The Eleusinia Podcast

Warren tells his story as a guest at Eleusinia who has dealt with phantom limb pain for most of his life. Warren dives into what psilocybin combined with mirror therapy can do, as well as so much more.

Sarah shares her story and experience at Eleusinia retreat. She came looking for a possibility to get more in touch with her emotions and physical body. Sarah gained incredible insight as well as unexpected relief from her migraines.  

Todays episode details the move of Eleusinia from Peurto Vallarta to Valle de Bravo. How Jessica found Eleusinia a perfect home, a bit about the environment, the culture, and what to expect at this evolved retreat location. in today's episode we also go over some media outlet articles that Eleusinia was published in. As well as diving into balancing ceremony with Science. 

Below is the recent published article 

https://frontporchne.com/article/magic-mushrooms-potentially-a-magic-cure/

Andrés Gómez Emilsson is the director of The Qualia Research Institute, which was created to discover the mathematical structure of consciousness. Today we get to talk about his take the nuances of psychedelic theory, many of which have greatly influenced our approach at Eleusinia. His work at QRI ranges from algorithm design to psychedelic theory, to neurotechnology development, to mapping and studying the computational properties of consciousness. Andres is amazing as he describes a mathematical, data-driven understanding of the psychedelic experience.

Chris, a guest at Eleusinia tells his story. He is a business leader who came to the retreat with his wife. Though his story is really his own and dives into the depths of discovering a deeper understanding of self forgiveness and love. This story does detail how extraordinary it can be to be at retreat with your spouse. 

Jay is the co-founder of Eleusinia retreat. In this episode we get his side of the story. Why he finally decided to be open to a psychedelic experience, as a person who had never previously tried any substances.  We dive into the ineffability of a psychedelic experience and how it can change you, described by the unique perspective of an Indian attorney.  Jay also describes how bringing his wife back to life from her chronic pain condition sparked a passion to bring chronic pain relief with psychedelics to others still suffering. Jay describes what it was like to embrace this adventure and how incredible it is to this day.

This episode is a deep dive into the benefits of meditation with psilocybin. Steve is a retired US Forest Service Chief Branch for Risk Management. During his career there was a tragedy that lost 14 firefighters, because of that event new practices were taught to firefighters, one of those was meditation.  Steve took to meditation and has made this wonderful practice a huge part of his own life. He was inspired to take the leap and attended his first retreat with Eleusinia to see if the hype was true about psychedelics and meditation. 

Tawnya tells her own story of how her career as an RN shifted into a specialty of psychedelic therapy. Her journey as a young mother to having  a successful career in health care that led to reaching for that glass of wine every evening. In sobriety she found depression and it was in her search for transformation that her to psychedelics as a catalyst for chnage.

This is a personal story coming from a Eleusinia retreat guest. Nina dives into what brought her to the retreat and how her experience unfolded. Her story is a unique one.  Grief and loss show up for at unexpected times and in a wide spectrum of emotions. This episode gives a window into how the psychedelic experience can shift our perspective in a way that keeps us resilient and growing and whole.

Andrew the Mind Body coordinator of Eleusinia retreat shares his personal story of navigating the challenges of body dysmorphia. He details how psilocybin and meditation helped him find joy, and purpose in being in his body again. Today he spends his time helping others to do the same.