About this Retreat
Hello:) My name is Martijn (30). For the past ten years I have been diving deep into myself and spirituality. I love both the metaphysical and magical part of it, as well as the shadow work and the letting go of everything that keeps my energy from soaring high. More and more my state of being is one of love, freedom, enthusiasm, joy and peace, and that is what I wish to bring to all people around me.
For the past 7 years, I have been an entrepreneur, and worked on several mobile apps. Recently I decided I wanted stop doing that, and solely focus on my souls mission of helping people to become their unrestrained Self. I am professionally guiding people out of their depression and burn-out via my own practice.
I started playing the guitar and tongue drum, and I am working on my singing skills. Hopefully I will be able to use them soon as assistance and guidance during our ceremonies. Besides guiding, I also love teaching. The mind sometimes needs certain concepts and perspectives, before it feels safe enough to drop its guard and allows the consciousness to move back into the heart. I believe a balance between love and wisdom is essential to move towards the higher states, and remain there.
I hope you give yourself the gift of becoming fearlessly who you are. Assistance from us and the universe will be there for you once you have made the commitment. Much love, and I hope to see you at one of our retreats!
Hi, I am Renate (35), single mother of a boy and always trying to be a better mother for him, and more loving and compassionate towards myself and the people around me.
In my gene keys, my vocation and life’s work are universal love and empathy. This can really be felt by the people around me, and those who come to the Truly Loving Center. This also shows in the reviews I get: “Renate pours her heart into the ceremonies and creates a loving atmosphere for everyone to get a safe setting for the best possible journey.” I work and live more and more intuitively, which always results in the best outcome for everyone. It shows in the wisdom I can share, that I work from the heart (which is my SQ/heart in the gene keys). Apart from that, I also sing from the heart during the plant medicine journeys. I can also speak light language, which activates whatever needs activation in your system. I am also following a healing course, where I learn to deepen my connection to my guides and work together with them on gaining clarity and activating healing in your body.
After I was asked to start guiding ayahuasca ceremonies at another center, I was also asked to take ayahuasca and ask the medicine for clarity about myself as a guide. I had a long and difficult journey, but there was just one very short moment where I felt that the medicine told me that I am already guiding energetically anyway, so ‘doing’ the guiding during ceremonies would make perfect sense. A whole journey, and the answer was given to me in just a few seconds!
The ‘guiding’ works through in all parts of my life and not just my work as a plant medicine guide. I find myself getting complimented about being an inspiration to others around me.
During your plant medicine ceremony, I will:
- Give instructions on how to navigate through your journey.
- Provide a safe and loving space for you to be yourself and show your vulnerability.
- Be present with you.
- Make general teachings relatable and understandable with examples from my own life.
At most of our retreats, Felix the cat will be present as well. It is believed that cats heal people, and transmute negative energies, making space for positive energies.
The name Felix means 'happy', or 'lucky'.
Felix has his own special job, one I cannot explain in words. Only he really knows.
Details of this retreat
You are very welcome in our small, homey, psychedelic center, where our maximum capacity is 4 people. Including us (Martijn and Renate as your guides) that makes 6 people in total, which ensures you’ll get a lot of personal attention, coaching and guidance during the weekend. We have a very personal approach and really want to get to know you and help and guide you through your journey, as well as assist you in the phase of life you are in right now. It doesn’t matter if you’re dealing with a depression or grief of a loved one (or loved ones) and/or do psychedelics for the first time, or you’ve been on a spiritual journey for decades and/or an experienced traveler (in psychedelics). Everyone is welcome (except when (mental) health issues rule you out from taking psychedelics, which we will ensure during our intake procedure).
So, about this intake procedure: we already want to get to know you and to introduce ourselves to you before your weekend retreat starts. We have an intake form, and after reviewing that, we plan an intake call (online). This way we can all feel comfortable and confident that we are the right place for you to embark on your psychedelic journey.
After that, we will finalize your booking/reservation and a week before your journey we send you the final details about the last part of your journey to our center (we have a pick-up service from the nearest train station to the center), we inform you about the diet you should stick to in the final days before the retreat and give some advice on what to pack for your stay at our center.
The weekend starts at 14:00 on a Friday and ends on Sunday around noon. During the weekend, we will have 2 ceremonies where we will give you the psychedelics: on Friday evening and on Saturday afternoon/evening. This can be either just Psilocybin in the form of truffle tea (which is legal in the Netherlands), or Psilohuasca (which is Psilocybin combined with the Ayahuasca component MAO, which enhances the Psilocybin). During the ceremonies you lie on a mattress with an eye mask for optimal experience for going inward. We provide music, a safe space, distance when necessary, whispered advice or a comforting hand or shoulder to cry on when needed. What we also provide is a mother and father energy, a feminine and masculine energy, we can be anything you need us to represent for you during your journey. We are present with you.
After both ceremonies we share a light dinner together and after that we all go to sleep. In the morning we have breakfast together. After breakfast we all sit down and share about the journeys, where we can give you advice, ask you questions and present insights and information that can help you for the next journey and with integration when going back to your daily life. On Saturday during the day we also go for a walk to take in some fresh air. After that we start preparing the next ceremony, where you can have some time for yourself (or with the others of the group, that’s up to you). On Sunday we take a group picture after the sharing, we say goodbye and if necessary we bring you back to the nearest train station.
After you leave the center, we will send you an e-mail with the music playlists, any group photos that have been taken by us, and we will give you advice on the first few days and weeks of integration of your psychedelic journeys.
We know how life changing psychedelics can be (or better said: usually are), so we know the importance of integration. During the entire weekend we give you insights and advice based on what you tell us about your life and what you share about your psychedelic experiences during the weekend. That is already a really good start for your integration. Still, it can be quite strange to go back to your normal daily routine. Therefore, we are available for small questions about integration after your retreat, and we also offer integration coaching when you feel you need more help integrating your experiences.
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