6 weeks Journey into Love
Build lasting connection & restoration, embrace the mystery of Life & Death
with Master Fungi, Amanita Muscaria
Remote Microdose Immersion 2026
Samhain to Winter Solstice
8th November to 21st December
Live & Online
Why Microdose Amanita Muscaria?
Working with Amanita Muscaria with the intention of developing relationship through a Microdose Protocol can bring much more sustained benefits, in way that is safer and easier to integrate than moderate or heroic doses. In a world where it can be a challenge to keep the heart open, Amanita is a balm for the soul that can help us to do so gently yet profoundly and help us fall in love with life again.
Nervous system support — Amanita is soothing for the central nervous system and rewiring for the brain, helping to ease anxiety, fear, grief, anger, inflammation, addictions and imbalance affecting physical health as well as relationships.
Heart-opening medicine — rather than an outward, overwhelming experience, she calls us inward: awakening the heart and supporting healthy ways of relating
Modulates wakefulness, day and night — morning doses tend toward energy, strength, and endurance, while evening doses support relaxation and sleep
Trauma and emotional healing — Amanita is a powerful ally for mental and emotional wellbeing, particularly patterns rooted in trauma: fear, exhaustion, grief, anger, shame, binary or rigid mindset and egoic attachment.
Dissolves conditioning — supporting clarity and incremental, lasting change over time, in harmony with the body and daily life rather than disrupting it
Gentle and sustainable — microdosing offers benefits without intense psychoactive effects
Why a Remote Immersion?
Many people step into the world of micro dosing, without appropriate guidance, following a good protocol or developing a relationship with the Fungi. It is all too easy in western culture to pop a capsule and expect changes to happen, and there can be benefits to an extent. However, it is very limited and can run the risk of stepping into small doses, which isn’t ideal when you are in an office or city environment and/or not taking appropriate breaks or having the right support to navigate what is arising.
This becomes even more important when interacting with a Master Fungi that behaves very differently than other psychedelic fungi or plants. It takes time to learn how she is working with you as well as fine tuning the appropriate dosage, it is strongly advised to have therapeutic support along the way to navigate the mental, emotional and physical healing that can occur.
It is most ideal to begin this journey in-person retreat environment such as our Autumn Retreat in Scotland or Samhain Retreat in Ireland. As we incorporate the Irish Sweathouse, Connection with the Land as well as Movement, Meditation and Nature Immersion.
However, this is not always possible and the benefits of microdosing Amanita Muscaria can nothing short of be life changing, without the need for small or macro doses. So we have created a container that provides the tools, resources and guidance needed to enter into relationship with Amanita in a safe, supported, respectful and intelligent way.
How does it work?
This is a 6 week guided microdose container with experienced facilitators, inviting you to connect and build a relationship with Amanita Muscaria, a Master Fungi & powerful love medicine. The benefits are much more profound and sustained when we engage in a more gentle way that allows us to create space & a sense of safety within our daily lives.
We do not provide the medicine, check your local area for legality. Generally it is legal to harvest and prepare, we can share with you good quality sources online if you are unable or unsure of harvesting.
Amanita Season & Wheel of the Year
This immersion takes place from Samhain to the Winter Solstice, a time of slowing down, letting go and embracing the fertile darkness. The benefit of a community container will allow you to assimilate the sacred in the mundane, bringing the magic of this mushroom into daily life, creating sustainable and incremental changes in harmony with nature.
Healing in Community, not in isolation
There is great medicine in sharing in a group of resonant people, together, rather than the wellness trend of “do it all on your own” which can perpetuate loops and patterns that thrive in isolation. Amanita Muscaria very much encourages connection and moving beyond the “me” and into the “we.” You have full autonomy on how much or how little you wish to engage with the group, so there is no pressure.
Opening the Heart in Everyday Life
Amanita Muscaria is a medicine that opens the heart, helping us to see more clearly, to live life with more love for the sacred in the mundane, relating to ourselves, each other and all beings with more honesty and authenticity.
The Structure
You will receive access to an online portal that will contain resources, meditations, practices and recordings. There will also be a series of online sessions including opening and closing ceremonies, Amanita Dreaming Circles, Radical Rest (Gentle Somatic/Yoga Nidra style) sessions and Community Care Co-Regulation Sessions (Psychedelic Integration).
Supporting the Nervous System
In a time where there needs to be more focus on grounding into the body, supporting the nervous system, strengthening the heart & connection with spirit so that we can feel more supported, adaptable and resilient in these destructive and evolutionary times. Amanita Muscaria is coming to many people as a medicine of the lands in which they reside or were born when the Central Nervous System is needing a deep rewiring and reconfiguration.
Radical Rest & Community Care
We have sessions each week for you to join in circle with others, either in a Radical Rest Practice where no words need to be spoken or a Community Care Co-Regulation Sessions where the focus is on nervous system support as well as a space to share what is arising for you or within the group.
Meditation, Contemplation & Dreaming
There will be a weekly meditation for you to work with as well as a theme for contemplation to guide you through each week. Our Amanita Dreaming Sessions allow a space for contemplation and reflection on the dreamspace, so that we may begin to decode the messages that are coming through, or to process the material that may be revealing itself from our unconscious. This is particularly helpful in a group environment as we begin to understand the many symbols and themes that come up that are not always personal, but part of the collective.
Amanita Mushroom
Amanita Muscaria Mushroom is also known as “Fly Agaric” works very differently than other Fungi or psychoactive medicines. In general, rather than a very outward and potentially overwhelming experience, if approached with respect, she calls us more inward to awaken the heart and dissolve patterns with love. This medicine is deeply soothing & rewiring for the Central Nervous System, helping us to overcome anxiety, fear, pain, addiction or imbalances that are affecting our life, health, relationships & connection with spirit.
This medicine is often feared, and she deserves great respect and the right approach for safety as well as maximum benefit. This microdose container will provide the support needed to create that setting, whilst navigating daily life, through grounding practices for the body, meditations to create space, an online community to share with & experienced facilitation.
You can find out a little more about the properties with the short interview below, with Amanita Dreamer.
A vital component to this immersion is connecting with Amanita Medicine in the right relationship, so beginning on the best footing possible in order to receive maximum support and benefit. This in turn will open you up to healthy practices, the art of dreaming and allow you to continue with this connection moving forward into daily life.
Radical Rest & Community Care
Amanita Medicine can truly be balm for the soul that helps us to connect to our true nature and our humanity. As we reconnect to the tapestry of life, it is really helpful to do so alongside other people who are walking together on the journey.
Radical Rest Sessions are for tending to the body, one hour in the week, where you can switch off and dial down the cogs in the mind, as you soften deeper into the body. You will be guided by Ari from Stellar Therapies into some gentle somatic movement that will open and soften the fascia as well as settle the nervous system before entering into a restful state with Yoga Nidra.
Community Care Sessions are for psychedelic integration, designed for co-regulation so that you don’t feel alone in what you are experiencing or simply relying on following practices and meditations at home. You will be guided by Stephanie from Mondkreis, bringing her experience as a psychiatric nurse alongside tree & plant medicine, creating a safe space for you to be share & be witnessed in what is arising. This will include Somatic Experiencing & Psychology Techniques, which can move beyond stories or dialogue and into the present.
Art of Dreaming & Contemplation
Artwork by Barbara Sobczynsk
Meditation helps us to create a space in daily life to drop the monotony of the busy mind and lay a foundation for a more grounded, present and heart-centred way of being. Just like going to the gym, the results don’t happen overnight and sometimes the mind can be noisy, but it is the act of settling ourselves, regularly, even for a short time that can begin to make the difference. You will receive weekly guided meditations to help you to incorporate more silence & stillness in your life.
Amanita is a dreaming medicine, so she works best with us when the conscious mind is out of the way, enhances our dreams and helps us to remember them, so that gradually, over time we can begin to wake up more both in our day consciousness as well as our dreamspace. It can take time to begin to remember the importance & inner workings of our dreamtime, that is revered in many indigenous cultures across the world.
In the Art of Dreaming and Contemplation, we will share practices with you that will help you to enter and exit the dreamtime more consciously, as well as remembering them and accessing the material. This can help you to become more present and aware, just like in meditation, within your dreams, which can extend further into awareness & contemplation when you are awake.
What you will receive
Opening & Closing Ceremony (9th Nov & 21st Dec, 9pm UTC)
Weekly meditations & focus (Recorded)
Guidance on Sourcing, Harvesting, Preparation & Protocol
Guidance on the Art of Dreaming & Contemplation
Weekly Radical Rest Somatic Session with Ari (Live & Recorded)
3 x Community Care Sessions with Stephanie (Live & Recorded)
2 x Art of Dreaming Sessions with Tara (Live Only)
WhatsApp or Signal Community Group for connection, sharing & questions
Exclusive Packages for Somatic Therapy Sessions with Stephanie, Yoga or Bodywork Sessions with Ari
Dates:
8th November to 21st December
Opening Ceremony: Sunday 8th November
9pm UTC/8pm GMT/1pm PST* please check local time zone
Closing Ceremony: Monday 21st December
9pm UTC/8pm GMT/1pm PST* please check local time zone
Radical Rest Sessions with Ari: 9-10pm UTC on Mondays
Community Care Sessions with Stephanie:
8-9.30pm UTC on Sundays 15th & 29th Nov & 13th Dec
Amanita Dreaming Sessions with Tara:
8-9.30pm UTC on Sundays 22nd Nov & 6th Dec
*sessions may be subject to slight changes, but will be communicated in advance
Registration & Exchange
£333 Abundance
£222 Concession
(Low income, Elders & Students)
Early bird: £295 until 10th October
Amanita In-Person Retreat Participants:
50% Off (Discount Code in Email Invitation)
Please email firetreealchemy@proton.me with any questions or to book your place with a deposit, alternatively click on the “Book Now.”
Payment Plans are available or if you need to make an alternative payment arrangement e.g. different currency, or financial circumstances, email firetreealchemy@proton.me
Deposit or full payment is required to secure your place, with the remainder due prior to 8th November, unless an alternative schedule has been agreed.
Deposits & Payments are non-refundable, registration is subject to the completion of the screening form.
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Alcohol
*Cannabis
*Illegal substances
LSD
MDMA
Psilocybin
*Strong Psychoactive Plant Medicines such as Ayahuasca, Peyote etc
Please ensure a minimum of 3 Days before and after to avoid interactions
*At least 2 weeks apart
FOODS
Certain foods can overstimulate the nervous system or cause a barrier to fully receiving the medicine. Amanita is known for being able to alleviate food and substance addictions including sugar, alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, opioids and narcotics.
Coffee or High Caffeine Drinks
Sugar
Junk Food
Deep Fried Foods
Seed Oils e.g. in crisps, corn chips etc
Please ensure a minimum of 3 Days before and after to avoid interactions
Recommended
Whilst Dairy is not contraindicated, unfortunately it is not ideal for gut absorption, unless it is in raw form, so we recommend keeping it to a minimum
IMPORTANT CAUTIONS
GABA Drugs
Benzodiazepines
Sleep Drugs
Bipolar Disorder
Schizophrenia
Severe Mental Illness
Manic States
Weaning off Cannabis
Facilitators
Tara, Lead Facilitator
Tara is an Irish woman and Ban Draoi, Alchemist, Facilitator, Mystic & Poet. She weaves together consciousness and Earth wisdom, harnessing a profound connection to nature, source & the elements through meditation, sound and somatic movement.
Tara began her path with nature & source at a very young age, often finding solace in plants, animals, landscape, sea and ritual, growing up connected with the lands of Ireland and Scotland. She has travelled to Peru, Brazil, Mexico and Guatemala, weaving the connection with her deep roots in Pre-Celtic lineage with other indigenous lineages.
This particular path connects spirits, ancestors, plants and lands together in order to facilitate an accelerated approach to source connection, transformation and accessing the self healing ability. In this time of rapid change and the impact on the earth as well as its inhabitants, a new approach is needed that is infused with the great wisdom of these ancient traditions.
Tara guides individuals in reclaiming their sovereignty and supporting the evolution of the soul. With a deeply practical approach to life, she embodies the living ecology of being as nature itself, inviting others to co-create a vibrant New Earth with hearts ignited and hands in the soil.
Explore more about Tara’s Work: Illuminating Wisdom Substack
Ari, Somatic Facilitator
Ari Liakeas has had a lifelong interest in dance and movement, taking inspiration from her mother. She has explored various cultural forms of movement, dance, and yoga, but Arabic dance particularly resonated with her soul, feeling inspired, uplifted, and empowered by the movements and the music.
She realised the deep connections of this form of dance to the feminine goddess aspect of life, and how the movements can bring profound health and healing to women on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels. Through dance and yoga, Ari has found her own transformative path to healing trauma deeply embedded within the body and soul.
Since 2016, Ari has been working professionally as a bodywork therapist and has worked in various settings such as clinics, spas, athletic events, charitable organisations and corporate environments. In 2018, her work took her worldwide, and in 2020, she founded Stellar Therapies to share her bodywork healing, dance and yoga expertise, running studios in southern Albania & Scotland and retreats worldwide.
She believes in creating an inclusive space for people to share and connect, a safe environment to celebrate community, reconnect with the self, and bring joy and healing on all levels.
Find out more about Ari’s work: Stellar Therapies
Steph, Psychedelic Integration
Stephanie has been on the shamanic path for almost 20 years and has been intensively involved with plant work for the past 6 years. She is also trained in trauma-informed body psychology methods such as Somatic Experiencing and Integral Somatic Psychology.
As a trained nurse, Stephanie works in a clinic specializing in addiction treatment, where she has worked with mindfulness-based practices, among other things, and assisted with psychedelic-supported therapy.
Learn more about her at: www.mondkreis.ch