At Evolution Retreats, our weeklong Jamaica mushroom retreat offers a holistic and individualized approach to psychedelics. Our facilitators guide you from start to finish through mindfulness, wellness and psilocybin experiences that are completely transformative. Through each unique day of the retreat, you’ll gain new awareness and understanding of both the world and yourself that will leave you with life-changing paradigm growth. Each day of the week with us at sunny Tensing Pen Resort will set your mind at ease and help you to relax so that you’re able to experience and participate fully in ..read more

Psychological trauma is a serious problem that affects many people, regardless of their age, gender, or social status. Traumatic events can lead to a range of psychological problems, including anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But trauma can also have actual physical effects on the brain, changing the way it functions and even its structure. The Effects of Trauma on the Brain When a person experiences trauma, it can activate the body’s stress response system, releasing hormones like cortisol and adrenaline. This can lead to a range of physical symptoms, including ..read more

As we grow and develop as a premiere destination for wellness-oriented psychedelic experiences in the western world, we are perpetually delighted to come across news and features coverage about the psilocybin retreat industry in various media publications. “Magic mushrooms,” once just the pursuit of long-haired alternative lifestylers (i.e. “hippies”) in the 1960s and early 70s, is all the rage these days for more well-heeled world travelers and bon vivants who are seeking authentic spiritual and deeper psychological experiences within themselves. Psilocybin therapy is also being discovered t ..read more

Day One of Your Psychedelic Retreat Week at Evolution Retreats – Welcome & Relax At Evolution Retreats in beautiful and sunny Jamaica, your life plus our expertise plus the remarkable, transformative power of our psilocybin mushroom therapy equals your evolution – a new awareness and understanding of the world and yourself that can be truly evolutionary. Each day of the week with us during your psychedelic retreat is something truly special and memorable. The natural surroundings, the balmy tropical climate, the outstanding environs and hospitality of Tensing Pen will set your mind at eas ..read more

We came across this interesting article recently in Salon online – a good deal of the reporting is conjecture, and the writer seems to be taking some pretty big liberties with some of the origins of beloved Christmas traditions such as wrapped presents and even pine trees, but the ideas of Santa Claus as a shaman and reindeers as magic mushroom consumers “flying high” during the holidays are interesting takes on these traditional holidays tropes we’ve all grown up with our entire lives. Quoting from the article: It almost sounds sacrilegious to mix psychedelics and winter festivities, but the ..read more

In the May 2021 issue of the Journal of Biological Psychiatry, a study revealed that a single dose of magic mushrooms has rapid and persistent anti-suicidal properties in patients with cancer. What is it about magic mushrooms and its mystical experience that gives people with cancer hope and peace of mind and decreases the dread they feel? How is it that after only a single dose, such profound effects can be observed? Dr. Lauren McDonald, the co-founder of Essence Medicine, wrote about her experience of transcendence with hallucinogenic magic mushrooms: “…I lose track of time. And then, there ..read more

Have you heard the saying about how you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? At Evolution Retreats, we believe that euphemism is obsolete! A New Age, A New Era for Therapeutic Psilocybin As we mature, our ability to learn and adjust to the ever-evolving nature of reality decreases. It’s common knowledge that natural human neuroplasticity slows to a crawl after around 25 years of age, with little differences depending on the individual’s lifestyle. It appears that we are evolutionarily hard-wired to know and completely comprehend our environment before we are 30. The modern world is rapidly chan ..read more

Evolution Retreats is not only working to be the destination in Jamaica for legal, guided psilocybin experiences and post-trip processing in a luxury resort setting – we’re also here to provide education, the latest research on mycotherapy (psilocybin mushrooms and more), and to be advocates for the powerful world of psychedelics and the possibilities for transformation therein. We were delighted to recently come across reporting on the CNN website covering the largest study of its kind on the use and efficacy of psilocybin for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression – a mal ..read more

What is a Psychoplastogen? In a recently published scientific article the team around Olsen et. al coined the term “psychoplastogens”. These are substances with the capacity to promote structural and functional plasticity in the prefrontal cortex area of the brain. Psilocybin, as well other serotonergic psychedelics, are considered to be prime examples. Research has shown that they facilitate neurogenesis in vivo (observed processes in living organisms) and in vitro (conducted with nerve cells outside of living organisms).(https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30087-6) How Can Psychoplastogens ..read more