The Way of the Psychonaut Retreat

A Grof Medicine & Breathwork Journey

Friday, December 12 – Sunday, December 14, 2025

Temple Mother Earth

2415 32nd St SE, Washington, DC

Stan Grof has spent 70 years exploring and mapping the vast domains of consciousness available to us humans. Since he began these explorations in 1956, he has facilitated tens of thousands of journeys into non-ordinary states of consciousness with both psychedelic medicines and holotropic breathwork (a modality pioneered by him and his late wife, Christina Grof).

This retreat is structured using protocols developed by Stan over decades to provide the optimal set and setting for the inward journey and to maximize the opportunity for healing and spiritual evolution made available through these modalities.

During this retreat you will work in dyads utilizing Grof’s protocols, taking turns journeying and sitting for each other with both medicine and holotropic breathwork. You will be guided by facilitators who have spent years learning from Stan and his mentees through Grof® Legacy Training. 

A Word About Breathwork

Breathwork following a medicine journey is the most powerful integration tool we have encountered. Breath is medicine in its own right, with its own unique qualities and power. It capitalizes on the openness and the neuroplasticity gifted by the medicine and will carry you further, revealing new layers of meaning, uncovering pathways for integration, and completing any unfinished business.

A Word About Sitting

Sitting is a gift for both the journeyer and the sitter. We’ve worked with many people who, after sitting for the first time, share that the experience was as transformative as their journey. Sitting does not require any special training, as there are highly skilled facilitators in the room to provide any needed support. A sitter’s job is not to intervene, but rather to hold space energetically and take care of the physical needs of the journeyer. Held in this way, no part of the journeyer’s psyche needs to be held back for self protection. Set and setting are elevated to new heights.

Schedule

  • Wednesday evening, December 3 – 1st Preparatory Zoom
  • Monday evening, December 8 – 2nd Preparatory Zoom
  • Friday, December 12 – Opening Circle & 1st Psilocybin Journey
  • Saturday, December 13 – 2nd Psilocybin Journey
  • Sunday, December 14 – Grof® (holotropic) Breathwork & Closing
  • Monday evening, December 15 – 1st Integration Zoom
  • Friday evening, December 19 – 2nd Integration Zoom

Cost

  • $1,350 – cost for tuition, room, and board. Note: The retreat will be held in a communal living environment. ($450 deposit required with registration to hold your place)
  • $1,500 – I can afford to pay a bit more to help support others
  • Financial assistance available for those who need it. We never want cost to be the obstacle to your healing and growth. Contact info@jivanmukta.life

Register Here

Have questions? Reach out to us at:

info@jivanmukta.life or on Signal @benotbe.01

Meet the Facilitators

Sandy Wiggins is a Psycho-Spiritual Facilitator certified as a Breathwork Practitioner by the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance. He completed Grof® Legacy Training for Grof® (holotropic) Breathwork and Psychedelic Therapy with the Grof® Psychedelic and Breathwork Training Academy. He is also a meditation teacher and facilitates workshops, communities of practice and retreats around the globe.  

Cira Canelas is a psychotherapist with 30 years of experience, specializing in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Her work is grounded in a rich foundation of professional trainings, including EMDR, PSIP, and mindfulness, alongside transformative journeys to the Amazon. She has completed the curriculum for Grof® Breathwork and Psychedelic Therapy through Grof Legacy Training®.

Amy Burrell is a Grof® Breathwork Facilitator and Grof® Psychedelic-Assisted Therapist and is an international faculty member for Grof® Legacy Training. Trained in trauma healing, she is also a Thriving Relationship Coach™, Authentic Tantra® teacher, Reiki Master and SET (structural energetic therapist). She also provides consultation to practitioners training to work with non-ordinary states of consciousness.