Spring Mushroom & Reforestation retreat

We are Coracao Medicina, a small organisation offering mushroom retreats in Portugal since 2019, working with a lot of love and reverence for the medicine & our participants. If you are looking for a professionally-led, affordable retreat offered by facilitators with years of experience facilitating ceremonies for 200+ participants, with a strong ethics for holistic care, personal attention and warmhearted vibes, you are in the right place !
This year we are starting running a special programme for the first time: bringing together our classic mushroom retreat programme, featuring plenty of preparation and integration support, embodiement and creative activities, with a reforestation and land care programme as well.
We believe that self care and spiritual healing is interweaved with caring for this Earth that sustains us, and that working together with a purpose, planting and caring for trees that will outlive us and suppor future ecosystems is a powerful way to create meaning in a time where it can be hard to find a worthwhile cause to support.

Our area of Portugal has been affected by severe wild fires, the last one in September 2025 having left a mark on our mountains. The land and home of Katy, who has hosted many of our retreats in the past, has been affected and a lot of her outside infrastrucure and trees have burned. So we want to help, and you can help us too.
After all, mushrooms are the friends of the forests, and it is time for us to embody this message as well.
So come and join us, let’s roll our sleeves together and do something good for ourselves and for this land. We will work with a permaculture and syntropic forestry expert to bring life to the land, and of course will combine the reforestation with our classic programme of preparation, integration, microdosing and two mushroom ceremonies.

We are aiming to keep this retreat very budget friendly by favouring camping accomodation and work exchange, so you’re warmly invited to come and share the community vibe with us !

What is included ?

7 days of shared or private accommodation in a historic mountain home and permaculture project with a natural pool, hills to hike on and starry night skies.

One microdose circle to introduce the medicine, weave in the group’s collective energy and prepare for the ceremony.

2x full dose introspective ceremonies led by a team of four experienced facilitators in our tipi tent in the forest, with live music.

One on one consultation before the ceremony to bring personalised therapeutic support and individualised dosage recommendations.

Sharing circles and integration workshops after each ceremony to process the experiences and harness their transformative potential, with further individual support available when needed.

Varied daily mindfulness activities (yoga, breathwork, cold water immersion therapy) led by Isaac and Suze to help you ground and develop self awareness in preparation and integration for the mushroom work.

Two half days of collective action on the land, planting trees, caring for waterways and creating mulch and soil, guided by our syntropic forestry and permaculture expert Elvira

Delicious, home-cooked vegetarian buffet meals served twice a day by our local chefs.

Optional excursion to nearby rivers for wild swims !

Plenty of personal attention from our team of 5 experienced facilitators with diverse backgrounds and skills.

Plenty of time off between the programme’s activities to wind down from our busy lives and relax, tune into yourself, enjoy the peaceful natural setting and make this week a regenerative stay.

Personalised guidance on preparation and integration via one on one consultations before and after the retreat and a group integration call, as well as a preparation and integration resource pack.

A heartfelt sense of care and community which we strive to create with all our participants !

Price

We have several prices depending on the type of accomodation, ranging from:
800 euros in your own tent
850 euros shared bell tent
1000 euros shared room
1500 for private room accomodation
Please contact us for the detailled price list and various accomodation options

Do you want to join us ?
Pease get in touch with us before making a booking through retreatguru for more detailed information, preparation support and to make a booking !
Get a 15% discount for this retreat when booking directly with us through our website: http://coracao-medicina.com
You contact us by email at coracaomedicina@protonmail.com and read the reviews and testimonials on our website: https://coracao-medicina.com/testimonials/