
GROUP RETREAT CACAO & TRUFFLE – NORDIC JOURNEY – 14 & 15 MARCH 2025
Through the Mycellium of the truffle, the energy flowed from Sweden to Friesland and we ‘Nordic Sisters’ found each other in beautiful Fryslân!
Together with Mariana, I guide Cacao & Truffle retreats for groups of up to 8 people.
Both our paths flowed deeply through Mother Earth and found the path of plantmedicine; truffle and Cacao, a magical combination! From a place of passion and healing through plantmedicine with psilocybin, we entered into collaboration with these spirits and are passionate about bringing this into the world. Truffles feel like ancient medicine from our place ‘Northern medicine’ and therefore very special and familiar to work with. Our Northern energy seamlessly matches in the field of light and love and we stand firmly with our feet in the Swedish/Frisian clay…. From a loving heart, we hold a safe ‘space’ for the group and ensure that each person can take a deep journey.
MEDICINE
In this journey that we open with a circle in ceremony on Friday evening, we work with two medicines; namely Cacao and Truffles.
Cocao is beneficial for your body and soul, bringing you inward in a gentle but clear way. The medicine opens your channels, your energetic system and the heart. For thousands of years, Cocao has been used in rituals and ceremonies. When you work with Cacao, you are in contact with the multi-dimensional spirit of and it is possible to get deeper in touch with your own Divine core. Cacao opens heart and system to deeply receive the truffle
Read more about Cacao ceremonie or information about my ceremoniële Keith’s Cacao.
Truffles contain the active substance psilocybin. This substance expands your consciousness and makes it possible to come into deeper contact with your soul. You look into the mirror of your soul, as it were, without limiting beliefs standing in your way. You see your life and events from a different perspective. You gain insight into old patterns and how you can organise your life differently, so you learn to live more from the heart and less from the mind. It is a journey of experience, in the field you enter you can experience more clearly how you do things from habit and also how you can transform this. You take this experience with you into your daily life. It can be very liberating and you can feel more connected.
PSYLOCYBIN
Research has shown that under the influence of psilocybin, the brain communicates more with different parts of itself. Brain scans showed how participants’ brains lit up with activity after taking psilocybin. Thousands of new connections formed, connecting brain regions that normally do not communicate with each other. You could think of it like this: Imagine your brain as a snow globe, the snow lying on the bottom is your patterns, thoughts and ingrained habits. It is fixed, so to speak, and it is not easy to change. What happens when you take psilocybin is that you shake up this snow globe and your brain starts wiring itself differently. After a session, your snow descends again and from there you can find a host of other options that you couldn’t see before. Your mind has expanded and restructured itself in relation to your old patterns, behaviours and habits. You can think of it as reprogramming your computer’s operating system.
We numb ourselves; vulnerability, pain, sadness, shame, fear, disappointment, many don’t want to and can’t feel that. We numb ourselves consciously and unconsciously through addictions to pharmaceutical drugs, food, watching TV, games, computers, phones, etc… With this, you not only numb those troublesome emotions but you also end up blocking out authentic joy, gratitude, happiness and passion…. Psilocybin assisted sessions are a direct way to get more in touch with your emotions and see what is blocking you from feeling that passion and curiosity you had as a child, but which may be slowly fading away. This form of personal exploration changes your perspective, brings a different awareness, and brings you into a space of greater clarity and a healing compassion towards yourself and others.
Throughout your life, your experiences shape you and the perception of yourself and how you experience the world, which is what forms your so-called ‘core beliefs’. Core beliefs also determine how you respond to life’s challenges and your mental health. But that does not mean that your core beliefs are always the absolute truth, as you may think. These perceptions you have about yourself can become destructive patterns and cycles that contribute to mental suffering. With psilocybin, we can dive deep into core beliefs, questioning and challenging them. This is what you can also do in ‘normal talk therapy’, but the difference with using psilocybin as a tool is that you can find new, more healthy core beliefs in a much faster way.
Want to be able to reconnect at a deeper level with the ‘Divine’ in you, with your Cosmic consciousness….To feel one with all that lives… Beyond solitude, coming home to your pure essence. Studies show that people who have taken psilocybin have experienced a sense of pure consciousness and merging with ultimate reality, a transcendence of time and space, a sense of sacredness or awe, and deeply felt positive moods such as joy, peace and love. People say they cannot possibly put the experience into words. Their response to psilocybin is that it is one of the five most meaningful experiences of their lives and helps them not to fear the afterlife.




WELCOME TO THIS NORDIC CIRCLE
Feel welcome to embark on this journey of deep healing and insight under our inspired guidance. Cocao to open the heart, truffles as a bridge to the soul, to see your life from a different perspective.
FRIDAY & SUTURDAY 14 & 15 MARCH 2025
Friday 14 march in the evening is to land and to get to know each other so that we can go into Saturday’s ceremony in a safe setting. Saturday morning we start with bodywork to come fully into the body and open up to the plant medicine We make sure everyone’s intention is clear before we embark on the journey. We let go of time and slowly sink into the free space in contact with the spirits of the Cocao & Truffle…
After the journey, at the end of the day we finish with a sharing circle and a nutritious meal. We will make sure you are grounded and able to return home in a good way. Would you like to stay an extra night to integrate everything properly? Then that is certainly possible at het Zonnehuis at a small additional cost of € 25,00 per person per night.
• Friday – 19.30 walk-in/check-in rooms
• 20.00 opening circle/ceremony
• Friday evening there is still an opportunity to go into the sauna or have a yinyoga session
• Saturday 10.30 a.m. opening circle-bodywork
Then we let go of time….
We stay at the Zonnehuis in Exmorra (Frysland – Netherlands), a beautifull group accommodation where it is energetically ‘clean’ and you are warmly welcomed.
You share a room with someone else, it may be possible to stay a night longer for a small extra charge of €25.00 per person per night.
Contribution: €444 per person
Includes: 1 overnight stay and bedding, sauna, coffee, tea and nutritious dinner after the ceremony. The retreat includes an introductory conversation beforehand, in person or via Zoom in which we tune into your personal journey. After the retreat, we have a final integration conversation, by phone or via Zoom.
Want to book an extra night’s stay? This is possible and costs € 25,00 extra per person per night.
Registration: send an email to: heidi@herthus.nl
Any questions? Calli: +31 06 – 53 87 68 03
If you want to join a retreat, you are welcome to first have a free introduction conversation with me (online or in person) to see if this form of healing through plantmedicine is the best for you. If we both feel a YES, we will discuss your dosage and help you find and clarify your intention. Upon registration, you will receive extensive information from us, including an intake form that we would like to receive back from you. So we can prepare ourselves well for your personal situation. If you book, a conversation beforehand to tune in is included in the price.
It is good to do nothing at all after the ceremony and spend your night somewhere quiet where you can take time to rest and not be disturbed. It is possible to book 1 or more extra nights at het Zonnehuis. 1 extra night costs €25.00 per person.
After the ceremony, you are welcome to have a conversation with me in the days/weeks after your Psilocybin experience. There is 1 conversation (by phone) included after the ceremony, you may indicate when you would like this. Immediately after the cermony or a few days or weeks afterwards. Certainly we will keep in contact to see how you are doing after this experience.
NORDIC SISTERS JOINING HANDS IN CEREMONY
Glad we found each other to go into cermony with Cacao & Truffles. Do you want to get acquainted first? You are always welcome to get in touch with me or Mariana.
If you want to read more about me (Heidi), have a look here. If you want to read more about my Swedish Sister Mariana, take a look at her company page Theraphy Yogadhyana.
