About this Retreat
Hi, I'm Femke. Plant medicine crossed my path years ago, as I was exploring alternative ways of healing while on the verge of burnout. My first psychedelic experience left a lasting impact on me, showing me the magic of life and the interconnectedness of all beings. However, the integration period is what made deeper transformation happen.
As a Trauma-Informed Facilitator, I support women throughout the entire Psilocybin journey — from preparation to ceremony to integration. My approach is grounded in nervous system safety, deep somatic support, and building an ethical relationship with plant medicine. Here, integration isn’t an afterthought; it’s the heart of the journey.
With certifications in Polyvagal Theory and Journal Therapy, as well as training in somatic plant medicine integration, I'm here to meet you where you are. With additional certifications as a Narcissistic Abuse Specialist and in coercive control, I am especially equipped to support women who are navigating or healing from abuse, such as Intimate Partner Violence.
As a facilitator, I stand firmly against any form of spiritual bypassing, guru dynamics, or exploitative practices. Here, you are the expert on your own healing and experience, while I walk alongside you on this path of healing and liberation.
Thank you for being here.
Details of this retreat
Somatic Psychedelic Integration Session (1:1, Online, Women Only)
This session offers a grounded and trauma-informed space to integrate psychedelic or altered-state experiences through the body. I specialize in guiding experiences with Psilocybin and Ayahuasca.
Rooted in Polyvagal Theory and the Somatic Plant Medicine Integration (SPMI) model, we’ll work gently with the nervous system to support regulation, embodiment, and meaning-making.
“A journey without landing is just turbulence: true and lasting change begins when the experience is carried into the body, your relationships, and everyday life.”
Sessions are held via Zoom and are open to women seeking to deepen integration with care, integrity, and respect for their unique process. After booking your session, you'll receive an intake form and the link to schedule our call.
You'll also receive the Somatic Integration Guide: a workbook with additional exercises, journal prompts, psychoeducation about working with the nervous system, common pitfalls after a psychedelic experience, and how to get the most out of your integration period.
🍄 Why focus on psychedelic integration?
- A large global survey of 1,630 people who’d used Ayahuasca found that many described integration as “challenging” or “ongoing,” including feelings of being disconnected or reverting to old patterns.
- In a study of participants at a three-day legal Psilocybin truffle retreat in the Netherlands, 9 out of 30 participants (30%) spontaneously reported post-experience integration challenges (e.g., mood fluctuations, “post-ecstatic blues," disconnection from community, perceived lack of support).
- When integration is neglected, the insights fade over time, the window of neuroplasticity is missed, and old patterns simply reclaim the terrain.
- Without proper integration, a psychedelic experience can remain just that — an experience — without true embodiment. Common pitfalls include spiritual bypassing, ego inflation, emotional dysregulation, or the so-called "Rubber Band Effect," where you snap back into old patterns, habits, and beliefs.
❤️ What are the benefits of somatic psychedelic integration?
- Somatic work supports nervous system regulation. Trauma often keeps us stuck in patterns of hyper-arousal (always “on”) or hypo-arousal/shut-down (feeling numb or dissociating). Somatic modalities help to restore what’s called autonomic flexibility — so the nervous system can move between states of safety and activation more fluidly.
- Integration becomes more than cognitive insight: it becomes embodiment. Somatic techniques help turn insight into integration. The body learns: this time, it’s different. This time, you’re not alone. You're safe, supported, and all parts of you are welcomed here.
- Where trauma often happens when something happens too fast, too quick, too soon, with no autonomy or consent, or by the lack of support (such as neglect), somatic integration is a way to create reparative experiences by building a deeper connection with yourself — held in a judgment-free and compassionate space.
Here, as integration practitioner, I'm here to walk alongside you while you come home to yourself.