How can psychedelics help you make sense of abstract concepts such as being, knowing, identity, time, and space? New research shows that participants in psychedelic ceremonies...
Quantitative analysis explores changes in mental health (wellbeing, depression, anxiety), connectedness and personality after a retreat, with promising results.
Research shows that having a psychedelic experience can make you more inclined to have healthy habits. Our Director of Research Pedro Teixeira explains.
New research from Imperial College London shows how the group experience during a retreat can predict positive impact on well-being and psychedelic transformation.
Four Synthesis alumni shared their first psychedelic experience in qualitative interviews and surveys that explored the outcomes of a truffle retreat at Synthesis.
What could we learn from the ancient wisdom held in animist indigenous culture? What do they share about the importance of maintaining a healthy balance with our natural surroundings? Read our latest article looking into psychedelics, animism and well-being.
Clinical Psychologist Dr. Rosalind Watts is an expert in psychedelic research and developed the ACE Model, (Accept, Connect, Embody) as a way to help people make sense of their deep psychedelic journey, and integrate learnings into their daily life.
Neuroscientist and leading psychedelic researcher Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris shares what happens in the brain when you take a psychedelic.
It is with a tender heart that we say a grateful goodbye to the home of our retreats for the last two years, the sacred space of The Lighthouse.
How important are your mindset and your environment in a psychedelic experience? Watch the video where leading neuroscientist Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris explains.
What’s the relationship between healing and peak states? Jamie Wheal of Flow Genome Project explains how peak states of altered consciousness help us identify areas of self-improvement, and even ‘level up’ in this game called life.
Hello! Lotte here, I’m the Lead Chef at the the retreats. Here are five delicious and healthy recipes from our kitchen, perfect for the Summer months.
With gratitude and optimism, co-founder Martijn Schirp shares an announcement on his new role transition, as Rachel Aidan becomes CEO.
Shadow work, according to the psychology of Carl Jung, is the act of processing our darker sides of self that are repressed in our subconscious.
Angela came to Synthesis to work through deep personal trauma with a psychedelic experience at one of our retreats. Discover her story and reflection here.
