FOUNDER, FACILITATOR & KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Natasja Pelgrom is a revered thought leader and accomplished executive who has made significant contributions to the fields of personal transformation and psychedelic-assisted care. As a sacred medicine woman, visionary leader, and consultant, Natasja integrates sacred wisdom into transformational programs, advises on research and wellness business initiatives, and mentors practitioners.

Renowned for her highly intuitive guidance, Natasja has played instrumental roles in over 1,000 psychedelic ceremonies, serving as a trainer, facilitator, and assistant. Since founding AWAKEN THE MEDICINE WITHIN Retreats in 2017 and the Eudaimonia Institute, a virtual education platform for personal and professional growth, she has dedicated her efforts to expanding the reach of behavioural change and human flourishing.

Natasja has also developed a facilitation method called Presence-Centered Leadership™, designed to help practitioners deepen their space-holding practice. This approach integrates principles from transpersonal practices, client-centered techniques, and situational leadership. Her multifaceted approach is further enriched by her extensive background, with over 20 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur.

EXECUTIVE TRAINER & FACILITATOR

Henk Doller has a Bachelor's degree in HRM Trainer and Education and he started his career in 1995 as a commercial intermediary. Henk has also developed himself as a project leader for the Information Management Academy, responsible for setting up and executing interdepartmental courses in the field of government and ICT. Since 2010 he serves as interim coach and trainer in the field of career, mobility, and management development.

In 2012 he was initiated into the Munay Ki healing system. It’s an energy healing system and cosmology of the peoples living in the Andes in South America and Inca shamanism. Over the years he’s had many teachings and a wide range of shamanic lineages and since 2013 led groups and individuals of 1-25 participants in Ayahuasca ceremonies and retreats. His Dutch roots eventually polled him towards Truffles containing psilocybin and has now facilitated over the past 7 years. Henk has 26+ years of experience with one-on-one guidance and 20 years in guiding teams and groups. Listen here to Henk and Natasja on The Awaken Podcast, where they talk about authentic leadership, space holding, and plant medicines.

MASTER OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE

For more than 15 years, Jessica Grotfeldt has dedicated herself to providing safe, effective, and meaningful access to transformational healing experiences and sacred ceremonies. She is the founder of Luz Eterna retreats, has organised and facilitate many traditional retreats for western women in the America's. Jessica holds a master’s degree in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine. As a life-long student of ancient and shamanic healing practices, she traveled and worked extensively alongside powerful medicine curanderos from the mountains and jungles of South America to the highlands of Mexico. Now based in Barcelona, Spain Jessica intertwines the wisdom of earth-based medicine practices with modern integration techniques to support profound and enduring change. Listen here to The Awaken Podcast where Natasja and Jessica talk about the Healing Potential of Psilocybin Mushrooms, and Transformative Women’s Work.

CEREMONIAL MUSICIAN & TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGIST

John is a facilitator and artist with a love and reverence for inquiry, and imagination. With extensive experience in the psychedelic wellness industry and psychedelic harm reduction services, John has trained as a meditation instructor in the Buddhist insight meditation tradition with senior Dharma teacher Christopher Titmuss, and has arduously explored the depths of contemplative traditions East and West for more than a decade.

His entry into this work partly began when he studied Transpersonal Psychology as an undergraduate; encountering the literature on psychedelic psychotherapy, the work of pioneer Stanislav Grof and visionaries such as Carl Jung. John has since explored the diverse tangled histories of psychology, philosophy, and Western Esotericism. For him, this has never been merely intellectual or academic, but intimately connected to an existential desire for collective liberation and experience of growing up in working class Britain, witnessing the shortcomings of mainstream public psychiatric services.

He believes that live acoustic music is essential to psychedelic ceremony, and feels blessed with the privilege to share his skills as a musician and guitarist in the service of healing.

PSYCHOLOGIST & SCREENING

David is a psychologist, integration coach and retreat facilitator living in the Netherlands. At 20, his life took a transformative turn with his first encounter with psychedelics, marking the beginning of a deep exploration into the realms of plant medicines. His path led him from an initial pursuit of trying to understanding psychedelic medicines from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience to working as a psychologist with a mindful, compassionate and client centered approach.

His adventures through South America, engaging with different plant medicines under the guidance of traditional practitioners, not only deepened his reverence for the shamanic way of working but also awakened a profound love for music as a therapeutic tool. This journey enriched his soul and introduced him to the harmonious vibrations of woodwind flutes, singing bowls and handpans.

Today, David is committed to helping others navigate their inner landscapes with authenticity, compassion, and grounded presence, drawing upon a blend of ancient wisdom and modern psychological practices. He invites you into a journey of self-exploration and transformation, supported by the power of sound and the principles of nature.

MACROBIOTIC & AYURVEDIC CHEF

For 25 years, Danielle has, in addition to her Shiatsu and Do-In studies, studied cooking vegetarian and vegan food inspired by Macrobiotics, Chinese nutrition Ayurveda and Anthroposophy. You could say that it is her great passion. Kyoko Onishi is her greatest source of inspiration. For years, she received lessons from this Japanese food artist and Kyoko, who has now returned to Japan, still inspires her every day. Cooking with such respect for food and the earth and serving to its wellbeing

Nutrition is an indispensable element in maintaining health. Nature has everything in it to make and keep us healthy. By eating healthy natural food, you feel better, you become more vital and energetic and you feel more connected to the earth. The earth that feeds and cares for us. For more than 15 years Danielle supports the transformational processes at Buddhist, Do-In, Yoga and plant medicine retreats by cooking the right food for the right moment, intune to what is needed. An enormous creative nourishing connecting challenge every time.

COMMUNITY LIAISON

Emylou, in her role as Community Liaison, plays a vital part in maintaining the highest standard of care across our hospitality, online education, and community services. As your main point of contact, she handles technical support, operational inquiries, and moderates our live online events.

Emylou's experience is vast and encompasses organizational understanding as well as therapeutic knowledge. Amidst a period of dissatisfaction in her previous industry, Emylou embarked on a transformative journey after discovering psychedelics and plant medicine. Inspired by this newfound purpose, she founded Organic Movement, an ethical yoga wear brand. Emylou pursued Somatic Experiencing, a body-based trauma therapy, driven by a quest for deeper understanding. She's currently training as a Somatic Experience Practitioner.