My mission is to reconnect people like you with their great potential in loving awareness. Create a safe container for inner growth and self development through a holistic approach, for your own benefit and the benefit of all living beings.
I am a Certified Psychologist, that loves to merge my experience with Embodied Yoga, Tantric Rituals and practices, Sadhanas, Reiki, Dance, Life Coaching, Sacred sexuality, Shadow work, Trauma work, Theta Healing and my passion and love for Medicine Plants.
I see each person as a unique being, with a unique offering, and understand that we all have different ways of seeing the world and life – I meet you here at this safe space, allowing you to express yourself openly, I welcome all.
The beauty of our existence lies where we merge duality, with the understanding that we are all one, in a sea of infinity and differences. In our own uniqueness, we all require different types of healing; let me tailor your experience to exactly what you need.
I will foster your reconnection with your true essence, and re-orient your path to the direction your soul has been yearning for. To be true and authentic are the primary goals, and through this we discover and connect to our potential, and our power as beings. Helping you to discover your talent, your passion, as well as your limiting beliefs, or anything that could be stopping you from becoming the best version of yourself.
Stepping into your power with confidence and love, a strong and grounded belief in yourself, we then become capable of creating the reality we seek.
I was born in Chile, I am now living my dream in Portugal. My life passion is about landscapes, nature, wildness, connection, yoga, authenticity, dance, love and consciousness.
Jeanne Surmont is alternative french-german psychotherapist living and working in Munich and online. Her specialty are trauma therapy and emotional integration. She has 10+ years of experience with Ayahuasca and combines her knowledge of western psychotherapy with the shamanic ways.
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.
Hey, I’m Karlijn,
I work as a psychedelic facilitator and therapist in the Netherlands. I’m here to bring people back to the wisdom of their hearts, the place where all answers can be found. I believe that we are our very own medicine men and women. We have the potential to heal ourselves from within. I’m on a mission to share this medicine with the world, for those who are ready to step into the potential of our authentic selves and live a life from love, trust, and purpose.
In my work with clients, I facilitate from a place of deep inner knowing. I create a safe space for you to journey deep into your own inner world. In this sacred space, I invite you to welcome everything that wants to be seen, felt, and expressed. This is where the process of transformation, healing and growth will take place.
After my Master’s Degree in 2011, I worked for several years as an HR Consultant for the corporate world. I felt disconnected from my own heart and the world around me. I didn’t feel at home in myself. I tried to work hard to ‘become’ someone. It was never enough. It made me sick. My soul whispered that there was more than earning money and trying to fit in a system that didn’t resonate with me. Ayahuasca, the Mother Plant, ‘called’ and my first journey with her expanded my consciousness tremendously. This was the starting point of many journeys and deep inner work. I feel grateful that I had the opportunity to learn and work with the Indigenous tribes from South America and western traditions.
At some point, I felt a deep inner calling to facilitate other people in their transformation processes. I started an intense one-year training in transformation and shamanism. During this year I learned how to facilitate sacred ceremonies. Since 2018, I’ve been devoting myself to working with the medicine in a therapeutic setting. I’m deeply touched by the transformation processes of the people I work with.
My biggest life lesson is that I learned to change my life from a state of survival to a state of (self)love, trust and surrender to the unknown. I know that everything is connected, and we are part of a bigger whole. Sometimes we need to embrace the darkness in order to see the light.
Besides working with clients, I love to make long hikes in nature. On Friday evenings you probably find me on the ecstatic dance floor. I live in the forest in my tiny house where I enjoy the beauty of the seasons. Community life is what makes my heart sing. Making fires and having beautiful and heart-opening conversations with my friends and family. Heart-based living in connection with myself, the people around me and nature is what I stand for.
Details of this retreat
The Shift Retreat is a transformative 6-day immersion, where the power of Psilocybin and the Inner Shift Method catalyze a profound change within yourself, providing relief for symptoms of depression, anxiety, ADHD, OCD, and addiction.
Drop the mask you have been hiding behind, experience deep connections and improve your mental health.
This week is all about changing from the inside out, crafting a life that truly reflects who you are.
IT’S TIME TO FEEL ALIVE
To shed the old ways of being
To find a clarity that comes from deep within
To re-design your life and move towards it
Its time to break through barriers
To create a life with deep meaning
IT’S TIME FOR A SHIFT
The week will include 2 x Psilocybin Ceremonies, 2x Microdosing Psilocybin experiences, Integration Therapy, Trauma Resolution, Deep Emotional Support, Vegan or Vegetarian Food cooked by our private chef and Luxury Accommodation and of course some Fun!
We will offer only 12 places to this retreat to insure maximum attention for each participant and an intimate setting.
Since 2018 we have been pioneers in the field of Psilocybin Assisted Therapy and have helped 2000+ people from 30+ countries.
We specialize in guiding individuals through mental health challenges like depression, anxiety, social anxiety, OCD, PTSD, imposter syndrome, and neurodivergence (ADHD, autism, giftedness).
From overcoming feelings of inadequacy to embracing authentic self-expression, breaking through mental barriers, and gaining calm assurance in the face of anxiety, we’re here for you.
Our specialized approach helps you harness your unique strengths, find clarity and meaning, create long-lasting friendships, release old emotional burdens, and cultivate an unshakeable self-belief.
Enjoy the comforts of our beautiful retreat house and the delicious, organic food of our private chef. You will come away rejuvenated with an entirely new perspective and ability to move forward.
Schedule
DAY 1
Microdosing Experience and Preparation Day
We will start with an opening circle and sharing our intentions. We will microdose Psilocybin to prepare you for the Psilocybin experience the following day. We will teach you how to microdose at home as well. Emotional connection exercises will create a safe space within the group. We will also teach how to let yourself fully receive, how to connect to your inner child and give more important advise on how to navigate the stronger dose the following day.
DAY 3
1st Psilocybin Ceremony
Our first Psilocybin Ceremony is about diving into our pain and looking into the eyes of our fears and unknown patterns. We will discover that underneath layers of pain and fears we find an inner child who needs our attention, support and care and we will create space to meet this child's previously unmet needs
* Note: You are also encouraged to come with your own personal intentions to both ceremonies which we can assist you to find clarity on if needed.
DAY 4
Integration Day
Using tools such as Parts-Work and Sharing Circles and more we will help you to integrate the insights gained from our Psilocybin experiences of the past two days into your daily lives.
DAY 5
2nd Psilocybin Ceremony
This Psilocybin Ceremony is about meeting your inner beauty. What do you need to create a healthy relationship with yourself and how can you trust connection to others?
* Note: You are also encouraged to come with your own personal intentions to both ceremonies which we can assist you to find clarity on if needed.
DAY 6
Integration Day
On Day 6 we will focus on combining the mystical with the practical by breaking down the wisdom you received in a understandable and relatable way. Together we will create individual action plans on how to create the now wanted changes in our daily lives so that our lives feel congruent with our truth. We will offer a second opportunity for a microdose of Psilocybin on Day 7 to show how a microdose can help us to integrate a Psychedelic experience.
DAY 7
Departure Day
Closing Circle and Departure at 10:30am.
You can take a 2 hour trainride from Amsterdam or Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Venlo. From there you can take a taxi (20min) to the Retreat house. From Duesseldorf Airport you can take a taxi or Uber (1 hour ride) to the venue location.
Accommodation
COMFORT, SERENITY, PRIVACY, PEACE
We have carefully chosen a beautiful home, with luxurious surroundings and amenities to further enhance and compliment the healing possibilities this week can offer. We will enjoy our own private garden lake, outside pool and private sauna to detox and release in. The Shift Retreat combines, comfort and nature along with the Entheogenic Experience to bring you a week of renewal and rejuvenation.
You can either book a private room or a shared room.
Shared Room - Beds can be separated
Private Room - Ensuite Bathroom (1 person)
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
A JOUNEY INTO THE SELF SURROUNDED BY NATURE
The Shift Retreat will take place in The Netherlands where Psilocybin truffles are legal. Only a 2 hour train ride away from Amsterdam or a 1 hour ride from Duesseldorf, we find our retreat venue. We have chosen a place of tranquility surrounded by peaceful nature – a location that will guide us to a place of tranquility within ourselves.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
Our private chef will cook vegetarian and vegan meals with glutenfree options. We cook our delicious, healthy food with organic products.
What's Included
2 X PSILOCYBIN TRUFFLE CEMEMONIES
2X PSILOCYBIN MICRODOSING EXPERIENCES
6 DAYS OF EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, DEEP TRAUMA WORK, SHADOW WORK & PLAY
6 NIGHTS OF LUXURY ACCOMMODATION
6 DAYS OF VEGAN/VEGETARIAN FOOD WITH OUR PRIVATE CHEF (GLUTEN FREE OPTIONS AVAILABLE)
2 X INTEGRATION DAY WORKSHOPS
A LIFE TRANSFORMING EXPERIENCE
& SO MUCH MORE
What's Not Included
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
Customer Reviews
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THIS SHIFT
If I tell you that what is written on the Inner Shift Institute website is truly what you will get, would you believe it? I was hoping for some of that. Years of therapy and family problems brought me to a point from which I saw no way out. Neither for myself nor for my loved ones. I came with one intention to solve one of many problems and with a bit of hope that this trip would bring something. However, what I encountered was a complete surprise at the extremes of each scale. And THIS SHIFT which takes you from one side to another, would not have happened without the wise leadership of the entire team. During 6-day stay program prepared by Alice and the team, each stage played its most important role. Without the knowledge and open heart of the team, each stage of it, preparation, management, integration would be only a fleeting event. Alice, Jeanne, Cony, Amber, Caroline you accompanied me on my journey and your presence with your gifts was the key to the transformation of me and the problems I was struggling with, a transformation that happens even after I returned home. I felt within myself the solution to the problem I came with - no matter how strange it may sound, this feeling is the essence. I wholeheartedly recommend it...to the world!
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Inner Shift at the Shift Retreat
If I tell you that what is written on the Inner Shift Institute website is truly what you will get, would you believe it? I was hoping for some of that. Years of therapy and family problems brought me to a point from which I saw no way out. Neither for myself nor for my loved ones.
I came with one intention to solve one of many problems and with a bit of hope that this trip would bring something. However, what I encountered was a complete surprise at the extremes of each scale. And THIS SHIFT which takes you from one side to another, would not have happened without the wise leadership of the entire team.
During 6-day stay program prepared by Alice and the team, each stage played its most important role. Without the knowledge and open heart of the team, each stage of it, preparation, management, integration would be only a fleeting event. Alice, Jeanne, Cony, Amber, Caroline you accompanied me on my journey and your presence with your gifts was the key to the transformation of me and the problems I was struggling with, a transformation that happens even after I returned home.
I felt within myself the solution to the problem I came with - no matter how strange it may sound, this feeling is the essence. I wholeheartedly recommend it...to the world!
Kisses and hugs to all of You
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From the heart
When I started my quest to find a guided psychedelic experience, A Whole New High (now Inner Shift) felt right immediately. They were responsive and provided information and guidance. Working with an established agency that employed seasoned practitioners was extremely important to me. Supporting a women owned and operated business was icing on the cake. When it came time to choose the practitioner, I knew that I would be in good hands with anyone. I was lucky enough to feel a connection with Karlijn through reading her biography and then watching a video of her explaining what could be expected throughout the process.
I appreciate having the opportunity to work with AWNH, now Inner Shift, but am profoundly grateful to Karlijn for her expertise, her light, and her grounding nature. Her experience and wisdom helped guide me through a life changing journey. Karlijn’s energy and unwavering trust in this work provided the space and tools I needed to move through deep rooted barriers. With Karlijn’s help, I was able to face fears and ultimately surrender to the process. I do not feel that words are enough to describe my gratitude to this agency, for believing in this therapeutic modality and then employing women like Karlijn, who give themselves to this work so that people like me can find deep and profound healing.
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HIGHLY SAFE AND PROFESSIONAL FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH PLANT MEDICINE
Had my first-ever experience with plant medicine (psilocybin) with Caro and the Inner Shift Institute, and I couldn't be happier with my choice. The entire team, from booking to trip guidance and integration, truly managed to create the best possible setting for a first-timer.
The preparation was thorough and I was sent a bunch of useful resources well in time before the trip, all very helpful for a soft introduction to the world of psychedelics. This included a whole video course, a preparation video, book recommendations, and so forth.
Caro was a wonderful guide throughout my experience. The preparation session was great, and she was thorough, analytical, and emotionally sound when guiding me in setting an intention for the trip. The result was great confidence and a calm, clear mind ahead of the experience.
For anyone feeling a bit of nervousness surrounding plant medicine, Caro is a wonderful person to have around! She created a comfortable, safe, light, and professional setting from the minute we met, and ensured the same atmosphere throughout the experience. To me, this resulted in complete trust, surrender, and readiness both ahead of, during, and after the trip.
The integration session took place a few days after the trip, granting me the time needed to thoroughly reflect upon the experience on my own first. During the integration, Caro truly helped me both make sense of my visions and connect them to my intention, my patterns, and life itself.
I am ending this experience with increased clarity and a strong motivation to continue my inner work. I truly recommend the Inner Shift Institute to anyone aiming to enter the world of plant medicine and its healing powers.
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Gratitude beyond measure
A Whole New High is a sanctuary for the evolution of consciousness. The guides are incredibly gifted and wise. This is an experience everyone should undergo. Gratitude beyond measure.
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Available Dates
Jul 5 - 11, 2025
Payments made through Retreat Guru do not include the cost of: plant medicine, psychedelics or similar products.
Refund & Cancellation Policy
The event is 100% refundable for cancellation 60+ days before the event start date. The event is 50% refundable if cancelled 30-59 days before the start date.