Numinous Ways

Professional Certificate in Psychedelic Practice. Open Evening.
2026-03-11 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
Join PsyEdu Open Evening to learn about the Professional Certificate in Psychedelic Practice—course structure, live sessions, and tutors.
We are proud to partner with PsyEdu, one of the UK’s leading psychedelic educational organisations. Together, it is our vision to establish a national centre of excellence in psychedelic education and practice. We are hosting an online Open Evening for people interested in our Professional Certificate in Psychedelic Practice. This is an opportunity to come along and hear about the programme, meet some of the tutors delivering it, and ask any questions you have.
Join us to learn more about our Drug Science–endorsed, CPD-certified Professional Certificate in Psychedelic Practice, launching its fourth cycle in September 2026.
This session offers an opportunity to hear about the programme in detail, meet members of our core team, and ask any questions you may have.
Applications close on 1 August 2026. Early Bird discounts and a limited number of bursary places are available — the earlier you apply, the more you save.
The Open Evening will be hosted on Zoom.
What are the aims of the programme?
To develop the theoretical and practical knowledge; and the professional and reflective practice of healthcare professionals interested in becoming psychedelically informed – transforming healthcare into a more effective and compassionate practice that understands how to support people and practitioners who choose to use psychedelic medicines.
Who is it for?
Designed for those already working in professional practice, the programme is aimed at registered Health and Social Care professionals, or complementary practitioners with at least two years’ experience.
Most applicants are:
Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Psychologists, Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Psychiatrists, Palliative Care Doctors, GPs or other Doctors with an interest in mental health, Complementary & Alternative Medicine Practitioners (with a University Degree and at least a Level 4 qualification & 2 years’ working experience in their CAM discipline.)
Admission may be granted to other applicants at the discretion of the PsyEdu team.
Course details
1-year postgraduate programme, delivered online, running from September – July each year. Live online weekend teaching (1 Saturday morning per month) and weekday evenings (90mins, twice a month). This is combined with self-directed learning, using the course materials provided.

Deep Nature and Psychedelics: A six-day Retreat in Portugal
2026-04-12 - 2026-04-17 | PORTUGAL, Faro, Algarve, Portugal
An invitation into a soul-centric journey of initiation, guided by experienced facilitators and supported by the transformative potential of psychedelics. This retreat weaves together deep Ecopsychotherapy practices with nature-based rituals, helping participants navigate their psychedelic experiences while fostering profound integration and connection.
Held near the beautiful city of Faro, Portugal, the six-day retreat includes two carefully guided psychedelic ceremonies alongside immersive time in nature. Through this blend of psychedelics and Ecopsychotherapy, participants are invited to reconnect with the ancient journey of the human soul—gaining insight, healing, and renewal in a safe and supportive environment shared with like-minded individuals.
🌿 What’s Included in Your Numinous Retreat Experience:

Two Psilocybin CeremoniesExpertly guided sessions designed for healing, insight, and deep personal transformation.

Comprehensive Health AssessmentA thorough physical and psychological screening to ensure your safety and readiness.

Complete Support FrameworkPersonalized preparation before arrival—including online group sessions and 1:1 guidance—continuous care throughout the retreat, and post-retreat integration sessions (via video calls) with experienced facilitators and psychotherapists.

21-Day Preparation CourseAccess to our exclusive My Numinous Ways app course, offering structured support and reflection tools to ground your journey.

Holistic Daily PracticesYoga, meditation, art exercises, ecstatic dance, and creative expression to support emotional release, embodiment, and spiritual exploration.

Nourishing Plant-Based MealsEnjoy three wholesome vegetarian meals each day, plus coffee and tea always available.

Comfortable, Restorative AccommodationsStay in thoughtfully designed single or double rooms that invite rest, reflection, and connection to nature.

Seamless Travel SupportRound-trip transportation from the nearest airport or train station to the retreat centre.

Ongoing Integration & ConnectionStay supported through monthly Numinous Dialogues, and enjoy lifetime membership in the Numinous Community for continued connection, learning, and growth.

The Transpersonal in Psychedelic Experiences
2026-05-21 19:15 - 20:45
Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking webinar that explores the fascinating realm of transpersonal experiences and the ways in which psychedelics can facilitate access to these states. Transpersonal experiences move beyond the boundaries of ordinary ego and personal identity, often giving rise to profound feelings of unity, interconnectedness, and contact with a reality that feels larger than the individual self.
During the session, we will examine how such experiences have been described across psychology, philosophy, and contemplative traditions, highlighting resonances between psychedelic states and long-standing accounts of mystical, spiritual, and transcendent phenomena. The discussion will consider how meaning is made from these experiences, how they can influence worldview, values, and personal development, and why they continue to attract growing academic and clinical interest.
We will also address the potential risks and challenges associated with transpersonal experiences in psychedelic states, including difficulties with integration, destabilisation of identity, or misinterpretation of experiences. This balanced perspective aims to situate transpersonal phenomena within a responsible, reflective, and psychologically informed framework.
This webinar offers an illuminating exploration of extraordinary states of consciousness, providing participants with conceptual clarity, philosophical context, and a nuanced understanding of both the promise and the complexity of transpersonal psychedelic experiences.

Gay Men’s Psychedelic Relational Retreat
2026-08-31 - 2026-09-05 | THE NETHERLANDS, Zwolle, Netherlands
Do you want to connect with yourself, and others, on a deeper more authentic level?
Join us, a small group of likeminded gay, bisexual and queer men who have sex with men* for a relationally focused transformative retreat where we explore the self, the collective and our individual and shared identities and relationships. Through a curated and clinically informed mix of individual and group practices, you’ll be empowered to uncover what it truly means to get to know yourself, and in return, be known to others. Whether you’re seeking clarity, connection, confidence or simple a moment to pause and reset.
This 6 day psychedelic retreat, facilitated by a team of expert psychedelic practitioners and qualified gay therapists, with extended group preparation and integration is for those who want to transform their relationships.

Robbie wants a relationship, but only ever seems to meet guys who want to hook up of be friends with benefits. He feels like nobody seems to want a committed relationship.
Amir has been using the dating apps for a long time, used to enjoy the casual meets with no pressure but it’s starting to feel boring and meaningless, and he just can’t seem to get out of the habit.
Hugo has had had several two-to-three-year relationships, he gives his all, does everything the please his partner, spends less time with his friends but the relationship always seems to end the same way, he’s left feeling lost and alone.
James has had too much heartbreak throughout his life, longs for a relationship but is overcome by fear of being abandoned so throws himself into work instead to fill the gaps in his relational world.
Michael has just ended a decades long committed relationship, and realises that he’s no longer sure who he is by himself, or what it means to be a gay man anymore.

For many of us understanding, finding and maintaining the kind of relationship they would like is hard. Our life experiences with parents, family, peers, first attempts at relationships, gay culture and scene, social expectations, pressures and insecurities all have an impact.
Being able to form healthy and meaningful relationships with others, starts with being able to have a healthy and meaningful relationship with ourselves. Psychedelics (psilocybin, the active compound present within magic mushrooms) offer us a way to explore ourselves, new ways of relating to our past, present and future, bringing opportunities to create new ways of being in the world. Through an assisted psychedelic experience, we can connect with existence beyond just ourselves, allowing us to examine and challenge the narratives we tell ourselves about who we are and how we should be, creating a radicalised opportunity for change.
The retreat will be facilitated by Numinous Ways with activities designed to aid the exploration of ourselves and our relationships. The extended group preparation and integration sessions will be facilitated by Dr Nick Wakefield, Clinical Psychologist, and Alexis Caught, Psychotherapist and Clinical Sexologist.
* This includes trans men – facilitators previous group experience with MSM including trans men is that we share many personal and interpersonal dynamic issues which can benefit from the group format. We also acknowledge the possible differences in experience but believe there is a lot to be learnt by each other from the differences.
🌿 What’s Included in Your Numinous Retreat Experience:

Two Psilocybin CeremoniesExpertly guided sessions designed for healing, insight, and deep personal transformation.

Comprehensive Health AssessmentA thorough physical and psychological screening to ensure your safety and readiness.

Complete Support FrameworkPersonalized preparation before arrival—including online group sessions and 1:1 guidance—continuous care throughout the retreat, and post-retreat integration sessions (via video calls) with experienced facilitators and psychotherapists.

21-Day Preparation CourseAccess to our exclusive My Numinous Ways app course, offering structured support and reflection tools to ground your journey.

Holistic Daily PracticesYoga, meditation, art exercises, ecstatic dance, and creative expression to support emotional release, embodiment, and spiritual exploration.

Nourishing Plant-Based MealsEnjoy three wholesome vegetarian meals each day, plus coffee and tea always available.

Comfortable, Restorative AccommodationsStay in thoughtfully designed single or double rooms that invite rest, reflection, and connection to nature.

Seamless Travel SupportRound-trip transportation from the nearest airport or train station to the retreat centre.

Ongoing Integration & ConnectionStay supported through monthly Numinous Dialogues, and enjoy lifetime membership in the Numinous Community for continued connection, learning, and growth.

Double Ceremony, 6 day Retreat
2026-10-25 - 2026-10-30 | PORTUGAL, Faro, Algarve, Portugal
Experience the calm and beauty of rural Portugal with our six-day psychedelic retreat, designed to connect with the Numinous – the mystery of existence. Guided by experienced facilitators and supported by a small community of like-minded people, the retreat offers a safe and nurturing environment for deep inner exploration and personal growth.
At the heart of the programme are two psilocybin ceremonies, complemented by a breathwork session midweek. These core experiences are carefully held and supervised, creating space for healing, insight, and expanded awareness. Around them, practices such as yoga, meditation, art, ecstatic dance, and creative expression help to ground and integrate the journey.
The retreat setting itself offers many ways to rest and connect: a swimming pool and mature garden with magnificent trees, a meditation deck with breath-taking views of the mountains, and a pond alive with koi and frogs. Traditional Portuguese architecture adds to the sense of stillness and beauty, while the ceremony room provides a sacred and welcoming space for the inner journeys.
🌿 What’s Included in Your Numinous Retreat Experience:

Two Psilocybin CeremoniesExpertly guided sessions designed for healing, insight, and deep personal transformation.

Comprehensive Health AssessmentA thorough physical and psychological screening to ensure your safety and readiness.

Complete Support FrameworkPersonalized preparation before arrival—including online group sessions and 1:1 guidance—continuous care throughout the retreat, and post-retreat integration sessions (via video calls) with experienced facilitators and psychotherapists.

21-Day Preparation CourseAccess to our exclusive My Numinous Ways app course, offering structured support and reflection tools to ground your journey.

Holistic Daily PracticesYoga, meditation, art exercises, ecstatic dance, and creative expression to support emotional release, embodiment, and spiritual exploration.

Nourishing Plant-Based MealsEnjoy three wholesome vegetarian meals each day, plus coffee and tea always available.

Comfortable, Restorative AccommodationsStay in thoughtfully designed single or double rooms that invite rest, reflection, and connection to nature.

Seamless Travel SupportRound-trip transportation from the nearest airport or train station to the retreat centre.

Ongoing Integration & ConnectionStay supported through monthly Numinous Dialogues, and enjoy lifetime membership in the Numinous Community for continued connection, learning, and growth.

Ayahuasca Retreat in Peru
2026-12-02 - 2027-03-14 | PERU, Tamshiyacu, Peru
Our Amazon retreat is a deep immersion into the traditional Ayahuasca practice of the Shipibo people, held in the heart of the Peruvian jungle. Guided by experienced Onayabo (Shipibo shamans), the retreat centres on three night time ceremonies, supported by rituals with jungle medicines, plant walks, and time in the forest. This is not a fusion or reinterpretation—it is an invitation to encounter the medicine in its original context, with humility and respect. You can read more about the experience and background of the Numinous Ways team here.
Designed for experienced seekers, the retreat requires both physical and psychological readiness. The conditions are simple but supportive, with traditional meals and basic accommodation. Numinous Ways facilitators travel with the group from the outset and remain present throughout the entire journey, serving as guides, cultural bridges, and points of continuity from arrival to return. Their role is to support preparation, navigation of the experience, and integration across all stages of the retreat. This is not a luxury offering—it is real, challenging, and potentially life-altering.

Thorough preparation and integration, guided by Numinous Ways facilitators to support understanding and grounding

Accommodation in jungle tambos (single or twin), offering a complete immersion in the rainforest while remaining protected and largely bug-free

Three traditional Ayahuasca ceremonies led by experienced Onayabo (shamans)

Immersive journeys into the jungle guided by a local herbalist

Boat travel along the Amazon River to witness its vast natural majesty

Plant baths and clay baths for cleansing and grounding

Visits to local markets and cultural exchange with indigenous communities

Encounters with jungle medicines: rapé, sananga, mambe, coca leaves, and bobinsana

Participation in the brewing and replanting of the ayahuasca vine

Preparation and sharing of ceremonial cacao beneath the forest canopy

Final two nights in Lima to rest, reflect, and begin re-entry into the Western world.

*** Please be aware that there is a minimum group size required, and if this is not reached, the retreat will be rescheduled; additionally, the dates may shift slightly depending on intercontinental flight availability.
