EXPANDED Consciousness: 5-day Psilocybin Retreat, Portugal

Retreat Highlights

• Our 5-day retreat is a central part of the process, but it is not the whole journey. We offer psychedelic-assisted therapy as a complete therapeutic arc: preparation, retreat, and integration. The psychedelic experience can open insights, emotions, memories, and new perspectives. Lasting change, however, depends on how the experience is prepared for and integrated afterwards.
• 1. PREPARATION: Preparation creates safety, clarity, and emotional readiness before the retreat. - Initial Consultation: An online meeting with our lead facilitators to explore your hopes, current situation, and suitability for the work. - Pre-Retreat Guidance: Recommendations on mindset, diet, self-care, and practical preparation. - Two Group Introduction Meetings: A virtual meeting with facilitators and participants to build trust and a sense of community before arrival.
• 2. THE RETREAT: The retreat takes place in a peaceful, secluded setting in Portugal, chosen for its connection to nature. Each day offers a balance of support, reflection, embodiment, rest, and connection.
• Guided Plant Medicine Session: Carefully facilitated experiences in a safe and nurturing environment.
• Integration Circles: Group reflections to help process insights, emotions, and experiences.
• Mindfulness & Embodiment Practices: Breathwork, movement, meditation, and grounding practices.
• Healthy, Nourishing Meals: A fully vegan diet to support physical and mental well-being.
• 3. INTEGRATION: Integration helps transform psychedelic insights into real and lasting change in everyday life. - Two Group Integration Sessions held online after the retreat. - Optional One-on-One Integration Sessions
• WHY THE FULL PROCESS MATTERS: The retreat may open the door, but preparation helps you enter consciously, and integration helps you bring the experience into life. This is why our work is not simply a retreat. It is a carefully held therapeutic program supporting transformation before, during, and after the psychedelic experience.

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Tibor

Angelika

Lilia

Tibor

Tibor is a psychodynamic psychotherapist and psychedelic guide. He came to this work through his own journey of healing, and remains deeply moved by the psyche’s innate drive toward wholeness. His approach is rooted in psychodynamic theory, attachment, and trauma-informed care, offering a space for deep insight and lasting change. A member of the Guild of Guides, Tibor has trained in psychedelic integration and harm reduction with the Psychedelic Society, Clerkenwell Health, the British Transpersonal Association, Stanislav Grof, and Gabor Maté. He co-facilitates LGBTQ retreats in the Netherlands, creating safe, affirming spaces for self-discovery and healing in community. With a background in teaching postgraduate psychodynamic counselling, Tibor brings both clinical rigour and soulful presence to his work. He is passionate about bridging psychotherapy, research, and advocacy to support the ethical and transformative use of psychedelics in mental health.

Angelika

Angelika is a psychotherapist and certified psychedelic research therapist. She works in clinical research in London and supports international studies as an Adherence Rater. She is involved in international clinical trials, mentors therapists in psychedelic studies in Poland, and runs a private practice. With extensive training in psychedelic-assisted therapy and experience with substances like psilocybin and 5-MeO-DMT, she combines traditional therapy with mindfulness and tools from expanded states of consciousness. Her approach creates a safe, grounded space for healing and personal growth. Angelika also has a background in retreats and integration work. She’s a public speaker and actively involved in projects that support women and help their voices be heard in mental health and beyond.

Lilia

Lilia Popgantcheva is a psychotherapist and a member of the Bulgarian Society of Psychoanalysis and Group Analysis and the British Transpersonal Association. She is an author and facilitator of retreats and psychological training programs. She is a public speaker who advocates for innovative approaches to mental health, self-awareness, and mindful social engagement. Lilia bridges classical and transpersonal approaches, works with individuals and groups in expanded states of consciousness, using psilocybin mushrooms, spiritual and somatic methods. She is a founding member and co-president of the Bulgarian Psychedelic Association. She is a beekeeper, kitesurfer, and student of traditional Bulgarian healers.

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