About this Retreat
As a mindset and transformation coach and psychedelic facilitator, my mission is to help humans to connect to their true essence, to transform their limiting belief systems and start claiming a life full of purpose.
With an interest in personality development and psychology, as well as exploring inner and outer worlds, I have been driven to understand what keeps people from pursuing their dreams & create the life they long for. I am convinced that we can make this world a peaceful and loving place by healing our wounds from the past.
If we are willing to look at our traumas and forgive ourselves for our imperfections, mistakes and insecurities, we can create healing, trust and unconditional love for ourselves and the world around us.
I love guiding my clients through this process of discovering and feeling into their self-sabotaging patterns, which have been blocking them for so many years. By lifting the filter of their perception, they are able to connect on deeper levels and access all the answers which already reside inside them.
This way they finally start to give themselves permission to consciously manifest a life full of purpose and meaning.
I have been on the path of spiritual and personal growth for more than a decade and love accessing expanded states of consciousness with and without substances. As a former photographer and anthropologist, I love to travel the world in order to learn about its peoples, cultures and human behavior. After having lived and worked in various countries around Europe and in Melbourne, Australia, I’ve settled with my partner and our two girls on an old farm on the countryside of east Belgium.
The biggest challenges in my personal life that I have overcome are letting go of a deep sense of guilt, transforming a long lasting people pleaser syndrome and re-establishing my self-worth. I have also healed deep rooted codependency patterns, anxieties and overcoming two traumatic birth experiences.
Transforming my own childhood traumas with tenderness, has helped me to be a more compassionate mother and to guide my children to become confident, open-minded and creative human beings who engage in this world with an open heart.
When I’m not working you’ll find me on the ecstatic dance floor, playing with my children, gardening, writing, meditating, practicing yoga and studying a variety of topics. I love to be inspired and to inspire.
Rachel Bongartz (facilitator) was born (1981) and raised in Belgium, experienced Holotropic Breathwork® for the first time in 2005 and from then on it has become an important part of her life. She studied Clinical Psychology and later obtained a second Master in Transpersonal Psychology and Consciousness Studies. In August 2016, she accomplished the Grof Transpersonal Training and became a facilitator in Holotropic Breathwork® and continued her studies to become a trained Psychedelic Facilitator. She lives in Berlin and Belgium. Self-awareness and spiritual growth is very important to her. She is a passionate 5 Rhythms dancer and she has experienced that expanded holotropic states of consciousness carry the potential for healing and self-fulfilment.
I am a transformation catalyst. I am here to break trail and show you how amazing life can be if you live it by your own rules. I am an Out of the Box Thinker, who speaks her truth no matter how different to the norm it might be. This way of thinking (which definitely comes from my gut and not my head) helps me to find the most creative solutions to your most entrenched problems. I will ask the right questions in the right moment and will guide you to find your own answers deep within so that the clarity you have been searching for is clearly there.
I am a powerhouse who will help you to throw off old conditioning, release stuck emotions, fully claim your power and create a meaningful life that was always meant for you by unapologetically stepping into who you really are. I blend therapeutic, coaching and shamanic tools with my intuition and show you possibilities you have never even heard of.
I have a Masters degree, speak three and a half languages and have travelled and lived in many different places in the world (many exotic ones such as Haiti, Costa Rica and Bali). I have created and published The Ghetto Tarot that was featured in international media outlets and worked as an award winning photographer before becoming an expert in the field of consciousness and a psychedelic guide. After training with shamans as well as western psychologists and researches in the field of Psychedelics, I have led more than 200 people through psychedelic journeys and have witnessed extraordinary transformations in the shortest amount of time.
My biggest life lesson has been to overcome a depression and heal highly dysfunctional family patterns. I know what it is like if life feels pointless, everything seems stuck and your relationships are just not working out. But I also know that it is possible to create a life that you LOVE waking up to each morning. And I can teach you how. When I am not guiding my clients into deep transformations, you can find me in my little garden speaking to my plants, dancing to African or Haitian music, spending quality time with my friends and their adorable children, taking long baths or cuddling with my very best friend Kerrie.
Details of this retreat
* Psilocybin Therapy For Mental And Emotional Vitality *
Our psilocybin retreats are a gateway to mental wellbeing, providing relief for symptoms of confusion, lack of self-worth, feeling lost or numb, depression, anxiety, ADHD, OCD, addictions, etc.
Face your deepest fears while feeling supported and nurtured by our experienced facilitators.
* Welcome To Your New Beginning *
We’ve been at the forefront of psilocybin retreats since 2018, bringing over a decade of experience in psilocybin-assisted therapy to guide your journey. Our passion for healing and growth is rooted in our own life-changing encounters with psilocybin.
At The Inner Shift Institute invite you to:
Not just change, but truly transform.
Not just seek, but find.
Not just look inward, but shift within.
* About Us *
We specialize in crafting life-altering psychedelic retreats that transcend mere mystical experiences, offering a gateway to profound personal growth and fulfillment. Our feminine-led team brings a nurturing and compassionate approach to every aspect of your journey.
* Why Choose Us? *
Psychedelic experiences are powerful. Subconscious reprogramming therapy is powerful. When you combine the two, it becomes life-changing.
We have developed a unique method that merges psilocybin assisted therapy with therapeutic subconscious reprogramming techniques, inner child work, Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness, and somatic practices.
This signature method, The Inner Shift Method, is designed to create the deepest, most meaningful change in your life.
We specialize in addressing depression, anxiety, ADHD, OCD and other mental health struggles, providing tailored support to guide you towards lasting healing and growth.
We've guided thousands of individuals from various backgrounds through life-changing psilocybin journeys using our unique method.
* Client Experiences *
Our clients often emerge from their experiences feeling "reborn," embracing self-confidence, self-compassion, and finding relief from various mental health struggles. Read our testimonials.
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Let's unlock the door to your inner shift together.
Welcome to your new beginning at The Inner Shift Institute, where psychedelic therapy meets profound transformation.
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