Theme & Topic
Psychoactive truffles show us our true nature and also the mask or personality we had to build up in our childhood in order to maintain the pseudo-connection with our caretakers.
This mask, personality or role was essential and life-saving during our childhood and necessary for our survival. We had to suppress our feelings, certain qualities and also the pain related to our self-betrayal because it would have been unbearable to constantly face it. Very few caretakers love their children unconditionally and accept all their traits.
So we had to suppress everything that was not welcomed and adopt qualities that pleased our caretakers. Which seemingly became ours but actually didn't. Since most of us didn't feel neither physically nor emotionally held we turned to our mind for support to feel comforted and developed a close relationship with it. Our mind's main purpose is to keep us safe and to distract us from our emotional pain that seems life-threatening.
Unfortunately that creates a lot of suffering since it prevents us from connecting authentically to ourselves and others. We have lost touch with our body, our feelings and our inner guidance system like intuition, inspiration, gut feeling and heart intelligence and believe that we can solve and grasp everything with the mind. Connection to ourselves and others on an inauthentic mental level is completely impossible and therefore we indulge in compensation strategies and addictions like consume, power, recognition, overeating, drugs, alcohol, money and relationships in order to fill our insatiable inner void which can never be filled with anything from the outside world.
The truffles can show us how easy it can be to be happy ...
Questions to explore and express during the event
What is it like to be me right now? How do I feel within the group? Are there worries? Do I project on the group and the other participants? Are there specific sensations, feelings and emotions coming up? Do I have the courage to check my assumptions about the other participants attitude towards me?
Expressing what we feel when we are with other people is most healing when it is seen, heard, acknowledged and validated and met with curiosity without trying to fix us or make us the object of solutions, advice and intelligent comments. Very often when we interact with others sensations, feelings, emotions, fears and distress show up. They can be easily integrated and disarmed when expressed and met with acceptance.
This is a safe space where we can express all that and it is met with UNDERSTANDING, a THANK YOU and the question: DO YOU NEED ANYTHING? No advice, wise quote or solution. Maybe we'd like to make a reality check if the way we are present has anything to do with the group.
What we will do
We will spend 4 days full of connection, light-heartedness, ease, adventure and magic in the Heuvelrug National Park in Holland. We will be hosted on a beautiful camping site and do a Psychoactive Inner Journey with magic truffles at a beautiful spot in the forest. In the mornings we will do activities to create even more trust and connection in the group in order to turn this into an unforgettable experience. There will be invitations about how to give life to a new spirit of togetherness. In the evenings and also in between we will dedicate some time to get to know some AUTHENTIC RELATING GAMES. After the morning activities we will drive to the starting location to spend some time walking in nature and then return back to the same camping site. We might decide to have dinner before returning to our base camp.
Details:
Duration: 4 days
Arrival: Friday 26.05.2023 from 19:00 on the Camping site
Departure: Monday 29.05.2023 at 9:00 from the Camping site and 16:00 from the Plantage Willem III
Meeting Point: Camping site
Target Group: Adults
Participants: max. 12
Event Fee: 240 euros, Please get in touch if you need to keep track of your finances for a discount!
Accommodation: Camping site in tents
Event Facilitation: Oliver
Places to visit: Utrechtse Heuwelrug National Park, Pyramide de Austerlitz
Activities: Nature Experience, Psychoactive Inner Journey
Program:
Friday, May 26, 2023
Arrival from 19:00 o'clock at the camping site. We will be in touch about where to put your tent. We will stay at the same camping site during the whole time and drive to the starting locations every morning.
Saturday, May 27, 2023
1. 7:30 - 8:00: No breakfast, magic truffles are supposed to be taken on an empty stomach
2. 8:00: Morning activities
3. Departure to Utrechtse Heuvelrug National Park
4. Introduction to the Inner Journey
5. Inner Journey with magic truffles
6. Lunch. Please bring your lunch! After the journey I am usually very very hungry!
7. Sharing my experience with Amanita Muscaria (Fly agaric)
8. Dinner in a restaurant nearby (usually we go out to have dinner but that is at your discretion)
Sunday, May 28, 2023
1. 7:00 - 7:30: Breakfast
2. 7:30: Morning activities
3. Nature experience (Heidestein Red trail)
4. Nature experience (Pyramide de Austerlitz)
5. Dinner (at the camping site or in a restaurant nearby. You are free to chose)
Difficulty:
Distance: 11,2 km
Ascent: 70 m
Descent: 80 m
Monday, May 29, 2023
1. 7:00 - 7:30: Breakfast
2. 7:30: Morning activities
3. Departure back home