Substances
Psilocybin
Format
In-person

Awayk Retreats

Provider type Retreat center
Location Netherlands
Awayk Retreats

Awayk Retreats offers fully tailored psychedelic retreats in the Netherlands using legal psilocybin truffles, with a focus on deep personal growth, leadership development and holistic success. The team emphasises that every person is unique, so each retreat is designed around the participant’s own goals, context and needs. Their approach combines a high degree of personal attention, a science based understanding of set, setting and dosage, and an emphasis on sustainable, long term transformation rather than one off experiences.

Service

The provider offers private solo retreats and private pair or group retreats (for partners, friends or colleagues), all held in a high end, nature based setting in the Veluwe region of the Netherlands. Retreats are part of a longer process that includes structured preparation and integration over several weeks, with the onsite component typically lasting three days and the psychedelic experience taking place on the second day. Participants receive one to one guidance from one of the two co founders throughout the program, and preparation and integration may include breathwork sessions, exercises and conversations tailored to the participant’s intentions and life themes.

Safety

Safety is described as the first priority, closely linked to effectiveness. Awayk Retreats bases its work on research showing that careful control of set, setting and dosage reduces the chance of difficult experiences and enhances positive outcomes. The retreats use legal psilocybin truffles in the Netherlands rather than underground or illegal substances, and sessions take place in a comfortable, private environment in nature. Guides are trained in psychology and psychedelic guidance, and the process allows time to build trust, clarify motivations and select an appropriate dose so that participants can enter the experience with confidence and a prepared mindset.

Care pathway

A typical journey begins when someone contacts Awayk via the website or schedules an appointment. Before the retreat, there is a preparation phase focused on building trust, defining a clear intention and providing tools and mindset support for the upcoming journey. Participants then attend a three day retreat in nature, with arrival and settling in, a guided psychedelic truffle session on the second day, and time for rest and reflection. After the retreat, structured integration sessions help participants understand their insights and translate them into gradual, practical changes in everyday life, with the goal of turning a single experience into lasting personal growth.

This description was generated based on information from the official website and other materials provided by the provider.

Substances

Psilocybin

Languages Offered

English

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