3 Day Amanita Mind: Mushroom & Somatic Retreat in Galicia, Spain

3-day retreat of Amanita muscaria mushroom-medicine, somatic & nature-based practices in a small group setting.
/ January 15-18, 2026 • Galicia, Spain

Fungisense invites you into a somatic sanctuary - guided by the long-forgotten medicine of fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) and supported by somatic and nature-based practices!
These 3 days serve best those who are seeking for gentle release, mental clarity, deep rest and reconnection with their inner rhythms. The carefully structured flow of mushroom-assisted exploration, meditation, somatic movement and conversation practices, forest walk, journaling and counseling-based integration circles offers each participant to shift in-between individual and collective experiencing according to their present needs.

This retreat is dedicated for participants with the openness for self-reflection, the intention of transformation, and the desire for healing. It is not a recreational/psychedelic retreat.
Although the fly agaric is categorized as a toxic mushroom, the mushroom and its substances are not regulated in most countries of the world: you can collect, store, share and use them without control in Spain, the host-country of the retreat as well - similarly to most of the wild herbs.

✨ How can fly agaric guide us?
The fly agaric is one of the most iconic and mythologically rich mushrooms, used for centuries with shamanic guidance and as an everyday companion, mainly across Eurasia. Unlike Psilocybe (and other psychedelic) mushrooms, fly agaric (psychoactive) offers a calm and centered, being-at-home-like state that can enhance introspection, somatic awareness, and sense of self-alignment. When used in micro-to-middle dosage, it can gently dissolve mental rigidity, support nervous system balance, and easily cultivate presence.
During this 3 day process we work with topical and low-to-middle dose fly agaric extracts, prepared to access the therapeutic compounds while minimizing gastrointestinal disturbance.
Emerging research on Amanita’s therapeutic applications underline:
• the recreation of neuroplasticity as ibotenic acid’s and muscimol’s activity may support nervous system regulation
• emotional release and the elimination of anxiety
• the development of somatic sensitivity
• gaining access to restorative sleep and overcoming insomnia
• transformation of addictive behaviours
Remember, this is not a high-intensity non-ordinary state of consciousness experience, but a gentle healing exploration, ideal for somatic transformation of embodied mental and physical traumas.

✨ About our approach
Our approach is embodied and integrative. We combine evidence-based practices with auto-ethnographic research and experiential learning rooted in:
• trauma-informed facilitation, based on safety, consent, and attuned spaceholding
• work with somatic intelligence to engage with the body as a guide for exploring complex dimensions of the self and its surrounding
• relational healing ensured by a container for fluid shifting between individual and collective spaces
• peer-supported integration with 1n1 and small group sharing and witnessing
• non-judgemental approach with focus on resilience and empowerment
• decolonial and eco-social awareness acknowledging Amanita’s erased communities of practice, while centering relevant and respectful use

✨ For who is this retreat for?
This retreat is ideal for those who:
• feel stuck in loops (mental-emotional, or behavioral) and wishing for permanent exit
• need nervous system reset through body-based experiences
• are curious about Amanita’s therapeutic properties in a safe and emancipatory setting
• value solitude within community - with sufficient space for individual journeys held by collective presence
• practice (or wish to explore) meditation, somatic practices, and nature connection
• nature lovers & mycophiles, curious about learning and working with fungi
• people interested in ethnobotany and -mycology and a critical and decolonial approach to ancestral knowledge

Anyone with or without experience in body-mind practices is welcome to join!

✨ Who cannot participate?
• pregnant or breastfeeding persons
• people with severe mental health conditions (e.g., psychosis, bipolar disorder)
• anyone seeking a "trippy" or recreational experience
Those on SSRIs, MAOIs, or other psychiatric medications - please first consult your therapist about the interference of ibotenic acid and muscimol and your medication. You can also request consultation with our scientific research reference.

✨Important notes before applying

🍄 The retreat takes place with a minimum of 5 participants.

🍄 The language of the retreat is English.

🍄 Amanita muscaria contains psychoactive compounds, which depending on the preparation, dosage and basic mindset of user work as a modulator of wakefulness - can be calming or activating. It can cause severe harm in case of high dosage (eating 15 fresh fruit bodies at a time). During our retreat we will work low-to-middle doses (using ⅕-1 dried specimen/person/occasion), using carefully prepared extracts of self-foraged dried specimens.

🍄 Anybody can take part and ingest the carefully measured and prepared amount of the mushroom extract only after learning the pharmacological properties of the mushroom, understanding all possible effects of low-to-middle dosing and taking full responsibility of their mushroom consumption.

🍄 As part of the preparation process, after your registration you will be invited for a 20 minute 1on1 encountering call.

🍄 The fly agaric mushroom and its substances are not regulated in most countries of the world, you can pick, store, share and use them without control in Spain as well, similarly to most of the wild herbs.