Healing in nature.  Healing in community.

At Rootstock we believe that when you heal yourself, you heal the world. Your courage to feel your feelings, your curiosity to experience all that is, your willingness to change your mind, shift perspective, soften and open is the key to welcoming that in the world around you. When we grow and heal it ripples in all directions – backward and forward – deepening our own connection to our lives, the Earth and all our relations. There’s nothing more important at this time.

Open to 10 people.

The healing that happens in this sacred container can be intense, unexpected, challenging, ecstatic, beautiful and life changing. Together, we’ll co-create a sacred container filled with deep presence, plant medicine, sacred land, sound, elemental healing, medicinal food and careful intention. Together we’ll tend our dark places, touch our shadows, expand our hearts, open our minds and grow.  Group retreats ask participants to participate in sharing circles so, please come prepared to engage in the whole experience.

The Community Medicine Weekend is our most accessible format.  $444/person includes camping for 2 nights, a 90min preparation session, one guided medicine journey, and a 90min integration session.  If you make more than $50,000/year, please consider booking a private or small group session or making an additional donation to the Rootstock Medicine Fund so folks in need can access this powerful container. 

• Guests bring their own coffee/tea/food (dinner, breakfast, dinner, & breakfast).  Utensils, mugs, bowls as needed.
• Hot tubs by donation (suggested donation of $35/person)
• Guests pack out all trash/recycling & leave their nest as good or better than they found it.

Composting outhouses will be available and an outdoor kitchen will support guests with propane burners, refrigeration, and a sink.

No fasting or other plant allies (cannabis, tobacco, etc.) are permitted during this experience.  We’ll dedicate our attention to the mushroom teachers, the elements, ourselves, and each other.  Participants are encouraged to unplug from technology for the duration of their stay and, when possible, to take 1-2 days of rest prior to diving back into work and life.

Friday – Arrival

• 4:00pm-6:00pm – Arrival & check-in

• 6:30pm – 8:00pm – Preparation Circle, Q & A

Saturday – Journey Day

• 11:00am – 6:00pm – Group Medicine Ceremony

• 4:00pm-9:00pm – Wood-fired baths & sharing

Sunday – Integration & Departure

• 9:00am-10:30am – Integration Circle

• 11:00am-12:00pm – Check out & departure

Ceremony is held in the Tipi at Rootstock regardless of weather. Guests are asked to stay on the property for the duration of the ceremony.

Medicine Journey’s at Rootstock are all unique reflections of the people that participate in them, the quality of the light on the journey day, the bird songs, blooming flowers, music, and food. ALCHEMY is what makes these experiences transformational and the vulnerability and openness of the guests that attend. Though we will work with many varieties of plant, mineral, music, food and elemental medicine throughout this experience, mushroom medicine will guide your journey work.

This medicine is very safe and only contraindicated with SSRI’s so folks currently on these medications that wish to participate will need to work with their therapist directly to ensure readiness. No special diet is required to prepare though taking good care of your body leading up to this kind of deep work is beneficial.

Medicine is shared in its raw, natural form.  The choice not to disguise it in chocolate or another form is intentional and guided by respect for the medicine and the process guests here undergo.  The more we can accept the truth of things and the less we need to hide from or distract ourselves from What Is the more capable we will be as a species to find our way back to being in right relationship with the Earth and all beings.

West Glover, Vermont was chartered in 1783, though the Nulhegan Tribe, The Memphremagog Band, and the Northern Cowasuk Indians have lived here – N’DAKINNA (Our Land) – from time beyond memory.

Rootstock Retreat is an elemental healing sanctuary, rustic bathhouse and small creative refuge designed for healing, conscious connection and joy. This potent ceremony will take place within Rootstock’s Log Cabin or Tipi Temple, high on a hill in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, on the Earth and around a fire.

Participants will be welcome immerse in the healing waters of our garden tubs (seasonal), cold baths and wood-fired hot tub. Water is a powerful ally when integrating plant medicine journeys and the garden tubs will be available throughout and after the journey.