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.
Suze is the guardian of the land of Pagan Poetry for the last 12 years, living off grid and caring for the land and all its beings. She has been a vision quester for 15 years, participating and holding quests in the UK and Portugal and holds that space with a graceful blend of deep reverence and simplicity, sincerity and care. Suze has a rich background and a wide toolbox for holistic care, including aromatherapy massage, Bowen Technique, Shamanic and Prayer work and breathwork. Suze’s joy lays in drumming, singing and dancing on the land and making cups of tea for people. She built a labyrinth on the land, a powerful medicine in its own right.
Details of this retreat
Psilocybin mushrooms open a gateway for connection with spirit and with the natural forces that surround us. The indigenous groups that have been working with these medicines since generations acknowledge and give space to the natural world in their approach to medicine work, opening spaces for prayer and offerings by taking time for contemplation in nature for a given amount of time with limited food, drinks and social contact, a practice known as vision quest.
We are planning to open a retreat based on this approach, for experienced medicine journeyers and people ready to challenge themselves and to go back to the roots. This will be facilitated by an experienced team and will take place on a beautiful piece of land by a river in the mountains of the Serra da Estrela in central Portugal.
What to expect ?
– Be welcomed and held on a secluded piece of land by a pristine river on an off grid project that has held many years of prayer work.
– 2 mushroom ceremonies led with reverence, care and intention, to dive into the deeper parts of ourselves and awaken our ancient memory, reconnecting with the land.
– 3 days of limited food and water in silence and contemplation, an indigenous practice known as vision quest, to strenghen our bond with nature, our spiritual guidance and our sense of direction in life.
– Camping accomodation during your stay, with loads of extra pillows and blankets to make it cosy and warm !
– Delicious vegetarian buffets twice a day on non questing days, with menus designed to support your entry and exit into the questing process, with local organic homegrown veggies and herbs.
– A small group of 5 brave fellow questers, making this experience very unique and personal
– Support from an experienced team before, throughout and after your stay with us.
Price: 950 euros on retreatguru - 800 euros on http://coracao-medicina.com/
If you would like to register your interest, please reach out to us by email at coracaomedicina@protonmail.com to speak with Cecile. We will send you an info form, covering your background, intentions and health status, and will have a phonecall to get to know each other and help you prepare for this experience.
Looking forward to welcoming you and hold space for you on this journey.