Healing with nature.

Offering safe and therapeutic guided
fungi journeys for humans at any
stage on their path of self discovery.

Dear you,

Right under your feet grows a vast underground mycelial network, which acts as nature's world wide web. This intrinsic fungal highway provides communication and connections between all individuals, like trees and plants, in an ecosystem. It is from this network that mushrooms and truffles sprout as its fruit.

When humans ingest medicinal fungi, we may awaken to the interconnectedness of everything: our emotions link with memories, our physical bodies, spiritual realms, our families, our communities, and nature. We move from thinking to feeling. If you made it here onto this page, you might have reached a fork in the road towards a new destination and deeper understanding of yourself and life. Welcome.

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An ancient practice.

Similar to mycelium’s function in decomposing dead organisms and recycling them into new lifeforms, mushrooms break down various tensions, traumas, and toxicities in our own systems and transmute them into positive emotions and states of mind.

The medicine strips down our beliefs of how we think reality is supposed to be. Surrendering to a space of openness — where insights and ideas can flow freely, even beyond our control — we become a grateful observer of our thoughts.

Our ancestors knew this, and for them, the fruiting bodies of fungi were a sacred and revered ally and sacrament for many thousands of years, dating even 9.000 years back.

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Healing.

After showing us what needs to be healed — often times old traumas and deeply rooted patterns desiring to be felt and released — the medicine rewires our hearts and minds to be more positive, open, and joyful.

Having evolved and survived for more than a billion years, we believe fungi can truly help humanity transform into a more intelligent, loving, and harmonious species, pealing off the layers of fear and conditioning, to arrive home to our authentic core: freedom and wholeness.

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Andrea from Stellar Folk

Stellar Folk helps people explore their inner worlds and access a deeper intuitive intelligence, by offering guided fungi sessions.

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Approach.

With great respect and reverence for both the ancient traditional cultures through which earth medicines have been preserved as for the medicine itself, we have been called to create a somatic, trauma-informed approach – rooted in safety, presence and non-duality – that is attuned to the needs of those living in Western industrialised society.

A society that has deeply severed our connection to our souls, bodies and nature, now being called back to wholeness.

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The purpose of our immersions.

  • Reduce stress and anxiety

  • Lift energetic and emotional blockages

  • Getting to the root of our limiting thoughts, beliefs and coping mechanisms

  • Receive answers from our subconsciousness

  • Make the first step to overcoming addictions

  • Face, process and gently release old frozen trauma and repressed emotions in the body and nervous system — learn to feel safe in your body again

  • Deepen our belonging and reciprocity to nature and all living beings

  • Explore social and ecological justice themes

  • Heal and grow to our full harmonious universal potential

  • Generate a lasting awe for existence

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What do we offer?

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Fungi ceremony

For folks who wish to have a deep dive with the medicine, we offer 24 hour ceremonial retreats. These can be for individuals, for couples or for private groups to up to 5 participants.

Learn more
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Light fungi
session

Even a small dose can be very beneficial and insightful. If you would like to get acquainted with the medicine, you can opt for a half day, light-dose, one-on-one session.

Learn more
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Symbiosis retreat

For a multiple day nature immersion with intensive support on all levels, the Symbiosis retreat promises transformation on your life path. Explore Symbiosis and other past- and upcoming events here.

Learn more

With millennia of sacramental use, a mountain of scientific support, tons of incredibly moving anecdotal stories, historically peaking popularity among psychonauts globally, this particular fungi is finally being seen by the public for what it is:

A safe and sacred, non-addictive, highly therapeutic, life-transforming, pharmaceutical-beating medicine.

—Lorna Liana

Testimonials.

  • ''The ceremony has given me the chance to shine a new light on my existing pitfalls and gain incredible insights. For this, Andrea’s guidance is key. She made me feel comfortable from the very first phone call, allowing me to share all my questions and doubts. These conversations, before and after, helped to integrate the many subconscious messages into daily life. She is the safe haven in the whole experience. Thanks to her guidance, music, voice and aftercare, I achieved so much in one ceremony. I wish everyone around me would do this one time with Andrea.''

    Charlotte (psychiatric nurse)

  • ‘‘I’ve worked with mushrooms intentionally since I was 19. They've shaped me, saved me, and shown me truths beyond my wildest dreams. But the fusion of this ancient medicine with the radically effective practice of somatics (healing trauma through the body, not just the mind) felt truly revolutionary. I have survived a lot of shady plant medicine situations and people so I can tell you, it is HARD for me to trust someone and even harder to recommend them to the public. If you're looking for a safe, grounded space to heal and remember the magic of Life, I can't recommend Stellar Folk enough. Andrea holds the kind of space that puts the sacred back in sacred.’’

    Ebyan Zanini (poet, writer and therapist)

  • "One of the most profound experiences of my life. Andrea created, shaped and held the most sacred, beautiful, shamanic space for my journey, which I’m still dipping into insights from and integrating in to my every day life. The depth of care and attention to the ritual and importance of the journey will sit with me forever, anchored by her incredible choice of music. This medicine has the potential to change the world, and I’m hugely grateful for the guidance."

    Tim (regenerative leadership consultant)

  • “As a first timer when it came to plant medicine I was nervous as well as curious and eager to experience what it would teach me. But I can honestly say, as someone nearing 50 years of a full life on this planet, that it was the single most powerful and life-affirming 'inner world' experience I have ever had. I simply had no idea how profound, beautiful and fulfilling it would be, and it has left an indelible mark. The way Andrea supported me throughout the whole experience played a central part in making it a transformative moment for me. She prepared me, guided me through the journey itself (including her beautiful singing!) and helped me make sense of it afterwards with immense care, compassion, insight and joy. As a total newcomer to this experience I would recommend it, and Stellar Folk, with all my heart. Thank you Andrea!”

    Jason (sustainability consultant)

  • ‘‘Your ceremonies helped me to find my way back to myself, accepting and making peace with who and what I am. Loving who I am. Thank you for all the healing, presence, guidance, songs, hugs, music, safety, touch, being and love. There are actually no words to describe how much your ceremonies mean to me. Their light chased away my shadows and turned the burned grounds into flourishing fields full of life. Keep shining.’’

    Carlos (chef)

  • ‘‘Thank you for this powerful and magnificent experience. You gave me a wonderful gift: the door to my heart is open! Thank you, thank you, thank you.’’

    Laura (entrepreneur)

  • ‘‘With the benefit of a week to digest the experience, I really feel that I am in a better position to address issues I have which I know hold me back; I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to experience the ceremony. Thank you so much for comforting me when I was distressed, making me feel safe, the delicious food and more generally opening a window into my soul which for whatever reason I had sealed shut. A really powerful observation for me was the warmth and love between people that I witnessed. I very much hope to have the opportunity to work with you again.’’

    Paul (banker)

  • “I’ve never had such a beautiful and deep experience before.”

    Gé (entrepreneur)

  • ‘‘So much tension and sadness has been allowed to leave my system and I can learn to trust myself again. I now understand why I am always so tired and fighting and surviving; I was removed from myself, acting against my nature. If I can fill in my life in such a way that it is close to myself, then the energy will flow in the right way again. I feel so much more grounded, empowered and spacious, and I see this as the start of a very beautiful road in my life.’’

    Merel (designer)

  • “The ceremony has brought me clarity and peace about a situation that I have felt anxious about for months. This is the best gift I have given myself in a long time.”

    Sarah (psychologist)

  • “Never could I have imagined the world that opened up for me in these ceremonies. In an accessible and playful way, it became clear to me which meaning people and things have in my life. In the next ceremony I could reach even deeper; wonderful insights came to me with regards to my soul mission. I acted on this and today I am very happily living a life giving back to the earth.”

    Constance (entrepreneur)

  • “The ceremony gave me exactly the right push I needed in my life. It was so deep and powerful! Everything was taken care of down to the last detail, from the music to the food, and all with such loving presence and attention. Highly recommended!”

    Gijs (DJ)

  • “I feel relieved from an anger I didn’t know how to handle, since I was not accustomed to this emotion earlier in my life. The feeling of freedom I experience is like coming out of prison. When I went to pick up my eldest from school today, other people told me: you always smile but now you are shining more brightly.”

    Tessa (model & mother)

  • “This experience was so beautiful, beyond words really. I feel fantastic! I still get insights every day after the ceremony, and they are helping me in ways unimaginable. I feel so much closer to myself. I’m just so grateful, and feeling so happy. Thank you Andrea & Jeroen for this beautiful and life-changing experience. And thank you for being such kind humans.”

    Liv (student)

  • ‘‘I am beyond grateful for this experience, the lessons it taught me and the joy of sharing it with incredible people. It’s impossible to capture the magic of the day through a couple of words, but the key thing I could say to you reading these words is: this is your sign, haha. Andrea is a beacon of love, gently guiding us through the motions and the music so carefully curated. I felt safe knowing that Andrea was within arms reach, yet simultaneously empowered to trust myself and welcome any emotion or story with curiosity and an open heart.”

    Marieke (art director)

  • “I couldn’t have wished for a more welcoming and safe environment after a rather traumatic ayahuasca experience years ago. It was a beautiful session, which I will never forget, with big realisations regarding all areas of my life. No wonder why Gabor Maté is also a big advocate for this work. In general, I’m very critical regarding settings of such ceremonies and facilitators, yet I’m happy to recommend Andrea’s sessions to the ones who are ready. I’m sure they will be in the right hands.”

    Dorottya (manager)

Resources & scientific research

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About the facilitator.

Your session will be facilitated, lovingly guided and musically accompanied by Andrea from Stellar Folk; depending on the size of the group, she will be joined by another space holder. The structure of the sessions has been put together with guidance from a clinical psychologist. The sessions can be held in English, Spanish, Dutch or French.

Read more about Andrea on the About page:

ABOUT
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‘‘I offer you a compassionate, loving, non-judgemental and dependable presence to enable you to get as much from this experience as possible.’’

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Questions.

For any questions you might have, please reach out. I will be very happy to hear from you! We can also plan in a call for a free conversation to find out if this work is for you.

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“Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Read more about our offerings

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Fungi ceremony

For folks who wish to have a deep dive with the medicine, we offer 24 hour ceremonial retreats. These can be for individuals, for couples or for private groups to up to 5 participants.

Learn more
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Light fungi
session

Even a small dose can be very beneficial and insightful. If you would like to get acquainted with the medicine, you can opt for a half day, light-dose, one-on-one session.

Learn more
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Symbiosis retreat

For a multiple day nature immersion with intensive support on all levels, the Symbiosis retreat promises transformation on your life path. Explore Symbiosis and other past- and upcoming events here.

Learn more