by train or bus (and our team can pick you up at Silves station). Taxi from Faro airport takes about 50 minutes.
Accommodation
Various accomodation options available, from private or shared rooms to cabin and converted trucks on the land.
Private accomodation
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
A peaceful valley 10 minutes from the town of Silves, with lakes to swim in and trails to hike on, this location has been one of our favourites for the last 5 years !
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
We work with in-house caterers, who are also team members part of the Coracao Medicina family. Our chefs specialise in whole food plant based cooking and craft their menues to support your process.
What's Included
- 1x microdose circle,
- 2x full dose mushroom ceremony,
- daily mindfulness & integrative activities,
- Plenty of personal support during preparation, retreat & integration,
- Delicious and abundant vegetarian buffet meals,
- Private or shared accomodation
What's Not Included
- Transport to and from the retreat center