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Originally from England, I now live in Amsterdam with my husband, our dog, and sometimes our daughter. Along the way, home has also meant Brighton, London, and the lakeside city of Granada, Nicaragua. My own journey has been shaped by many twists and turn—British boarding school, corporate life in London, deep awakenings while living and traveling in Central America, and over a decade working in the non-profit sector, both globally and locally, on issues of social justice. There have been burnouts, broken hearts, a coming out, and a coming home to myself. Today, I work as a trauma-informed psychedelic guide and integration coach, supporting people to reconnect with their inner truth and navigate life’s deeper currents. I believe that personal healing not only nourishes the individual, but ripples outward to support collective wellbeing and transformation. Psilocybin and other sacred plant medicines have been central to my own healing journey. Through them, I’ve learned to soften, to wonder, to trust, to create, and to reframe the past. These experiences, grounded in ceremony, have deepened my sense of belonging and catalysed spiritual enquiry. Contemplative practice, breathwork, yoga, and shamanic drumming help keep me rooted and resourced. As a certified trauma-informed plant medicine facilitator, I offer safe, ethical, and heart-centered support for others walking the path of transformation. I am a member and currently the chair of the Guild of Guides Netherlands, the professional association for facilitators of legal psychedelic experiences in the Netherlands and a co-signatory of the North Star psychedelics Ethics Pledge. Additionally I am a guide with the psychedelic collective Nectara andnd I support other psilocybin retreat centres in the Netherlands and around the world with facilitation and integration services If you’d like to get to know me better, you can find podcasts and articles, and academic papers in which I feature here or check out the resources section here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/1608287799644-3IH3JFLU1MZDRXW9455W/IMG_4301.jpg About - Why Maguey? Coming originally from the Mexican Taíno language, Maguey (pronounced magwey) is an alternative name for the Mexican agave plant. The plant holds a personal resonance for me, you could say it’s my spiritual plant brother. I have always been drawn to its presence, its form and it’s story. Also known as the century plant it flowers just once in its life, sending forth its magnificent bloom, before dying. A dramatic representation of the circle of life. https://www.psychedelicselfdiscovery.com/background daily 0.75 2025-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/1608284777066-SBDY1KXAOURPPHO80V5O/Photo%2B24-10-2020%252C%2B16%2B09%2B44.jpg Background - What are psychedelics? Psychedelics are a group of substances, plant based and synthetic, that can induce heightened states of consciousness. They include amongst others Psilocybin (mushrooms/truffles), DMT, Ayahuasca,, San Pedro (Huachuma), Peyote, Mescaline and LSD. The term psychedelic has been commonly used since the 1960s and comes from the Greek psyche, meaning mind or soul and delein meaning to manifest - thus mind/soul manifesting. For many the term entheogens, generating the divine within is better suited to describe these substances, as this term possibly distinguishes their ancient spiritual role from the recreational uses to which they have often been associated. Psychedelics or entheogens have been used by many cultures for thousands of years, whether by shamanic practitioners or as part of religious or spiritual practices to reach altered states of consciousness and it has only been in recent times that their power has become remembered in the West. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/1608284220834-TLRAUVLYTD9Y3CR58NRM/C196BC6C-97E4-4009-BE4B-307612D7DAAA.JPG Background - Psilocybin, mushrooms and truffles I choose to work with psilocybin truffles. Over 200 species of ‘magic mushrooms’ contain the psychoactive compounds psilocybin and psilocin. Once ingested such psilocybin containing mushrooms can create an altered state of consciousness, which if undertaken in the right set and setting can aid us profoundly with our self-development. Whist ‘magic mushrooms’ are illegal in the Netherlands, ‘magic truffles’ (forthwith referred to as truffles), the below ground truffle component of mushrooms, are legal as they differ technically and scientifically from a mushroom. This allows those of us who are in the Netherlands an immense opportunity to legally journey with these plant medicines. A benefit of working with truffles is that the journey time can be relatively short (4-6 hours), depending on the dose, and they can be easier on the body than other psychedelics. That in no way diminishes the power and value of truffles and appropriately dosed journeys undertaken in the right environment offer immense opportunity for deep self-discovery, healing and growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/1608317943883-LQNMK1247GFQ41ALL5S0/BW_IMG_9625_small.jpg Background - Why with a psychedelic coach? When psychedelics are taken in an intentional and respectful setting, they have the power to significantly aid and promote healing, personal discovery, and growth. Using their knowledge and experience to create the right holistic process and environment to enable this full experience is the primary role of the coach or guide. This includes supporting your mental, emotional and physical wellbeing through the phases of preparation, immersion and integration, as well as maintaining your safety, trust and confidentiality. This will enable you to arrive well prepared, present, and with clear intentions. It will assist you to fully surrender to the unfolding experiences, knowledgeable that you are safe and well supported. To ensure what unfolds becomes a meaningful and lasting part of your life you will be assisted afterwards with integration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/1611931005347-KYYUZ8YGOQIY4Z8TXZA5/IMG_9481_2.jpg Background - My approach My approach bridges ancient and modern approaches to care, and incorporates techniques drawn from contemplative practice, ritual and ceremony, and the power of nature, blended with western approaches to wellbeing, coaching and therapy. Whist following a programme format the care provided will unfold uniquely for each participant and as such a suite of tools and approaches will be used that reflect the presenting needs. All programmes offer modules of support that cover practical guidance, supportive instruction, one-to-one coaching, and ceremony time. 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Information – Intake and screening information requested from you to enable an assessment whether guidance can take place, and assuming so to tailor the service to your needs. Provision of detailed guidance materials to help you prepare yourself. Programme - an integrative modular programme of support has been designed to guide you on your jouney. Modules include practical guidance; supportive instruction; one-to-one coaching sessions; and personal psychedelic ceremony time. They also incorporate elements of contemplative enquiry; opportunities for reflection and discernment; and mindful and embodied practices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/1608647464971-S9V1AKPXSQ0VEXTZB8E6/BW_IMG_7080.jpg Individual Guided Sessions - Immersion and Ceremony A privately hosted psychedelic ceremony designed for you. We will spend a full day together where you can land, lay back, and go deep. Arriving – time to settle, rest and become comfortable. Opening the ceremony – meditation, breath and energy practices, witnessing our intentions and the preparation and conscious consumption of the truffles. Immersion – 4-6 hours of psychedelic deep-dive, where you will move through different phases of the psychedelic experience, levels of personal and collective connection and transformative insight. Landing – time will be allowed for you to land softly and to close the ceremony. We will finish the day eating together as you will be hungry and need some energy to make your return home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/1608668470602-XSD1OQGGB9360T2SB9VL/BW_IMG_9642_small.jpg Individual Guided Sessions - Aftercare and Integration Integration - The day after your journey we will come together in gentle reflection to re-connect with your psychedelic experience. Weather depending this will be outside in nature. Further remote communications over the following days is possible to help with any other aftercare needs you may have. A further integration session will be held 4 weeks later to reflect and connect further with the emerging process. Further support – further support is available as an extra service including additional coaching sessions, sharing-circles, and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/1608231980123-B4NCTN5E1O1SBUUMR9MO/IMG_9699+copy.jpg Individual Guided Sessions - Where After considering and trying a number of locations for individual sessions I have taken a conscious choice to invite people in to my own home and guide from there. I am blessed to live in a wonderful space in central Amsterdam and I love to share it with others, especially for this work. If you have a preference for another location this can of course be discussed, it will need to meet certain criteria to ensure you have a quality experience. 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Psychedelics are a group of substances, plant based and synthetic, that can induce heightened states of consciousness. They include amongst others Psilocybin (mushrooms/truffles), DMT, Ayahuasca, San Pedro (Huachuma), Peyote, Mescaline and LSD. The term psychedelic has been commonly used since the 1960s and comes from the Greek psyche, meaning mind or soul and delein meaning to manifest - thus mind/soul manifesting. For many the term entheogens, Greek for generating the divine within, is better suited to describe these substances, as this term possibly distinguishes their ancient spiritual role from the recreational uses to which they have often been associated. Psychedelics or entheogens have been used by many cultures for thousands of years, whether by shamanic practitioners or as part of religious or spiritual practices to reach altered states of consciousness. It has only been in recent times that their power has become remembered in the West and are inviting an entrance into mainstream care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/1608284220834-TLRAUVLYTD9Y3CR58NRM/C196BC6C-97E4-4009-BE4B-307612D7DAAA.JPG MAGUEY | Background to Psychedelics - Psilocybin, mushrooms and truffles At MAGUEY we choose to work with psilocybin truffles as our primary plant medicine. Over 200 species of ‘magic mushrooms’ contain the psychoactive compounds psilocybin and psilocin. Once ingested ‘magic mushrooms’ can create an altered state of consciousness, which if undertaken in the right set and setting can aid us profoundly with our self-development. Whist ‘magic mushrooms’ are illegal in the Netherlands, ‘magic truffles’ (forthwith referred to as truffles), the below ground truffle component of mushrooms, are legal as they differ technically and scientifically from a mushroom. This allows us to offer legal psilocybin retreats in the Netherlands. An additional benefit of working with truffles is that the journey time can be relatively manageable (4-6 hours), and depending on the dose, they can be slightly easier on the body than other psychedelics. That in no way diminishes the power and value of truffles and appropriately dosed journeys undertaken in the right environment offer immense opportunity for deep self-discovery, healing and growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/1608317943883-LQNMK1247GFQ41ALL5S0/BW_IMG_9625_small.jpg MAGUEY | Background to Psychedelics - Why join a retreat or work with a psychedelic guide? Embarking on a psilocybin retreat programme can be a powerful catalyst for healing traumas, gaining clarity, and reconnecting with your authentic self. When experienced in a safe, intentional, and professionally guided setting, psychedelics like psilocybin can open the door to profound transformation. A psychedelic integration coach or guide plays a key role in facilitating an holistic process that honours the wisdom of plant medicine while prioritising your emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing. A skilful psychedelic practitioner recognises the significance of both the ‘set’ and ‘setting’ of your retreat experience. This sacred work begins well before the ceremony itself, through careful preparation, intention-setting, and mindful practice. During your psychedelic ceremony, the guide ensures your safety and supports your ability to fully surrender into the experience. Afterward, psychedelic integration coaching helps you anchor the insights and breakthroughs into your daily life. Through this ongoing support, your sacred medicine journey becomes more than a moment—it becomes a sustainable path of healing, growth, and transformation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/1611931005347-KYYUZ8YGOQIY4Z8TXZA5/IMG_9481_2.jpg MAGUEY | Background to Psychedelics - Our approach at MAGUEY Our trauma informed approach bridges ancient and modern approaches to care, and incorporates techniques drawn from contemplative practices, ritual and ceremony, and natures knowledge. This is blended with Western approaches to wellbeing, coaching and therapy. Whist following a programme format, the care provided will unfold uniquely for every participant and a suite of tools and approaches will be used that reflect the presenting needs. Our psychedelic programmes offer modules of support that cover practical guidance, supportive instruction, one-to-one coaching, and ceremony time. Complemented with opportunities for reflection and discernment, and mindful and embodied practices. https://www.psychedelicselfdiscovery.com/private-psilocybin-retreats-netherlands daily 0.75 2025-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/1609156788890-Q9DFY0NVP0KC2JAZLXTB/IMG_9853%252Bcopy%252B2.jpg MAGUEY | Private Psilocybin Retreats - Phase 1: Preparation & Connection Discovery Call We begin with an informal, no-obligation conversation to connect, answer your initial questions, and sense into whether this journey feels right for you. Building trust is our first priority. Intake & Screening You will be asked to complete health and background information to ensure that working together is safe and appropriate. This process also helps tailor the programme to your specific needs and intentions. Modular Support Programme You’ll receive a personalised support plan that includes: One-to-one psychedelic coaching Practical preparation guidance Contemplative and embodied practices Ceremony and ritual frameworks Guidance with intention setting This stage is about laying the foundations for a safe, meaningful, and grounded psilocybin experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/aae8108f-1c43-4eb6-ba6d-768fca3e8a1b/IMG_1115.jpeg MAGUEY | Private Psilocybin Retreats - Phase 2: Immersion & Ceremony You will be guided through a private psilocybin ceremony—a full-day experience held in a safe, intentionally curated space. Ceremony Day Includes: Arrival & settling – rest and land into the space Opening – guided breathwork, meditation, and ritual intention-setting Immersion – 4–6 hours of deep psychedelic journeying with full support Landing & nourishment – gentle return, shared meal, and closure We work with legal psilocybin truffles, held within a structure that honours both sacred medicine work and modern standards of psychedelic safety and care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/9c7e6fae-b58c-4bfe-9a2c-489854d4d1c0/IMG_3241.jpeg MAGUEY | Private Psilocybin Retreats - Aftercare and Integration Day-After Integration Session The following day, we reconnect—ideally in nature—for a gentle reflection on your psychedelic ceremony. Continued Integration Support In the weeks that follow, remote contact is available to support your unfolding process. You will also receive a personalised programme plan that includes: Practical integration guidance Modules including contemplative and embodied practices A final one-to-one psychedelic integration session will be scheduled 3–4 weeks after your ceremony to help you further integrate your insights. Ongoing Support Options Additional integration services include: Extra coaching sessions Sharing circles Workshops and guided practices These offerings help you bring the wisdom of your experience into everyday life, in a way that’s grounded, lasting, and aligned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/3b58d277-62e0-42e3-9035-a3951562e1e5/image002+%281%29.jpeg MAGUEY | Private Psilocybin Retreats - Where do ceremonies take place? Ceremonies are hosted in Nigel’s home, a loft space in central Amsterdam. Its a warm, quiet, and deeply nourishing place that is generously shared for this kind of work. Alternative private venues in the Netherlands can also be considered, provided they meet certain safety and suitability criteria. 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As experienced, trauma-informed psychedelic practitioners, we offer compassionate support at every stage of your psilocybin journey — from preparation, to ceremony, to integration. In the lead-up to your psilocybin retreat, we help ensure you're grounded, informed, and emotionally ready for the experience ahead. With deep experience in holding plant medicine ceremonies and creating safe, intentional healing spaces, we craft optimal conditions for you to feel supported and to fully surrender to your process. After the ceremony, we offer psychedelic integration coaching to help you make meaning of what arose — gently weaving your insights into daily life so the impact of the experience can continue to unfold in a lasting and sustainable way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/1608284777066-SBDY1KXAOURPPHO80V5O/Photo%2B24-10-2020%252C%2B16%2B09%2B44.jpg MAGUEY | Psilocybin Retreats and Coaching Netherlands - A holistic and trauma-informed approach to psychedelic healing At MAGUEY, our approach bridges ancient wisdom and modern healing practices. Rooted in contemplative practice, ritual and ceremony, and nature-based knowledge, we blend these traditions with effective Western approaches to wellbeing, including psychedelic integration coaching, therapeutic methods, and personal development work. While our psychedelic programmes follow a structured framework, the care you receive is always individualised and trauma-informed. We tailor a suite of tools and modalities that reflect your unique emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs. Each psilocybin retreat programme includes modular support across all key stages of the journey: practical preparation, supportive instruction, one-to-one coaching, guided ceremony time, and integration. 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Our mission is to respectfully, responsibly and ethically support those who feel called to explore psychedelics as an agent of healing, self-discovery, and awareness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/1608320154729-15HWCME88OU1GNADGMFF/BW_Photo+16-11-2020%2C+12+20+45.jpg About - About Nigel As a wanderer who’s found home, I bring a unique blend of experience into service—formed from fifty years walking an un-trodden path. Originally from England, I now live in Amsterdam with my husband, our dog, and sometimes our daughter. Along the way, home has also meant Brighton, London, and the lakeside city of Granada, Nicaragua. My own journey has been shaped by many twists and turns — British boarding school, corporate life in London, deep awakenings while living and traveling in Central America, and over a decade working in the non-profit sector, both globally and locally, on issues of social justice. There have been burnouts, broken hearts, a coming out, and a coming home to myself. Today as the founder and lead facilitator at MAGUEY, I am an experienced, trauma-informed psychedelic guide and integration coach, supporting people to reconnect with their inner truth and navigate life’s deeper currents. I believe that personal healing not only nourishes the individual, but ripples outward to support collective wellbeing and transformation. Psilocybin and other sacred plant medicines have been central to my own healing journey. Through them, I’ve learned to soften, to be enwondered, to trust, to create, and to reframe the past. These experiences, grounded in ceremony, have deepened my sense of belonging and catalysed spiritual enquiry. Contemplative practice, yoga, shamanic drumming and plenty of time with the trees help keep me rooted and resourced. As a certified trauma-informed plant medicine facilitator, I offer safe, ethical, and heart-centred support for others walking the path of transformation. I am a member and currently the chair of the Guild of Guides Netherlands, the professional association for facilitators of legal psychedelic experiences in the Netherlands and a co-signatory of the North Star psychedelics Ethics Pledge. Additionally I am a guide with the psychedelic collective Nectara and also support other plant medicine retreat centres in the Netherlands and around the world with facilitation and integration services. If you’d like to get to know me better, you can find podcasts and articles, and academic papers in which I feature here or check out the resources section here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/1608287799644-3IH3JFLU1MZDRXW9455W/IMG_4301.jpg About - Why Maguey? Coming originally from the Mexican Taíno language, MAGUEY (pronounced magwey) is an alternative name for the Mexican agave plant. The plant holds a personal resonance for me, you could say it’s my spiritual plant brother. I have always been drawn to its presence, its form and it’s story. Also known as the century plant it flowers just once in its life, sending forth its magnificent bloom, before dying. A dramatic representation of the circle of life. https://www.psychedelicselfdiscovery.com/group-psilocybin-retreats daily 0.75 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/9c8620ad-64b8-4330-b4dc-18a757d44211/IMG_1191+3+copy.jpg MAGUEY | Group Psilocybin Retreats - Bespoke psilocybin retreats for groups At MAGUEY, we offer intentionally crafted psilocybin group retreats designed to support deep healing, connection, and transformation in community. For those wishing to explore psychedelic self-discovery within a trusted group setting, we offer: Private group psilocybin retreats tailored for teams, colleagues, families, friends, or couples seeking shared insight, healing, or renewal. Small group retreats designed around your group’s specific intentions. We also collaborate with retreat centres around the world, bringing trauma-informed facilitation and integration services to wider communities engaged in psychedelic healing. If you feel called to co-create a group retreat we’d love to hear from you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fc6659b5bcb0228a2a81ef4/2b9548b6-f053-4e92-b090-f95a4797f48e/IMG_1073.jpeg MAGUEY | Group Psilocybin Retreats - Scheduled retreats We host a number of scheduled retreats throughout the year. These include forest immersion retreats, and weekend psilocybin retreats for gay and queer men. 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