About
The Mountain Medicine & Meditation retreat is the convergence of many years of deep inquiry, lovingly curated by long-time collaborators, celebrating the confluence of a number of different pathways to healing and wholeness.
Hosted in a truly incredible setting an hour from Porto in northern Portugal this annual deep-dive into the nature of healing is a unique and beautiful opportunity for personal and collective renewal. This is not for everyone. Alongside ceremonial work with psilocybin mushrooms we will also dive deeply into different forms of sacred connection to nature and wholeness.
Through breathwork, movement, meditation, creative reflection and solo time in the mountain, we will awaken our natural relationship to healing. The goal of this retreat is to illuminate the awe inspiring, ever-present and spontaneous healing process that is within all of us. So much of being healthy is about getting out of the way and giving light to the deepest and darkest places within us, allowing life to tend to life, and energy to flow where it might have become stuck. Through the gentle layering of different practices, the careful holding of a deeply connected team, and with reverence to the more than human world, this retreat is about letting the light in, loosening our grip on old patterns and replenishing our deepest parts.
If you are looking for a profound and healing reset in a beautiful location with other brave and curious souls and are available from the 12-19th November 2025 please do make an application.
From last year’s participants…
“This retreat was one of the most powerful experiences of my life. Since returning I have a strong sense of inner peace and a much clearer sense of purpose. I already had a close relationship with nature, but this experience has intensified it and magnified my sense of awe. It surpassed all my expectations - it was a truly beautiful, life-enhancing experience.” - Sol (PT)
"Such a meticulously held, beautifully curated retreat... a space to cocoon from external pressures... I was blown away by the sense of emotional safety created - so precious for any healing journey..I had chronic pain which lifted... years of abdominal and back issues which melted... Months later I can still feel the physical emotional and spiritual gifts continuing to unfold... I would recommend to all... and wish I could enable the whole world to have such incredible wholehearted health giving experiences" - Dr E Bruce (GP, UK)
The retreat is meticulously planned – honouring each and every participant and guiding a journey that I found to be growthful, delightful and challenging in just the right measures. The combination of nature, meditation and mushrooms, backed by a deep sense of community and by a holding capacity in the facilitators was second to none. I am so delighted I chose to attend and filled with gratitude. - David R (UK)
The Mountains, Mushrooms & Meditation Retreat in November 2024 has been the most important and most beautiful experience of the year 2024. Although there was some darkness too, it ended up that there was a lot of beauty in the (unavoidable) darkness. All this was possible because of the loving, professional and diverse guidance of the facilitators. The setting at D’Alijo, the composition of the group and of course the mushroom teachers made it an experience of another level. A journey through several levels of consciousness. I will attend this retreat again and I would recommend it to everybody who is looking for a breakthrough in your life. - N Paulussen (Exec Leadership Development, NL)