INTRODUCTION

Step into a weekend of transformation, creative exploration and healing from psychological suffering, where modern psychedelic treatments meets contemplative practices. This December, Mind Bod Adventure Pod co-hosts Jeff Warren (NYT-bestselling author and Calm App meditation guide) and Tasha Schumann (award-winning artist and meditation teacher) team up with the innovative experts at Cardea to guide you on an immersive journey toward recovery and change. Together, we’ll help you break through personal limitations, obstructive psychological barriers, and access the deepest layers of your awareness, as you reconnect with your most authentic, vibrant self.

With a unique blend of ketamine treatment, integrative meditation, and creativity, this retreat offers a profound opportunity to explore the mind’s potential in a supportive space. Whether you’re seeking healing, personal insights, or a deeper connection to yourself and others, the weekend is designed to nurture creative exploration and provide you with the curative tools to integrate these experiences into your daily life. Our innovative approach combines cutting-edge therapeutic methods from the psychotherapeutic arts, groundbreaking psychedelic approaches, and timeless contemplative practices, all facilitated by highly experienced practitioners. This retreat invites you to release old patterns, embrace new perspectives, and emerge with clarity, inspiration, and a renewed sense of possibility.

Spaces are limited. In this initial offering, only 20 applicants will be accepted. We expect the retreat to fill quickly.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Introduction to Cardea’s Method of Serious Play
Including Dialogic sessions – a reflection-based listening model for preparing and processing your experience.

Two group ketamine sessions guided by live sound
Supported by our licensed therapist and trained space holders

Group Reflection Session 
To make meaning of your experiences and deepen your intentions prior to 2nd ketamine session

Meditation and Meditative Movement
We explore the principle of meditation, both how they can support psychedelic immersion, and how they underlie the integration process and keep us open to learning, healing and understanding.

Life-infusing Art & Activities 
Multi-media art-making, poem-writing, movement, dance, improv, and music circles led by experiences facilitators

Intimate Community Building
7 spots for like-minded beings to continue enriching your work with psychedelics and play

Exceptional Space Holding
Through the whole weekend, experience radical hospitality from Cardea team and facilitators to ensure the groups needs are at the center of our focus

To find out more and reserve your spot, schedule a free consultation with a Cardea’s Community Manager, Paige Rothaus.

ABOUT THE FACILITATORS

Jeff Warren is a meditation instructor and writer, known for his dynamic and accessible style of teaching. He is the co-author of The New York Times best-selling Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics, founder of the nonprofit Consciousness Explorers Club, and co-host of the Mind Bod Adventure Pod. Jeff’s Do Nothing Project streams for free every Sunday night on YouTube; his guided meditations reach millions of people through the Ten Percent Happier and Calm apps, as well as through his Substack, Home Base. Jeff’s mission is to empower people to care for their mental health, through the realistic, intelligent and sometimes irreverent exploration of meditation and personal growth practices. As someone with both ADHD and bipolar, he is big on destigmatizing mental health issues, and champions a neurodiverse outlook on life and practice.

Ross Ellenhorn, LICSW, Ph.D serves as the owner and CEO of Ellenhorn, a psychiatric recovery program, and is the co-founder of Cardea, a psychedelic-based growth and recovery program, with offices in New York City and retreats in Jamaica. An author of three books on human change, his latest work, “Purple Crayons: The Art of Drawing a Life,” published by Harper Collins, emphasizes the significance of play in human experience and its potential as a gift of modernity. Ross challenges the prevailing trend of standardization in human transformation, critiquing the evolution of therapy from an improvisational art form to a push for normalization and sameness. Rejecting such standards, he endeavors to heal the wounds of “problem saturation,” wherein individuals feel defined by their issues rather than their inherent vitality. Advocating for an authentic, artistic existence, Ross rejects societal expectations in all his endeavors and will be central to the ketamine retreat. His recent article in Time Magazine underscores the need for a play-oriented approach to psychedelic-assisted therapies. He frequently speaks nationwide on the relationship between play and experiences of aliveness and authenticity in people’s lives. 

Dimitri Mugianis, harm reduction advocate and psychedelic practitioner, musician, writer, and community organizer, became the face of using underground Ibogaine to kick heroin addiction in the United States. He developed a hybrid modality of administration that integrates the ceremonial and musical elements of traditional ibogaine ceremonies with the best safety protocols of Western medicine. His story is the focus of the documentary I’m Dangerous With Love. Even though Ibogaine is still prohibited in the United States, it is attracting avid interest from researchers all over the world and becoming accepted among care providers and clinics. Dimitri has led over five hundred Ibogaine ceremonies and supported numerous individuals with their problematic habits. He’s also performed thousands of ceremonies using sound, art and psychedelics – especially Psilocybin and MDMA – to help individuals break with their psychological suffering and to spark spiritual awakenings. Dimitri will be facilitating the ketamine sessions with guided meditation and live vibrational sound to create a safe a playful container to guide you through the medicine.

PRICING & ITINERARY

FRIDAY (12/6)

5pm – Welcoming & Opening of the container

6pm-8pm – Group Ketamine Session with Live Sound from Cardea Facilitators

8pm-9pm – Closing the evening with light snacks, tea and conversation

SATURDAY (12/7)

10am-12pm Opening the day: morning meditation & movement from Jeff and Tasha

12pm-2pm – Break for Lunch

2pm-3pm – Witness, Withness and Play: Discussion with Dr. Ross Ellenhorn

3pm-4pm – Mediation and Movement with Jeff and Tasha

4pm-6pm – Group Ketamine Session with Live Sound from Cardea Facilitators

6pm-7pm – Closing the evening with light snacks, tea and conversation

SUNDAY (12/8)

10am-11am – Art Temple with Cardea

11am-12pm – Integration with Jeff & Tasha

 12:00-1:30 – Hosted Lunch and Closing the container

EXCHANGE

3-Day Weekend: $3,000

• Includes virtual Medical Assessment with our prescribing doctor
• Does not include cost of the nasal spray medicine (~$100) paid directly to pharmacy

*payment plans available through CareCredit. Inquire on consultation.

Limited Spots – Reserve yours by booking a free consultation below.

PHOTOS FROM PRIOR WORKSHOPS

To find out more and reserve your spot, schedule a free consultation with a Cardea’s Community Manager, Paige Rothaus.

Cardea is dedicated to assisting individuals in their recovery from deep psychological anguish and supporting those seeking an awakened life. We believe that breaking free from standardized living and embracing uncertainty and novelty are key to personal growth and well-being. Join us as we explore the limitless possibilities for self-knowledge and increased wellness through the fusion of psychedelic-assisted therapy, ketamine care, and acupuncture.