A Women’s Psilocybin & Somatic Retreat
THE DEEPENING
13th–17th May 2026
at Rose Mountain, Portugal
Remember | Rest | Reawaken
For women who have already attended The Reconnection, this next step awaits.
The Deepening is a 5-day journey of remembering. A return to the truth of your body, the rhythm of nature, and the ancestral wisdom that threads through you.
Together, in sacred sisterhood, we will gather and journey through psilocybin ceremony, movement, song and sound. This is an invitation into softness, sovereignty, and soulful reconnection.
In a world that so often pulls you away from your essence, this retreat invites you home.
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"The feeling of being held, not only by the incredible facilitators, but also by the the soul-family that had been brought together gave space to deep rest and transformation. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience, and I say that not with sadness, but the knowledge that I was blessed to participate in something so extraordinary, with the added bonus of having made beautiful life-long connections."
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"What a magical, beautiful, challenging and joyful experience. Laura and Lauren you are two wonderful humans who hold space so beautifully. I’ve left with an overall sense of calm, like a warm blanket has been placed over my world. Thank you."
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"The union between science and heart, the rhythmic calibration that honored feeling and sensing, and the blend of ceremony and connection created the most genuinely incredible experience of my life."
There is a wild knowing within you. It is older than words, deeper than time.
We gather again so that remember who you are and why you are here.
To reawaken the creative, connected, sovereign woman you came here to be.
What’s Different About This Retreat?
The Deepening is a return.
Unlike The Reconnection, where everything was new, this journey is held in a field of familiarity.
You’ve met the medicine. You’ve experienced the power of this work.
You know us. And we know you.
This knowing creates a foundation of trust. It allows your nervous system to soften more deeply and meet what’s within you with even greater presence. We’ll meet as a powerful constellation of sisters who have already walked this path, sat in circle and shared their hearts. A shared knowing that will take us all deeper.
For many, the first journey with psilocybin gently softens the protective layers we often wrap around ourselves. It helps to clear the surface and lay the foundations, releasing stuck energy and allowing the flow of emotions, memories, or patterns that have been held in the body to shed. This second time, there is a deepening. You may find yourself dropping into more expansive states, grounded more fully in yourself and deeper into the Great Mystery. Healing from what has been, and opening into what is to come.
To support this, The Deepening includes additional preparation, on-retreat, and integration tools:
• 1 x 1:1 to support your personal intention before the retreat
• 1 x Group Welcome Circle (online)
• 1 x TRE and 4 x Yin Yoga classes before and after the retreat (online)
• A new arc of workshops and embodied experiences, including voice activation, sound healing, authentic relating, and deep nature connection, all designed to support you in embodying the transformation that is unfolding
• Live music in ceremony. This is a deeply resonant and heart-opening (relatively new) addition to The Reconnection journey, inviting you into heart and presence through sound and song
• 1 x Integration Call (online)
With the groundwork already laid, you’re invited into new layers of trust, healing, and expansion.
At the heart of this retreat is a shared knowing, a sisterhood woven through your first psilocybin journey and shared lived experience.
Together, across the Reconnection Retreats, we’ve built a foundation of trust, safety, and deep self-inquiry. Now, we return. To go deeper.
There’s something deeper about being held by familiar faces, within a familiar process. Through the joy and the grief, the light and the shadow, the edge and the surrender, we will return to this sacred space to reconnect with our essence and come home to who we truly are.
Are Your Ready?
Every practice is an invitation to meet yourself more deeply. With some familiar practices and some new offerings, we’ll journey through:
• Embodied Movement
• Gentle Yoga and Yin Yoga
• Somatic Release (TRE)
• Voice Activation
• Sound Healing
• Breathwork
• Dance
• Authentic Relating
You’ll meet these practices with more trust, more spaciousness, and deeper receptivity than before.
Our Practices
Held deep in nature, this retreat is designed to help you breathe more deeply, sleep more soundly, and slow right down. We honour rest as an essential part of healing. There’ll be plenty of space for naps, stillness, long walks, reading in the sun, and time to simply be.
No rushing.
No doing.
Just the exhale your body’s been longing for.
Rest, Spaciousness & Nature
Because you’ve already experienced this process with us, the foundations of safety are already in place. There’s an embodied familiarity now, a felt sense of ease and readiness to go further.
We can’t wait to welcome you.
Safety is Already Here
Our Home
Rose Moutain, Silves, Portugal
Rose Mountain is a lush sanctuary nestled in the heart of the Algarve Mountains in Portugal. Bathed in light, warmth, and natural beauty, it offers the perfect setting for deep rest and transformation.
Over our five days together, we’ll have access to 48 hectares of wild, untouched land - with breathtaking views and countless paths to wander and explore.
Between sessions, you can choose to relax by the pool, take a walk through the surrounding hills, or simply enjoy the stillness and peace that comes from being held in nature.
Nearest airport: Faro, Portugal
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"I cannot recommend this retreat enough. Lauren and Laura held such beautiful space, allowing a deep and lasting connection between a group of strangers, now friends. They wove yoga, ceremony and dance to reconnect us to ourselves and each other. I am infinitely grateful I had this time with you both. Thank you for holding and uplifting us all."
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"This was a week of remembering how we evolved to live - slowly, intimately, and connected to others. There is nowhere to hide, and you will find yourself looking into yourself, and into the eyes of others, with love and compassion. That's where the magic lies!"
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"This retreat will truly transform your life, whether in profound, immediate ways or through subtle, lasting shifts. The shift is undeniable and deeply felt. The wisdom shared by these incredible women, their ability to hold space, support the group, and inspire authentic co-creation is both rare and powerful. There is something uniquely sacred and empowering in the way they guide each experience over the retreat."
The Retreat Flow
Honouring the feminine, this retreat follows a spacious schedule designed to hold you gently in practice while also giving you the time you need to disconnect from daily life and reconnect with yourself.
Rest, space, and slowness are woven into everything we do. They are party of the medicine.
7.30 am warm teas and morning snacks
8 am morning movement / gentle yoga
9.30 am nourishing breakfast
11 - 1 pm sharing circle
1 pm lunch time
2 - 4 pm time to rest
4 - 6 pm TRE / Authentic Relating/ Guest Workshops
7pm evening meal
8.30pm bed time ritual
YOUR RETREAT GUIDES
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LAUREN MACDONALD
Lauren Macdonald is a doctor, psychedelic therapist, and group facilitator. Over the last few years she has worked as a clinical trial doctor and therapy guide at The Centre for Psychedelic Research (Imperial College London) and as a lead facilitator at legal psilocybin retreats around the world. She is passionate about holistic, whole-person wellness and draws upon her training in medicine, psychology, nutrition, mindfulness, yoga and psychedelic-assisted therapy.
In the retreat setting her approach is holistic, relational, somatic, and mindfulness-based. She is skilled at creating a safe and loving environment that encourages deeper healing, transformation and growth. She offers group work, self-inquiry and ceremony to help you reconnect to your authentic self, and open up to the beauty and mystery of life.
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LAURA WILKES
Laura Wilkes is a yin yoga teacher and TRE practitioner, currently training to be a TCM acupuncturist. She has extensively studied the female body and the nervous system.
After years working on yoga retreats and exploring holistic wellbeing on her journey to heal from the stressful, corporate world, Laura has created a unique and embodied style of teaching. Her classes are soft and healing, soothing for the nervous system, and honour a reconnection to the feminine energy that has been robbed from us in today’s patriarchy. She places deep importance on creating safe and held experience that support true healing and bring you home to your authentic self.
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MARY BONETT
Mary is a Somatic Therapist and Yoga and Somatics Teacher with over a decade’s worth of experience working with people in recovery from physical and emotional trauma, survivors of domestic and sexual violence, those struggling with substance misuse and facing mental health challenges.
On this retreat she will be bringing and sharing her Somatic Toolkit for everyday life, sharing theory and practices for nervous system regulation, including voice and breath work, and of course movement practices - all from a trauma-informed lens.
Mary loves being on retreat and she’ll bring her light and bright humour, care and love to support your experience to feel held and safe. She'll be sharing somatics in support of all our TRE practices and will be offering 1:1 Somatic Experiencing sessions on the retreat.
“You two women, your deep wisdom, your authenticity, your energy, and pure openness allowed ours to flow so much. You are so complimentary in your offerings. You both made it feel like such a safe, fully trusting sisterhood. It’s what made the retreat for me.”
“You two women are beyond anything I have experienced before - your entire being seems to be dedicated to us and our development for far more than the time we were on the retreat. You have changed my life forever - you enabled growth and encouraged me to love myself until I truly believed it. Thank you x”
ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS
& INVESTMENT
TRIPLE ROOM ~ £2,350 pp
in the main house, shared bathroom
PRIVATE ROOM (tiny house) ~ £2,500 pp
in a tiny house with nature views, sharing with one other woman,
with a shared bathroom.
PRIVATE ROOM ~ £2,900 pp
in the main house, private bathroom
INCLUDES:
SUPPORT
8-week group container: pre and post retreat
Group Welcoming Call - pre-retreat (online)
1 x 1:1 call pre retreat to help preparation
4 x Yin classes before / 4 x Yin classes after retreat
1 x TRE class before and 1 x after the retreat
RETREAT
5-day retreat / 4-nights accommodation
All food and drink: 3 x nutritious meals a day plus snacks, juices, and herbal teas (vegetarian menu)
Classes and Practices to support your journey of self enquiry and reconnection: somatic enquiry, meditation, yoga, authentic relating, Kirtan, voice activation, sound healing, TRE, dance, and more
Sharing circles and lots of integration time to feel held and supported in community for the whole retreat
Guided afternoon ceremony (Friday)
1 x Group Integration Call - post-retreat (online)
Monthly payment plans are available on all options.
