Small-Group Psychedelic Retreat (5-Days): 8 Participants, Two Journeys

Confluence Retreats with Myles, Jules, Nancy and the other facilitators is an excellent choice for your first journey experience and for anyone with prior experience wanting an extremely well-held container. I personally attended the 5-day retreat, and I'm glad I did as having two days to experience the medicine allowed me to go much deeper and take my learnings from the first journey and apply them to the second. Everyone acted professionally and the experience was well-organized in the context of Oregon's laws. Omnia Group Ashland is an excellent partner with Brian and Michelle creating an amazing space to do the work with the medicine. All of the paperwork required for legal purposes was also well-handled.

The caliber of the facilitators is very high. I personally have never experienced mushrooms prior to this retreat, and in fact it wasn't even on my radar as something I had intended to do. I experienced a significant loss earlier this year, and a dear friend forwarded me the flyer for the retreat out of the blue around this same time. As I looked at it, it turns out I know Nancy (Cedar) Morgan who was to be one of the facilitators and someone I hold in high regard for her skill as a therapist and IFS (Internal Family Systems) practitioner. Knowing she would be facilitating was a strong draw, and considering the changes happening in my life this year, I decided that this retreat would be a great way to get support and guidance as I'm opening up to the next steps in my life among a lot of unknowns.

I can say without a doubt that the medicine will give you what you need. Everyone's experience is different, and doing this in a supported environment with others in a group was also amazing because hearing others in their process greatly helped me with my own, receiving insights and reflections in ways that would have been more limited in a 1-on-1 setting.

This is not a recreational experience; this is work - profound and beautiful work to know more about yourself and your connection to something greater. My experience was quite physical. I did a lot of shaking for hours and releasing energy in my body similar to trauma release exercises (TREs). I didn't see colors or anything like that, and I did receive a lot of guidance. Some things I received from this experience (among many others):

- A connection to a longing within me to have a family and be strongly connected to community and loved ones around me, something I have struggled in my life to know
- Messages about the gifts I am to give to the world, specifically also working as a healer myself
- Strong guidance to make amends and let go of past concerns and grievances so I can show up more present in my life

These messages came over both days combined, working together to give me a stronger picture of myself and what's going on in my inner world. The other days we spent preparing and integrating were also crucial to being open to these messages. The combination in this case with the IFS practice I found gave all of us more tools to navigate the inner experience, and I highly recommend this combination when it happens again.

We had a beautiful setup in cabins in the woods of Ashland and it was a gift of peace and calm that held me throughout the experience. Doing this work in such a strong container among nature is the only way I can recommend it, and this group has delivered this skillfully with a lot of love and respect both for us as participants and for the medicine itself.

If you've read this far, you're likely considering it and I can tell you, you won't regret this. This is an investment in your health and well-being that will pay dividends the rest of your life.

With love and blessings on your own journey,
Chris

Two words come to mind when I think back on my Confluence retreat: Comprehensive and Compassionate. Once I arrived I could let go of my work-a-day life. This is truly a retreat, not just a couple of legal dosing sessions. Everything is taken care of: comfy cabins in a beautiful mountain setting, delicious meals, and a full program of preparation and integration activities led by compassionate, skilled professionals. The comprehensive approach includes both group preparation meetings with our cohorts prior to the retreat, and integration sessions in the days following – with extensive online tools made available to us before and after. It all creates an environment of safety and trust necessary for a powerful, intentional, psilocybin experience. TBH I was a bit apprehensive about tripping in a group setting. Over the course of our five days, however, I came to appreciate that even though we each had our own deeply personal trips, we also had a shared experience that amplified the sense of healing and transformation we all – to a person – experienced.

Confluence Retreats were professional, supportive, and caring from start to finish. Myles and his team did an amazing job creating a cohesive group experience. I was very skeptical of the group retreat experience to start and, after this experience, I wouldn't have had it any other way. They did zoom meetings twice as a group in advance in addition to two one-on-one zoom meetings before we had the actual retreat. By the time we got there, the other participants felt very familiar.

After the retreat there were more scheduled debrief meetings and even now, 6 months later, we are still meeting once a month as a retreat group to continue supporting each other. Myles still even joins when he can. He deeply cares for the participants and clearly works to make sure he understands each persons' needs and how he can meet them.

The facility itself and on-site team were amazing always engaging and pushing each of us while maintaining supportive and safe environments. 10/10.

My trip with Confluence Retreats was incredible. It was a deeply impactful psychedelic retreat experience that has changed my life in ways I could not have even imagined leading up to it. The facilitators made me feel so safe and supported throughout the whole process and I felt such a special connection with each of them. The food was delicious and nourishing and the cabins were cozy and comfortable. This mushroom retreat went way beyond expectations. It’s something I’ll cherish forever.

Life changing…that’s the only way to put it. Confluence has really figured out EVERYTHING needed to ensure a great mushroom journey. They are deeply experienced and I can’t think of a single change I’d make. Bonus: You’ll learn breathwork and meditation, both of which will also make profound positive changes in your life.

The setting for their retreat is a world-class cabin complex in the Oregon mountains. The food us organic, delicious, wholesome, awesome, prepared by a personal chef who accommodated every dietary request.

From the very first call to the pre-journey prep to the experience and now the follow-through, they have this figured out. If you want a safe, professional journey, Confluence Retreats is the best!