Intimate Small Group Mushroom Ceremony

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El Gastor, Spain
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Up to 4 in group
Date
August 1 - 2, 2025

Retreat Highlights

  • Free (donation-based)
  • Legal
  • Safe
  • Personal care and attention
  • Experienced and knowledgeable practitioners
  • Purpose over profit: donation-based nonprofit
  • Empowerment through education

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Details of this retreat

We are a nonprofit association offering free (gift-based), legal, individual 1:1 psychedelic-assisted therapy sessions with magic mushrooms (Psilocybe cubensis) to those in need. We are graduates of Somatic Plant Medicine Integration certification and have completed professional training in the Trauma-informed Plant Medicine Masterclass offered by Atira Tan. We are signatories of the North Star ethics pledge for psychedelic practitioners, guided by integrity and sincerity as foundational principles in our work.

Come together to experience the benefits of journeying with psilocybin in community. This retreat is structured to allow for both profound individual discovery and self-exploration through relation with others.

Our intention is to create a space where people can safely and confidently work with psilocybin mushrooms through building their own relationship with this medicine while additionally having the opportunity to share about their experience and relate it with that of the others.

This retreat is designed for those who wish to better understand their own intricate and delicate patterns of relating to others. Sharing space while journeying can shed light on the difficulties and blessings of relating to our fellow humans. Such moments can be great opportunities to work through anxieties or insecurities but if you feel too challenged by this, please look into our 1:1 facilitation options. Read More

Schedule

During the intake phase, we conduct a thorough medical and psychological pre-screening process to ensure the safety of the experience for all candidates.

Once applications are accepted and dates arranged, the preparation phase includes the presentation of introductory educational content, and a 15 minute intoductory interview to get to know each other and to discuss intentions and upcoming steps.

The session begins with a preparatory discussion, during which we set and record intentions, work through doubts and fears, and provide "flight instructions" about how to navigate any challenging experiences that may arise. We then take you through a series of psychosomatic emotional and trauma release exercises that you can use during the trip, and conclude the preparation session with a tea ceremony.

After the tea ceremony, we guide you through breathing exercises to relax and calm the mind as the effects begin to take hold.

The peak hours of the journey will be inward-focused and the space will be non-conversational, so each person can be fully immersed in the sensations that are present for them. This part will be non-interactive and any support that is needed will be directly and solely from the facilitators. Though non-conversational and non-interactive, we still fully encourage self-expression in the form of laughter, crying, screaming, moving, shaking, whatever needs to arise in your journey.

Once the effects subside, around 6 hours later, we come together again as a group to lightly share insights, ideas, challenges, or reflections. There is also the opportunity for you to privately write or record reflections about the experience. We then close the session.

The following day, we gather for a group integration session where each person can share more fully about their experience and express the kind of support they need.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
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Getting Here

Location icon Mycosomatic Magic, El Gastor, Spain

Directions

El Gastor is 90 minutes from Malaga international airport by car. For public transport, there is the option to arrive via taxi (the fastest option), rideshare (Blabla car), bus, or train (the most scenic, comfortable and slow option). Should you request it, we can arrange an airport pickup with a taxi which you may pay directly to the driver. Read More

Accommodation

Registration fee (donations invited during intake process) Read More

Venue & Amenities

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Free Wifi icon Free Wifi
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Sauna icon Sauna
Pool icon Pool
Towels icon Towels
Free Parking icon Free Parking
Kitchen icon Kitchen
Tour Assistance icon Tour Assistance
Hot Tub icon Hot Tub
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Cafe icon Cafe
Restaurant icon Restaurant
Fitness Center icon Fitness Center
Yoga Studio icon Yoga Studio
Housekeeping icon Housekeeping
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Our space is a natural, private location surrounded by the picturesque beauty of rural Spain. The site for the ceremony is within walking distance to the local hotel. Read More

What's Included

  • Introductory discovery call
  • Group call to establish trust and connection
  • Full medical and psychological prescreening to ensure safety of applicants
  • Educational content to assist with preparation and integration
  • Small group allows for a deep personal experience
  • Access to voluntary participation in scientific research

What's Not Included

  • Travel to and from site
  • Meals
  • Accomodation
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Customer Reviews

4.89 out of 5.0 average rating

2.0
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Terrible Communication
I booked a one and one session for my 60 yr old mother. It was her first experience ever with mushrooms. I trusted that she would be in safe hands.
There was no intake call as advertised, the day of the session my mother didn’t know where to go, what time the session was or what diet she should have.
She was unclear about what she was going to experience. It took several phone calls to get an answer.
Not what I would have put my mother through. I don’t recommend Siddiq.
The communication day of the therapy was non existent.
This caused so much anxiety and frustration after she had traveled several hours, booked a hotel, organized her schedule to have this experience.
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3.0
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Disorganized and terrible communication
We didn’t hear from this organization after payment was done. We got an email saying “we would receive an intake call” and 9 days later nothing.
I booked a one and one session for my 60 yr old mother. It was her first experience ever with mushrooms. I trusted that she would be in safe hands.
The day of the session my mother didn’t know where to go, what time the session was, where or what diet she should have.
She was unclear about what she was going to experience. It took several phone calls to get an answer. The day of!
Not what I would have put my mother through. I don’t recommend Siddiq.
The communication day of the therapy was non existent. Read More

5.0
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Reality Bending Journey
I'm so grateful that I landed on Mycosomatic Magic for my first experience with mushrooms. Elena was an incredible guide, from the moment we had our first call I was put at ease by her calming presence and grounding nature. It's clear she has extensive experience, and an intuitive ability to know just what you need throughout the journey.

While words cannot capture the intensity of the journey, the messages and learnings I had and continue to have in the weeks after my session have opened doors for awarenesses that I don't believe I could have otherwise arrived at. Thank you Elena and team for facilitating such a nurturing , attentive, and safe environment. Read More

5.0
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Wonderful experience
I have attended several of these types of experiences in the past, but Elena made this experience so much more than the others. Her warmth, openness understanding, generosity... She is both a wonderful person and a gifted guide. Thank you Elena for helping make my experience so meaningful and memerable. Read More

5.0
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Mindblowingly Healing
Siddiq very kindly squeezed me in at the last minute when I arrived in Malaga, with Malwina as my facilitator. I didn't leave much time for us to properly prep but as I had a good amount of previous experience we decided to proceed anyway. I completed my intake form and when we met and talked for almost 90 mins before my journey began and this put me completely at ease with her as my facilitator.

I had the biggest dose I had ever had and it was very challenging at times. But Malwina took it all in her stride and I felt she was with me all the way! I felt she saw my pain and it was this my heart needed. There was a lot of somatic release too. Malwina seemed to know what I needed even before I did. Although she gave me the space I needed, I felt she was absolutely attuned to me throughout. She is meant to be doing this work. I hope I am priveleged enough to do another journey with her.

I also loved the mountain location very much. Immersed in nature and super quiet. The space was just perfect and the rainy foggy weather made it all the more mystical and special. And I very much loved sweet Kamba who made a couple of visits to us, including one in the night so she could sleep in the warmth. Loved it.

My experience was incredible and I would definitely not hesitate to recommend Mycosomatic Magic, and especially Malwina. Thank you so much!
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