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Resources

Free guides, carefully made.

Practical support for the stages of the journey, before the retreat and long after it.

Resource categories

  • Before the retreat

    Preparation guides arrive ready.

    What to expect, how to prepare your body and mind, what to tell the people in your life. Written for participants who want to enter ceremony grounded.

    Browse preparation →
  • After the retreat

    Integration practices make it last.

    Ways to reflect, find support, and carry a meaningful insight into everyday life at your own pace.

    Browse integration →
  • For your care team

    For your provider share with your doctor.

    Our medication guidance, written so you can share it with your prescriber. Your prescriber leads, and nobody should stop or change a medication on their own.

    Read the medication guidance →

Also useful

Related reading.

  • The science

    Peer-reviewed psilocybin and ayahuasca research, translated for participants and clinicians.

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  • Essays

    Long-form writing on plant medicine, integration, and inspired living.

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  • Safety framework

    How we screen, how we think about medications, and what happens when it gets hard.

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Looking for something we don't yet have? Tell us what would help.

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Choosing a guide for where you are

Before a retreat, the preparation guide offers questions about screening, intentions, and practical arrangements. Afterward, the integration guide offers ways to reflect and seek support without rushing to make a major decision.

If you are curious about recurring responses in everyday life, explore the personality-patterns guide. The five archetypes are a reflective lens, not a diagnosis. You can use these resources without attending a retreat, and none replaces individual medical or mental health care.

Preparation · Integration · Personality patterns

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