Located just outside Amsterdam, Awaken The Medicine Within offers psilocybin retreats in the serenity of the Netherlands. Our name, Awaken The Medicine Within, is part of our calling to remember our inner healing intelligence and our own ‘medicine’ such as gifts, resilience, beauty, and compassion. We create all our programs from the foundational knowing of our shared humanity.
My personal path has always been that of exploration, purpose and meaning-making through spiritual practices. The work and impact that these (plant, fungi and compounds) teachers have on our human growth and learning are tremendous, however when approached through a multidisciplinary lens, the impact can reach not only an individual life but also contribute to a change in systems.
Natasja Pelgrom, Founder
Current research suggests that psychedelics foster numerous changes that impact how we lead others:
- Create a ‘window of plasticity’ in the brain (Carhart-Harris, 2019), where we make new connections, let go of old behavior patterns, and develop new ideas.
- Increase our ability to think flexibly (Murphy-Beiner, 2018) and our sense of connection to nature (Gandy, 2020) and
- Increase our creativity (Wießner, 2022).
This retreat, created by Natasja Pelgrom and Alexander Beiner, with input from psychedelic research, guides you through an exploratory process of becoming a new kind of leader.
Overview
The facilitators at Awaken The Medicine Within have over 30+ years of combined experience working with therapeutic holistic healing modalities and ancient technology. The team offers broad range of wisdom and traditions, offering preparation and integration programs prior to, during, and after the retreat.
Staff and Founders
Natasja Pelgrom, the founder of Awaken The Medicine Within, designed this retreat to incorporate:
- Traditional knowledge,
- Modern research, and
- Therapeutic practices..
