Andrew Askaripour

This path of remembrance I am humbly walking has helped restore my ability to nourish the aspects of myself + community which deserve our upmost care and love.

Born of Jamaican and Iranian descent, I have been raised by parents and elders who have helped guide me towards rediscovering the ancient forms in which communities gather, heal, and grow together.

For well over a decade I have been studying, learning from, and working directly with various plant teachers and their respective ceremonies. Apprenticing for many years with initiated elders of several traditions has left me with an immense passion and responsibility to carry these teachings with the upmost reverence and integrity.

Veronica Stanwell (Roni)

As a multidisciplinary artist + facilitator, I weave soma-psyche-song into a life-long yoking, whilst honouring an embodied path of ancestral earth wisdom. A born and returned animist, my explorations into expanded states of consciousness within indigenous traditions of the Americas, and my own deep enquiry into Mother Europe’s native ways, guides my fascination with the fabric of life.

Studentship in my MSc in Consciousness + Transpersonal Psychology with the Alef Trust, alongside running Rooted Healing and hosting the accompanying podcast, are driven by my longing for a collective shift towards nature-awe and interconnectedness.

With over a decade of training, initiation and cross disciplinary experience, I understand the boundless possibility of awakening to the language of the soma (body), psyche (soul) and song as radical forms of self-healing.

Inge van Nimwegen

Wisdom is already within you and everyone deserves a free and authentic life. I believe that. Free from conditioning, free in body and mind and free in relationships. It is my passion to create a sanctuary to discover your wisdom and truth. I guide you in opening, in releasing that which holds you back and in creating an intimate relationship with yourself and your loved ones. I hold the Sweatlodge Ceremony with firewoman, Marlees Mos, where we take place in the "womb" of the earth, transforming and celebrating life and ourselves.

I went on an eternal journey of discovery from yoga to shamanism, dance to tantra, tao to systemic work, phonophoresis and massage… all leading me to authenticity. Nothing fulfils me more than remembering who we really are, together.

Marlees Mos

Marlees is an initiated and devoted firekeeper for the Sweatlodge Ceremony and she will be keeping the fire for our Ceremony, as well as offering support throughout our time together.

Dr Sam Gandy

Sam worked on the cutting edge of psychedelic research, as Scientific Assistant to the Director of the Beckley Foundation, and as a collaborator with the Psychedelic Research Group at Imperial College London. With a lifelong love of nature and wildlife, Sam gained his PhD in ecological science from the University of Aberdeen and is currently a wildlife regeneration innovation leader with Ecosulis. Sam will be offering support and a talk in our integration programme.

Lilja Þorsteinsdóttir

Lilja is a Psychologist from Iceland who specialises in group psychedelic integration, healing trauma (and the emotional and physical symptoms in women), harm reduction, and treating addiction and chronic pain and illness. She calls for all involved in facilitation and participation to practice reciprocity with the cultures, medicines and lands that these healing practices derive from. Lilja will be supporting our Preparation and Integration Programmes.