Our values
What we hold, and what we refuse
We share these ten values in the welcome circle at the start of a retreat, in this order. They are the standard we ask you to hold us to.
Ten values
What we hold
- Safety: physical, mental and emotional.
- Integrity: being and expressing truth.
- Curiosity: assuming innocence.
- Vulnerability: risking pain in service of connection and growth.
- Responsibility: owning your own experience.
- Sovereignty: all within consent and self-empowerment.
- Reverence: respect for the work and the sacrament.
- Harmony: living well with others and with nature.
- Embodiment: being the change we want to see.
- Community: service to common values and supporting each other.
What we believe
Walk slowly
When you meet the deepest experience of yourself, that can feel like God. We do not tell you what to believe.
We do not believe psychedelics are for everyone. Some conditions and medications are not compatible with ceremony, and a clear no is more respectful than an unclear maybe.
We do not believe one ceremony solves a lifetime of pain. Ceremony opens something. Integration is what you do with it, which is why every program includes a month of it.
What we refuse
Four things we will not do
- We do not use countdown timers or scarcity language to pressure you into enrolling.
- We do not promise that you will heal, change or feel better. We cannot know that, and anyone who tells you otherwise is not being honest about the work.
- We do not extract from indigenous traditions or pretend a lineage is ours when it is not.
- We do not share your story, your testimonial or anything you disclosed without your explicit consent. What happens in ceremony stays there unless you choose otherwise.