Science and Sprituality. Modernity and History.
We weave together insights across cultures to provide
the guidance for you to undertake your journey.
Our Approach
At Ground Health, we aim to provide a premium level psychedelic retreat experience for you. We believe the quality of the ‘container’ of your retreat is vital to supporting you on your journey and focus on several key elements to create a condition of safety for you:
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We commit to a group of 8–12 for a premium retreat experience. In our experience, this range is intimate enough for personalised care, trust and privacy, and large enough for diverse perspectives in the group setting.
This means we can provide consistent one-to-one support, and cultivate an intimate, safe, supportive environment and container, enhancing the transformative potential of the work individuals come to our retreats to do.
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Our team brings together licensed clinical psychotherapists and experienced ceremonialists with shamanic training, creating a careful balance between evidence-based psychological care and deep, tradition-rooted earth medicine practices. This dual expertise ensures safety, clinical rigor, and therapeutic integration alongside ceremonial skill, cultural sensitivity, and the embodied guidance needed for profound, well-supported experiences.
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Live musicians elevate our psychedelic retreats from therapeutic to transformative. Our ceremonial musician has extensive experience and training in traditions which weave earth medicine work with medicine songs. With real-time attunement and responsiveness to the journeys of each individual and the group, our instrumentalists and vocalists provide a shape and emotional arc to the ceremony, reinforcing the safety, grounding and integration. This bespoke musical care is a defining feature of our premium offering.
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We select elegant, well-maintained venues in the Netherlands where psychedelic work is legal. Our venues each have a story —historic houses, light-filled studios and secluded estates. Chosen for privacy, comfort and aesthetic calm, our retreat locations support deep psychological work. The beauty of the setting is part of the therapeutic frame and ‘container’, helping steady the nervous system, invite openness and hold intense experiences with care.
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A private chef prepares visually striking, predominantly plant-based menus using locally produced ingredients where possible, balancing flavor, texture and nutrition to support participants before, during and after sessions. Beautiful, thoughtfully plated food also nurtures calm and presence, reinforcing the retreat’s commitment to care and the support of each individual’s journey.
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Our thorough preparation in the weeks before the retreat, the carefully guided retreat itself, and the focused integration in the weeks after combine to create a premium experience. A personal intake and bespoke planning ensure every participant arrives ready to step into a journey. During the retreat, expert facilitators provide a safe, deep and supportive environment. The follow-up integration sessions secure lasting results by translating insights into everyday life. This creates a complete, coherent trajectory that delivers quality, continuity and enduring transformation.
Our Culture
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Science
Modern science is producing a rapidly growing body of evidence in support of the healing potential of psychedelics for a range of ailments. A well-supported journey with psychedelics can have robust positive effects for psychological and existential challenges as well as chronic mental health issues including depression, anxiety, PTSD, burnout, eating disorders, OCD, and end-of-life anxiety. Alongside our medical screening before the retreat, our approach to integration after the retreat takes into account the workings and adaptations of the nervous system, and throughout the process a clinical psychologist is part of the team and container of the retreat.
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Plant Medicine
Whilst the modern Western inquiry has gone through several waves of interest since the 1940’s, working with ‘plant medicine’ has been a recognisable part of traditional cultures across continents for millennia. These cultures and traditions have lived wisdom, well-worn rituals and understandings for how to work with psychedelics as both medicine, teacher, and sacrament for an individual, community, and culture. The teachings of different traditions inform our ritual, ceremonial approach to work with psilocybin truffles.
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Myth
A psychedelic journey and experience can be profoundly and meaningfully life-altering, however, the medicine is not just in the truffle or the trip itself. Much of it is in how we make sense of the experience - the so-called Integration. Modern scientific models have little to offer here. Old stories across time and space in Europe though - from Ancient Greek myths, to Medieval Arthurian Legends, and European fairy tales - these are deep wells of insight for psychedelic work. The archetypal plots and characters provide a story in which we recognise our own journey and so find guidance. As medicine and nourishment of its own, we recognise mythic images and archetypes as sources of guidance in navigating the psychedelic experience and cherish its place in our retreats.
Our Process
Step-by-step
Step 1 — Screening
All participants begin with a confidential screening call. This conversation explores suitability, readiness, and expectations, and provides space for questions. Screening is an act of care, not gatekeeping.
Step 2 — Preparation
Accepted participants take part in structured preparation, including a dedicated preparation session. This helps clarify intention, address concerns, and establish practical and psychological readiness.
Step 3 — The retreat
Retreats are held in small groups and facilitated by a multidisciplinary team with clearly defined roles. Time is structured to balance ceremonial work, rest, reflection, and integration conversations.
Step 4 — Integration and follow-up
After the retreat, participants are supported to integrate insights into daily life. Integration sessions and guidance help translate experience into grounded understanding.
A place to begin
If you’d like to explore whether this approach is right for you, the next step is a Discovery call.