5-Day All-Inclusive Oregon Psilocybin Retreat in Nature: 2x Licensed & Regulated 🍄 Journeys

The five day Confluence retreat changed my life. I was on antidepressants for many years to cope with severe trauma. I finally found a psychotherapist who helped me identify the issues I needed to overcome, but I reached a point where I needed to go deeper than just talking to someone. I was impressed by the extensive preparation ahead of the psilocybin journeys, the many levels of support during the retreat and the support with reintegration to life afterwards that Confluence provided. I have been off all medications for several months now and have a calm, peaceful life at last.

I attended a Confluence five-day group retreat in June 2025 and the experience has changed my life in deep, meaningful ways. There is a lightness, a spaciousness in me that I hadn’t experienced before; the rigidity of thought and action that had been with me most of my adult life has softened and I now regularly feel a sense of deep peace and groundedness. My journey began before actually taking the psilocybin; with expert guidance and information provided by Confluence weeks before the retreat, I felt prepared and comfortable by the time I met my fellow group members and facilitators. Even though our psilocybin journeys were individual/internal experiences, being together as a group and sharing our vulnerabilities and experiences before and after each journey gave me a profound sense of healing connection and bonding that will stay with me for a long time. We were provided comfortable lodging in the beautiful woods of Oregon, delicious meals, and participated in activities that encouraged introspection, presence and mindfulness. The whole experience was much more than taking psilocybin - which was its own amazing, incredible, meaningful experience that can’t be put into words – but Confluence Retreats made sure that we each felt safe and supported so that we could just focus on/wholly participate in our internal mushroom journey. Thanks to the magic of the mushrooms, I now have this deep knowing of my own strength and wisdom that has been in me all along. I am so incredibly grateful to have had this experience. Truly and wonderfully life changing.

The folks at Confluence Retreats surpassed all my expectations. In a peaceful nature setting, I was met with a thoughtful, supportive staff. I felt cared for, my every need addressed. Myles & Elyse were terrific & their support didn’t end when I left. If you’re thinking of a psilocybin experience, this is the best.
Sarah A

If I could give Confluence six stars I would!! I went to a lot of work studying psychedelic retreat centers, and it paid off. I wanted a legal center, hopefully in the United States. I have suffered from depression and anxiety all my life. I needed something above and beyond the usual medications. I wanted a multi-day, multi-session format to get the most out of the program. I have a pacemaker, and some centers rejected me, even though I had the approval of my cardiologist. The lead facilitator, Myles, gently guided me through the process of sending a letter from my doctor to their doctor and accepting me.

I had been experimenting with mushrooms, so Myles worked with me on that. I was frankly nervous about the group idea, but in the end we bonded, under ideal guidance, into a family that continues to be connected. Once you are enrolled:

1. They do prep meetings over the web and are available for personalized support during the run-up. They carefully explain the “boundary guidelines”, which are important for interacting with each other in what will be very sensitive and vulnerable states of mind.
2. They pick you up at the airport on the first day and do pre-flight sessions. We even had a shaman guide, Thunder Eater, to bless our gatherings and journeys.
3. The accommodations are beautiful, luxury cabins shared between two, in the middle of the Siskiyou National Forest. Each cabin has its own hot tub and a deck.
4. The food is simple, but delicious, home cooking. Recommendable on its own.
5. It’s a five day experience, and days two and four are journey days. On those days they take you to the Omnia center in Ashland where a lovely couple, Brian and his wife, attended to us. Omnia offers gourmet snacks and electrolyte water as you are coming down. You can sit on the deck of their enclosed Japanese-style garden and enjoy the butterflies and hummingbirds.
6. You consume precisely measured and assayed mushroom powder, which you drink as lemon tea, in a ceremony, after breathing exercises. You lay down with eyeshades and high quality earphones on comfy beds to start your journey. They have carefully designed playlists for each component. One of the facilitators, “spirit dancer” Kai, blessed us and sprinkled us with rose water during the journeys. I loved the extra attention, but rose water sprinkling is optional, as is any physical contact by the facilitators during the journey. First and foremost, they want you to feel safe and secure.
7. I had powerful but uneventful journeys both days. A few of the group needed intensive support during their journeys, and they got it.
8. Days three and five are integration days. On the fifth day there was a closing ceremony and then they took us to the airport. The views on the road between the retreat center and Ashland are so breathtakingly beautiful that once we stopped on the way just to look at the scenery.

All of our facilitators, Myles, Elyse, Kai and Thunder Eater are experienced, and are obviously psychedelic enthusiasts who have had their own healing process. For them Confluence is clearly a labor of love. All together, my Confluence retreat was one of the most important and uplifting experiences I have ever had in my entire 76 year life!

I came to the Confluence after extensively researching the "best" legal psilocybin retreats in the US. I had done several single day, underground retreats in the past, but wanted to try a multi day retreat that was both legal and well reviewed. My expectations were high. I was not disappointed.

Beginning at the intake interview, and continuing through the last integration session, I found all dealings with the staff to be personable, professional, knowledgeable, compassionate, and impeccable in integrity. There was an atmosphere of open sharing, and trust that was created among the participants, and an intrinsic sense of safety seem to be immersive with the entire experience. From the counselors to the cook, they all seem to be great at what they did and enjoyed their work!

Needless to say, they provided the necessary support in defining my expectations and intentions for what I wanted to get out of my work at Confluence, and help integrating the lessons that I learned on my journey. They introduced me to breathwork, which I was resistant to, but found very helpful, and continue to work with. The licensed center that provided the facility and the mushrooms for the journey was great! They worked seamlessly with our counselors, to provide a comfortable and supportive environment for the actual psilocybin journey. The facility itself is perfect, providing an indoor/outdoor courtyard that was perfect for what we were doing.

The retreat center itself where we stayed was top-notch, comfortable, well, appointed and in a beautiful setting. The food was exceptional, and the cook/chef was great!

I highly recommend the Confluence for anybody looking for a multi day psilocybin retreat.

Bryan B.