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Discovering My Voice with Psilocybin
Reflection one year after a psychedelic women’s retreat
Many of you who know me might be shocked to know that the women’s retreat I went to last year was a psilocybin (aka “magic mushrooms”) retreat, so this is a “coming out” of sorts. I had been meaning to write about my experience at this Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) women’s retreat in Oaxaca, Mexico ever since I returned a year ago. But it is better that I waited a year; I can now write about how it affected me.
My psilocybin journey connected the dots for me in many ways and I am convinced this particular gift from nature has much to offer the world. I wrote a detailed account which I will publish in total at some point. In this essay, I skip the activities and descriptive details and instead share how it helped me to break through spiritual, creative, and psychological blocks.
Introduction to the idea
I met retreat organizer, Jessica Grotfeldt, when I was in Oaxaca in March of 2019. She was new to Oaxaca, and I was there for workshops and to learn Spanish. She told me that she organized psychedelic retreats, describing mushrooms as sacred medicine — ritualistic, ceremonial, and used for healing, self-discovery, and growth. When she told me her story of surviving trauma, I was intrigued and…
