“I get so focussed on helping others, I lose sight of helping myself“
Upcoming Retreat:
Helpers Retreat, Netherlands, May 23rd - 27th 2025
A psychedelic retreat dedicated to professionals who work in a helping field.
It takes courage and compassion to work in a helping profession. When not able to prioritize their own self-care, therapists, social workers, nurses, doctors, first responders and educators are all at significant risk of burnout.
Aestra hosts retreats for helping professionals because we believe that the better we take care of our helpers, the more people they will be able to help.
For all the support you provide to others, you too deserve to be supported. For all compassion you share with others, you too deserve compassion.
We invite you to rest, relax, nourish your body and connect within.
We've got you.
Reconnect With Your Inner Healing Intelligence
Each of us is born with a Core Self that remains whole and unbreakable, no matter the circumstances.
Life’s challenges may cause us to lose connection with the radiant light we each carry within. Even if we forget, this inner space holds profound wisdom and intelligence.
Our purpose is to guide you on a journey to rediscover and reconnect with this powerful healing light within yourself.
Our facilitators hold space so you can relax and focus on filling your cup.
Our experienced facilitators have guided a combined
1200 psychedelic journeys for over 100 retreats.
“Following the retreat, our Integration sessions facilitated understanding and synthesis of the thoughts, images, and emotions I experienced in the medicine session. It has been a delightful surprise to me that this medicine journey has stayed with me over time, continuing to unfold with additional insights that have strengthened my resilience“
Odessa Holt, MSW
Psychotherapist, Social Worker
Meet Our Facilitators
Over 1200 Guided Psychedelic Journeys
Our team of facilitators is dedicated to providing the safest possible introduction to psychedelics and other helpful altered states of mind. We are committed to welcoming helping professionals into a new form of personal development that we believe can connected each of us to our deeper sense of purpose and belonging. We're here to support your inward journey.
“When we are no longer able to change a situation,
we are challenged to change ourselves”
Viktor E. Frankl
Founder of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis
Get in Touch
Aestra Retreats Netherlands
Goilberdingerdijk 37, 4105 LB Culemborg, Netherlands
Aestra Retreats Canada
470 Granville St. #917, Vancouver, BC, V6C1V5 Canada
