2023 Schedule
Here is our list of upcoming experiential retreat dates.
- Prices include online training course, an 8 day retreat, lodging and delicious, healthy meals and snacks.
- Prices are in Canadian dollars and subject to adjustment according to retreat centre.
- Rooms vary in quality and price by retreat and are shared accommodation.
Level 1
Introduction to Psychedelic Therapy
Location
The Sentinel – Kaslo, BC
Cost
$5,770 plus GST
Location
Lotus Heart Centre – Brighton, ON
Cost
$5,035 plus GST
Location
Xenia Centre – Bowen Island, BC
Cost
$5,300 plus GST
Location
The Sentinel – Kaslo, BC
Cost
$5,770 plus GST
Location
The Sentinel – Kaslo, BC
Cost
$5,770 plus GST
Location
Xenia Centre – Bowen Island, BC
Cost
$5,300 plus GST
Level 2
Heal the Healer
Location
The Sentinel – Kaslo, BC
Cost
$5,770 plus GST
Location
Xenia Centre – Bowen Island, BC
Cost
$5,300 plus GST
Retreat Information
Level one and two retreats are supervised by Bradley Foster and faculty. Level one is designed to show practitioners by example how to set the stage for very successful transformational psychedelic therapeutic treatments. Each participant will experience a transformational journey during the retreat.
Our experiential retreat trains you in the arts of psychedelic therapy as developed by Bradley Foster and Mela Lumezanu (Chiron Academy). Their protocol which combines clinical knowledge, deep emotional processing, somatic release and spirituality has been refined over several hundred treatments and observations and brought to you in a retreat environment.
The retreat includes our well-regarded online course, which we expect you to complete before the retreat. At the retreat, you receive hands-on experience of treatments, holding space, being witnessed, somatic and therapeutic interventions, integration, corrective experiences, a spiritual understanding of the work, intention setting, and a variety of therapeutic modalities. Groups and teams get deeply bonded during the experience.
What will I learn?
Participants are taken through our process — from preparation, intake, treatment, integration, follow-up and aftercare as a client would be. We ask you to wear your client and your practitioner hats during the retreat so you can experience both sides of this powerful healing protocol.
The online course preps you with knowledge of ethics, substances, working with co-therapists, client preparation. To learn more about what our retreats prepare you for, consult our learning objectives.
Who is this training for?
We seek mature practitioners who have had their own experiences and feel called to help heal others. If you feel the “pull” of this work, and you have a good understanding of human behaviour you might be a good candidate for this training.
We encourage you to bring all of yourself to this work. Bring your wisdom, your experience, strengths, and your trauma. By healing yourself, you learn to help others. We are all wounded healers.
Please be aware that the unfolding of events at the retreat might produce very strong emotional reactions in participants, including trauma responses. We are looking for people who work well in group/team setting and are able to remain regulated in spite of maybe feeling triggered. Strong emotions can also reveal themselves as attractions to others in the cohort. We we request that during the retreat each of us remain focused on doing our work.
What should I expect?
The eight day retreat is structured into 3 days of teaching, 3 days of sitting, a day of bodywork, breath work and exploration. Each day includes ceremonies and integration sessions throughout. You will have at least 2 medicine sessions and 3 opportunities to hold space for your team mates.
We teach and model best practices, how to work with clients, intentions, spirituality, emotions, somatic techniques, trauma, medicine, and your co-therapists. We show you how you can help awaken and transform your clients by transforming you. We take you step by step through our preparation process and unique protocols.
Our retreats have been likened to a crucible. They are intense and they can be emotionally challenging. A safe container is put together long before the retreat starts. A month before the retreat begins, we create a Signal cohort group and hold Zoom calls to create group cohesiveness before the retreat. We hold space for you to do the work you need to do. Out of the emotional fires we shed our old skins and begin new again.
Everything is welcome!
As the fires continue to burn after our retreats, we encourage you to have plenty of time off afterwards to process and integrate. Shedding old skin can be draining so be gentle with yourself.
We offer an extensive two-part program working with psychedelics therapeutically. The first part is an online, 100 + hour program comprising modules on all aspects of the psychedelic experience. The second part is an 8 day residential retreat. The program includes all the essential documents, forms, and protocols needed to begin a practice.
Registration
You must purchase the Psychedelic Therapy Level 1 Course in order to begin registration. The cost of the course is applied to your tuition.
$599.00 – Purchase Psychedelic Therapy Level 1
Once you have purchased the course and know which level one retreat you would like to attend, follow the steps on our Level 1 Registration Page to begin the registration process.
Before you register, please read and understand our cancellation policy. If you have questions, please contact the Registrar for advice and help with registration.
Details
Introduction to Psychedelic Therapy teaches you best practices in working with clients and co-therapists from initial contact to integration. We teach innovative stacking protocols that can mediate and curate an experience for your client. You learn how to work with and combine various substances with safety and skill. We show you how to use and maybe even experience some of our highly effective stacking protocols.
To understand the importance of establishing intentions, you are encouraged to set your own for your work at the retreat. Through this you gain an understanding the power of intention.
We demonstrate effective interventions, including somatic, emotional and therapeutic, and how to incorporate a spiritual approach into your work. You will understand this work inside and out, as a client and as one who holds space. Individual and group integration practices will also be modelled. Each participant will be evaluated and given a certificate at the graduation ceremony. Receipts for training are available after the retreat.
After you register, install the Signal messaging app. We create your cohort group as long as possible before the retreat to build the container for the retreat. We also have Zoom calls with you and the cohort to build trust and rapport prior to the start of the retreat.
Post retreat, we support you in your integration process and help finding your path. If you plan to establish your own practice we offer supervision programs. We have a course offering on how to start your own professional practice. After graduation, you will join our Alumni where you will find ongoing mentoring, nurturing, support and resources. You will also be eligible to become a member of Wounded Healer, which is an expanding international hub of knowledgeable and experienced therapists and a continuing education platform dedicated to best practices in psychedelic therapy. We host conversations for practitioners in need of support, mentoring, supervision, peer support, integration, and trusted information.
In gratitude
Heal the Healer is our level two training program for psychedelic therapists who successfully completed our level one course Psychedelic Therapy. Heal the Healer guides you through your inner work in a group setting amplified by small doses of medicine. Our work at the retreat will take you and your practice to the next level of the group experience. Preliminary course work outlines an understanding of how to create a safe container, creating group cohesion and mutual interdependence, building and maintaining trust, boundaries, dosing protocols, holding space in a group, integration, art, movement, and case studies of group work using psychedelics.
Registration
Heal the healer is open to Level 1 graduates of Chiron or Phoenix Academy training. Experienced practitioners from other training may be considered on a case by case basis. To register, please start by filling out the questionnaire on the Registration Page. We will reach out to you with next steps.
Before you register, please read and understand our cancellation policy. If you have questions, please contact the Registrar for advice and help with registration.
Details
Heal the healer is part exploration of self, part relational group dynamics. We explore the role of the individual in the group and our unconscious patterns of behaviour and roles in groups. We are here to do deep work so we can clear ourselves of unconscious motivations and unfinished business. We teach you how we create a safe container to establish a group that facilitates illumination of relational and social patterns for growth. Substances will be stacked in combination to bring the group to different stages during the full psychedelic relational experience.
You are simultaneously the client and the therapist. Come with a beginner’s mind, leave with the mindset of a leader. You will learn how to work deeply with individuals and learn protocols designed for group therapeutic work and healing.
The eight days are an immersion into experiential teaching and learning. We will explore several dimensions of how to enhance the power of the group process with the skillful use of psychedelics. The wide range of topics and modalities will be explored before and during the retreat including breath work, advanced medical training, bodywork, team building, creating and holding ceremony, identifying interpersonal boundaries, responsible communication and feedback, experiential exercises such as two chair work, psychodrama and other Gestalt routines, working with individuals within the group environment, corrective experiences and being witnessed in a group setting. We prepare the foundation of safety and trust by communicating with you and your group through Signal and with Zoom calls prior to the retreat. An online course will be offered as a prerequisite to help prepare you for the retreat.