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Do you want to find out what our former participants say about our legal psilocybin retreat in the Netherlands (EvoSHIFT)? Then you are right here. Keep on reading!

Discover how OUR RETREAT PROGRAMS changed people's lives

Retreat participants who gained clarity on what's truly important in life

Clarity on What’s Truly Important in Life

Clarity on What’s Truly Important in Life
involves an embodied understanding and recognition of one’s core values, priorities, and authentic self. It encompasses a shift towards greater self-awareness, acceptance, and the ability to discern what truly matters in life.

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64% of our retreat participants reported an increase in clarity on whats truly important in life.

"I experience a shift towards my authentic self."
— Jana, March 2023 Retreat Participant
"Understanding much more that life is constant work and I will never be 'done' with certain topics. Opening my mind to accepting a universe that is bigger than what I can see or feel at face value."
— Jessica, Nov 2023 Retreat Participant
"More clarity in what I want and don't want."
— Yevgeny, Mar 2023 Retreat Participant
"The most significant change has been getting aware of the positive signs in my path, but also when I’m not feeling ok, being aware, curious, so that I can make a plan to move on. I could see the infinite amount of opportunities the world is holding for me! Especially seeing there’s no “happy ending” to be chased is extremely comforting! "
— Melissa, Mar 2024 Retreat Participant
"An opening of the heart that speaks to me in very clear ways. It resonates and "lights up", that's when something is good and right."
— Nino, Jul 2023 Retreat Participant

Attendees who rekindled a feeling of interconnection

Rekindled feeling of inter-connection

A rekindled sense of inter-connection
involves a profound reawakening of one’s connection to oneself, loved ones, humanity, all life, and occasionally, the transcendent. This renewed feeling of connection brings inner peace, acceptance, and deeper relationships with others. The experiences described reflect a journey of growth, leading to a more harmonious and integrated way of living.

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Amongst our retreat participants, the strongest effect found is a rekindled sense of inter-connection.

"I feel more settled and accepting and experience more inner calm than before. I also made experiences of connectedness during the journey that I never had before."
— Ben, Nov 2023 Retreat Participant
"I was able to connect with my family in a much deeper way and realized how important they are to me."
— Fillip, Jul 2023 Retreat Participant
"My initial intention was to find an answer on how to proceed in my spiritual and personal path in order to stop falling into residual old habits of separation. My intentions was answered to a very large extent by the journey and the preparation sessions were important for the set, setting and intention, which became very clear by the time of the psilocybin journey."
— Luciana, Nov 2023 Retreat Participant
"I have become more open and accepting of myself and others. Which in turn makes me feel more accepted by others and less insecure. It was a profound experience. My intention to clarify/solidify my values was partially met although I still struggle a bit with interpreting them to make concrete decisions."
— Jules, Mar 2024 Retreat Participant
"I feel a sense of belonging, fitting as a unique human being and shamelessly being able to express/integrate my different parts"
— Nino, Jul 2023 Retreat Participant
"I think the journey lead to more openness in regards to others, which I am actively trying to cultivate."
— Sascha, Mar 2023 Retreat Participant

People who embraced uncertainty and ambiguity in new ways

Embracing and Relating to Uncertainty and Ambiguity

Embracing and Relating to Uncertainty & Ambiguity is about developing the capacity to handle life’s unpredictability with resilience and grace. It means finding ways to navigate through uncertain times with hope, trust, and adaptability.
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68% of retreat participants reported an increase in their ability to embrace and relate to uncertainty and ambiguitiy in their life.
"My intimate relationship with my partner ended and my company suffered a couple of significant financial blows resulting in serious financial instability which could result in me having to leave the family home without my kids. My intention was to experience more ease and more joy in my life - maybe everything in my life has to be taken away in order for this to happen. I am still hopeful."
— Bettie, Mar 2023 Retreat Participant
"I learnt to trust my intuition more. The journey showed me other priorities than my initial goal. I learned to trust the process."
— Stefana, Jul 2023 Retreat Participant
I was also able to grieve certain things I didn’t even know needed grieving, to offer forgiveness and compassion to several people in my life
— Mara, Mar 2024 Retreat Participant
"Regarding my chronic pain, it has not subsided during and after the retreat. But I seem to be able to identify less with the pain, not allowing it to take over, having more of a distance which makes it more livable."
— Dora, Mar 2024 Retreat Participant
"I am less easily pushed away from my center, I better know when to listen to the mind and the body / intuition"
— Nino, Jul 2023 Retreat Participant

Participants who expanded their sense of empathy and compassion

Expanded Sense of Empathy & Compassion

Empathy & Compassion Expansion involves developing a deeper sense of understanding, compassion, and affection for our loved ones and ourselves. It may extend to all (human) beings. This process leads to a reconnection with one’s heart, an acknowledgment of shared human burdens, and an increased commitment to love, purpose, and openness towards others that allows one to live a more fulfilling and compassionate life.
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76% of our retreat participants report an expansion of empathy and compassion.
"I reconnected to my sense of love and connection with others. I felt and continue to feel the importance of facing my desires and trying to manifest them with greater and lesser success."
— Martin, Mar 2023 Retreat Participant
"Reconnecting to my heart, and realising that we are all carrying the same burden. It’s important to stay humble and compassionate towards others. Reconnecting to love, purpose and heart seems to be a massive hack to life."
— Giancarlo, Aug 2022 Retreat Participant
"I think the journey lead to more openness in regards to others, which I am actively trying to cultivate."
— Sascha, Mar 2023 Retreat Participant
"There is still al lot of grief, sadness, unsafety surrounding my vulnerabilities to work through.. Control, expectations, non-acceptance do not serve me.. I have to figure out how I can love myself more by letting go...I still don't know...bodywork (instead of overthinking) might serve me better, so that will be my path"
— Florian, Mar 2024 Retreat Participant
"I have got much more compassion toward myself and other people. There is less anxiety in my mind and especially in my body. I am very happy that I'm in the work process towards my own intention. The process is at the beiginning now"
— André, Mar 2024 Retreat Participant

People who softened their inner critic

Softened the inner critic

Softening the inner critic
involves a deliberate shift towards self-compassion through understanding and acceptance. It is the cultivation of a more supportive and nurturing inner dialogue.

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68% report being less disapproving and judgmental about personal flaws and inadequacies.

76% of retreat participants report a recognition of their own failings as part of the human condition.

"Implementing softness in dealing with me."
— Leon, Nov 2023 Retreat Participant
"The determination to open to love, to set the positive intentions and the let go and observe impartially. I've been able to work on my intentions very much :)"
— Tom, Mar 2024 Retreat Participant
"An important change was to directly feel and witness the ocean of sadness and the strong anger in me. Both have subsided (not being put in the freezer!) since the retreat. I have been able to let go to a certain extent of the past, but have not yet been able to formulate what my next dream, ambition, goal is."
— Dora, Mar 2024 Retreat Participant
"I realized a fear of "not being seen" and how this fear has its origin in a difficult period of my childhood. Realizing and expressing this fear, allows me to be much more connected to others. It also made me much more gentle with myself and others."
— Steffen, Mar 2024 Retreat Participant
"I was able to accomplish my intention to see who lays there below inside of me, I figured out that the path now is to relearn to love her fully and to integrate her with the only part I’ve shown the world."
— Mara, Mar 2024 Retreat Participant

Retreat participants who learnt how to tap more into their own potential

Knowing How to Tap into One’s Full Potential

Knowing how to tap into one’s full potential
involves a profound transformation in an individual’s way of being, leading to a more centered, grateful, and purposeful life. This transformation encompasses several key aspects, each contributing to a holistic sense of fulfillment and empowerment.

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72% of participants reported a significant improvement in knowing how to apply and use one’s entire potential in life.

"Most significant change *as a person: trust in my body. Fear is not a leader, but only one of many consultants; * as leader: practicing more openness."
— Thomas, Aug 2022 Retreat Participant
"My initial intention worked well and I feel much more relaxed and relieved in life."
— Francis, Jul 2023 Retreat Participant
"I gained a deep sense of trust, love, and lightness. A lightness in life and a more solid sense of self-assurance. "
— Jan, Aug 2022 Retreat Participant
"The changes are all throughout in my way of being, but at its core it's deepened trust in life, surrendering to it, less underlying anxiety, seeing life as a gift.
— Nino, Jul 2023 Retreat Participant
"I wanted to learn how to experience freedom and happiness in my heart... I wanted to learn how to connect with myself and learn to see myself as a part of the universe."
— Florian, Mar 2024 Retreat Participant
"I have learned that I can control my own energy level, at least in quiet moments, and that I can reduce my stress level through small and large routines."
— Daniel, Jul 2023 Retreat Participant
"My intention was to 'learn how to fly'. I did that, more than I expected."
— Mark, Aug 2022 Retreat Participant
"I have gained more awareness of my own patterns."
— Cora, Mar 2024 Retreat Participant

Attendees who renewed their sense of purpose and collective responsibility

Renewed Recognition of Our Purpose and (Collective) Responsibility to Work for the Common Good

A Renewed Recognition of Our Purpose and (Collective) Responsibility to Work for the Common Good
brings together multiple facets. It involves the rediscovery/deepening of  one’s sense of purpose and the importance of contributing to the well-being of society and life as a whole.

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Along with a rekindled sense of interconnection, our retreat participants report a renewed recognition of our purpose and (collective) responsibility to work for the common good to be the most significant implications of their journey.

I feel a heightened sense of purpose that comes with energy, discipline and a sense of internal power, true power, not force. What else could I have asked for? I am extremely grateful …I believe incredible seeds were planted and nurtured there that I am lucky enough to carry with me for the rest of my life."
— Nino, Jul 2023 Retreat Participant
"My intention was to experience the bliss that comes from a spiritual enlightenment and of recognizing the universal connectedness of all consciousness. I did experience that on my journey. Through integration and commitment my goal is to bring compassion, and courage to my relations with myself, family & friends, and my community."
— Ranjit, Nov 2023 Retreat Participant
"I carry with me a responsibility and response-ability - my ability to respond".
— Jan, Aug 2022 Retreat Participant
"Understanding my purpose which provides me guidance of what it is supposed to be, regardless of bringing me into position of living it."
— Ivan, Mar 2024 Retreat Participant

Read the Psychedelic Journey Reports of our Participants

“They say you need to feel a calling” – Evolute Psilocybin Journey Reports – Maximilian

Finding peace with my fear of not being good enough – Evolute Psilocybin Journey Reports – Leon

“A divine encounter” – Evolute Psilocybin Journey Reports – Luciana Bellini

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