Group Retreats

Our Approach

At the Ikaros Project, we honor the depth, nuance, and mystery of your inner work. Our ethos for cultivating change was forged through decades of rigorous training in psychotherapy, coaching, and apprenticeships with ethical plant medicine facilitators, shamans and guides. Your Ikaros Project facilitators are all seasoned, experienced coaches and therapists, who also have extensive firsthand experience with psilocybin and aim to bring in the most impactful elements of each lineage to your process of healing, growth and expansion. 

As skeptics ourselves, we embrace complexity and the unknown.  We are constantly investigating what science, practice, intuition, and tradition each bring to your psilocybin journeys. We are trained to guide real emotional transformations as they unfold in both individual and group settings, in order to co-create a space where you can process what comes up in a safe, grounded, and caring way. With this kind of support, the insights from your journey don’t just stay in your mind, they can take root in your day-to-day life.

A group of people at a closing circle at a psychedelic retreat in the Netherlands.
Participants at a psychedelic retreat sharing experiences outside in nature in the Netherlands.
People wearing eye masks and lying down on mats during a group psychedelic journey.
Susanna Hinderks and Courtney Rennicke, Ph.D. co-founders of the Ikaros Project psychedelic retreats and community talks.

What to expect

We believe your journey with psilocybin begins the moment you decide to join our retreat. That’s why creating a sense of safety and belonging is central to every Ikaros Project event. Before arriving, you’ll have the chance to meet one of the founders, connect with your facilitators, and get to know your fellow participants through one-on-one and group preparation calls.

Once you arrive, it’s important that you feel seen and cared for. Our facilitators are here to support you, to answer practical questions, offer emotional guidance, and ensure your personal needs are met with attention and care throughout your stay.

We respect that you might be exploring ways to set new boundaries or might be working with a new experience of yourself and your emotions during the retreat. We provide a schedule of meals, expressive arts and activities, always with an ethos that you decide, which individual and group activities you participate in throughout your time with us.

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A rural house with a gravel driveway, surrounded by green grass, trees, and potted plants under a partly cloudy sky at the retreat center in the Netherlands.

Typical Retreat Day and Itinerary

During our 5 Day, 2-Psilocybin Signature Journey Retreat, you can expect the following schedule:

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Day 1: Welcome, one-on-one preparation session, opening group circle

Day 2: Light breakfast, group check in, psilocybin journey, group dinner

Day 3: Group check-in, One-on-one integration coaching session, expressive arts

Day 4: Light breakfast, group check in, psilocybin journey, group dinner

Day 5: Meditative walk, brunch, group sharing & integration planning, goodbyes 

On non-journey days, all meals will be provided: breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Psychedelic retreat center in the Netherlands.
A wooden bench facing an open grassy field with two trees and a small charcoal grill, surrounded by tree stumps, on a sunny day at a psychedelic retreat center in the Netherlands.
A cozy reading nook with a brown leather armchair, a small side table with a vase of flowers, a green bookshelf filled with books, aand nature artwork on a dark green wall at a psychedelic retreat center in the Netherlands.
A dining area with wooden tables, green wainscoting, beige upholstered chairs, and windows looking out onto a green outdoor space. Indoor lighting fixtures are on the ceiling at a psychedelic retreat center in the Netherlands.
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The ceremony room at a psychedelic retreat center in the Netherlands.
A fluffy gray and white cat lying on a concrete ledge with greenery and a garden in the background at a psychedelic retreat center in the Netherlands.
A stained glass depiction of the Annunciation scene, placed among large hanging church bells with ropes, set against a brick and greenery background at a psychedelic retreat center in the Netherlands.
People lying down during a psychedelic group journey in the Netherlands.
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A bed with white linens and pillows. Two windows with curtains show a green field and trees outside at a psychedelic retreat center in the Netherlands.

Facilitation Team

At the Ikaros Project we collaborate with very experienced therapists and facilitators and guides to provide you with confident guidance throughou

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