5-Day Licensed Psilocybin Retreat in Oregon: Two Guided Journeys in Nature

Since 2018, Myles Katz has dedicated himself to advancing the field of legal psilocybin experiences. He co-founded The Synthesis Institute in Amsterdam, where he helped develop one of the world’s first legal psychedelic service models. This initiative supported over 1,000 individuals on their wellness journeys and included a significant partnership with Imperial College London, enriching his understanding of effective psychedelic practices. His experience with Synthesis led to an invitation onto the board of the Oregon Psilocybin Training Alliance (OPTA) and various Rule Advisory Committees for the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), where he helps shape the framework for Oregon’s legal psilocybin services. Through the ongoing exploration of psychedelics across the globe and under the mentorship of inspirational teachers over the following eight years, Myles has developed a deep appreciation for both the power of the psychedelic experience itself and the neuroplasticity it fosters. This neuroplasticity helps individuals become open and receptive to things that otherwise feel out of reach or inaccessible due to the noise of our chaotic, technology-overloaded modern world. It has been pivotal in helping him and others make meaningful, lasting changes in the months following the psychedelic journey that once seemed impossible. He believes that knowing how to work with this neuroplasticity is key to using psychedelics as a tool to support the journey from ‘functioning’ to ‘flourishing.’ Myles’s own journey with psychedelics began at the age of 28 when he overcame his addiction to alcohol and lifted the fog of depression that had shrouded his life since the passing of his mother when he was 15. This profound experience revealed the incredible potential of psychedelics to facilitate deep healing and transformation. He is passionate and experienced in guiding individuals on their first therapeutic and inward psilocybin journeys. His goal is to help others not just make the changes they seek today but to embark on a conscious healing journey that transforms their lives. With the Hi-U Foundation and Confluence Retreats – the nonprofit he founded and conducts his facilitation practice through – Myles utilizes his expertise to create nature-based, multi-modality psilocybin retreats within Oregon’s legal framework. These retreats are enhanced by partnerships with indigenous communities and are grounded in validated therapeutic practices, reflecting his dedication to facilitating profound personal growth and healing. At Omnia, he focuses on providing one-on-one client sessions, bringing elements of their transformative retreat experiences into a more traditional setting to maximize the therapeutic benefits of psilocybin.

Julianna is a psychotherapist and guide who with over a decade of experience navigating transformative journeys through inner and outer landscapes.

Julianna's deep connection with nature, nurtured by the lush forests and rivers of the Pacific Northwest, has been the co-creator of her path to self-discovery and expansive states of consciousness. Before embarking on her counseling journey, Julianna spent over ten years as a professional river guide, immersing herself in the wisdom of the natural world. Driven by a calling to share the transformative power of wilderness with others, Julianna earned her Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a focus on Transpersonal Nature-Based Therapy from Naropa University. She skillfully intertwines therapeutic principles with the lessons of nature, offering a heartfelt and experiential approach to self-exploration. In 2023, Julianna deepened her expertise by completing Naropa University's Certificate in Psychedelic Assisted Therapies, receiving training in psilocybin facilitation, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. With a multifaceted background that includes theatre, music performance, and a devoted meditation and yoga practice, Julianna brings a rich tapestry of experiences to her role as a guide. Her heartfelt dedication to facilitating transformative journeys shines through in every aspect of her work.

Julianna is a Licensed Professional Counselor with the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists. License #C6927

Julianna is also an Oregon licensed psilocybin facilitator. License #FL-c70bb3

Thundereater is a member of the indigenous Shasta Nation, White Eagle Clan. A 65-year old great grandfather, he has lived a very full life including serving in the US military abroad, working with plant medicines and many trainings in the realms of spirituality and healing. Most recently, by trade, he is a stone mason, and the visionary and creator of the Sacred Land’s magical Labyrinth.

As a Native American and Tibetan shaman, Thundereater has spent the last 20 years facilitating full moon healing circles at Mt. Shasta, California bringing together people of different cultures and religious frames of reference to promote the Peace and Healing of all.

Thundereater’s ancestors came to this Sacred Land (Ashland, Oregon) to heal to heal with the Hi-U-Skookum medicine, and he came to this land to play as a child. He has now returned as an Elder to help usher in the next iteration of the land’s journey and help preserve it as a place of healing for all in perpetuity.

Arin brings over a Arin brings over a decade of experience in professional psychedelic settings, from indigenous South American traditions to modern North American underground communities to industry leading psilocybin-assisted therapy centers.

However, what makes Arin truly qualified to support individuals in their personal practice with plant medicine is her own deeply embodied experience and commitment to her own personal practice. In addition to over 10 years of personal psychedelic experience with various plant teachers, within the last decade Arin has spent thousands of hours in intensive retreat and has studied with masters from the Peruvian Andes to the Nepalese Himalayas to the foothills of Northern India.

As a lifelong student of transformation Arin has also trained in some of the most effective integration-focused and consciousness-altering modalities from yoga, breathwork and meditation to coaching, somatic embodiment and various psychotherapeutic systems. She is also a devoted lifelong student-practitioner of Eastern nondual yoga.

In addition to bringing professional experience as a Certified Coach, Yoga Therapist, Reiki Master and psilocybin facilitator, Arin anchors her approach to transformation in the notion that one's dreams and desires are bound for inevitable fulfillment.

A notion poetically expressed by Danish author Karen Blixen:

“Nobody has seen the trekking birds take their way towards such warmer spheres as do not exist, or rivers break their course through rocks and plains to run into an ocean which is not to be found. For God does not create a longing or a hope without having a fulfilling reality ready for them. But our longing is our pledge, and blessed are the homesick, for they shall come home.”

Arin sees her primary role as a coach as simply supporting folks in stoking this fire of their deepest longings and coming home to themselves.